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Even in my young life, I've noticed some things in the church that have been lost. I'm putting my church down, I love my church it's an amazing church. I love the truth that my pastor preaches, even though sometimes it hits close to home. I'm also not attacking in other church. I'm talking about the church world in general, regardless of denomination. I may be wrong and I'm sure that some would agree and disagree with me. I'm not trying to cause a debate, but I believe that it is a concern today. I'm just stating what I have observed. I believe that the church has lost it's burden for the lost. There are so many broken and hurting people around us. People that we see every day, but instead of carrying a burden for them or having compassion, we tend to judge them and sometimes avoid them. I feel that the church people have lost accountability to one another. I remember one of my former pastor's telling me that when he was a young preacher starting out, he had people that he was accountable to, as did others in his church, accountability partners as they called them. The church, in my opinion, has also lost unity. I don't know about you, but I have heard about church splitting and arguing over the stupidest things, like what color the carpet should be or what color to paint the walls. It's hard for the Lord to work through us when there is discord among the brethren. Like I said, I'm not in any way attacking any church. I'm just saying that these are things that I have noticed, especially in the past five or six years of my life. My prayer is that I be more like Christ in all that I do. I want him to work through me and use me for him.