Daily writing prompt

Name your top three pet peeves.

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1. Christianity presented without Christ-focused, heart-felt hope and encouragement.
2. Church services that don’t allow the people present to publicly share their hope and faith in the living, resurrected Jesus.
3. Christianity without open-hearted, caring and compassionate community.

When a church
Becomes ekklesia
People will see a
Real change.
Church will begin
To be a
Spirit-led
Heart-felt
Community.
When the premium fuel
Of God’s Spirit
Fills a local gathering
Of the body of Christ
With His Presence
We will be a
Shining Light
As Jesus builds
His ekklesia!

Here’s the biblical key to ekklesia: “They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.” When the body of Christ gathers, all present need to be allowed to speak the word of God boldly, not just a preacher. “Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!”

Let the people of God raise “their voices together in prayer to God,” not just silently listen to a preacher pray! Let’s make church ekklesia again so that everyone present can pray out loud and share the hope that the Spirit puts on their heart!

God’s Spirit only exalts one person–the living, resurrected Jesus Christ. If anyone else is being exalted, that’s not the Spirit.

You don’t need to go to a special place to worship Jesus with other people. Wherever you are, there He is! Christians: We need to open our hearts to one another in caring, interactive community, not merely sit through religious lectures!

Your mind and your heart need premium fuel, not just religious words routinely spoken. Daily read the Bible with an open heart and fill up your think-tank with hope.

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