Jesus isn’t afraid of an open mic! Neither should you be.
When an open mic and open hearts come together it’s powerful! Jesus isn’t afraid of an open mic! Neither should you be.
A microphone open to God’s Spirit is powerful! Ordinary people are allowed to reveal their heart to one another and to share what Jesus is saying and doing in their life. One open heart leads to another as people speak as prompted by the Holy Spirit and waves of spiritual life flood the meeting. The presence of the risen Jesus fills people with awe. The open mic is watched over by a few mature Christ-followers who discretely oversee what is said and done and are ready to lovingly correct anything that isn’t aligned with Scripture and with God’s Spirit.
Why is the world in a mess? Humans, like our first two ancestors, are in rebellion against the present reign of God. We resist and reject His authority as King and follow our own desires, opinions, feelings, and thoughts instead.
Here are four common styles of heart protection from Jesus’ “Parable of the Sower.”
1) Hard heart: Shutting down your heart to try to keep from being hurt.
2) Shallow heart: Living superficiality to avoid facing the more painful aspects of life.
3) Crowded heart: Cramming your heart full of empty thoughts, feelings, and desires to distract you from life’s troubles.
4) Pure heart: Keeping your heart humble, eager to turn away from all that’s wrong, hungry for righteousness, and obedient to God.
Regularly participating in a Spirit-led open mic meeting empowers Christians to clean out and purify their heart. Unfortunately, allowing Jesus to be the person in authority in a worship meeting is a rarity.
The body of Christ is a spiritual structure, not an organizational or physical one. It grows and spreads by people humbly connecting heart-to-heart as they are led by the Spirit. The body of Christ is built on spiritual authority coming from the presence of Jesus actively working in and flowing through various members of the body as He personally directs them.
Here are better questions than “Where do you go to church?”
Where are you involved in:
As Christ-followers, we don’t need to affirm that our sins are gone. The Pharisees were famous for proudly doing that. We need to demonstrate that our sins are gone by humbly and gratefully living in Christ’s power and victory over them and continually guarding our heart that we don’t get deceived by and entangled with them again. Christ-followers need to show the reality, love, and power of the living Jesus by our daily lifestyle, not just to proclaim it with words.
The first man and woman hid from the moment-by-moment awareness of the presence of God. Most of their descendants do too.
The “opportunity of your life” isn’t a great open door that comes once in your lifetime. It’s the opportunity of being alive day by day.
Christianity’s far more
Than religious ambiance
For an audience
In an auditorium.
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