When people look around for Christ in the Earth they are looking for something awe-inspiring and different from the world, something with the unity described in scripture. Unfortunately, division is the norm in mainstream Christianity and much of the awe is gone. The clearest demonstration of the Life of God is seen when people truly love one another. "Behold, how they love one another."


We are brothers and sisters...


But then you go much deeper than just friendship, into the wonderful place of brothers and sisters. I now understand why the scriptures are so full of this mysterious family language, because the church, if it's a real church, is indeed a place of relationships with people you have no problem thinking of as brother or sister. 

(If you cannot call someone a brother or sister at your church, don't give up. If you seek first the Kingdom of God more than anything else then walk in the confidence that God will indeed give you just such a thing. It is His heart's desire to show you!)



We are the Kingdom of God...


"Do not allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men." Romans 14:16-18

The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of hearts turned toward God, fully devoted and ready to die for one another! The Kingdom of God is a power-under sort of place, where the meek inherit the earth and the humble are lifted up, where an onlooker sees Christ and a weary traveler finds rest. It's a place where staying together is priority number one, not because you share the same doctrine, but because you share the same LIFE!

Christ came to make His home in your heart. And you are here to make your heart a home for others.

..."My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. "Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them." - John 17:20-26

What you need to know about us is that we strive for this every single day, and that has made all the difference living in the world, but not of it!

-david

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Everywhere we go...we ARE the church!