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Permalink Reply by James Yang on March 15, 2009 at 10:35pm

Peter,

You don't know me. I am currently attending Newsong Irvine. I'm not theologically trained. However, I'd like to join this discussion.

I'm not sure if the "sermon" is supposed to be a place of feeling fed. It is a time for me to come before God and worship Him. From my personal experience, I have felt that having regular times of ready the bible and prayer during the week with reinforcement at sunday service is the best. Generally, when I read the bible and pray regularly, the sunday service message comes alive to me. On the other hand, when I am not reading the bible on a regular basis, sunday service isn't lively to me. Surprise.

To answer the question, i think that other methods of reaching out to people would include encouraging them to meet God personally, alone during the week. I think that sunday services are great for worshiping with other christians.

James

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Permalink Reply by Peter "D!" on March 15, 2009 at 10:42pm

James,

Thanks for joining in, by all means! And I love what you say...if the fire isn't burning during the week, and then all of a sudden you try to put a match to the thin stream of gas... nothing. Even with all the gas in the world flowin on your sunday morning suit jacket, the preacher ain't gonna kick start a fire, if it does happen, look out! Singed to the core! After you get burned to a crisp, then waht?Then die right down to a flicker again right? So true, as you remind us, for Christians to honestly look how they feed themselves. I always say 40 year olds should stop looking for the "deeper" preachers and become a feeder of others. Thanks! I will encourage our people in this regard too.

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