We live in a world of sensationalism. It is no surprise to me that so many people are taking or prescribed antidepressant medications due the the highs and lows of everyday life. People are constantly looking for the next thing that will give them that feeling of satisfaction and/or joy. I even find that some people use the Church house for this high. “I come to church because it makes me feel good.” “I am high on Jesus.” This is why so many Churches feel the need to out due the service that they had last week because people will get used to it and get board if we don’t.
I am having these thoughts this morning because of the great revival we just had at Fellowship Baptist Church during our World Vision Conference. I so much desire for the life with the Lord to be ongoing and not just passing. I realize I cannot maintain the Spiritual awareness in the lives of others, and therefore can only focus on my own revival with the Lord. We as a Church are learning to walk by faith; to walk in the Spirit; to be with God 24/7. My fear is that some will lose the excitement now that all the hoopla is gone. If that happens it will reveal that it wasn’t a moving of the Spirit but just simply a well designed conference that produced some endorphins for a while. I know that is not the case. God did in fact show up. My prayer is that we as a Church learn to walk in the new found relationship that was revealed to us by the Holy Spirit during the week of the conference; that we allow the Spirit to finish what he started in us, so that we can take the next step in him mission and ministry. God is faithful, so faithful. Pray for each other during this time of transition. Pray that God would keep us from the Wicked One. Pray that God would finish what he started a month ago.
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