tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762252064403930159.post5989920116684696553..comments2018-11-22T04:39:38.872-06:00Comments on Sing Over Me...: Entrusted to You...Maureen Carroll Sebek http://www.blogger.com/profile/17457142544477838261noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762252064403930159.post-83324589436320920712012-03-13T21:41:48.887-05:002012-03-13T21:41:48.887-05:00So very much agree with you, Shannon. I really be...So very much agree with you, Shannon. I really believe the leadership of the church is missing the boat. They seem to be following a "marketing" model to draw people into the church. Then they push baptism and getting involved in ministry. But, I believe people are hungry to encounter God. To really meet Him; to know He's real, not just someone they read about in the Bible. But, Someone who has captured their heart and the One they would follow to the death. That's what is going on in the Persecuted Church who worship in broken down buildings with no air conditioning or amenities of any kind. They are simply in love with Jesus. And that makes all of the difference. I pray to be on fire like that in my own life. That is what I am hungry for. The rest of it, I can get at the local gym or coffee shop! Just give me JESUS...Maureen Carroll Sebek https://www.blogger.com/profile/17457142544477838261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762252064403930159.post-55528385370977961162012-03-13T20:32:32.751-05:002012-03-13T20:32:32.751-05:00I just responded to another friend's post wher...I just responded to another friend's post where she wrote about living out our Christianity instead of hypocrisy. I think America as a whole (including myself) needs to get back to the basics of God's teaching. We have become so comfortable with "doing" church that we have forgotten what it is all about. That's why people are yawning and checking their watches - because it wasn't intended to be a time of dry legalism with plush couches and coffee to attract us. (Not that those are wrong...they are only wrong if they become the focus) We need to awaken. We need to fall in love again. We need to surrender. By we, I at least mean me.Shannon Wallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381524906955498373noreply@blogger.com