More musings on our church!

My blog, endeavours to be as truthful as possible to my experiences and my thoughts, it is a journal that is online for everyone to see and for everyone to read. It expresses what I feel, what I think and what the Lord has been pressing upon me. There are no lies here, just interpretations that I hope are biblical and spirit driven. Last blog, I wrote what I felt in regard to our church, this week I will write again what I feel about our church!

I will be truthful in saying quite bluntly, that I’m missing my church like crazy. So far I’ve been looking on what I’m learning and seeing how it can apply to my ministry, Re:Hopes ministry, the British churches ministry. Last blog it took the form of what our church does not have, but after spending my time in a Bible College its becoming quite obvious what our church does have.

We have….
We have a praying church.
We have a growing church.
We have a bible based church.
We have a humble church.
We have a unashamedly advancing church.
We have a church committed to change.
We have a church that views the bible with open eyes.
We have a church that looks to God for answers.
We have a church that seeks to help the weak and the poor.
We have a church that gives to the needy.
We have a church that advances the kingdoms by helping leaders grow.
We have a church that invests in leaders.
We have a church that invests in people.
We have a church that focuses upon Jesus and not Theology.
We have a church that is simple.
We have a church that promotes community.
We have a church that is community.
We have a church that defends community.
We have a church that loves our city.
We have a church that loves our country.
We have a church that loves our world.
We have a church that loves our God, and not our theology.
We have a church that is free.
We have a church that is not bound by fear.
We have a church that is moving in Glasgow.
We have a church that strikes fear into the enemy.
We have a church that is breaking chains of bondage.
We have a church that is bringing people closer to God.
We have a church that is a light in a dark generation.
We have a church that is Godly.
We have a church that is maturing.
We have a church that is given to us by God.
We have a church that is a cross of nations.
We have a church which we all love.
We have a church which I love.
We have a church which God loves.
We have a church that has a KING.
We have a church that honours that KING.
We have a church that shouts praise to the “I AM.”
We have a church that recognises the Spirit.
We have a church that reads the bible.
We have a church that recognises the gifts of the Spirit.
We have a church that uses the gifts responsibly.
We have a church which is in a building.
We have a church that is prayed for, from all over the world.
We have a church that has sent and is sending out missionaries.
We have a church that is full of dedication.
We have a church that is not lacking in the trousers.
We have a church with propane heaters.
We have a church dedicated to truth.
We have a church dedicated to morality.
We have a church that supports those who stumble.
We have a church that opens eyes.
We have a church that challenges.
We have a church that says the things we don’t want to hear.
We have a church that offers accountability.
We have a church that seeks to work in the kingdom.
We have a church.
WE HAVE A CHURCH!

AMEN.

With my time in the South of Wales, I am growing increasingly aware that the nature of our church is unacceptably uncommon within the Kingdom of Jesus Christ

With my time here the Lord is being very clear to me with revelation, on just why I am here. When I arrived, I wondered just what the crazy the Lord was playing at calling me to a place that I would justifiably call, immature in Christ – a bible college…..

But, I can assuredly say that his purpose is becoming so very clear.I’m not here so I can just look upon Re:hope but he is commanding me to survey and learn from the disaster that is the Scottish, Welsh and English church.

Re:Hope is uncommon. It is commanded by the Lord to guard what he gives. How are we guarding such a bright gift in such a dark land?