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So, I had this idea come to me the other day, and I can't shake it.  The more I think about it, the more I like it. 

The idea is this:  a sort-of modern-day version of the Jesus People movement from the 60's; Christians living communally, sharing and helping each other, living life together, worshiping the Lord together.  But also, they aren't tied down to one location.  The whole group of them travel all the time; in cars, vans, RV's and such, and they migrate together all around the country. 

Everywhere they go, they preach the Gospel, Christ and Him crucified.  Repent and believe.  And not just one man in the bunch, but many men sharing the Gospel, street preaching and such.  Proclaiming the truth loudly with genuine faith and love, praying for people right on the sidewalks, in parking lots, in parks, on the beach; compassionately talking through the hard questions with even the most ardent objectors.

In support of this primary mission of sharing the Gospel, they work to bless the people who live in the places they travel to in practical ways:  they pick up litter and dispose of it properly, repair broken things, cut grass and do other yard work, clean public bathrooms, those kinds of things, all free of charge.  And when they move on to a new place, they always leave the last better than they found it.

There isn't a rigid hierarchy, no single leader, no human or handful of humans that the rest are beholden to.  There are a multiplicity of pastors, one for every ten families or so.  They shepard the people and provide loose direction.  They keep the people in doctrinal unity, and come together to seek the Lord for all matters of leadership. 

The people live Biblically, holding to a code of ideals taken from Scripture that gives parameters and identity to the movement.  Every person is free to go wherever, no one is indebted to follow any particular course; individual Christians and Christian families are free to join or depart as they feel led of the Lord to do. 

I realize there's about a thousand challenges to a concept like this.  It would have to be a thing God starts and sustains.  But how amazing would that be?  If something like this ever comes into being, God willing, I would want to join it as fast as I possibly could. 

What do you all think?

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Malachi 4

"1 “Watch now,” the Lord Almighty declares, “the day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. The proud and wicked will be burned up like straw; like a tree, they will be consumed—roots and all.

"2 “But for you who fear My Name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture. 3 Then you will tread upon the wicked as ashes underfoot,” says the Lord Almighty. 4 “Remember to obey the laws I gave all Israel through Moses My servant on Mount Horeb.

"5 “See, I will send you another prophet like Elijah before the coming of the great and dreadful judgment day of God. 6 His preaching will bring fathers and children together again, to be of one mind and heart, for they will know that if they do not repent, I will come and utterly destroy their land.”"

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19. I turned 20 towards the end of the ear.

how old were u in 2004 just askin >_<

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"When someone becomes a Christian, he becomes a brand new person inside. He is not the same anymore. A new life has begun! All these new things are from God who brought us back to Himself through what Christ Jesus did. And God has given us the privilege of urging everyone to come into His favor and be reconciled to Him. For God was in Christ, restoring the world to Himself, no longer counting people's sins against them but blotting them out. This is the wonderful message He has given us to tell others! We are Christ’s ambassadors. God is using us to speak to you: we beg you, as though Christ Himself were here pleading with you, receive the love He offers you—be reconciled to God!"

--Paul, 2 Corinthians 5:17-20

Please, I beg you, if you're reading this and you're not a Christian, repent and believe in Jesus for your salvation, now, while you can!

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"The human race would have perished utterly had not the Lord and Savior of all, the Son of God, come among us to put an end to death." – Athanasius

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Happy 4th of July x

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Happy 4th of July!!

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A Happy Fourth of July Y'all.

To America, with love from Israel! We wish a Happy Independence Day to our American friends!

May the US-Israel relationship continue for many long years!

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Every king of the hill fourth of July picture you’ll need

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MURICA

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Happy 4th of July America !!

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"The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America when in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

"Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

--- Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776