My son went to a new church today to check it out. Turned out the pastor was absent so a videotaped message from him was shown on a big screen. The associate pastor made a few closing remarks and that was it.
Looking around during the "non-service" the largely under 30 crowd saw nothing negative in the proceedings.
If you've never had real food then it's easy to believe you've eaten well after having a bag of Fritos. Being raised in a spirit filled home and attending churches that were full of the Holy Spirit He was appalled as we were at the happenings.
There's not enough of the power of God in these places to cast the devil out of a peanut as one man said.
This sad to hear of and the lack of Fire for God is common place. I've turned across denominational preachers on Sunday morning just to see what they were saying. Chiefly Baptist, they were more dry lifeless lectures than anything resembling Holy Ghost preaching. In our region this assembly of dry bones is the rule rather than the exception. Do we need a revival from God or what!?
Several years ago we went to a "revival" at Owensville Baptist church just five mile up the road from us. The guest speaker was a Dr. Somebody from a large Baptist church in Benton. His "sermon" was largely a recitation about how good his father and grand father were and about how good he was. He went on and on about all the sinful things he never did and not once brought his life to the needy level of the rest of us miserable sinners. An altar call after the unanointed message brought scant results. I don't recall anyone going forward. After all, what were your chances of becoming as righteous as the good doctor?
I remember distinctly thinking"if I were a sinner in need of Jesus love I wouldn't answer such a condemning call to repent". It was one of the most self righteous lectures I've ever heard.
Lord God send revival. Here I am Lord, send me.
Looking around during the "non-service" the largely under 30 crowd saw nothing negative in the proceedings.
If you've never had real food then it's easy to believe you've eaten well after having a bag of Fritos. Being raised in a spirit filled home and attending churches that were full of the Holy Spirit He was appalled as we were at the happenings.
There's not enough of the power of God in these places to cast the devil out of a peanut as one man said.
This sad to hear of and the lack of Fire for God is common place. I've turned across denominational preachers on Sunday morning just to see what they were saying. Chiefly Baptist, they were more dry lifeless lectures than anything resembling Holy Ghost preaching. In our region this assembly of dry bones is the rule rather than the exception. Do we need a revival from God or what!?
Several years ago we went to a "revival" at Owensville Baptist church just five mile up the road from us. The guest speaker was a Dr. Somebody from a large Baptist church in Benton. His "sermon" was largely a recitation about how good his father and grand father were and about how good he was. He went on and on about all the sinful things he never did and not once brought his life to the needy level of the rest of us miserable sinners. An altar call after the unanointed message brought scant results. I don't recall anyone going forward. After all, what were your chances of becoming as righteous as the good doctor?
I remember distinctly thinking"if I were a sinner in need of Jesus love I wouldn't answer such a condemning call to repent". It was one of the most self righteous lectures I've ever heard.
Lord God send revival. Here I am Lord, send me.