Most people today LIVE in the comfort zone...whatever is safe, whatever is the easiest and whatever is the quickest way is often where we love to stay! We love things just the way they are and don't want to be told to do anything different. We accept things the way that they are in our lives when there is so much more for us to attain if we would only step out of that comfort zone and walk into it. This is true in every area of our lives and especially as Christians. We're saved, on our way to Heaven and life is good. But there are people right outside our door who need to know the Lord and experience what we have!
I love the words to this song by Casting Crowns:
'Does anybody hear her? Does anybody see?
Or does anybody even know she's going down today
Under the shadow of our steeple
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that's tucked away in you and me.'
For many Churches, it's their 4 and no more, their 44 and no more, etc. and they seem to be content with that. But that is NOT the picture of the Church that Jesus painted for us when He said "GO out and compel them to come in so that my house may be full." Luke 14:23. Too many Churches have too many empty seats week after week. What are we really doing to fulfill this commission that Jesus Christ gave us? Are we going to sit by and watch as those lost and lonely people search for the hope that's tucked away in you and me? John Maxwell says, "If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone" and I couldn't agree more! At NJC, I've set a challenge before my people; to get out of their comfort zone and to accomplish the great commission that Jesus gave us & I challenge every Pastor and Church Leader to do the same. It's time to have a LOVE REVOLUTION in the body of Christ and regain our love and burden for the lost. Let's bust out of our comfort zone and REACH them for Jesus! We CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN!
I love the words to this song by Casting Crowns:
'Does anybody hear her? Does anybody see?
Or does anybody even know she's going down today
Under the shadow of our steeple
With all the lost and lonely people
Searching for the hope that's tucked away in you and me.'
For many Churches, it's their 4 and no more, their 44 and no more, etc. and they seem to be content with that. But that is NOT the picture of the Church that Jesus painted for us when He said "GO out and compel them to come in so that my house may be full." Luke 14:23. Too many Churches have too many empty seats week after week. What are we really doing to fulfill this commission that Jesus Christ gave us? Are we going to sit by and watch as those lost and lonely people search for the hope that's tucked away in you and me? John Maxwell says, "If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone" and I couldn't agree more! At NJC, I've set a challenge before my people; to get out of their comfort zone and to accomplish the great commission that Jesus gave us & I challenge every Pastor and Church Leader to do the same. It's time to have a LOVE REVOLUTION in the body of Christ and regain our love and burden for the lost. Let's bust out of our comfort zone and REACH them for Jesus! We CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN!
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