Suzanne Griffin: The Church or be church

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The Church or be church

One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always ~~~Tozer~~~

I saw this quote recently. How true. How many of us are Sunday morning and Wednesday evening Christians, then the rest of the week behind closed doors our love for the Lord isn't enough to make us repent and live a consistent and fruitful life every day that will glorify Him. Would we openly act, speak or live the same way in our homes or with friends that we present ourselves as in the Church building? Christ said that WE christians are the church. Not just at certain times each week but always.

Lord increase my love for you so that I have no desire to live in any way but one that honors you. Let the life we live be one that others will desire to be around to know that fulfillment that only comes from knowing you. Let us be an example at all hours to those we don't even realize are watching. Help me remember today that I have a ministry when I'm loading the dishwasher and doing paperwork that I'm serving my family and how they see me react and speak to them will reflect You.

2 comments:

Wendy said...: Amen. We are the church. Gathering in a building can help unify and strengthen believers, equipping us to go out and overflow. It's not about compartmentalizing, which is what too often happens.
And I'm learning that "at all hours" when it seems no one is watching... my children always are. And if I'm going to bring them up to love, serve, desire God, then it has to be a minute-by-minute joy on my part, not just a "weekly meeting".
Love ya, girl.; 9:40 PM
life...just saying said...: This comment isn't about post but the scripture Job 8:21 from The Message. I had to write it down. On a day like today, after the year we have just gone through, this scripture brings me great comfort. I came upon your blog by purusing Next Blog...certainly glad I did!

Bless you!; 7:23 PM

Words of Wisdom

"The significant problems we face today cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."
---Albert Einstein

"Don't give away to others what you have not first given away at home."
---Elizabeth George

"The greatest tragedy in not death, but life without purpose"
--Rick Warren

"What does it mean to be Christlike? Chrsitlikeness expresses itself in a tenderness and mercy that forgive sin and in a strength and boldness that pursue the offender regardless of the cost or the risk. It means being willing to submit ourselves to suffering."
--Dan Allender

"Whatever [your husband] is like, he is God's good and perfect gift to you, part of God's plan for your personal fulfillment and, more important, for your spiritual development."
--Elizabeth George

"Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd."
--Bertrand Russell

"It is far better that the job [of being a husband] be done poorly by your husband than to be done well by you."
--Debi Pearl

"Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanagable"
--Plato

“Most of the sins we do not commit are not because of our virtue, but because we lack the energy or opportunity”
--Eugene Peterson

"The many troubles in your household will tend to your edification, if you strive to bear them all in gentleness, patience, and kindness. Keep this ever before you, and remember constantly that God's loving eyes are upon you amid all these little worries and vexations, watching whether you take them
as He would desire. Offer up all such occasions to Him, and if sometimes you are put out, and give way to impatience, do not be discouraged, but make haste to regain your lost composure."
~~Francis De Sales(1567-1622, Bishop, Preacher, Author)

Suzanne Griffin

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The Church or be church

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