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Got Life A newsletter about spiritual enrichment for the Body of Christ
A Monthly Newsletter Knowing The Time
What’s Going On The monthly calendar, birthdays and anniversaries, and Daniel’s Fast resource information. Page 3
An address from the Senior Pastor. Page 2
Words From Our Ministries. Page 5
The Lite Side
Going to church has become very popular now, probably more now than ever before. Wait, I should say going to church on Sunday has become a popular As a person who has spent almost my go to place these days. entire life in or at church, and I mean that in the literal sense, I’m becoming uneasy Very few people are really a part of a with a trend that is becoming the new church ministry. Instead more church image for God’s church. goers are the counted numbers of “our weekend service attendance is...”. There was a time when you could say, “I’ve been in the church for a long The label “Church Outreach” has time...” and people knew you were saved, come to mean how many people can we that you were a Christian. But now days get to fill our seats on Sunday, and come if you say that, you may hear an under back week after week. breath reply, “But are you a Christian?” Then when the people come, we as Reason? ministers talk them happy. We tell them how to be successful in a very hard Sep/Oct
Church Information NLTC ministry staff, service information and statement of faith. Page 12
The Lite Side Biblical principles through humor Page 11
You Wanna Walk In It, You Gotta Live In It I often say to people, “I’m one 100% a church girl”. That statement is usually followed by a “but”. And once again there is a “but” to that declaration.
Sep/Oct ’11
world. We tell them God loves them and there is nothing they can do to make Him angry or turn them away from heaven. Over time we disciple people to become church goers and not Christians. Their lives are not transformed, just relabeled. They wear the tag “Hello: I’m a Christian”, but their lifestyle says otherwise. How many labeled christians go to church and sing pretty songs labeled worship songs, but have no idea what either Christian or worship means? Here is a fact that most church goers will hate me for, and that’s ok, worship is not something you sing about. It’s what you must do if you are a Christian. And you can’t do it if you are not DOING IT. Another way to put it is like this, you
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