Capital C.

"We've drifted away from being fishers of men to the keepers of the aquarium." -Paul Harvey

Morgan Chilulu, an African pastor of a small church in the midst of the AIDS pandemic once said, "A Church that lives within its four walls is no church at all."

Sometimes I think there's a hole in the Church. We need only read our church bulletins to see where our priorities have been placed. How many annoucements involve programs that focus more on meeting OUR needs than the needs of those outside the church?

It's not that churches shouldn't minister to their own members, but that there should be balance. A balance between interal  and external ministry.
When our churches become spiritual spas in which we retreat from the world, we're doomed to lose our saltiness. And then we can't impact our culture.
I know a lot of people that GO to Church, expecting something. Entitlement creeps in instead of worship. Their hearts are far from the teachings of the Lord. They come to be entertained, to be noticed, or even to hide. Why do we do that? What does the Lord OWE us?


Maybe there isn't a hole in the Church, but there sure are some holes in its members--myself included.

The Church is God's hope for the world. Does it feel like that to you?

Revival will come when the Church believes it will--because the Lord is able.
"Return to Me, and I will return to you..." Lord, I believe that. Help us to be obedient and to be found diligently doing Your work--all of us.

Redeemed, JAS.