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"Graham Cooke writes that, "When we become a prototype (pioneering church) and the Holy Spirit begins to move in power, we will also come into a different level of warfare." (A Divine Confrontation)."

"True leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders.
Robert Townsend – (Up the Organization)"

"The fact that we focus on creating members instead of missionaries grows from our lack of being captured by the heart of God for people."
Reggie McNeal, author of A Work of Heart"

"It's striking that the word Paul uses in Ephesians 4 for "equipping" the saints is the same word used in the gospels for mending a net, or for repairing a wall, or setting a broken limb. "Katartizmos" means to restore or repair so that the original function is restored. (The New Apostles By Len Hjalmarson)

"Larry Crabb, in his recent work, "The Safest Place on Earth," comments that we have a choice: we can be either managers or mystics. Most of us feel somewhat out of place in community: we don't always feel safe and community itself is a mystery. We prefer structures we can understand and control. The problem is, God is less interested in predictability and control than we are! Or, from another perspective, He wants to be the one in control, and He doesn't always tell us in advance what He is up to!"

"But that doesn't mean you should all look and speak and act the same. Out of the generosity of Christ, each of us is given his own gift.

The text for this is, He climbed the high mountain,

He captured the enemy and seized the booty,
He handed it all out in gifts to the people.
Is it not true that the One who climbed up also climbed down, down to the valley of earth? And the One who climbed down is the One who climbed back up, up to highest heaven. He handed out gifts above and below, filled heaven with his gifts, filled earth with his gifts. He handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, and pastor-teacher to train Christ's followers in skilled servant work, working within Christ's body, the church, until we're all moving rhythmically and easily with each other, efficient and graceful in response to God's Son, fully mature adults, fully developed within and without, fully alive like Christ."

(Eph. 4:7-13 MSG)

My concerns today: plans for travelling to holland, apostolic calling, structures, journeys of desire, reasons, ambitions, plans, visions, apples, cold toes, sweden, mysteries, church as family, sukkoth decorations and ending of ramadan, coconut thai chicken.

Recommended reading:
The Vision and the Vow by Pete Greig
So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore
by Wayne Jacobsen & Dave Coleman