Clay in the Hands

Yesterday, I briefly preached on the importance of doing more in your faith community than just sit for an hour on Sunday morning.

In most churches, the next step is becoming involved in a small group.  It is in this smaller group that you will really dig into Bible study and begin to understand what God has given us in the Word.  It is also here that you will become part of a real community – not a perfect community but a real community.  You will begin to build relationships with these people and learn what it means to do life together.  In a small group you will also have opportunity to minister to one another and hopefully, outside your group as well, meeting needs and impacting the world.

So it is probably not hard to see that I am a big proponent of the small group ministry in churches.

But today, I want you to think “next step.”  I want you to think, “today.”

I ended the sermon yesterday with a quote from Ed Stetzer:  “the biggest sin in the church today is that we have made it OK to come and sit for an hour on Sunday and call that Christianity.”  If this quote hits you like it does me, what are you going to do with it – today?

How will you live out your faith on Monday . . . Tuesday . . . Thursday?

Think about it today – I’d love to hear your ideas!