#1 – The Vision Is Not Clear -
If people don’t know where a church is supposed to be going…then it
will attempt to go everywhere and eventually wind up nowhere.
(Interesting experiment–ask people this coming Sunday at your church,
“What is our vision” and see if people give you the same answers or
different ones. BTW…NewSpring Church…THURSDAY NIGHT we are rolling out
our NEW vision statement…can’t wait!)
#2 – The Focus Is On Trying To Please Everyone –
There is NO church on the planet that will make everyone happy every
single week…and…according to the Scriptures that isn’t really supposed
to be our obsession. Too many times we become so concerned with
offending people that we actually offend Jesus.
#3 – Passionless Leadership – When a leader does
what he/she does for a paycheck and not because its their passion…it’s
over. I’ve said at this site before…I want difference makers not
paycheck takers. AND…also…it is hard to be passionate about a place
when a persons average stay at a church is two years or less.
#4 – Manufacturing Energy – If a program is dead in a
church…then it needs a funeral and the people need to move on.
Investing time, energy and money into something that is dead will not
revive it. Celebrate the fact that “that” program had its day…and then
move on. AND…quit trying to fire people up over events that you would
not attend if you were not on staff.
#5 – Lack of Prayer – Many times we work so hard
putting our ideas together than we actually think there is no need for
the supernatural power of God to be involved. Prayer should not be the
good luck charm that we stick at the beginning or the end of what we
do…but rather it should be our constant desperation to see God do the
undeniable among us. Intense desperation often brings undeniable
revelation!
#6 – Unwillingness To Take Risks – When our focus
becomes to play it safe rather than to do whatever it takes to reach
people far from God…it’s over. NOWHERE in the Scriptures did God ever
ask anyone to do anything that didn’t involved an “oh crap” moment.
We’ve GOT to be willing to embrace the uncertain if we want to see the
unbelievable.
#7 – Disobedience To The Scriptures – Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15, Luke 24:48, John 20:21, Acts 1:8, II Corinthians 5:16-21, Luke 19:10…I
could go on and on…but we MUST understand that Jesus didn’t come to
earth, live here for 33 years years, give HIS life for us and then
return back to heaven to intercede for us so that we could get in really
little circles and talk about ourselves and condemn those who are not
as good as us. We are called to REACH PEOPLE FOR GOD–PERIOD!
#8 – Selfish Attitudes – Matthew 20:28
says it all…and if we are going to be more like Jesus we’ve GOT to
serve others rather than expecting the church to be our servant all of
the time. When a person (or group of people) refuse to embrace that a
call to follow Jesus is a call to serve…then we’ve lost sight of who He
is and eventually we will make being a Christian all about Jesus
following/serving us rather than us taking up our cross and following
Him!
Jul 31, 2012
Jul 18, 2012
L O V E
LOVE is one word that fill this world into such a complex world. We live around in the life that involve love in every aspect of our activities. People need love from other people, this is happening with or without any self-conscious. Even Our Almighty God, the Father of Heaven is defined by the word LOVE by what the scripture says in John 3:16.
But this time we're not discussing about God, I'm not the master of religion, I'm just a servant as the scripture describe the people who worked in the field of God. This time I'm just sharing my story, my perspective of love...
It was another ordinary day, but that day I witnessed it with my own eyes.
That was amazing how someone can love somebody with such a passionate love, that he cared for his loved one, scared of losing her so deeply.
Me at the same point, also scared of losing the girl that I love and it's real. I mean this is real love, right now I'm just feeling so scared of losing her :'(
People had their chances while keeping their ego, me on the other hand didn't get any chance and absolutely people told me not to be selfish. I've shared my days of being alone and that's no fun at all, I thought that I have every rights to be selfish now because I don't want to be alone anymore. :( I know this is sounds so selfish (well, it is) and self defense, but being alone is never be a fun life as long as I can remember. I'm grown up now and if I prioritize my relationship in my Top 5 list I think that's fair enough.
But still. . . . . . :(
But this time we're not discussing about God, I'm not the master of religion, I'm just a servant as the scripture describe the people who worked in the field of God. This time I'm just sharing my story, my perspective of love...
It was another ordinary day, but that day I witnessed it with my own eyes.
That was amazing how someone can love somebody with such a passionate love, that he cared for his loved one, scared of losing her so deeply.
Me at the same point, also scared of losing the girl that I love and it's real. I mean this is real love, right now I'm just feeling so scared of losing her :'(
People had their chances while keeping their ego, me on the other hand didn't get any chance and absolutely people told me not to be selfish. I've shared my days of being alone and that's no fun at all, I thought that I have every rights to be selfish now because I don't want to be alone anymore. :( I know this is sounds so selfish (well, it is) and self defense, but being alone is never be a fun life as long as I can remember. I'm grown up now and if I prioritize my relationship in my Top 5 list I think that's fair enough.
But still. . . . . . :(
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