The vast
majority of churches I know have lost the plot and have turned into safe and
secure institutions reassuring members that their compromised lives are OK with
God. Even the word church is so tainted as to be almost unusable. What we need
is a Jesus Liberation Movement to bring God back into the centre of all we do
as believers. There is nothing safe about the Gospel, it is as threatening and subversive to
the world as violent terrorist groups. There is nothing safe about following Jesus,
he died young and made plenty of enemies. God is calling for a movement of
people who will take Jesus seriously. Who are willing to live differently,
simply and yet honestly and deeply. In
short God wants His people to live for Him alone, to love him with everything
we have. We can’t be too committed to God. God will give us all we need but
will we give back to Him all we have? The church should be proclaiming Good News but
the message is lost as it is clothed in drab formality and tradition, we use
words that don’t communicate to people who have already heard. The Good News is
about real change, it’s about joining the most exciting, dangerous and
adventurous movement ever created, it’s about nothing less than changing the
world. While church committees argue
over changing the colour of the carpet men and women in our society are dying
hopeless and helpless.
Father forgive us for losing our passion and
domesticating your Spirit
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