2/18/2008

How to plant a church

Saturday March 1st, John 4: 39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did." 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers. 42 They said to the woman, "We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world." The church is started, washed in the living water and full of hope and expectation. It was not the righteousness of the woman that did it, it was the word of God that filled their hearts. In our worship communities, it is not the pastors or priests that are called to go and tell, it is the people, each one with a different story and lives filled with enough garbage to sink a ship that are called to go and tell their stories and announce that the kingdom is near. Come and see is the message. My life is not changed yet, but it is changing, day by day, moment by moment and that is what others see. Perfection and righteousness never won anyone to Christ, only the living word changing their lives one little piece at a time. The outsider times three becomes an example to us all on how to plant and run a church.

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