Living the Missional Life
It amazes me sometimes how many Christians are indulged with going through the motions of a "Sunday church goer." We dress up with the best attire and put our smiley face on when we don't really understand the meaning of attending a Sunday gathering. I once learned that gathering on Sundays was a time and place to express our worship to God and fellowship with other believers. A time when we can give out to others and learn how we can affect our community and make a difference in someone's life. Have we seemed to lose our focus on the real reason why we gather on a Sunday? Living with a missional perspective means we're doing a lot less judging and a lot more guiding others to spiritual truth. How can we do this and what does it entail. Getting involved with the community and giving up free time to volunteer at the soup kitchen, bringing clothes to Goodwill, hospital visitation, cooking a meal for a needy family, etc. Be part of the culture and meet people where they're at. As Christians in this postmodern world, we should realize that acting out by serving to others will turn the hearts of those that need help and find the love of God. Just a thought.
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We need to come amongst the people; walk, sit, eat, and drink with them. Dressing up on sundays doesn't make us Christians, believing Christ and following Him makes us Christians, everything else is a law. We must obey His command; love God wholeheartedly and love your neighbor as yourself. Now what does that mean? How do we live that out? By playing dress-up?
I always dressed up on Sunday because it was the most important activity of the week. Now we dress up for work (some of us) and for business trips, but Sunday finds us in shorts and flip flops.
Not that it is right or wrong - but please don't think that everyone was "playing dress up" to impress others. Some of us simply thought that going to church was downright important.
That certainly does not take away from the importance of getting out in the culture and living for Christ. Church is where we fill the tank that we drive on all week. An empty tank may leave us "sitting by the side of the road" spiritually.
Hebrews 10:24-25
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.