Martha Grace Reece posed the following questions in her book "Unbinding Your Heart" and I presented them to my congregation on January 16 requesting they ask someone these questions. Now I am asking others to do the same as I prepare for my January 30th sermon on listening. Are we hearing what the people say? Are we listening?
1. ¨ What pops into your mind when you hear the word church?"
2. ¨ Has anyone ever invited you to their church? What did you think when they asked you? Did you go? How did it feel? If you didn’t go, why not?"
3. ¨ Have you ever had a sense of God or Jesus communicating with you? What was it like?"
4. ¨ If you had one question you could ask God and knew you would get an answer, what would it be?"
1. narrow-minded, leagalistic, members of a country club for people who call themselves Christians but are merely church-goers.
ReplyDelete2. Yes, have a broad spectrum of experiences from instantly feeling like family up to and including being met at the door and not allwed in the building.
3. YES! YES! YES! It is the most awesome thing in the world. To be indwelt with the Holy Spirit is fantasitic and frieghting at the same time.
4. What will you have me to do so I might honor you LORD?