Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Who Are We?

People in transistion.
People who have crossed over into "new" life.
A work in progress.
Straining forward to the Upward call of Christ.


We have lived in the darkness far longer than we care to remember.
Now the dawn of hope breaks over us everyday through the Word of God and the presence of His Holy Spirit in us, over us, around us.


It's all about Surrender.
Giving up.
We has spent our lives giving up.
This time it is a surrender to one greater than us that has the power to restore us to sanity.
Sanity?
The ability to make sound decisions that lead to good consequences.
Sanity!
We have surrendered ourselves to the rock.
We have surrendered ourselves to the needle.
We have surrendered oursleves to the joint.
We have surrendered ourselves to the bottle.
We chose to bow our knee and worship the high.
Repeatedly we performed this ritual so many times that it became second nature
We did it out of habit until it becamse a habit.
A habit that consumed the very focus of our lives.


The Church @ Rapha is a community that is seeking answers that can only be found in Christ.
Our Theology?
I Corinthians 2:2
For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Christ at the center of our life, gives my life purpose and strenght to be lived and walked out everyday.


We are a community of hope.
Our worship is simple and direct.
We sing "to" God and not about God.


Our services are every Saturday Night at 7 p.m.

Come back and visit our Blog.

Michael Bynum
Pastor
Church @ Rapha

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