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“And you will be my witnesses.” (Acts 1:8)<\/p>\n“And you will be my witnesses.” (Acts 1:8)<\/p>\n
Many of us when we were children used to play “house”. Someone would be the daddy, another would be the mommy, and yet another would play the baby (or a doll or stuffed animal would substitute). Each person would have their role to play and together their imagination of how a family is supposed to be and act would come to life. When play time was over, everyone would come back to reality and leave “house” behind.<\/p>\n
Often times this is how Christians treat church. We show up in the appropriate clothing, assume a role and pretend to be and do such and such, then when we’re done with the routine we go back home to reality. At some point, playing “church” becomes the sum total of what it’s all about. Wearing the right things; saying the right things; doing the right things–but it’s little more than an act.<\/p>\n
Are you tired of playing “church”? Do you want to be a part of what God is actually doing in the world? “Renewing Our Focus” is a series about the thing that Jesus Christ himself left for us to be and do: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere\u2014in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” John Wesley famously said, “You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work.” It’s time to let being a witness be the focus of who we are and what we do.<\/p>\n
No more games. No more role playing. No more messing around. Let’s either be the church we are called to be or just give it up altogether.<\/p>\n
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