“And I look at the whole religious scene today and all I see are the inventions and ministries of man and flesh. It’s mostly powerless. It has no impact on the world. And I see more of the world coming into the church and impacting the church, rather than the church impacting the world. I see the music taking over the house of God. I see entertainment taking over the house of God. An obsession with entertainment in God’s house. A hatred of correction and a hatred of reproof. Nobody wants to hear it any more. Whatever happened to anguish in the house of God?”
This is the beginning of a very powerful sermon by David Wilkerson. It is a very scary sermon, yet the message needs to be rung out through our churches. Do we anguish? Do we weep and cry and call out in our prayers to God? Or have we become passive? Are we all too willing to send a check, but unwilling to look into the broken lives and faces and hurt with them? Are we willing to seek the heart of God and carry the burdens He carries? Do we weep over the things He weeps over? Or are we merely concerned? Are we content to send some money or follow a story while it is easy? Or are we willing to let it cause us anguish? To deeply trouble our souls? Are we willing to weep over it?
Check out the video for the rest of his sermon. Warning: Its very blunt.
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M.D.S.
Needed this challenge, thanks.