April 27th Devotional

Read:

Ephesians 2:21

21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.

So many in the church today doesn't understand what the church is really all about. They think it's going maybe a few times a year for certain functions. It seems like it's all about programs and shows in most churches today. The church was never supposed to be like an organization. It is a people who have been washed in the blood of Jesus and going forth to make disciples, be a temple that is built upon the foundation of Christ, and going forward outside the four walls of the church. The four no more! It's time that we get outside the four walls of the church and touch our community in a great way. It's time that we use what we have been taught in the church, and do the works of Jesus in this hour. The church is not a building or steeple. It is a people going forward to make new converts and grow in Him. Scripture teaches us that the minister's in the church equips the body of Christ to go out and do the very works of Jesus. Unfortunately, the pastor in some churches is doing everything and the sheep are just sitting in there little pew getting spiritually fat. Maybe you have been caught in a complacent spot today. You go to church, but you feel like you are not part of the body of Christ. I want to encourage you today to get connected like never before. Find that place in the body of Christ. If you haven't been born again you can today so that you can be a part of the body of Christ. It doesn't stop though with salvation. We should be a living epistle as a part of a local body going forward and advancing God's kingdom in a mighty way. It's surprising to me how many churches don't see outside there little church. They have there own agenda, and God is wanting His temple to shine outside those four walls. He wants us to extend our love for God to a hurting generation. The four no more.

Prayer:

Lord, we ask that you help us to see outside the four walls of the church. Help us Lord to be a true follower of you, and help us to see what you really called us to, Amen.

by Keith Edwards