Monday, June 16, 2014

I Have To Confess, I Have Ridden The Pine More Often Than I Should Have...

02-20-2014


"Football consists of 22 men on the field desperately in need of a rest, and 60,000 in the stands desperately in need of exercise." - Author unknown

Worship isn't a spectator sport, it is meant to be participatory.  So today I encourage you to "get in the game" and get some spiritual exercise! 

It's been said that 20% of the people in churches do 80% of the work... I'm not sure how accurate those numbers are, but just pretending they’re right; perhaps we have more spectators than “athletes”?  In global terms, that would mean that out of the 2.1 BILLION estimated Christians, only 420 million are engaged in actively worshiping God by sharing their gifts and lives with God’s people in mission and ministry.  It’s God’s will that that percentage be much higher… like say, 100%. 

John 4:23 – “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.”  (NKJV)

Spectator or worshiper, which will you be today?


Let’s worship together… for the Father is seeking you for just that purpose.  May God bless and keep you today!


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