Soul & Spirit ◀︎
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here is an African saying, “it takes a village to raise a child,” and what a great one it is.
But I cannot help but wonder who is making sure that the village is looked after and
taken care of ? This, I believe, is the calling of the church.
Church is not just a Sunday event, nor is church just some building where religious
things happen or a place where people can run to when they are in need.
No, church is God’s children carrying
He has placed them into this community for
you can do that will make God love you less.
God’s Glory into our village. Thus, people are
a reason. If our village can believe that God’s
He will not always like what you are doing, but
the church.
way is the only way, it will be a village that is
He will always love you.
For many, God’s Glory sounds so
mysterious, so untouchable, like a mist that you
If you ask me, church is not just a one day
love for us and His grace that has cleared our
event, but a twenty-four seven
lives from all sin and the consequences of
lifestyle. I love church, I
sin, such as guilt, shame and pain. It is in this
love to come together and
revelation that I live in Him, that I don’t have
drive through, but – and it is a big
but – God’s Glory is man
fully alive! His Glory is for
us to know His will and
ways for our community.
God has given us life, He
wants us to be happy and
live peacefully as a village,
and the church is the
If our
village can
believe that God’s
way is the only way, it
will be a village that is
raising children to
be fully alive.
to, but want to please Him.
God and the blessings He
The good news of the Bible is that we
has bestowed upon us.
have been recreated in Jesus Christ to do
We give Him thanks and
the good works that God has predestined
honour Him for what He
for us. Christ is the example of man and not
has done and is still doing
for man, and we are made in His image and
likeness. Man is not bad but good, created in
not done until we live out our Godly
into His Kingdom.
Can you imagine a village where all the
celebrate the goodness of
in our village, but our work is
facilitator that brings people
people are living according to His ways?
May we as a village discover God’s great
raising children to be fully alive.
excellence and Christ came to earth to show
purpose in order to see our village become a
us our worth.
We, as a village, must not forget that there
church.
Men who are living out their Godly purpose
I want to encourage every reader to
is a God who loves us and has blessed this
and not just in their job description or
become part of a church, where you can be
village. Let us too love and bless one another.
in an occupation, but in their identity. In
empowered to live as a true child of God
Rise and rise until lambs become lions.
marriage, couples are living according to His
and become part of God’s extraordinary
ways, because it was His initiative. Children
Kingdom. Remember that God loves you, He
understanding that God loves them and that
will always love you and there is nothing that
----------------------------------------RL — Carlos Coveiro at Doxa Deo
Noord Kampus
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