The word for today is preach the word. We are a preaching Fellowship. When we gather in church services we sing, we worship, we pray, and those are all important. But the highlight of the service is when someone preaches. We hear the word preached, we have an opportunity to respond to what is preached, and we are changed by what is preached.
Evidently not every church values preaching like we do. Some mega churches are all about worship. Some mega churches are all about money. Some mega churches are about fame and media influence. Some mega churches are about political power. We are about preaching the word of God.
Someone has said that truth is hard on church growth. Truth preached can have a detrimental effect on big crowds on Sunday morning. But truth must be preached by those who in eternity will give an account for how they preached.
Pray for your pastor that he may have something to say when he preaches, and that he will say it in a way that people want to listen to what he says.
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