One Prayer - Week One - "Make Us Religious"

Wow! The experiment is under way! Now over 1400 churches, representing over 800,000 believers is up and running.

This past weekend at Oasis we answered the question - "if God would answer One Prayer for the church - what what would you pray?" Caryl and I spoke and our prayer was "Make Us Religious".

Needless to say this title made many uncomfortable. At Oasis and in many churches we have worked hard to not be "religious" but rather relational. We have not changed our position or the direction of the church. However, as we sought God on what our prayer would be - we kept coming back to James 1:26-27.

Those who are 'Truly' religious - will pay heed to this verse.

1. Truly Religious People Control Their Tongue
2. Truly Religious People Are Compassionate
3. Truly Religious People Refuse Corruption

May the church become a place of action and one that not only looks religious but rather is 'truly' religious. Perhaps you cringe when someone asks you if you are religious. In light of James 1:26-27 - when someone asks you if you are religious this week, how will you respond?

God - Make us 'Truly' Religious

One Prayer - Begins June 8th

We are excited to be a part of now over 1300 churches (and growing daily) representing more then 775,000 believers around the world who are joining for One Prayer.

Jesus prayed in John 17:20-24 - My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: 23 I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. (NIV)

In this series we answer the question "If God would answer 'One Prayer' for the church at large, what would you pray?". Each week we pray "God, Make Us...." Together we will seek after God, fast and pray. Check out more info at www.OnePrayer.com and join us beginning this Sunday June 8th at 8:30 or 10:30 AM.

Be a part o this historic event as we seek God and what he is saying to the body!

Love in Christ
Pastor Scott

Final Bullpen of the Spring Season!

Hi Men - Tomorrow morning at 6:30 AM at the Sunrise Cafe we will have our final Bullpen. We normally discuss questions related to last weeks message and then tackle a current, hot or controversial topic.

This final week we will discuss the following question: If scripture says that true religion is to care for orphans & widows in their distress & to keep oneself from being polluted by the world, what does that say about how we should be living as followers of Christ?

Tomorrow following the Bullpen - I'll post some of the responses from our discussion. If you have not been able to attend - I'd love to have you post your responses here as well.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon!
Pastor Scott

Check This Out!

Well - if you've been following this blog - you'll see that there has been a bit of a gap! My blog provider mistakenly locked this blog as spam for a few weeks and it is finally up and running again! Thanks for your patience.

Many of you have already discovered this great new site. If you have not - check out http://www.mychurch.org/ . It is an awesome online social networking site that is specifically for churches. It works in a similar way to Facebook and MySpace, however it is a safe place for the whole family.


I've included the link to our church page - just click on this blog entry and you'll be redirected to the Oasis Life Church page on mychurch.org. If you have not yet visited and joined this site - take the time to do so. It's a great place to post encouragement, communicate with one another, blog, and check out the Sharing section. I think this will be a great new place for us to communicate about needs and what we can share with one another.

I've also elected for this site to be the place to post my daily blog entries concering our current time of fasting.



See you online - Blessings - Scott