Thursday, April 19, 2012 – Entry – An open letter…

An open letter…

A friend and spiritual colleague wrote me and asked the following question.

“God spoke to me a month or so ago reminding me of one of the churches listed in Revelations that has lost their first love. Is this kinda what you are sensing as well?”

It is in essence a form of the church losing their first love. What I am seeing however is the layers of how we got there. Meaning… The overall Body of Christ has lost their love, or better put their passion, the congregations have lost their passion, the leaders have lost their passion, and the individuals Believers have lost our passion. It has happened in steps over time and each one has fed off of the other one. God has allowed my focus to be directed at any given time to only one portion of that deterioration.

Right now what I sense burning in God’s heart is the lost leaders. What I mean by lost leaders is the leaders that were once very passionate for Christ are now either passionless, disillusioned, and/or burnt out. Why they are this way is a very lengthy topic to examine. Through the writings and the blog it will be examined.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 – Entry – Losing Heart, Losing Hope

One of the primary problems with the decay of the church’s influence on our culture, country, and society is the fact that many Believers who once burned red hot for Jesus have lost heart. Through time, wounds, and disappointments these once powerful warriors for God have turned into broken people who have, or are, losing hope. God never said that endurance with Him was a picnic. Just the opposite is true. Perseverance is no picnic and not for the weak and faint at heart. Yet, there is hope because someone who has given themselves to a spirit of losing heart and hope can be renewed in their zeal for, and faith in, the Lord. All they need do is ask the Lord to renew them, heal them, and bring them back to the place they once were in Him. Then they stand up and begin to walk again, forgetting the time they spent in their pain, apathy, and doubt. We must not let disappointment and discouragement take root in our lives; we can’t the Body of Christ is waiting for us, they need us and we need them. If you once had such a passion for God that you believed you could make a difference for Him and a difference in your world for His glory then I urge you to once again find your way back to that passion. Find your way back to the One who is passionate for you.