The Rules of Jesus Club

First rule of Jesus Club is: you don't talk about Jesus Club!
Jesus Club is not for the faint of heart. It is all or nothing. We don't talk about it because the outside world can't handle it.

Second rule of Jesus Club is: you must choose to do what Jesus is doing, especially when it is inconvenient or humiliating.
Jesus Club is not for the faint of heart. It is all or nothing. We can't talk about following Jesus and then not do it.

Third rule of Jesus Club is: you must stop worrying about what others think of you.
Jesus Club is not for the faint of heart. It is all or nothing. If we are following Jesus everywhere he is going, people WILL think we are crazy.

Fourth rule of Jesus Club is: you are responsible for your own spiritual, emotional, and physical health.
Jesus Club is not for the faint of heart. It is all or nothing. If we are not in shape we will be eaten alive.

Fifth rule of Jesus Club is: laziness is not an option.
Jesus Club is not for the faint of heart. It is all or nothing. Time is of the essence, Jesus may come back at any moment. Convenience is a crutch.

More to follow......

A Friend in Need

A new friend of mine is now homeless. He had been paying rent to his roommate for a few months, but his roommate was not paying the landlord - they have been evicted. He is living on the front porch of a Church around the corner from my store. I don't know how to help him. I want to take him home and offer him whatever I have, but I don't know if that's the wisest choice. I call him my friend, but really I don't know him at all. I'm just all he's got. I'm going to see him tomorrow, please pray for the Lord to give me wisdom, and my friend a home.

My Mirrors Broken

I am faced with a new temptation - ego. I have had ego problems in the past, but this is different.

A friend of mine sold me on the idea of becoming a mirror image of Jesus. A person who reflects Jesus to all who see me. I have been working hard. I gave up addictions, some of which I enjoyed. And now, while I am not really mistaken for Jesus, I have grown leaps and bounds. And it pisses me off! Because now I am being taken advantage of. Now no one is looking out for me. Now I am stuck in this hole trying to look like Jesus, and no one can find ME! At least it feels that way, remember I know I'm still not good at being Jesus.

Satan is tempting me to give up. He wants me to feel lonely and overlooked so I will get frustrated and go back to being selfish.

Jesus is telling me to keep going. He says feel lonely and overlooked to become selfless.

It's the cost for the cause of Christ - people will see Jesus if they can't see me. Paul understood how hard this is: "Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing. Your attitude should be the same that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not demand and cling to his rights as God. He made himself nothing; he took the humble position of a slave and appeared in human form. And in human form he obediently humbled himself even further by dying a criminal's death on a cross. Because of this, God raised him up to the heights of heaven and gave him a name that is above every other name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father" Philippians 2:3-11

I'll get my mirror fixed.

Jesus Club

"If the Apostle Paul were to return to earth today, I believe he would call the entire American Church to return to the discipline of the secret. This ancient practice of the apostolic church was implemented to protect the sacred name of Jess Christ from mockery and the mysteries of the Christian faith from profanation. The ancient Church avoided mention of Baptism, Eucharist, and the death and resurrection of Christ in the presence of he unbaptized. Why? Because the most persuasive witness was the way one lived, not the words one spoke...The problem in the American Church is not that something has been hidden but that not enough has stayed hidden. Let the Church go underground for the rest of the nineties. As it lowers its profile, let it raise the ante for membership. We are the Church. Let us present to the world the image of a servant community, and let us preserve the beauty of the gospel not with showy, defense fervor but with an intense interior life of prayer and worship, service, and a manner of living that only can be explained in terms of God."

Brennan Manning - The Signature of Jesus

"First rule of Fight Club - you don't talk about Fight Club!"

Tyler Durden - Fight Club