There once was an atheist that lived next to a church. One night the church caught on fire and the parishioners rushed to the church to try to save their beloved place of worship. Part way through the fight one of the church members noticed that the atheistic neighbor was helping to haul water. The church member smugly told the atheist, "Wow, I've never seen you this close to the church before." The atheist quickly replied, "Well I've never seen the church on fire before."



Monday, January 10, 2011

Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire

I just discovered something very profound: before we fuss about all the jazz of how a church should look we really need to stop and ask about the Prayer Life of the church members.  If you want to become convicted about prayer read Jim Cymbala's book, Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire.  This book is a real wake up call.  Sure I think there are ways to do church better, care for people better, etc... but "Unless God builds the house they labor in vain that build it."  How about we just shut up  I mean quit talking about all the right ways to do church and get our prayer lives straightened out.  I have a feeling that if we really became connected to God "church" would happen by itself.  What's that little Piper quote?  Something about, "Mission organizations are necessary because true worship so seldom happens."  Another good quote: "If you pray because you ought, your prayer life will soon lack motivation; but if you pray because you must you will constantly be praying."  "God, please help us to see reality, to really see our need and to quit wasting all of our time trying to become self-sufficient."
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