Last Sunday and last Tuesday night our group in Cambridge had the delight of receiving five and seven visitors, respectively. All of these saints were enthusiastic, gifted in varied ways, and used by God to bless us. This experiences renews my hope that God will raise up a semi-itinerant team of people to travel around New England to the various house churches. Even though these people didn't intentionally work together as a team the impact was considerable. What could happen if God handpicked people like Jesus did with the disciples, worked out the logistical problems, and sent them out to minister? So thank you God for Dale & Laurie, Saj, Jason, Amy, and Charlie & Vicky.
One of my other fervent hopes is that God will use the following of Jesus through the vehicle of apostolic traditions to blend the Body together- the charismatics and the evangelicals (cerebrals and expressives) and people with such varied gifts as the apostolic, prophetic, evangelistic, shepherding and teaching. Sadly this is not usually what happens. One of the keys is communication. Yesterday I met with a couple who enjoy very different gifts than I have. By the grace of God we had developed enough trust and relationship that i was able to get clarity on a difficult issue without the typical blowups. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. (Eph 4:3)
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