.:: .:.: :. You mean the world to God .: .:: :..

:.. He says He loves you more than anything & you mean the world to Him .:.:

.::. He'd do anything for you and He died on the cross to prove it :. .::


..:: When I was 6 years old, my sister told me a story about the lost sheep .::.

.: God had a hundred sheep in His flock ::.

.:.. At the end of the day, when He has brought them home, He would count them to make sure they were all there .::

.:.: One day, He found that there was only ninety-nine and it was already getting late .:

..: Nevertheless, He left the ninety-nine to look for that one which was lost .::.

..::. He searched until it was dark and finally, He heard its cries coming from the valley :..

.:.. He went towards it and found the little lamb wounded and hungry .::.

::. He moved away the rocks and carried it in His arms .:..

.: He embraced it as He said, " I will never give up until I find you. " ..:.: :..


.:: ..: ::. God has only one craving, one dream, one desire - that is you ..: ::.

Sunday, September 17, 2023

No going back now

So you have not been going to church but worshipping at home with the family and now you want to know which church God is leading you to?

Pray and ask God what you should do. A church is not something we can go shopping for. It’s something God has predestined for you. A church is a family; a place we pour our hearts and lives into, other than our actual family. So pray about it.

To be entirely honest, we’ve not been going to an actual church for many years because our church is overseas. We tried joining a local church but it just isn’t the same. I felt God calling us to focus on Family Altar. And to be honest, after not going to church and then going to church, I see false religion and traditions of man rather than what I think a church is supposed to be and I just can’t go back to it anymore. I just want the Holy Spirit to move in the worship but it can’t be done in some of these church environments. I just have to do church at home again. 

But that’s me. Just do what God is calling you to do..

Well, how can a church environment not allow the Holy Spirit to move? Sometimes, there’s just so much expectation— i.e. the worship has to have a certain number of songs, sang a certain number of times, starts off at the bottom of the chart and then slowly builds up and finally when it reaches the peak, the pastor is to take over and pray for the people, followed by communion, tithes and offerings, and then the word for a certain number of minutes, etc.

And there’s women’s ministry, men’s ministry, youth ministry, basically all serving people, ministering to the people, some fun, food and laughter. And words of comfort, stuff they are happy to hear. I’m so tired of doing church. After serving in the local church for a year, I just couldn’t unsee what I’ve been “missing” pre-covid and its irrelevance to what God is doing today — something powerful, new and different.

The Church has got to get to its original form in Acts 2 — full of power, signs, wonders and miracles, — and the ekklesia mentioned being built on the ‘rock’ — a governing body, of authority at the heart of today’s society. 

We simply cannot crawl back into the comfortable bubble we used to call home, and expanding our little churches the same way we used to. There is just no going back now.

Our kids need to experience God and to have a personal relationship with Him, and sadly, the church is no more a place for that. It has become a religious institution, teaching the word, with fun and games, and cool songs but nothing more than that.

* tRUST & OBey the LORD *
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