Church

Church is different things to different people. To some its a place where you go if you want to be a good person. To some its a place you go if you want to be a hypocrite. To others its a place where God is. To others still its a place where God would never be.

I want to express some of my thoughts of what a church should be, and my vision of what God has called the church to be and do.

I see a church that is the life-source of the town or city it is in. I see new life being birthed from it daily in forms of:
People coming to know Jesus.
Sickness being healed.
Bondage's of addiction being broken.
Lives being changed for the good of the Kingdom of God.
Entire cities prospering just because the local church is there and doing the will of God.
Broken homes being reunited.
Poverty completely gone from a city because of the church and them doing the will of God.
I see a church that is so influential that the whole city is asking for their help in everyday decisions.
I see a church that loves.
I see a church that is doing everything in their power to keep the whole world from suffering and bringing light to even the darkest corners of the earth.

What kind if church do you see?

It's been a while...

So, it's be a while since my last post. I have been thinking, reflecting, meditating, and praying about what to say to God's people. I'm teaching the youth tomorrow at Journey Church of Acworth (my church) and I just thought I would share a little bit with the world of what God has given me.

If someone can grasp even a small portion of who God is and the power that is within you through Jesus, they can change the world. He created the entire universe, but yet he cares more about YOU than any thing else in it. I like to think of it this way: God has things for me to do while I'm on the earth and he has a huge warehouse that says my name on it filled with stuff he has for me to use while I'm here for his work. I think the great thing that could happen is when I get to heaven Jesus would show me a warehouse with my name on it that is empty and he would say that I used all he had for me to use on the earth. It's not good enough for me to go to church on Sunday, or every other day the doors open, and then not tell one person about the kingdom of God. It's not good enough for me to pray once a day before I go to sleep and wonder if God heard it. It's not good enough for me to read my bible once a week and think that I'm somebody and know God's will.

It's about time. It's about passion. It's about the kingdom of God that is inside of me. It's about spending every moment in the presence of God! It's about making someones else's life better because your in it. God is love, so what should I be? LOVE. Love for fellow man. Love for my enemies. Love for the people that get on my nerves and love for my best friends.

God wants to use you and me. God wants you to know him just as well as he knows you. I want to challenge every person that reads this to put as much time and energy into your relationship with God as you do everything else in your life. Stir up a passion in your life for God so strong that you can't talk about anything else, that you can't think about anything else. I'll do the same.