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Making friends at Church

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convicted1

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Earth said:
I think what Padre is saying (correct me if Im wrong) is our common interest is in Christ & in Gods agenda...so we are to go out & discuss Christ, live Christ, work Christ & as hard as this may sound....try to be like Christ. And you & I both know that the world will tell you that your crazy because of that....thats where the persecution comes form.

Brother, when I meet with people, my question invariably is, "So how is God working in your life today"....believe me they need to hear that....that God is a part of their lives. Now that may elicit an answer your not prepared to hear....like, what are you talking about....Im broke, Im Sick, Im dieing of cancer.... but at least its a beginning point. Dont know if that helps...but thats my point of outreach to a lost world.
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evangelist6589

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padredurand said:
I guess if this book had anything to offer we wouldn't be having this conversation. :thumbsup:

Communion, communication and community share the same root word from the Latin communio which means to share in common. What do we share in common but the shed blood of Jesus Christ? This is the core of any meaningful relationship. Read what John said:

1 John 1:7 NAS77
7 but if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.​

Fellowship with one another starts with fellowship with our Heavenly Father and His Son.

1 John 1:3 NAS77
3 what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, that you also may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.​

You can't be dismissive of this. Nobody in church likes to bowl on Tuesday nights? So what. You have Jesus in common. You can't find anyone who likes to take walks in the park, scrapbook or whatever "common interests" you are looking for? So what. You have communion, communication, community together in Jesus Christ.

If that is not fully sufficient for you then you have my pity.
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ACTUALLY that was a great book and it helped me allot while in SC. It helped me so much I searched for a church and found one in January of 2011 where I was able to make friends and felt connected. However not everywhere offers this and it would be UNFAIR to blame the author for what other churches do. The book helped me see that because people are popular on FB and other such sites does not mean they have real friends. The book challenged me to try and make real friends of which I did at that time. However I am in a different area and attending a tiny IFB church with little to offer. Also working 2nd shift is not going to help.

But for the moment and for a season I need to do this as I have large CC debts I want to pay down. Also going to be married in less than a month and my life will be different than what it was in my single days. I do not have as much freedom nor as much time to do evangelism, but I still have sometime and praise God for that. I am adjusting.....
 
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