{"id":1936,"date":"2011-06-14T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=1936"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:10:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T20:10:31","slug":"a-real-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/a-real-church\/","title":{"rendered":"A REAL CHURCH!"},"content":{"rendered":"

II Timothy 2:1-2<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.\u00a0 And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Back in 1968-69 I was assigned to a remote radar site on the northern tip of Newfoundland, Canada. There were many hours that I spent in my room studying or listening to sermon tapes. Among my favorite ministers was Major Ian Thomas. His refreshing look at Scripture was a real blessing.<\/p>\n

Recently I have re-read one of his books, The Indwelling Life of Christ.<\/em> I was brought to attention when he gave this definition of the church: \u201cThis is the true church in action, the right people in the right place at the right time, saying the right things to the right people. The church in action is where the Lord Jesus is still at work clothed with the humanity of healthy members of His body.\u201d<\/p>\n

That still makes my head spin as I read what I have just typed. I know that not everyone in our congregations will be able to measure up to this definition, but just think how we could impact our world if just a majority would strive to approach the aim of this definition.<\/p>\n

Now is the time for soul-searching. Are you associated with a congregation that strives toward these standards? Are you personally committed to reach the right people at the right time by saying the right things? I pray that you are.<\/p>\n

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n

– \u2013 \u2013 Pastor Cecil<\/strong><\/p>\n

360-570-0074
\nPastorCecil@Daily-E-Votional.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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II Timothy 2:1-2 \u201cYou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.\u00a0 And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.\u201d Back in 1968-69 I was assigned to a remote radar site on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2-timothy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}