I am shocked, yet not surprised. I guess I know it to be true, yet I am just struggling to understand where people are coming from.  Pastors, Reverends, and Leaders of all walks of denominational views and ideas seem to all be heading in the same direction… the other way.  Always asking "what can I do for you?"

The purpose of the church, the body of Christ, was and is to seek and save the lost, right? Jesus came to serve, not to be served – but so many attend church with the attitude of, “What’s it gonna do for me?”  I read an article this morning about how in most of the ‘mega-churches’, (over 1000 members) 89% of people polled said that the purpose of church was to meet their needs and the needs of their family. Only a very few people polled stated that the purpose of the church is to reach out to and save the lost.  And so we have a generation of people who take, and take, and take. 

I heard a statement this morning that I LOVE! “Consumers or Communers?” Oh please Lord, let us be a church of Communers and not consumers!!! 

It is my prayer AND my mission to try to help believers and seekers see that church is about worshiping God, loving God, learning about God.  In so doing the results will be better relationships with each other – but we have got to START with God.  Jesus said, “Seek first the kingdom of heaven and all this other stuff will be given to you.”  If we are seeking God our Father with every ounce of energy – then the other stuff all falls into place. When we try to do what we want and then ask God to bless it – we’re only hurting ourselves. We have to understand to seek God FIRST - before our jobs, before our girlfriends and boyfriends, before our churches even! THEN God will be able to bless us.