Get into the neighbourhood trenches.

Let go of your desire for approval.

Don’t pay attention to everything people say.

Worship is what comes forth from a called people and their very lives - not just what happens at a set time and place.

I have set the Lord always before me;
    because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

There is a God,

And it isn't you.

Friendliness says, ‘Hey, how are you?’

Hospitality says, ‘Please come into my life!’

Acts 28:1-2
Once everyone was accounted for and we realized we had all made it, we learned that we were on the island of Malta. The natives went out of their way to be friendly to us. The day was rainy and cold and we were already soaked to the bone, but they built a huge bonfire and gathered us around it.

Let us not be a people who focuses on our individual desires & wishes, but rather our shared mission.

Stop the bickering...

And get on with the blessing.