Monthly Missiological Reflection #36

"Dream the dream . . . again"

By Dr. Gailyn Van Rheenen

Dream the dream . . . again.

Walking with God--personally, intimately, faithfully.
        Being transformed into God’s likeness.
        Absorbing God’s love, seeing His holiness, witnessing His faithfulness.
        Shedding anger, losing lust, giving up personal advantage.
        Reframing ego--from our glory to His glory.
        Praying, fasting, worshipping . . . communing with God.
        Bowing before Him, acknowledging that He alone is Lord.
 
Walking in community--personally, intimately, faithfully.
        Journeying together with God to become like Him.
        Putting on love which binds us together in perfect unity.
        Loving the unlovable, accepting the unacceptable -- within each of us.
         Encouraging the young, listening to the old, growing together in Christ.
        Expecting the miracle--bondage broken, addictions cured, bodies healed.
        Confessing sins to one another--feeling freedom, love, and acceptance.

Walking on mission with God--personally, intimately, faithfully.
        Emulating the ministry of Jesus.
        Becoming God’s ministers of reconciliation.
        Becoming spiritual friends with searchers and skeptics.
        Equipping God’s people for works of ministry.
        Doing church God’s way- not my way.
        Training leaders to plant churches that plant churches that . . . .
                       
Dream the dream . . . again.

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