Whats up everybody?
Well here is , finally, blog numero dos.
I want to thank everybody who read and even responded last time, the date is coming closer to start this Saturday night service, And I'm really looking forward to it.
I think God is giving me at least a clearer picture about what sup.. good stuff, but i still do need all your input please on what you think I service should be like...
i'd ask questions like these:
why do we call it a service?
is it for everybody?
what is the cost of going (not talking monetary...") although hmmmmm cover charge??? bouncer? ladies night????? naaaaaaaaaaaa
well, lots been going on... in my life...
a great friend got married to a great new friend.....
i caught up with an old friend that i really missed.... good stuff..
my new best friend started walking....
made a new friend, a REAL new friend this week... pretty awesome
I'm frustrated about not seeing many of my old friends
talking about friends.... here is a challenge for ya.....
now this is more toward maybe if you been following Jesus for more than 5 years....
but anybody can play!!!! ha
look at your phone.... stroll down all you contacts..... hmm nice long list.....
yea...
now how many of those people (beside work contacts) do not follow Jesus????? hmmmm
(well.. no this is not a way to go evangelize them... good grief no!)
but is your phone full of christian buddies??? or not?
is your world full of people, your clique, your peeps, your dogs' ....nice Christan people...
i dunno what that says about ya..... maybe nothing.. but if it is..... then whoa.....
might be living in a bubble no? playing it safe??? i dunno.. just thinking...
don't hate.
ok, that challenge played a lil better on my head.
but the point is this: if your only association is with christian peeps... well, heck, Jesus didn't do that.... so why us?
i was thinking about my old buddy yesterday... i miss him. we talk once in a while.. and when I am on the phone with him, my wife always knows. there's just this certain bond... connection i have with him, the stories we share.. are priceless.... i don't know if he is following Jesus. probably not... but i dare not even try to stop loving Him. hes the best.
talking to my new bud, it was kind of made clear to us, that it was easier to be transparent, and not be judged by the people outside of the Church. how our old "drinking buddies" of sort and of old, are the ones that truly know us, and the Christian circles we run in now... well they are pretty fake, full of men that are scared to reveal who we really are.
so sad and twisted i know.. but we vowed to change that in own way, and it started with that conversation. So was born a new friend.
ok, well -pretty busy here
still praying about the Saturday service, please post up your ideas
also, just finished recording an audio podcast that ill be posting soon, its pretty cool, got pastor Abel to even say a couple of things in there, ha....
so its been real. its been great.
love you all, if you need anything from me, just call.. or write... or follow, or tweet., or post, or text, or jeeeeeeeeeeez. do whatever you want to!!!
josh
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About the saturday night service...well, I would not want to go saturdays specially at night. Still, when did you begin to hear God about that man I didnt know you were planning on opening a saturday service. I would not go but I'd like to know more about how God began to place that in you.
ReplyDeleteSincerely, Oscar A. Lira II
(ignore the "anonymous " thing)
I think meeting new ppl is one of my fav things. theres so many uncontrollable variables that come into play.
ReplyDeletepodcast?.....awesome. itd be kewl if there was an "round-the-office" bit everyweek so ppl could see whats going on innerworkings kinda thing. prolly be better as a vid....hmm..
oh well nonetheless still kewl.audio podcast.
uncompromising truth, unconditional love. Read that in a little book recently. truth without love leads to judgmental views; vice-versa and there's all good lovey dovey without.. truth. guess that's the key that so many churches are searching for. we'd love to join you guys in starting and doing this. we'll be praying for you =)
ReplyDeleteI think most of my friends aren't people I know from a church. Weird how that turned out. So... I'm proud...?? Haha jk.
ReplyDeletedo i have to speak in English???
ReplyDeleteWow Josh I think it's an awesome idea, Saturday services!!! I personally know a few people who have come to our church on Sundays and truly enjoyed the services, unfortunately because of their work schedules are unable to come on Sundays. This would give people the opportunity to come on a Saturday if for any reason may not make it on Sunday's. Kewl!!!
ReplyDeleteNo Leon... you don't have to speak in English... just write in English! LOL! he he he
ReplyDeleteHey pastor! It's great to see you are blogging again! I had abandoned my blog for a while too.... (the pregnancy and then kind of crazy her with a new baby!)
But you are absolutely right... sometimes we put ourselves in a "bubble" and the world needs us out of the churches .... around them... among them.... to shine...
It's great to have friends like you describe! I've felt kind of lonely here because the culture is so different, etc... But God has put wonderful people and I am enjoying new friendships and learning a lot from them!
I hope your Saturdays services go well... it would be great if you could share any sermons or even the praise and worship here! (through rapid share or something!)
Hugs for Lisa and Benaiah!
Great blogging!
Paloma.
I was talking with one of my friends the other day about how it was "growing up" into our christian lives. Now it's years later, and I found myself struggling a while back to get out of certain mentalities that I had "growing up." It was always said that we needed to drop our old friends & only be around christians. Unfortunately, I did it. I did it bc it was the "right" thing to do. I'm trying to let God break off a lot of "religiosity" from my life. I have my fair share of christian friends, but loving on people who aren't christians is more fun. Not even in the sense that I preach to them or try to convert them, so to speak, but just being with them. I think the best way to show the love of God...is just love them regardless of who they are, what they do, or what "crowd" they belong to.
ReplyDeleteI even found sometimes that in our christian group of friends there is so much judgement that is placed on each other. "so and so is back sliding" "so and so didn't come to churh" "did you hear what so and so said...man, i thought they were christian." ugh...it's annoying. :) Sometimes they do it bc they care, but a lot of times I've seen it done bc they're just gossiping. It's frustrating i guess. I just want people to love each other in good "seasons" and in bad.
It's great breaking off old mindsets though. Sad to see how I look back and feel like i was kinda brainwashed, but God is good. I'm sure their intentions were good, but we can't force people into an "ideal perfection." Love God and transformation comes. It's not that complicated.
Man..i feel like i'm writing you a book. haha :)
well this blog is popular
ReplyDeletesaturday service? kwel.
keep posting please
Saturday night service sounds good...
ReplyDeleteHmm, I think most of the people I talk to now are Christian, although I think I had better friends when I was in "the world." And I let them go because I was made to believe that it would bring me closer to God. Which was half true, but for the most part, they were there for me more than my "christian" friends. I think its been my personal experience that Christians are just a little caught up in religion and have strayed so far from who they are meant to be, myself included. But well. Yeah.