Making Time for God
Well, these last few times the postings have been very heavy and serious. I will say to comment on the question posted to me on my belief of this being the proper place to post my views on homosexuality and I say that it is the perfect place. It is the place to give another point of view because we live in a world where the media and the GLBT lobby seem to receive all the voice and they parade around Phelps and his God Hates Fags ministry as if that is the only voice that feels that homosexuality is a sin, but now when reading a German blog on faith I came across a great article on making time for God.
If you'd like to read it in German it is at the Glaube24 site the article is titled 3-Minuten Gottesdienst and speaks to the heart of the majority of the world - "I don't have time for God." With businesses staying open on Sundays and services not always being the most flexible around schedules it is often hard for some people to attend services and worship and then you pile on that some people's aversion to church because of them being forced to attend as youths well time for God is just not made.
So, here we have a team in Germany get together to reach out to people in the middle of the street. One of the team members wears a sign that says "Drei-Minuten-Gottesdienst" which we would translate as "Three Minute Worship" and that person stands up greets the people, reads a verse and briefly talks on it, a prayer is said, then the blessing and benediction, so in three minutes people have been given a mini-worship. What the team has found is that most people will stay and want to hear more.
What brave souls to stand up and give the Gospel showing people and telling people that God wants to have a relationship with them, just telling them what God truly wants for them and that He is willing to meet you anywhere. How powerful of a witness. The gospel is one that brings hope to anyone and brings with it a message of love. Jesus Christ loves us and meets us where we are at in our lives, but the most glorious thing is that He wants better for each of us. I am so thankful that Christ continually lifts me up and out of my own sinfulness. Worship doesn't have to be as formal as going to a filled church and praying in the pews, but it can be as simple as gathering a small group of people together to hear the Gospel and join together in community in prayer. As a Lutheran, worship is understood as the Gospel being rightly preached and the sacraments being given and that I believe is just as true. Give them Jesus in Word and Sacrament holding nothing back and let the Holy Spirit do the rest in the hearts that He touches.
Glorious is our Lord!
Well, these last few times the postings have been very heavy and serious. I will say to comment on the question posted to me on my belief of this being the proper place to post my views on homosexuality and I say that it is the perfect place. It is the place to give another point of view because we live in a world where the media and the GLBT lobby seem to receive all the voice and they parade around Phelps and his God Hates Fags ministry as if that is the only voice that feels that homosexuality is a sin, but now when reading a German blog on faith I came across a great article on making time for God.
If you'd like to read it in German it is at the Glaube24 site the article is titled 3-Minuten Gottesdienst and speaks to the heart of the majority of the world - "I don't have time for God." With businesses staying open on Sundays and services not always being the most flexible around schedules it is often hard for some people to attend services and worship and then you pile on that some people's aversion to church because of them being forced to attend as youths well time for God is just not made.
So, here we have a team in Germany get together to reach out to people in the middle of the street. One of the team members wears a sign that says "Drei-Minuten-Gottesdienst" which we would translate as "Three Minute Worship" and that person stands up greets the people, reads a verse and briefly talks on it, a prayer is said, then the blessing and benediction, so in three minutes people have been given a mini-worship. What the team has found is that most people will stay and want to hear more.
What brave souls to stand up and give the Gospel showing people and telling people that God wants to have a relationship with them, just telling them what God truly wants for them and that He is willing to meet you anywhere. How powerful of a witness. The gospel is one that brings hope to anyone and brings with it a message of love. Jesus Christ loves us and meets us where we are at in our lives, but the most glorious thing is that He wants better for each of us. I am so thankful that Christ continually lifts me up and out of my own sinfulness. Worship doesn't have to be as formal as going to a filled church and praying in the pews, but it can be as simple as gathering a small group of people together to hear the Gospel and join together in community in prayer. As a Lutheran, worship is understood as the Gospel being rightly preached and the sacraments being given and that I believe is just as true. Give them Jesus in Word and Sacrament holding nothing back and let the Holy Spirit do the rest in the hearts that He touches.
Glorious is our Lord!
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