The following is an E-Mail Ministry message.
Like us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/E-Mail-Ministry/146699155358855
Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/EMailMinistry
Download the smart phone app (for iPhone, Android and/or Blackberry) at: http://localfreeapps.com/market/install.php?appid=220
<>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <><
IN UNISON THEY YELLED "JESUS"
More than 20 years ago, I attended a Promise Keepers gathering of about 40,000 pastors in Atlanta.
It was an assembly that represented hundreds of different church groups and denominational affiliations.
We heard speaker after speaker.
After a while their messages, many of which were genuinely inspiring, began to blend together.
I must admit that I don’t remember the vast majority of what was conveyed during those three days.
There was one moment, however, that I will never forget.
Author and pastor Max Lucado stood at the podium and made a simple request: “On the count of three, would you please shout out loud the name of the church tradition with which you are currently associated?”
One…two…three…
We all proclaimed our affiliation. I was actually pretty lucky. All I had to shout was “Presbyterian!” The guy who was sitting just in front of me, no kidding, had to say, “The Church of God of Prophecy Incorporated!”
What everyone heard echoing through the Georgia Dome was an undifferentiated blob of sound.
Then Lucado made a second request.
“On the count of three, would you please shout the name to whom you have entrusted your heart, your soul, your ministry, your hopes for this day, and your confidence concerning tomorrow?”
One…two…three…
There rose, in unison, the sound of just two syllables that filled that entire dome: JESUS.
In the moment that followed, there was absolute silence – not an easy thing to accomplish in a group of 40,000 pastors.
It was as if the leaders of God’s people, so frequently at odds with each other over the most trivial of issues, were suddenly struck dumb by the realization that we have always had in common far more than we have ever allowed ourselves to imagine.
It’s amazing how complicated we can make things.
May God give us the grace to find each other, day by day, at that simple intersection:
The Name at the center of everything.
-- Authored by Glenn McDonald
<>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< <><
Visit our website at: http://www.emailministry.org
Like us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/E-Mail-Ministry/146699155358855
Follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/EMailMinistry
Download the smart phone app (for iPhone, Android and/or Blackberry) at: http://localfreeapps.com/market/install.php?appid=220
HOW DO I SUBSCRIBE? Visit the E-Mail Ministry website to subscribe.
Messages are sent out on Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays. Subscribe now, it's FREE!
HOW DO I UNSUBSCRIBE? See below to unsubscribe from the distribution list
LEGAL STUFF: E-Mail Ministry and its sponsor run this message as submitted and do not claim to own any copyright privileges on it. The work was submitted to us as an item for distribution, and it was posted solely on the basis of its quality. It is the belief of E-Mail Ministry and its sponsors that this message is in the common domain.
"E-Mail Ministry" is a trademark of E-Mail Ministry, Inc.
-- Doug Boebinger
-- The entire Staff of E-Mail Ministry
Posted by: "E-Mail Ministry" <emailministry@emailministry.org>
| Reply via web post | • | Reply to sender | • | Reply to group | • | Start a New Topic | • | Messages in this topic (1) |
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar