Needs of the Church

The message relayed in church today was in relation to the needs of the church. The speaker mentioned of the many needs of the church and the many way people can contribute. From financial contribution to just helping around.

I find it difficult to believe sometimes because I would say our church is pretty progressive. There are a lot of rich people who attend mass in our church. Just today I saw someone in one of those new BMW's so it's kind of hard to figure out. Maybe some people just don't feel that they should contribute as much?

I offer a bit but not that big I guess so that message did hit me a bit. I understand too that the speaker was encouraging the congregation to help out and you know, in his words it was to offer "ministry" or "service." But in simple terms I think he was just saying that if we help each other out we'll make the church a better place and I agree.

Requirements to Preaching The Gospel

The message in church today was very convicting. The speaker shared about preaching the Gospel. The need to do it and how to do it. I have to admit, sharing the Gospel isn't exactly one of my strong points. I find it intrusive when other people want me to believe what they believe in just because they tell me to and I guess that's the same with me. Since I don't want to be treated that way so I don't want to cause other people inconvenience by having them believe my faith.

But the speaker said it quite differently today. He said it was our mission to share the Gospel. I guess that's true. I'd rather my actions speak though rather than my words. I'm always afraid of not walking the talk.

As a requirement the speaker said that we should purge all sin from our lives.

• We should forgive others who have wronged
  
• We should confess our own sins
• We should offer restitution as well

Another requirement was for us to Pray

• Pray
• Pray
• Pray

And I believe these to be true as well. I do hope I can share some of what I've experienced in the Lord with other people. I'm not quite sure if I can go up to people and just say them but I hope that my life will touch people in the same way.

The beautiful image of the little girl is available as a poster on Allposters.com if you're interested.

How To Share The Gospel Of Christ

Today the message in church was about how to share the gospel. There was no hocus pocus or some magic formula to get people to believe in Jesus Christ. I even thought there was something to memorize. But instead what was only required was honest to goodness testimony. Your life speaking for the Lord. Your life speaking for itself.

The speaker said that if you just speak about how grateful you are to the Lord for forgiving your sins and how grateful you are for all that He has done for you and you actually live out this gratefulness for the Lord then people will naturally be attracted to what we believe in.

I think that's a pretty good, straight-forward and honest way to do it.

Image from Blackhawkchristian.org