Another great post from Heather at "Running the Race."
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Taking It Personally
These are important truths for us to consider, and that should drive us to repentance. Hat tip to Heather Davis at Running the Race for this post.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Revelation 2:29
I’ve often heard it said that the church from Revelation which most resembles the modern American church is the lukewarm, spoiled church of Laodicea. And this is true.
As a whole, we do tend to be complacent in a rather shallow, wealthy, and self-serving social club we call the church. We neither offer a refreshing drink of cool Living Water to the world around us nor a sanitizing scalding from the heat of holy fire. We are, to use the modern vernacular, meh.
But the letter to Laodicea isn’t the only one we could take to heart as a solemn warning. Like Ephesus, many of us have forgotten our first love of the Lord – going through acts of service as if our works will save us and not His grace. We can…
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