Last Saturday night I was given the opportunity to speak at Portside Student Ministries at Crosswind Church. If I was honest, it was weird speaking to them. The group of kids I ministered to has all graduated and are in my College group. So it was a fresh crowd that I desperately needed to build a relationship with! I know one thing, they love to worship and pray! I spoke about becoming a counterculture...rather than a subculture. The world does not need another group of people who just go with the flow and create their own version of whatever has been done. The world needs to see Jesus in a way that goes against the flow and expressed in ways that knock current trends out of the park! However, no matter how cool we are with our faith based shoe lines and non profits, the way we are the most "against the flow" is LIVING out these things on a daily basis:
Love of God
Love of neighbors within and outside of the covenant community
Seeking the welfare of all people
Defying hatred and greed
Feeding the hungry
Clothing the naked
Bearing each others’ burdens
Choosing self-sacrifice over the sword
Redistribution of resources for the purposes of social uplift
Wonderful marriages
Love of enemies
Sexual purity
Healthy conflict / resolution in the midst of quarrels
Learning more about the Scriptures as an open-minded community of disciples
Healings, signs, wonders and the unleashing of all forms of creativity
Justice for the marginalized
That is what an unbelieving world need right now.
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