Word Covenant
Healthy churches are not byproducts of programs but instead are products of relationships found with God and within the church family. Please don’t misunderstand me and assume that I am anti-programs, I however must say that nobody should have time for programs if they don’t have time to read the bible.
We look to and fro searching for what God has for us individually; we turn to man-made programs, spiritual leaders and advisers but never or rarely open the very living word of God. Your church is only as healthy as the people whom are apart of the church body as a whole. If we want to turn our churches and the world upside down we must start by turning our lives upside down.
We begin by being in relationship with God through the intentional reading of His word and praying to Him. We can find ourselves discouraged because of our lack of Biblical knowledge and inabilities to break-down each jot and tittle; but you need not be discouraged, start your relationship with God by reading and communing with Him on a daily bases. The transformation of a new life dedicated to being in relationship with God through prayer and daily reading of His holy scripture will change your life from the mundane religious experience and place a new excitement for the word of God and that excitement will permeates your very spirit and all those around you cannot help but get excited once again about God and His word. God’s word will revolutionize each and every person whom submits themselves to it; I don’t believe we study Gods word I rather believe the word of God studies us and will steady you in all seasons of your life.
Commit yourselves a new to the study of Gods word.
Eccl 12:8-14 NKJV 8 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,”All is vanity.”9 And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he pondered and sought out and set in order many proverbs. 10 The Preacher sought to find acceptable words; and what was written was upright–words of truth.
Rory, great post! We (evangelicals in general) have been way too caught up in programs. Your thoughts are directly in line with the Quote of the Day I posted over at menwithchests.com.
“The fundamental problem in the evangelical world today is that God rests too inconsequentially upon the church. His truth is too distant, His grace is too ordinary, His judgement is too benign, His gospel is too easy, and His Christ is too common.” ~David Wells, “God in the Wasteland”
The context of Wells quote was exactly your thoughts above.
Bravo, you hit the nail directly on the head!!!