Its been a while since my last post.  I’ve switched computers and honestly lost my passwords to get into my blog (old age).  I just want to comment on a growing trend in Christianity.  Right off the bat let it be known that when our eyes, hearts, and lives are focussed on Jesus, the impossible becomes probable, walls fall, oceans split, & basically the world changes right in front of us.  However, when our focus is not Jesus, we focus not on God size things but our little ,small minuscule issues of mindset and preferences.  When will we learn that the God of the universe is so much bigger, diverse, and  more powerful than the smallness of mindset, and preferences.  I almost have to laugh ( in disgust) when people, or groups of “so called” Christ followers want to attack the methods and focus of ministries that are truly trying to reach the lost. They fire their salvos of concern and “righteous condemnation” as if God has imparted specifically a new revelation amending the commissions we are given in Matt. 28:19-20  Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. ²⁰ Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” and Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 

I don’t get what is so hard to understand about those verses. God has empowered us to go and reach people everywhere!

 In Ephesians 4:11-12  the Bible tells us: Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. ¹² Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.  The Bible in a very literal sense there says the church has been gifted with leaders who excel in different capacities and they will train “Christ Followers” to do fulfill the Great Commission as we call it and their role in the church to serve both saved and lost.  I don’t think the intention of scripture there was that we would train people to be negative, judgemental, small-church minded ,individualistic, nay-sayers that look to find something wrong with every move of God on the planet!!! (you get the picture I hope)

There is war we are called to wage…but not with other people instead its with a very real enemy who does not stop attempting to blind the minds of unbelievers…and we will either jump in the fight, run from it, or fire on our own! 

In the end my prayer personally and  for Crossroads Church is that we will intentionally choose to keep our eyes on Jesus the author and finisher of our faith and nothing else.  Ultimately other than the souls that are in heaven for eternity, nothing else matters anyway! Blessings!!