DAILY BREAD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2007
FOR WHAT WILL THIS CHURCH BE KNOWN?
Doug Smith
For its love of selves or its love of lost souls (1 Thess. 2:8)?
For its spreading gossip or its spreading the gospel (Mark 16:15)?
For its rudderless drifting or its strong leadership (1 Pet. 5:1-4)?
For its low ideals or its lofty goals (Col. 3:2)?
For its knowledge of the world or its knowledge of the Word (Acts 17:11)?
For its financial limitations or its generous giving (2 Cor. 8:1-6)?
For its comatose Christians or its many active members (Eph. 4:16)?
For its selfish pursuits or its selfless serving (Gal. 5:13)?
For its internal strife or its brotherly love (John 13:34-35)?
For its different positions or its defense of the truth (1 Pet. 3:15)?
For its cold shoulders or its warm fellowship (1 Pet. 1:22)?
For its living below God's expectations or its living above the world (1 John 3:3-6)?
For its helping itself or its helping the needy (2 Cor. 9:12-13)?
For its innovations in worship or its spiritual and true worship (John 4:24)?
For its accolade of men or its glorifying of God (Eph. 3:2)?
For its stagnation or its vibrancy (2 Pet. 3:18)?
For what will this church be known? Actually the question is, "For what will you be known?" Because, if you are a member of this church, then the church will be known for these things to the extent that you are!
For its spreading gossip or its spreading the gospel (Mark 16:15)?
For its rudderless drifting or its strong leadership (1 Pet. 5:1-4)?
For its low ideals or its lofty goals (Col. 3:2)?
For its knowledge of the world or its knowledge of the Word (Acts 17:11)?
For its financial limitations or its generous giving (2 Cor. 8:1-6)?
For its comatose Christians or its many active members (Eph. 4:16)?
For its selfish pursuits or its selfless serving (Gal. 5:13)?
For its internal strife or its brotherly love (John 13:34-35)?
For its different positions or its defense of the truth (1 Pet. 3:15)?
For its cold shoulders or its warm fellowship (1 Pet. 1:22)?
For its living below God's expectations or its living above the world (1 John 3:3-6)?
For its helping itself or its helping the needy (2 Cor. 9:12-13)?
For its innovations in worship or its spiritual and true worship (John 4:24)?
For its accolade of men or its glorifying of God (Eph. 3:2)?
For its stagnation or its vibrancy (2 Pet. 3:18)?
For what will this church be known? Actually the question is, "For what will you be known?" Because, if you are a member of this church, then the church will be known for these things to the extent that you are!
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