by Grease Coakes
Bixyl mentioned that he wanted an article about a church in
Second Life, so I thought I’d check one out. Using a random search I found “God’s
House of Prayer Church,” which showed a high level of traffic, about 10k. When I
warped into the sim, I was inside what seemed like a real-life church that may
be in your neighborhood. I looked around and saw a schedule which showed that
when I warped to the sim a Bible study was about to start in 5 minutes!
Moka, another lady at the Bible study expressed, that she felt
as if she wasn’t always perfect at being a Christian. It sounded to me as she
was talking over voice chat that she was being hard on herself. I told her to
take your time and, “So Moka you should learn about Jesus at your own pace ^.^ .”
Moka also said that she wasn’t good with hard things as challenges that God
presents to her “Not good with hard things :s” I answered back to her,“Moka the hard things will still be hard but you will still
be able to accomplish them”.
The Bible study leader asked a second question about why
does Paul say to see God with your heart and not with your eyes? Lots of people
answered in various ways. I answered, “God is pure love you can't see love with your eyes or your
brain." Another question was how large is God? I answered that he is
infinite while Moka said infinite at the same time I answered. I chuckled at
that.
A lot of the Bible study was discussion based and it was
neat to hear what everyone said. I commented that Moka was hard on herself for
not knowing so much about God. But also she was participating a lot which made
me think that she knew a lot more about God then she may admit or realize. A question that was asked was “Why is praise important?” I
answered that God wants to receive love just like we do.
The Bible reader Jehoshabeath said he has no kidneys and
that will continue to keep serving God until he is called home. Moka’s voice comment about she thanked Jesus of how she is
alive and well every morning. That made me think that not everyone in life has
the ability to walk that most people take for granted. Not everyone has the ability
to walk and that’s something to keep in mind as I worked for MDA aka Jerry’s Kids as a telemarketer in real life.
Chana offered an ending prayer and sang a song called “Even
If” by Kutless to end the Bible study. As Jehoshabeath quietly said that the
bible study was meant to be short but ran over time anyway.
God is praised in many ways in Second Life and real-life. I
can’t speak for whoever reads this article whatever way towards God is best for
you. My experience at “God’s House of Prayer” church was certainly a positive experience.
If you are feeling down and out this church seems like a good place to express
yourself to God. There seemed to be lots of people there to share their experiences
with God. When I wrote this article their Bible study was on 6pm SL time on Tuesday.
That seemed like the right time to stop by.
When I mentioned I was writing for the SL Newser, Agape
Scorpio was thrilled! She also said that tonight’s Bible study happened to have
a lot more people than usual. I’ll be glad to share this bible study and the
group’s love for Jesus in this article as I had fun.
House of Prayer (72, 113, 38)
Grease Coakes
Thank you for the good review
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