Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Creatinine And Cellulitis

What is the role of Charismatic Renewal in the Church?

The Renewal helps Christians to relax, to convert, to awaken in them the gift of the Holy Spirit. There are several ways to be part of the Renewal: charismatic engaged in, participating in casual, post-charismatic. This would compare a prayer group at a house at a service station or a motel.

The primary role of a prayer group of Renewal is to be school prayer . It is a place to pray and learn to pray, to receive the gift of prayer. It is a place that focuses on prayer of praise, spontaneous prayer, prayer in tongues, prayer sung. It is a place where intercession is encouraged, a place where people can pray over them for the outpouring of the Spirit or healing.

Another role of the Renewal is spiritual training and doctrinal of its members. Charismatics are people who take seriously the Word of God and trying to understand and put into practice by attending regularly. "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the Word of God and put it into practice." (Lk 8.21) Evangelism and continuing education are a concern of members of the Renewal, inventing various ways of proclaiming the Good News.

Community life is important in the Renewal. People have taken their commitment to join together to form "new communities" in order to sustain their lives as children of God. That's excellent, but the prayer group as a service to the great church is not to make each participant a permanent member or a member of a community. It Normal people come only occasionally (service station). It's normal that people move on after a while (motel). It is also normal and desirable that many will recognize as a mission to continue to serve in and Renewal (home).

Is social commitment is part of the Mission Revival? Yes and no. This is not the proper role of a prayer group to visit the sick and feeding the poor, etc.. By cons, if, thanks to Renewal, he operates a real conversion, love of neighbor find all sorts of ways to express themselves through a variety of volunteer and commitments. "All Scripture is God-breathed and useful ... for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. "(2 Timothy 3:16-17) The healing ministry is, it should be noted, specifically social engagement. If, through prayer in Jesus' name, people are recovering and learning to walk, to become independent and responsible, what a beautiful service was restored to society!

Have you noticed that the Renewal button the four pillars of the Church's mission? "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, the breaking of bread and to prayer." (Acts 2:42) The Renewal is a service of the Church. As servants we must equip and send people on missions that come to us, not too worried if they remain forever in our ranks or not. What matters is that the prayer groups are places where takes place the outpouring of the Spirit, the Spirit bears fruit in all areas of the ecclesial and social life.

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