State of the Union

The posts have died off a little this week. It's not that I'm out of things to write down. It's nearly the opposite - there's so much stuff to talk about it's overwhelming.

The news is abysmal. This nation moves further from God's ways and wishes. As a result, demonic activity is skyrocketing here. Strangely, as this nation goes, so too goes many others. The Taliban is gaining power and popularity again. Many civilized countries are adopting Shia Law... an Islamic belief system of ruling.

I'm sure you heard about the Muslim man in New York (I believe) who beheaded his wife because she was divorcing him. He'd started a Muslim TV station with the purpose of showing America that the Muslim way is modern, sensible, civil, and tolerant despite how it is portrayed by much of the media. He cut her head off in the TV station. So much for sensibility, I guess. We are charging him with 2nd degree murder. Now... I'm not lawyer, but what constitutes 1st degree murder? Did she need to wear a badge?

Our churches struggle to keep people interested. That is largely because there is nothing special about most churches. Nothing is offered that can't be found at a mall or a country club... or at home on the couch watching it on TV. It's boring, cold, and dead. That doesn't mean they aren't trying - although some truly aren't. Shepherds of congregations everywhere are looking for answers and trying everything in their power to maintain their flock. That's the problem. Their power is never going to be good enough.

Where true, life-changing worship is concerned, there are some rules we should all follow:
IF YOU WANT TO CONTROL IT, GIVE UP. GO HOME. YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE ANYONE. ONLY GOD CAN AND YOU CAN'T CONTROL HIM!
IF WHAT YOU ARE DOING CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT, DO SOMETHING ELSE!
IF YOU AREN'T MOVED BY THE PRESENCE OF GOD WHERE YOU GO TO CHURCH, HE ISN'T THERE. GOD WILL ALWAYS MOVE YOU OR MAKE YOU SO UNCOMFORTABLE YOU WILL MOVE YOURSELF.

And if I insist on going to a dead church where I always leave feeling hunky-dory and the world is my oyster and I'm always comfy and I don't want anything to change... then please yell at me for wasting gasoline and contributing to global warming because I should be able to find a more eco-friendly hobby at home - even if it's listening to my Al Gore tapes. I realize that was a horribly long, awkward sentence.

Things are winding up in the world. The darkness is getting darker, and as a result, the light is getting brighter. It's time to put away childish things, childish pursuits, and childish dreams. Dial into someone BIG.