Do you think Two Church services a month is enough?

Originally Posted by Michlow

Actually Praxeas, you have hit on a very good point. A point which to me showcases the entire problem with the church. They are so focused on their building funds and programs they are not meeting the needs of the community around them. it's like they are so focused on the "church" (the organization, the building and all the stuff associated with it) and building their own kingdom that Jesus and his kingdom gets pushed aside.

Now, I know I sound critical. But I myself was guilty of that kind of attitude for a long time. In fact, this thread itself showed me that I am REALLY good at sitting around and talking about the problem, but not very good at finding a solution. And I finally realized that I need to BE the solution. I can't continue to go on and complain about what is wrong with the church and how the church isn't doing what I think Jesus wants it to do. No. I need to go out and myself do what Jesus is asking.

You were all right. Sitting at home is accomplishing nothing. So I need to find someway to go out and be Jesus to the poor, needy, hungry and lost in my community. And if I need to do it alone, then so be it.

To quote something a preacher once said: How can you expect to feed the hungry when your own plate is empty? Simply put, the gathering together of God's people, in one mind and one accord, is so that the ministry (remember, those gifts that Jesus gave to His bride, the Church, when he ascended on high and led captivity captive) can do its job of perfecting the saints FOR the work of the ministry, so that the body can do the job it has been called to do in this earth: be salt, be light, have the Word of God to give as bread to the hungry and water to the thirsty.

It isn't an either/or deal, Michlow, it is an everything deal. We are members of His body. Aren't you glad your arms and legs and ears and eyes are available on demand? Aren't you glad they don't just show up when they feel like it? What a mess any person would be in if for some crazy reason the members of his/her body thought that THEY decided when and what and how and where and who and why about anything the head (brain) wanted the body to do.