Pastor Darren's series about the next Great Awakening has me thinking about many things that have been rattling around in my head for the past several years. I do feel that the US church in general and Lakeside in particular are beginning to awaken to the prospects of what true Christianity looks like and how it is lived. It is so much more than a weekly gathering with our friends to sing songs we already know and listen to sermons we've already heard. It involves so much more than just complaining about how bad the world is getting and how we need to just stay around "nice" people like us.
Christianity isn't "nice". It costs everything and it is worth everything. True fulfillment comes only through true Christianity. We are just beginning to awaken to this reality at Lakeside. As it unfolds, it will be scary and wonderful. We will see our influence increase in our city not because of the solidarity of our voting bloc. We will see our influence increase because we will be living out the only real and lasting thing on earth. We have the message of life. They will see it and believe it when they see us living it as though we believe it.
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Randy,
We're always in need of a new awakening to the realities with which we are involved. I pray that that process will continue to take place among you.
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