Will we fulfill God's purpose, or will we shrink back and live a comfortable, self-centered life?

Absolutely nothing will revitalize a discouraged church faster than rediscovering it's purpose.

It is an incredibly difficult task to lead people from self-centered consumerism to being servant-hearted Christians. It is not a task for fainthearted ministers or those who don't like to get their religious robes wrinkled. But it is what the Great Commission is all about

As Christians we’re called to belong, not just to believe. We are not meant to live lone-ranger lives; instead, we are to belong to Christ’s family and be members of his body.

Jesus says in Matthew 25, no man knows the day nor the hour, neither the angles nor the son but only the Father which is in heaven. Now if Jesus didn't know when he was coming back, it's crazy for me to try to think.

The key to friendship with God, he said, is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do.

If you talked to others the way you talk to yourself, would you have any friends?