Amazing Change Sunday

Today our church took part in the Amazing Change Sunday - the follow up to Amazing Grace Sunday, the 200th anniversary to the end of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade - and it blew me away.

At winter camp the previous weekend our speaker, Glenn Prior, talked about the Tabernacle (don't worry, I didn't understand what it was prior to his teaching on it, either) and how we must face our sin before we can draw in to God. It was powerful.

So, not expecting to relate much from the previous weekend into today's teaching I was floored when Pastor Jim dove head-on into how sin, or piousness (which is the hypocrisy of putting religion above relationship), keeps us separated from God and is what inspired His rebuke to the Israelite's in Isaiah 58.

Connection, please?

Basically, the Israelites were sinning in that they appeared to be holy, but weren't taking care of those who desperately needed it, like the poor or disadvantaged.

Translation to today: when Christians shy away from being the hands and feet of Christ to our communities we're being the same pious people the Israelites later repented from being.

Without a mode for action all this info can be overwhelming and leave you feeling helpless to change. Luckily our pastors are awesome and provided so many resources for us to be the hands and feet of Christ. Here are a few...

amazinggracemovie.com
theamazingchange.com
zoechildrenshomes.org
ijm.org

Get deep and get involved...