tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768857216827855645.post7156889321583411934..comments2011-11-28T08:31:15.169-08:00Comments on Spirited Partners: Dirty HandsNicole Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07900152073160579389noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768857216827855645.post-76666870450454326702011-01-31T07:14:35.411-08:002011-01-31T07:14:35.411-08:00We say, "Tell me where it hurts, but in my la...We say, "Tell me where it hurts, but in my language/terminology." We say, "Let me help with your wounds, but don't get blood in my car." This is hypocrisy. This is not love.Macyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272619491581951729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768857216827855645.post-9981069554491814012011-01-31T07:11:08.980-08:002011-01-31T07:11:08.980-08:00I love this picture and analogy, Nik!!
A couple ...I love this picture and analogy, Nik!! <br /><br />A couple of weeks ago in church, we heard a message called "Hospital for the Hurting" and he talked about how churches and Christians have become afraid to get dirty and grimy. Some have become so focussed on keeping themselves and their church clean that they have lost God's intention for the body of Christ.<br /><br />This quote was so awesome "Church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints." It makes me think of so many people I know that are simply a picture perfect statue in a museum of a church. It's really sad. That's the farthest thing from what God's purpose for us is!!<br /><br />This message really struck home with Joe especially, because he was raised with that "keep it clean and holy" mentality and therefore had no idea what true ministry looked like. It's not just revivals on street corners. It's the gritty, daily investment into the lives of hurting people. It's being brave enough to show that you too are hurting and in an ever going process of healing and to RELATE with other people, believers and non-believers. You will get bloody, beaten, soiled, but there will be true change in you and others because of it. Joe hasn't stopped talking about how this concept has touched his heart. It's really got his wheels turning, and I love it!<br /><br />If you want to put this on next time you clean the house at 2am or something, (haha) here's the link to the message: http://www.victorychurch.tv/Default.aspx?shortcut=hog-3&__m=635<br /><br />A couple weeks later, Beth Jacoby posted a quote on fb-"If we are not magnets for the sexually confused, the violent, the greedy, the arrogant and the addicts, we are missing our main purpose in God's kingdom."<br /><br />And then you posted this blog entry. I think God's trying to get this point across to me! Thank you for sharing! :)Macyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272619491581951729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3768857216827855645.post-52362102354432994912011-01-31T04:01:41.950-08:002011-01-31T04:01:41.950-08:00Awesome and heartfelt. Very nice Nicole!Awesome and heartfelt. Very nice Nicole!Marihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02297424745531114629noreply@blogger.com