Ever Hearing….Just not Obeying!
LORD, may our churches awaken
Equip God’s people, disciple-makers
Obeying Jesus, to go forth
Not be passive, but ‘Harvest laborers.’
Addressing Leaven (How did Jesus love hypocrites?)
So, are we acting out of love?
Or busy judging, criticizing;
Fault-finding, others’ failures;
Is our motive, their sanctifying?
May Your People Rise!
Yes, pray with passion, for the people;
To grow in zeal, for the LORD;
Be surrendered, emptied vessels;
Awaiting Jesus, His Spirit poured.
Expectations, Preparations for All Believers
May churches multiply, have vision;
Equip and train, mentor God’s people;
Send them forth, to reproduce;
Not merely sat, beneath a steeple.
Will We Obey?
Yet many churches, too clergy centered
The ‘Lay-people’, passive spectators
In church activities, weekly rituals
But not discipled, equipped as laborers.
Abuse and Rejection
Took my sins and my sorrows;
All my suffering, all my shame;
All my guilt, my disgrace;
All glory, to His Name!
Keep Learning
Learning to empty, so we may be filled;
Seeing much of my life, is my self-willed;
Learning to die, that God’s Spirit may flow;
Sensing His promptings, so starting to grow.
Grasping onto Grievances?
“To love our neighbor, as ourself”;
But if refusing, to forgive them;
“Your Father won’t, forgive your sins”;
So, ask for grace, don’t condemn them!
Where are the Equipping Churches?
We’re not equipping the saints
For the work of the ministry
Instead our focus, polished preaching
Yet, we’re not coming to His unity.
Start a Fire in My Heart
LORD, change me within;
In repentance, I come;
Wholly cleanse and renew me;
Forgiven fully, by God’s Son.