Here are three of the challenges the church faces today: <\/p>\n
(1) We can\u2019t experience a new move of God if we insist on clinging to an old one. \u2018God\u2019s purpose in all this was to use the church to display His wisdom in its rich variety.\u2019<\/i> The word revival<\/i> doesn\u2019t simply mean awakening something that\u2019s asleep. It also means resurrecting that which is dead or dying, and causing it to come to life again. <\/p>\n
(2) We fear excess, so we embrace mediocrity and call it balance.<\/i> People aren\u2019t drawn to us because of our similarities, but because of the things that make us unique. When it comes to our faith and our testimony, we mustn\u2019t downplay, soft-pedal, or sidestep the very things God has given us that make us distinctive. If we do, people will be disappointed and go elsewhere. The disciples didn\u2019t blend in with the crowd; their message and the demonstration of its power made them stand out. <\/p>\n
(3) We need to make room in the church for risk-takers and faith-walkers.<\/i> In the first miracle Jesus worked, changing water into wine, Mary told the servants, \u2018Do whatever He tells you.\u2019<\/i> (John 2:5 NIV) Our need to be liked and to be popular can lead to a religious spirit that cripples risk-taking and faith-walking. Jesus promised: \u2018You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be My witnesses.\u2019<\/i> (Acts 1:8 NIV) So when God tells us to \u2018do church\u2019 differently, let\u2019s not be afraid to step out and obey Him. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here are three of the challenges the church faces today: (1) We can\u2019t experience a new move of God if we insist on clinging to an old one. \u2018God\u2019s purpose in all this was to use the church to display His wisdom in its rich variety.\u2019 The word revival doesn\u2019t simply mean awakening something that\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}