Ground Zero: Faithful
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Have you ever played on a team? Band? Choir? A group who met together to practice in order to accomplish a common goal?
Respond in the comments of the FB live stream or in the chat area of our live stream platform. Wherever you are if you are watching live or in a watch party later this week let me know the teams or groups you have been involved with over the years.
This Shirt is from a person in our community who is starting a business, but also using this business for ministry.
-this person and all the family that is connected to them cannot respond, but if you can find out who is opening this business and respond in the chat on the FB Live stream or the abidingwords platform chat whoever answers first on this stream and each time we host a watch party which will be 3 times this week.
I will give you your choice of a $5 gift card to Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks.
Devoted- set aside for the Lord’s purposes
Fellowship- The communion or common faith, experiences, and expressions shared by the family of believers, as well as the intimate relationship they have with God.1
1 Myers, A. C. (1987). In The Eerdmans Bible dictionary (p. 380). Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Why did they meet everyday? the daily meeting of the church was indicative of their daily practice of their faith. The faith we have is a communal faith that was lived out in their personal lives. In the west we have taken our faith and have made it something that is was not meant to be....solely personal.
We have a long line of faith lineage that shows us that our faith is communal. The role of the Prophet and the priest were to call the community into a closer relationship with God......the individuals faith and practices had a huge impact on the faith and practices of the community
And the LORD ADDED to their numbers daily
-This was the Lords work in the life of the community.
-Advertising for their community was done by those within .....they experienced the value and growth o the community and through that they wanted others they knew and loved to be apart of that experience as well.
-I can see where we have taken alot of time and energy in the faith community to advertise and talk about what the church is doing, but in the life of an uncommon community word of mouth and the evidence of a transformed life that can be lived out with a group of people is attractive and people want to be part of something like that....
-More importantly in this uncommon community God knows that he can trust the heart of the people with other people’s lives.
-The way Jesus works to introduce people to uncommon communities is also part of His faithfulness to us.
2 examples
Sam Fariss @ Southern Maryland CrossFit
-runs a business but cares for the people who he leads above and beyond running a business
-engages his member not only in the physical, but in the mental, emotional and spiritual places of life, because he truly cares for the people he leads.....this is an uncommon experience in the realm of fitness.
Every 1 Eats
-The person starting this wants to of course have a successful business, however their understanding of success is different.
-They not only want to make money, but they are prayerfully moving forward in how the business can be used in ministry as well. Knowing the heart of this person to reach out not only to feed for profit, but I know the Jesus will use this person who seeks his heart to also feed people spiritually.