Building Bridges.....

Very often we wait for others to do the job. It can be lack of education, lack of knowledge, lack of experience lack of confidence. Especially when it come to ministry. We wait for pastors, deacons, priests or other church leaders to get the ball, and we often think this is the way it should be done. When it comes to leading others to Christ, to be a witness, to help and serve, to teach, Jesus was very clear that he was not searching for educated people, no CEOs, no doctors, priests, or managers, he was clearly looking for "workers" Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest ...

Often when we meet new people we ask questions about them. If you are in an international environment and especially an international Christian environment one question could be: Which church do you attend? It's great that people attend church, don't get me wrong, I am a leader at an International Christian fellowship and I want you to go to church, but Jesus never told us "Go to church"! Jesus never told us to attend church once a week, sing the hymns and do your duty with the offering, chat while having coffee and then, off you go. Jesus and his disciples did life together. They spent almost all their awake time together. They did miracles together, they had dinner together, laughed together. Jesus says "Wherever two or three of you are gathered in my name, there I am in the midst of you." ( Matthew 18.) I'm not saying you should stop coming to church, that you should stop getting involved in ministry but just being a once-a-week-church...