The applause of one!

John 2:24
24 But Jesus didn't trust them, for he knew mankind to the core. No one needed to tell him how changeable human nature is!  TLB
This is personal to me and has been a promise and a standard that in transitions remains my guide. My wife wrote a song about the applause of one!  It reminds me when you choose to find your praise from Man and not your Daddy that you will become discouraged and compromising to regain there praise when its lost!  What I desire I become, so Jesus you are what I desire!  The Kingdom of this world and everything in it is changing including the praise and disappoint of people daily. Yet I live in a Kingdom that cannot be shaken! (Heb. 12:28)
Now my story:

I set out to lead a ministry according to Gods pattern(The KINGDOM OF GOD) and not the pattern that I have seen or been taught.  Although to some, a 35 year old  man may be to young and to others to old, I never let age determine anything I do!  The purpose was clear, PREACH THE KINGDOM OF GOD! (Luke 4:43)  This needed no thought or discussion! I will heal the sick, cast out demons, and raise the dead~!  But I knew I needed a mission that fit my personality and the personality of those I felt God wanted  to use the Fusion to reach! I didn't want to reach church  people cause they were already reached, so what was the point in making them feel comfortable! I wanted the lost! (Matt. 28:18-20)  to be quite honest I don't want people at the FUsion who don't want what I feel God wants to do with the Fusion!  As a team we heard the Lord tell us three words when it canme to the mission, (Relevant, Real, Reproduce). We looked up all three words in the dictionary and were sold. Then the funniest thing happen!  Those who knew God had called them to the Fusion were sold on the vision! Then another not so funny thing happen,  all of a sudden I begin to hear rumors of negativity about the word relevant in The Fusion from the people who should support you the most, Christians.   As i talked to people who don't go to church they loved the vision! I was so tired of not being able to invite friends to church because they felt judged or didn't fit in.  Of all places in the world this should never happen is in the body of Christ, yet oddly enough it does!  " I was beging to hear words like post modern church, emergent church, relevant church and they were used in a very dishonoring way!  I have to admit I was a little naive and had never read any of the books or heard of names like Rob Bell or Mars Hill Church!?!?!  So like any good person i googled it, watched a few YouTube videos, read  a few reviews both positive and negative and was shocked at the dishonor baby Christians showed towards men of God and church leaders.  Why does this have to happen in the body of Christ!  I have tried to create a culture of honor and feed myself with such sermons, books, and materials.  So this was an eyeopening experience when you live contrary to such mockery, ridicule, and dishonor from others!  Of course with every movement of God there are a few bad people out there and a few people like us with wrong theology in some areas but I liked what I saw as a whole and the testimony's I had heard from the people touched by it! I have yet to read any books.  I will say after hearing out both sides, I then all the more wanted to keep the word relevant in the mission statement.  How could people be so upset over a good word or something being relevant to the people of there day?  If this meant I had to water down theology or not offend or preach something other then the Kingdom message if I used the word, then obviously you don't know me!  I like wearing jeans and a t-shirt to service!  I like a place where seekers feel welcome, I love rockin worship, I love videos and fun people, I love a place of creativity, I love the word of God being preached, I love where people are free to love Jesus at there own pace and rate!  I don't like dress codes or arranged seating, superficial people, swallow relationships, mockers, hidden rules not in the bible, music only my grandma would like!  So the funny thing in all this is God told me to do it and I never new a word could cause such upheaval in peoples honor of there brothers or sisters in Christ!  Hear is some synonyms of the word and you decide!
               rele·vant· adv.

Synonyms: relevant, pertinent, germane, material, apposite, apropos
These adjectives describe what relates to and has a direct bearing on the matter at hand. Something relevant is connected with a subject or issue: performed experiments relevant to her research.
Pertinent suggests a logical, precise relevance: assigned pertinent articles for the class to read.
Germane implies close kinship and appropriateness: "He asks questions that are germane and central to the issue" (Marlin Fitzwater).
Something material is not only relevant but also crucial to a matter: reiterated the material facts of the lawsuit.
Apposite implies a striking appropriateness and pertinence: used apposite verbal images in the paper.
Something apropos is both to the point and opportune: an apropos comment that concisely answered my question.

The CHURCH is not a building, but a bride!

So i hear all this talk about the church as a building! We go to church, how big is your church what is your church like?  It spurs me to write this! The Church is not a building, its not a denomination, its not a style, its not a preference, its what Jesus died for! Its the people of God! Matt 16:18 "I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.  The church Christ was talking about was His (ekklesia), a people!  His peole come in all colors, shapes and flavors!   Must we get upset because there are differnt styles of buildings, why must we feel like we have to pick sides?  Styles are for each minister to hear from GOd and do according to there heart!  Styles change and need to be relevant to the need of a culture in order to change it with the culture of the Kingdom of God!  The message is the real issue!  IF WE PREACH, TEACH, OR EQUIP IN ANYTHING BUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IT IS SIN! Gal 1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel- Paul says don't listen even if an angel preaches it! Christ came for one purpose to restore what was lost! Luke 4:43 Our salvation wasn't lost but the Kingdom of God and the DOMINION man had over the earth was a lost revelation when, Adam ate the grapefruit! Noah wasn't granted dominion because it was lost! (Genesis 9:1)  Christ restored dominion and then died for an imperfect people (church) so we could be made right before God to live out the Kingdom of God on earth!  We must realize we are a people, and not just any people but when we are born again, we are born into perfection, sanctification, holiness, power and so much more! YOU ARE NOT LIKE ANYONE ELSE! YOU ARE DIFFERENT!!!! WITH DIFFERENT GIFTS, DIFFERENT PASSIONS, DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES!  YOU ARE GODS FAVORITE!  You His (church) carry a unique piece of Gods heart that was not granted to another, but the same message to carry it out!  The message will sound different from different vessels but it has to be the same message.  We must recognize we are ONE CHURCH with ONE MESSAGE!  This will eliminate all divisions create a unity the world can't stop!

If your perspective on life and people is what needs to change 1st then you are not walking in unity!

Eph 4:1-6
walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. NKJV

My question is what about that verse above do we as "Christians" not understand!  Maybe we should see ourselves as "SONS" instead of "Christians"! Sons truly live with the family in mind and do what benefits the family, bastards think only of themselves and do what they can to compete and tear down anyone who is better, different, not equal to them!  We are part of a fatherless society in every way and it has preceded to change the church culture instead of the church changing the culture around us.  The salvation message has left us fighting about how saved we are in the body of Christ instead of takin DOMINION!!!  I believe it's for this reason alone Paul warned us of preaching anything other than the Gospel of the Kingdom of God! (2 Cor. 11).  Jesus came to glorify the FATHER, do only what He saw the FATHER doing!  Who are you glorifying? I know you are radical like me, but shut up with that self righteous crap and ask yourself and GOD who are you really glorifying?  Stop and dare to ask God the tough questions, you might be surprised to find out what is really going down! Does that little jerk satan get more glory than God in our lives?  When we go through a trial do we praise GOD or blame the enemy for our pain. Do we worry about money, house, what style of clothes we have, etc...? (Matt. 6:30-34) Most "christians" are really just practicing pagans in there prayers and thoughts!  You don't need to pray about those things, it is a pagan prayer! Let's just celebrate and be thankful for what we have!  Hebrews 12 says we are receiving a KINGDOM that cannot be shaken! Take that to your bank account!  Let us have the attitude of Christ and see ourselves as God does and do the actions God would do.  That means serve a world we don't understand!  Love HIS CHURCH!  Not your idea of the perfect church but love her into perfection!!!  She will take over world!  She is the answer to the question the world is asking!  She is the creative solution to what we need in business, healthcare, economy, marriage!  She is my friend as well as His and I want to learn how to live for Her since He died for Her!