Committed Christian in the Opera World

Can you be a committed Christian in the arts? How is it to be a Christian in the Opera world? Do you have to compromise? Do you really have to do things you don't want to?

Listen to find out when Olesya Golovneva who now is performing at the Malmo Opera. Great Friend... Committed Christian...

April 29

http://www.icfeuropaporten.se/Radio.html

Without God!?

Sunday service but without God!?


At a theatre in Stockholm, Sweden they want to have a Sunday service, just as the one in a church but to without God.

They have Sunday preachings, songs, and coffee and rolls after the service, but no God.

Asked why they do this they say: we want to reach those who are not believers but want to have some kind of spirituality.

They also say that the difference between a service in a church and in their place is that through their service they want to reach the hearts of the audience and not their minds.

Well the purpose of service is so God can reach others through our hands. In II Cor. 9:12-13, the Bible says that the service we provide not only meets needs but expresses thanks to God and leads others to praise God. The Bible also says that service builds up the "body of Christ." (See Eph. 4:12.)

During a service in a church we often talks about the Heart of man. According to the Bible, a person's heart reveals his true nature and motivation. In Jeremiah 17:10, the Bible says that God "search the heart and examine[ the mind" and then rewards people for what their conduct deserves. As Jesus pointed out when observing the widow's offering, the significance of the action is driven by the heart (Luke 21:1-4). Jesus said that the widow gave more to the temple by giving two coins than those who put much more in the temple treasury because of what was in her heart (she gave all that she had).


The one in charge of this service have a favourite speaker and that's Desmund Tutu.
Inviting a Priest from South Africa, a true man of God, for what?

For me it's very hard to understand this concept. To meet have fellowship and have fun with friends is one thing

but to have a service with almost all the indigence from the church, but excluding God is odd. They want to have it all but want to be God themselves.

I'm glad to be a part of a Fellowship a church were we meet, have meaningful relationship with others, and with God. Connect with others and with God, help others and get help.

I love going to church...

Don't Give up!

Many times you feel like giving up. You feel like you done it many times before and always failed so why go on, just quit.

Tenacity is perhaps not a word that's in your dictionary, you feel like giving up.

But think of the small children. When they learn to walk.

The raise up, fall down, raise up again and so on. Over and over again they try, eventually they all learn.

You did this a s a small child, we all did.

I have not met anyone that said to me: " it was to hard to learn how to walk, I didn't make it, I quit. So therefore I continue to crawl"!

So be like a small child, be tenacious, don't give up!!

Determined

Outside our kitchen window there is a big willow tree. In this tree a pair of wood pigeon are building a nest. I saw them last year and it is amazing to sit with a nice cup of coffee watching these birds.

They work very hard building on the nest. They come with a stick, put it in the tree and it falls down. They know they have a good stick so they fly down to pick it up and down the stick goes again.

Over and over again they try, different angles and different sticks but then! there it goes. Another one on top, then another one and after some days a perfect nest is in place.

A nest that can stand the birds weight and hard winds, a nest that will bring a new generation of pigeon in to this world. Two wood pigeon, a couple working hard together as a great team. Determined to get it done.

Think if we could be just as determined as this wood pigeons, to build the kingdom here on earth, all together as a great team.

Wow

Growing Churches!

Churches are growing in Malmo, Sweden.

My city!

That's what I read in the newspaper the other day.

WOW, not everyday you read something like this in the newspaper.

The article is referring to one congregation in Malmo, named "Slottstaden".

In this part of Malmo city a lot of elderly people live, but now many young couples with small children are moving in and that effects the whole

district, even churches.

This congregation had around 10 to 15 kids on an ordinary Sunday but now

over 100 small children, singing, shouting and patiently listening to the stories in the bible.

God is moving in Malmo, Sweden right now.

March

March 5: Great day Sunshine from a blue sky and after one week "under the weather" it feels nice to be out again. Today we went home to the Outreach team from YWAM Hawaii, who's been here for nearly 2 month now. Soon they will go home again and it felt great to have fellowship with them again... We will continue to pray for them all....

March 13: Sunday and time for our International service. Pastor Terry Hoggard continued to talk about "living and leading from the front" Great message, great service, and a nice time of fellowship..

March 18: Went home to some friends, took part in a discipleship training school. An upstart meeting. Nice teaching and great testimonies. Later on I picked our Pastor up and we went to the youth meeting in church. The teens really loved to get the teaching in English. My son liked having our International Pastor over!!

March 20: Started our service early today because for some shifts in church. Anyway had a great group coming. Lovely service, fantastic message and nice fellowship. Our Pastor and I stayed after the service a bit in the Filipino service. Nice group also!
Today we had a meeting with all the leaders from the different language groups. Nice really.

Had our pastor, his wife and nephew over for dinner later on...

March 21: Today we did two radio programs. Love doing it!! Living hope!!

March 27: Sunday and time for Church. We continued today with a study on Mark. Mainly in Mark 3:20-21,31-35. Nice service with as usual nice fellowship!!