January 8th, 2008
…almost forgot (lifechurch.tv visit)
when we visited the edmond campus, we sat through the entire service and watched the message. senior pastor craig groeschel absolutely brought the thunder. by far and away one of the better messages on the church i’ve heard. if the following quote doesn’t grab you, i don’t know what will… the whole message is worthwhile (and embedded after the quote).
“…and let me just say, to those of you who are self-centered and small-minded and say ‘this church is too big for me,’ don’t come back. I mean, get your whining butt out of here. Seriously. Let me just say this to you as well, when you go to a small church that meets your needs, make sure they’re not reaching people for Jesus. Make sure they’re not, because if they are they’re going to grow too and they’ll be too big for your self-centered little butt again! Oh yeah, welcome to LIfeChurch, we want to make you feel comfortable and happy with yourself. You know, I’m serious… quit your self-centered whining. Do you think that the Church exists for you? No, you’re the Church. You’re the Church. As long as there is someone who doesn’t know Christ, don’t ever say any church, any where is too big.”
Ouch! Man that message was bold and just good!
pimp.
pimp. (i went to post “pimp” and wordpress stopped me because it was a duplicate comment. ha.) lets just say that “i like the message.” how is that mr. wordpress?!?!
good word mr. white.