Quote of the Week!

"I know often times I can be critical of the church (identifying things that can improve, things done wrong, etc) but when I realize how much Christ loves her and the great purpose in which God has ordained her existence, I realize I should spend less time identifying what is wrong and more time serving, praying and loving her as Christ did."
-Peter Cho

I am taking a class called "Systematic Theology II" online at Moody. We are discussing the church and one of the students there penned this quote. It blew me away and I thought I'd share it with you.

Has the church ever "burned" you?
It what was has the church "burned" Christ?
What is Christ's response?
Should we try to emulate that response?

Blessings,

Joe

Psalm 139

Hello Everyone!
Sorry it has been so long since I have posted on the blog. I know a number of you check it regularly so I apologize for letting you down. I will try to not let it happen again. I wanted to post something I found interesting last night at Breakthrough our Junior High ministry.

We were discussing worship. The passages we were looking at were 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 and Psalm 139. Since our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 6:19) and we are "fearfully and wonderfully made" (Ps 139:14) we shouldn't engage in any physical destructive behavior towards our bodies. Taking care of our bodies and using them to glorify God is worship in and of itself.

As we were discussing this, a very profound young lady mentioned something that I've heard a few times before, but thought was just perfect: God took 7 days to create the universe, but 9 months to make you and I.

You, my friend, are fearfully and wonderfully made...