La Laguna thoughts and digressives....

Life always has many turns.  First hand I have seen within 24 hours, 5 years of dreams and work erase and go back to where it started.  Depressing yes, but rejoicing in the hope of the glory of God is all that we have.  We are to give thanks in all but it may seem nearly impossible.  Go back to what you have.......hope in Christ Jesus that His gran coming in nigh and that all is for Him.
 

Romans 5: 1-2    1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:   2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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Bro. Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has on several occasions called for revival within the Christian community.  Revival seeks for a reawakening of religious faith.  Do we need revival in the United States?  Yes and it is still possible.  A church in a next county had a revival that last for somewhere around three weeks and countless people came to know Christ as Saviour.  Will you pray for revival?  Somehow I doubt that in this small church revival came by accident.  Someone and probably more than one cared enough to spend some time in prayer and ask God to pour out his reviving grace. 

Please pray for us this Saturday as we have a our own revival meeting.  Those who have been to Mexico with For Thee One Ministries over the past three years will be coming together for a reunion and challenge.  We can easily share Christ in a foreign country but when it comes to home, it seems to be a little more difficult.  My question are: Now that you have been and experienced Christ move in a foreign field, how has it changed your life up to this point?  What are you doing now in your home city, county, and state?  What promises did you make yourself of changing or doing and where do they stand now?  Can people tell a difference in your life?

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Today was "Friend Day" and something that was said by some of my family made me think of maybe the harm we do ourselves in Evangelism and missions.  It was said to them that this church was nothing but a dress-up contest and people tried to see who could out dress the other.  Interesting enough they found out for themselves that it was a lie and talked up by someone who is simply not happy with their own life and it really fit into what we discussed in Sunday school. 

Today in Sunday school we talked about our witness and calling and how on our lists that missionaries are real spiritual followed by pastors and then maybe teachers. But, we all have the same calling whether a factory worker, cook, etc.  In these places, your pastor or missionary cannot reach these people.  So, our job is to put on Christ and go forth but what happens when we fail to show Christ?  Well, people end up like some of my family and believe some of the untruths they are told or maybe they see us in church but outside of church see a different person.  That extra personality is what sometimes causes people to want to steer clear of church.  But in the same maybe it is just arrogance.  I have dealt with people within the convention who would not care to hear anything I would have to say simply because I do not come with some big title or I am not one of the boys.  One of the major destroying factors of the church today is arrogance.  Sometimes we have to step back, accept our faults, and move.  Sometimes we have to listen to that person who may not be "qualified" to speak.  This may be hard when our ego becomes our conscience. It is the "I'm no conceited, I'm convinced" attitude.  How do we combat this? Simply follow Christ.  When we do something or commit to something, we need to know that it is of Him.  But we can only know through prayer.

We have got to come together setting our egos aside.  In our agitation we have to move past the hurt and pain caused by other brothers and sisters-in-Christ and follow Him.  Is the next step you are going to take or is the next word that is going to come out of your mouth going to exemplify the body of Christ or tear it down.  The answer is not found in new churches.  The answer is not found in being more passive or accepting.  The answer is not found is some man we consider wise because of earthy achievements.  The answer is found in Christ.  People are turned off by the church because Christ is not found in the members' daily lives.  People are turned on by new age stuff and churches because Christ is scarcely found.  The love of Christ is not found reflected in a building.  It is not the church that makes us whole.  It is not the people.  It is Jesus.   The love of Christ should be reflected in our daily lives.

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