A Good Word For Jesus

In this, our act of community worship, God has gathered us together to experience the immediacy of His presence. This means drawing closer to God, as a Church-as a People. This is our great gift from the Lord Jesus. Because we are Jesus’ followers we can enter into deep communion with God in this unique, life-enriching way. But this “gathering together” is not the total experience. There is a second part to it, without which the first part loses its meaning. The same God who gathers us together to experience His presence, scatters us into the world to witness to His love. The same God who reveals Himself to us here, reveals Himself to the world through us. The same God who makes it possible for us to breathe in-to receive-the Holy Spirit, requires us to breathe the Holy Spirit out. If we only breathe in and never breathe out, in this sense, the Holy Spirit has no real meaning in our lives. Spiritually, we…