If you are a pastor/church leader…I hope you will give me a couple of minutes of your time…because…I really feel the Lord pressing in on me to SHOUT OUT to every church leader than I have been given the privilege to speak into that…
THE CHURCHES BEST DAYS ARE YET TO COME!
I’ve never seen in my 38 years of life on this big ball of dirt called earth what is happening in the church right now.
And it FIRES ME UP!
- Churches are being planted at a faster rate than ever before…by people who have a fire for Jesus and HIS Kingdom…and not the advance of a denomination!
- Pastors are preaching the GOSPEL…and not a social agenda with a few Bible verses sprinkeled in for good luck.
- People are being called to commit their lives to Christ instead of being told that they are ok as long as they leave a tip in the offering plate.
- People are actually reading their Bible’s and discovering that they can have an active & vibrant relationship with Jesus rather than trying to use some type of human mediator.
- People are understanding that a church is not effective when the pastor ministers to the people…but rather when the body ministers to the body, thus embracing the fact that God has gifted, equipped and empowered them to serve Him by serving others through His church.
- People are becoming less about consumption and more about contribution.
- Leaders are learning from each other—despite minor theological and denominational differences.
- People like Craig Groeschel and the guys at LifeChurch have led the way in demonstrating a culture of generosity among the Big “C” church…and HIS Kingdom is being well served because of that.
- Technology is being leveraged for more than viewing porn! The church has actually discovered that it is a tool for reaching the world with the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ.
I could go on and on…but the fact is that I believe that God is doing something HUGE right now…
AND YOU ARE A PART OF IT!!!
It doesn’t matter if you had 70 in your church yesterday or 7,000…it was CHURCH…HIS CHURCH…and He loves churches of 50 just as much as churches of 50,000!
If one person received Christ in your church yesterday…the angels rejoiced just as much over that person than they did the church where hundreds did the same thing.
God has a plan for your church…it’s huge…it’s breathtaking…it’s massive…and when it is fully played out the communities in which our churches are planted will be IMPACTED and INFLUENCED in a way the world has never seen.
Your best days are ahead of you…not behind you!
Keep your eyes on JESUS…listen to Him and do what He says…and let’s keep making sure that HELL is LESS POPULATED because our churches refused to allow people to go there!!!