---Part three of a three part series on the state of the Church in America---
Change starts with you. It doesn’t matter how large or how
small your sphere of influence is, what matters is that you, in your heart and
actions, become the person who will let go of the security of loving yourself
and embrace the greater blessings God has in store for you.
We don’t need another fad diet. We don’t need another
12-step program. We simply need Christians and churches to understand the need
and answer the call. The window is closing rapidly on the time that the American
church still has the people, resources and the voice that is has now to speak
into our culture. God does not need these things to shine His love, but my hope
and prayer is that we will be good stewards of them while we have them instead
of looking back years from now wondering ‘what if?’ Let’s not hit rock bottom
before we learn from our mistakes and start rebuilding the church. Let’s start
rebuilding the church now. For many this is going to require a paradigm shift
of how they ‘view’ and ‘do’ church. But let’s not let the fear of change or the
unknown keep us from becoming who Christ asked us to be. Looking at the
American church the task may seem large, but you are only responsible for you.
Let’s not focus on fixing the whole system; let’s focus on fixing you, your
church, your family. If you would like some help on what steps to take next,
please feel free to contact me. I am a part of a ministry that is built for the purpose of
connecting with pastors, church leaders and longing Christians and equipping
them to fulfill Christ’s mandate for their lives: making disciples by loving
God, and loving others. If you are a person or an organization that would
benefit from the church’s love please contact me and I would love to try and
connect you with someone or some church that takes serious God’s call to love
our neighbors as ourselves.
