{"id":779,"date":"2009-02-02T10:42:13","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T15:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=779"},"modified":"2022-07-15T14:27:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T18:27:15","slug":"a-call-to-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/a-call-to-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"A call to commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function, so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another. Romans 12:4-5<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Wow – yesterday’s message was tough! \u0627\u0633\u062a\u0631\u0627\u062a\u064a\u062c\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u064a\u0646\u062c\u0648<\/a> We finished our “LEGO Church” series<\/a> with a call to commitment to the local church. Even with a lot of light moments, it was a tough message. \u0644\u0639\u0628\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0648\u0643\u0631<\/a> (If you missed it, you can <\/em>listen to it here<\/em><\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

It was tough<\/strong> to look into the eyes of friends – many of whom I know are committed – and ask for more.<\/p>\n

It was tough<\/strong>\u00a0to ask\u00a0– almost accusingly – why we are more committed to a football team (on Superbowl Sunday) than to Christ’s church.<\/p>\n

It was tough<\/strong> to say, “If you’re not going to live like a Christ-follower, don’t tell people you’re a part of Oak Tree Community Church<\/strong>. We don’t need that testimony. 888<\/a> ”<\/p>\n

A call to commitment is always tough.<\/p>\n

But in the end, it’s worth it.<\/p>\n

Yesterday we had 8<\/strong>\u00a0members voluntarily sign the OTCC Membership Covenant again<\/strong> to signify that they’re still committed. Thanks for you continued commitment!<\/p>\n

And we had 5<\/strong>\u00a0attendees sign it for the first time<\/strong>, committing themselves to God, to the other church members, and to the church leadership. Congratulations and welcome to the membership!<\/p>\n

Calls to commitment are tough. But I believe OTCC<\/a> is up for the challenge. And in the end, we will win, and God will get the credit as his “LEGO Church” continues to be built one piece at a time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function, so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another. Romans 12:4-5 Wow – yesterday’s message was tough! \u0627\u0633\u062a\u0631\u0627\u062a\u064a\u062c\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u064a\u0646\u062c\u0648 We finished our “LEGO Church” series […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discipleship"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":2,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"widget-thumbnail":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Daniel Goepfrich","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/author\/dgoepfrich\/"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function, so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another. 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