It's one of the few places on earth where the air is as fresh and clean as it must have been millennia ago. Constant winds keep out pollution and germs, and the climate discourages the growth of native viruses.
It sounds like the healthiest place on earth. So why doesn't anyone want to live there? Because it's just too cold. With temperatures that drop to -100° Fahrenheit, the South Pole is too frigid even for germs.
Some churches bear a striking resemblance to that sterile atmosphere. The truth of God is preached, Scriptures are meticulously quoted, and error has no chance to survive. But there is no corresponding obedience or love, and the spiritual temperature is sub-zero. The poor is given the cold shoulder (James 2:2-6). Those weak in the faith engage in icy arguments (Romans 14:1). Brothers in Christ are left out in the cold because they pose a threat to comfortable cliques (3 John 5-10). Unloved and untouched, many people leave.
The church was formed by the redeeming love of Christ and is designed to be a warm and inviting fellowship! Our desire must not be merely to "keep out germs," but to let the Lord create a climate where brothers and sisters can open their hearts to His soul-healing love. - MRD II
The house of God should be a place
For praise and fervent prayer;
How sad when folks let small things break
Their sweet communion there! – HGB
Article selected from “Our Daily Bread”.
This Week @ Detonate:
The long await season has arrive. It's time to take up your position and pave the way for the King of Kings, Lord of Lords to do His mighty miracles. Therefore I say again, get ready for this 3:16 event on the 12th Dec 2009 at 6.40pm, guard your hearts and minds, cast away all your arguments, be submissive to one another and be focus for this grand day. Let not the devil sow seeds of discord among our midst.Till then, rest well in His love.
Prayers and Fasting from the Body:
IMPORTANT! LET'S PERSEVERE IN YOUR PRAYER FOR YOUR UNSAVED LOVED ONES. WE ARE IN FOR A SERIOUS BUSINESS. THIS CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR ETERNAL LIVES. DO NOT BE DECEIVE BY THE devil THAT YOUR PRAYER IS USELESS AND INEFFECTIVE. INSTEAD, YOU MUST PRESS ON. PRAY AND PRAY AND PRAY.
This day, 12 Oct 2009 at 00:00 am, as we deny ourselves and fast till the end, a 3:16 movement, we gonna get down to our knees to pray for the people that we will be inviting for the 3:16 event on 12 Dec 2009 at 06:40 pm. We gonna trust and believe God to open the hearts of those in our generation to recognise God in their lives! Let us encourage each other along the way. Amen!