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Virtually everyone has some thought or opinion on what church is or isn't, or what it should or shouldn't be. There's one perspective that matters more than all of them, though, and it belongs to the One who established the church in the first place. This is the third in a five-week series that focuses on the church and God's purpose for it in our lives.
The church could attract so many if only it could promise freedom from every danger and difficulty of life! But such a promise is reserved only for the life to come. In this life, believers ought to expect danger and difficulty specifically because of their connection to Christ.
Virtually everyone has some thought or opinion on what church is or isn't, or what it should or shouldn't be. There's one perspective that matters more than all of them, though, and it belongs to the One who established the church in the first place. This is the second in a five-week series that focuses on the church and God's purpose for it in our lives. While we are used to the limitations of time in our world, beginnings and endings, today we are reminded that the church has no such limitations.
God promises to work out ALL things for the good of those who love him, but... can he really make good on that promise?
You didn't want to... but you did it anyway. Why? Why do we struggle with doing what we know we shouldn't and not doing what we know we should? Knowing the answer to these questions is not nearly as important as knowing the solution to the problem.
Got fear? Get Jesus. If he was able to address your biggest fear, then rest assured, he can handle your ongoing and daily fears as well.
Jesus told his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few" (Mt. 9:37). Why? Why aren't there more workers, and what does it take to be numbered among them?
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