What if . . .?

I was thinking this morning - I know, that's a very dangerous thing. But I was thinking, what if we all came or went to church this morning ready to . . .
  • ready to worship and get excited about worship,
  • ready to encourage someone else,
  • ready to pray for each other and for God's will to be done,
  • ready to study God's Word and respond to it in a way that pleases Him,
  • ready to fellowship (real koinonia kind of stuff, not the talking football over bad coffee and donuts fellowship),
  • ready to see the Spirit of God to drown us with His presence,
  • ready to see God transform lives, marriages, families, and communities
  • ready for revival to break out - this would scare most of us since most of us have rarely experienced true revival
  • ready to serve and meet the needs of those around us - in the church and in our communities,
  • ready for God to do SOMETHING?!
My heart breaks for churches who have never asked the question, "What if. . .?" They don't know what they are missing.

What if. . .?

Mike

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