reachingtokyo

I believe we simply need to be realizing the daily opportunities we have- thats not too exciting and is lonely most of the time. But its funny how people cant see that as ministry. It is obvious they have been taught differently and so have we but we are trying to break out of that lifestyle and way of thinking- and teach people to do the same. We all like to talk about ministering rather than doing it and we seem to think of only some things as real ministry- God doesn't- he is waiting for us to realize the potential in average things and make the most of them .... Alot of times people become christians not because they find Christ but because they find a community to belong to or a solution to their problems. In other words they are just part of the group and think by doing so they are truly Christians. In this way our events become obstacles because in most areas of society this assumption is true. If you go to a soccer club and play soccer you are a soccer player. If you play guitar and join a band you are a bandmember. The church event mentality also teaches people that church is an event and a place and not a community- you only have to look to american and most western cultures and our own families to see this misconception. Community and church can be understood as one and the same with the evnt system but it requires people to think about the events in a totally different manner than anything else they are a part of in the rest of their lives. anyway too much to go into right now its a paradigm shift...

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