December 14, 2013
Dear Friends,
It hit me like a bullet of truth. Hope is not just about the future, it is anchored in the past. I was driving home from our Thanksgiving celebration and thinking about our Sunday morning worship in our house church. We would be celebrating the first Sunday of Advent and the theme that goes with that first candle is HOPE. . .from Thanksgiving right into Advent. . .That is exactly how it should be. Continue reading
The best of times and the worst of times, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, high praise, joyful tears, belly laughter, miracles of salvation and healing, disappointment, stupid mistakes, unfair treatment, depression, anger and pain. Church.
I have more hope now for the Church than I have ever had before. . .
That is how I finished Part 1 of this journal. It’s really true. I am 100% convinced that the Church is becoming a radiant Bride and She will be fierce in both power and holiness!
Here is my bottom line reason for such optimism: JESUS GETS YES. Continue reading
I just reread this and decided to reblog it. This is the beginning of what will become a journal of what I believe the LORD is doing in the Church today.
“I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.” George C. Lichtenberg
Change is coming to the Church in America. I have great hope. . .
I’d love to have your thoughts as I share from my heart about the Church in the days ahead.
Did you see what I did there?
You thought when you began reading that title that it was going to say, “Church: Love It Or Leave It.” And you could jump on the bandwagon with a massive crowd of 20 and 30 somethings who are leaving the Church in droves. It is popular to say things like, “I don’t have a problem with Jesus, but I don’t like the Church.”
The problem is, there’s no alternative. Jesus is coming back for a bride, not a bride with all of her bridesmaids. Church is Plan A, and there’s no Plan B.
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Did you see what I did there?
You thought when you began reading that title that it was going to say, “Church: Love It Or Leave It.” And you could jump on the bandwagon with a massive crowd of 20 and 30 somethings who are leaving the Church in droves. It is popular to say things like, “I don’t have a problem with Jesus, but I don’t like the Church.”
The problem is, there’s no alternative. Jesus is coming back for a bride, not a bride with all of her bridesmaids. Church is Plan A, and there’s no Plan B. Continue reading
Jesus is the only way of salvation. 
Those are not my words, they are from Jesus Himself: Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
Today, we can feel the abrasiveness of that statement in the atmosphere of inclusiveness. It seems downright intolerant! Can you imagine how that statement is going to sound 10 years from now? It will cause an outrage. . .literally. Continue reading
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