Upon
This Rock
I
Will Build My Church,
And
All The Powers Of Hell Will Not Conquer It.
Scripture
Matthew
16
17 Jesus
replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John, because my
Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this
from any human being.
18 Now I
say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this
rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not
conquer it.
Observation
Over
that past 49 years of marriage Kathy and I have had the opportunity
to be a part of many different churches in different parts of the
country and in many different parts of the world.
With
everything that you and I might find wrong with any “church” it
is still the most powerful living force on this planet. Nothing is
going to stop it! It is constantly impacting and changing culture
everywhere.
I
first started going to church 50 years because I wanted to sit by a
pretty teenager named Kathy!
Over
the past 50 years I have watched hundreds and hundreds, no, probably
several thousand people attend that same church and their lives have
been completely transformed, one miracle after another!
Oh,
it is a far from perfect church; it is most definitely still a work
in progress, but it is a wonderful powerful place where God is
constantly changing lives!
My
life and Kathy's life were both radically and forever changed by the
power of Jesus Christ through His church!
Application
I
love our church. I am so glad to still be a small part of what God is
doing at Christ Fellowship Church in Tampa.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, when I think about how powerful Your church is working all
over the world it amazes me. No matter where I go in this world I
know that You are at work. Where there is no church there soon will
be one, because You are sending out missionaries to take the Gospel
to those places. Nothing is going to stop Your church. It will
complete its mission! Help me to be a part of what You are doing.
Don’t let me lose Your vision for what You are doing in and through
our congregation.
Daily
Bible Reading: Matthew 14,15,16
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