Ready... Set... Walk!

Recently, as I pondered the growth process of individual followers of Christ and the Church as a whole, I came across an interesting quote in the article I was reading, “A baby crawls, then walks, then runs… trying to rush this process or doing it out of order can be disastrous.” I see Life House Church, as I apply this principle description, as the baby who has been crawling but is now learning how to walk.

Scripture reveals that health and strength come as maturity is demonstrated through finding and fulfilling God’s purposes for our life. And this is where we are. We’re in process… after all, who isn’t? We’ve faced a temptation that many churches face… to have the crawling baby stand and start running as soon as possible. I can say with all credit going where it’s due, to the Lord, we’ve resisted doing what happens too often… getting people into classes and categories before helping them to build effective relationships and becoming a productive part of the family. The Church, after all, is a family… the Family of God. The reality is a baby needs a family before it needs an education… and finding its part of that family is an essential building block for all the years of learning that will follow.

Please join us in praying for the growth He desires for this local expression of the Body of Christ…the Life House Church family, as we devote ourselves to God, to His family, and to His mission… with our time, talent, and treasure… all that we have and all that we are… that we might experience more of what He has and who He is… God is good!

“... you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.” Ephesians 2:19-22 (NIV)

Peace!
Darrin+