I’m a Mac user…and I make no apologies for it. I have officially seen the light and will never go back to my “days in Egypt” when I was doomed to the confines of a PC.
AND…I have an ipad (and it’s awesome!), two ipods…heck, if Apple invented a toilet I would probably buy it (because it would be the coolest toilet EVER!)
BUT…as much as I want to I just can’t purchase an iphone (even though the new ones are supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread!)
Don’t get me wrong…I want one, I really do! They look so cool…and all of my friends who have them talk about the apps you can get for them and how if you have one that Jesus Himself will automatically allow you into heaven…
I have NO PROBLEM believing that the iphone is an incredible product…but the reason I can’t get one is because AT&T is the service carrier…and they are about as reliable as a kamikaze pilot on his 15th mission!
I totally believe in the product…I just refuse to purchase one because of the service associated with it.
I wonder if the same could be said in regards to people and the church?
I know SO many people who really don’t have a problem with Jesus…but they have major problems with the church, and so because of that they simply refuse to receive “the product” (Jesus) because of who/what is associated with Him (the church.)
Over 90% of Americans claim they believe in God…yet less than half of that number attend church on a regular basis…I would say that’s a problem.
Tomorrow I will go into the more practical side of how I believe that we, the church, can change this perception! The church has more potential that it has ever had…and our best days are still yet to come! I am praying Isaiah 54:2-3 and Isaiah 61:4 over the church—not just NewSpring Church, but YOUR CHURCH! It’s going to take more than one church to reach the millions who don’t know Christ…and I believe as we continue to listen to His Spirit, make the necessary corrections and BEG for His favor that we can/will see things in the next several years that will BLOW OUR MINDS!