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OK, agreed! We need the opportunity to see it practised. My mother (89 years young) cried to experience the very tiny taste of our gathering in Clovis with MRT members from Albuquerque and Colorado saying, "now I see what you mean"... If you are going to spread a virus, personal physical contact works best... Carolyn
Today, we have an interview with JoEtta Deaton. She tells a similar story. To paraphrase: "By visiting some of the house churches in Brighton (CO), I experienced a whole different paradigm of church. What I saw was church that flowed out of listening to Jesus. This was transformational and I want to begin to try this out when we go back to Virginia".
(JW: This is the third of seven LK10 Practices. Church = a spiritual family focused on listening to Jesus.)
Now, listen to JoEtta tell the story in her own words below. Share with us your response to what she has to say.
John
New Mexico has started to become a hot bed of encouragement in the Lord as He has been raising up laborers for the harvest. Over the past few months there have been a few of us who have had a growing desire to connect and network with simple church people all around the state. Remember... Denver has more people in the city than we do in the entire state! As some of us were having a conference call the other night (one of our MRT groups), one brother said "I think God is telling me to go to the SE area of the state to encourage the saints there." Another responded by saying, "I need to go to the SW area to visit the churches there." Richard & I have been visiting several people around the state, and are taking another couple with us as we visit the other churches. What is growing is more and more a network of encouragement and strengthening the churches (see Acts 15:36,41) We really sense that in these travels, we see people face to face, have a time to pray and listen to the Lord together, and spread the 'virus' to those who gather in other cities. We have a long way to go, but what an exciting expression of God's heart for our entire state! As Carolyn said, it is so important to see each other 'face-to-face.'
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