I’ve almost finished reading The Ragamuffin Gospel, but I think it’s one of those book you have to turn around and read again to begin to fully get it. To me it is a truely amazing book one that everybody should read. The major point of the book is that no matter how beat up, down and out, bottom of the barrel you feel God loves you. This is the central message of the Good News, yet we never hear it. Being good so God can bless you, evangelize so there are more people filling this church building, you need to declutter you schedule so you can do more at church are some of the predominant messages we hear but so far from what God really wants from us.

This book has really laid heavy on my heart as what people are really longing to hear when they come and worship Him in community with others. When we have them as a captive audience we should spend more time connecting people with God and let Him change them from the inside out in stead of us writing messages that we think will change them and make them “better” Christians. We don’t need “better” Christians we need CONNECTED Christians. Christians connected to their creator and it’s our duty as leaders in the church to speak the Gospel and pray God works with in those that hear.

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