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Hope · 04-21-2009, 11:11 AM

While we are sharing on our post LSM experience, I thought I would add a little from the small, humble and meek who are dwelling in North Carolina, Zeph 3:11-12, "In that day you will feel no shame because of all your deeds by which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst your proud, exulting ones, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain. But I will leave among you a humble and lowly people, and they will take refuge in the name of the LORD.“ NASB

The MAJOR difference is that the focus is just on Christ and just on people. The agenda and program or “flow” or whatever is the latest and greatest does not mean much. The brothers who have some measure of responsibility take the responsibility to serve any and all. The saints call the shots not “the brothers.” One straying sheep is very very valuable, so much so that we must go into the desert UNTIL the one lost lamb is found. While the prodigal son is still A GREAT WAY OFF, we must run to greet him and prepare a big celebration feast. We cannot afford to throw away a bruise reed or quench a smoking flax.

We do not despise a college professor but we work hard at reaching the poor. In Durham, we rent a van every Lord’s Day evening to transport a groups of poor refugees to a gospel gathering. We look for opportunities to serve the poor and needy. People is what matters to Christ not some kind of quality control standard.

We are not great. We are not it. Christ is great. The Believers are it. And God so loved the World that He gave His only begotten Son …

We have discovered that Christ as our head is well able to shepherd us directly as individuals and collectively as His Body, the Church.

04-21-2009, 11:11 AM	#166
Hope Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Durham, North Carolina Posts: 313	Re: Post LSM, What is it like? While we are sharing on our post LSM experience, I thought I would add a little from the small, humble and meek who are dwelling in North Carolina, Zeph 3:11-12, "In that day you will feel no shame because of all your deeds by which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst your proud, exulting ones, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain. But I will leave among you a humble and lowly people, and they will take refuge in the name of the LORD.“ NASB The MAJOR difference is that the focus is just on Christ and just on people. The agenda and program or “flow” or whatever is the latest and greatest does not mean much. The brothers who have some measure of responsibility take the responsibility to serve any and all. The saints call the shots not “the brothers.” One straying sheep is very very valuable, so much so that we must go into the desert UNTIL the one lost lamb is found. While the prodigal son is still A GREAT WAY OFF, we must run to greet him and prepare a big celebration feast. We cannot afford to throw away a bruise reed or quench a smoking flax. We do not despise a college professor but we work hard at reaching the poor. In Durham, we rent a van every Lord’s Day evening to transport a groups of poor refugees to a gospel gathering. We look for opportunities to serve the poor and needy. People is what matters to Christ not some kind of quality control standard. We are not great. We are not it. Christ is great. The Believers are it. And God so loved the World that He gave His only begotten Son … We have discovered that Christ as our head is well able to shepherd us directly as individuals and collectively as His Body, the Church.