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Yesterday I was at the Hillsdale County Fair with some friends. At 2pm, there was a "religious service" at the band shelter. I left after a few minutes but I still has the privilege of hearing some of the most stereotypically reverent hymn-singing I've ever witnessed.

Christians need to rethink their strategy. If we think singing our hymns and praise choruses in front of the "worldly people" is going to give them any kind of good impression about our God, we're mislead.

Paul talked about what we do being "foolishness" to the those outside our community. Why are we assuming that seeing a church service will be like seeing God?

If the 150 people at the religious service spent that hour talking to people, numerous relationships could have been formed and we would be one step closer to understanding each other.

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JonMagic
I agree and disagree with you. Two points first:

1. We are supposed to worship God, and one of the ways is thru musical worship, so if these people were glorifying God thru song, whether it be in church or at the fairgrounds, He received that as worship.

2. People may have heard that singing and thought "what the heck" these crazy christians, but God works on hearts, and He may have been working on someone's heart, and that singing actually meant something to them.

Point being, I agree, we are not sharing our faith on a daily basis like we should be. I do believe however that we are not wrong in worshipping God by lifting up our voices in song, even if it is at the fair. I believe we each, on our own, need to work on the "strategy" you spoke of. We need to ask God to challenge us daily to share our faith with all those around us, by the way we live, the way we speak, the relationships we build, and ultimately by telling everyone the reason for the hope we have, Jesus Christ.
Laniaya_Hoofatt
I feel the same way that's why sometimes I ask...am I trying to praise God or am I trying to please the church. I feel like I am not doing it right if I don't do it the way the 'church' would want me to do it.

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