Dear Church Family,

Take some time to reflect on these powerful words from Ronnie Floyd:

I am convinced that we are making the Christian life a lot harder than God ever intended for it to be. Our enemy, Satan, has confused our intention, our direction, and our goal. We know that we ought to be winning in the Christian life, yet we are losing much of the time because we are making too hard.

I believe that the most important action you can take in the Christian life is to have a meaningful time with God daily. This action must be the heart of all that we do. It is the most basic of the basics. It is the one key fundamental that even the greatest Christian had better not fumble, or else defeat is inevitable.

Our enemy’s strategy is deliberate and deceiving. Satan wants to destroy us. He wants to get us out of God’s game plan. He wants us to think that living the Christian life is virtually impossible. He has gotten us involved in knowing more about Christianity instead of doing what we know. He has the church of Jesus Christ in disarray over pointless issues and many times in the weeds so much that no positive outcome for the advancement of God’s kingdom throughout the world occurs.

It is time to stop dumbing down to the devil’s level by saying that the Christian life is too hard. This wise and crafty schemer’s strategy is extremely focused. He wants to get followers of Christ involved in so many things that they will not make the time to have a meaningful time with God daily. Some of the things might even be good, but they are not essential.

The issue is not that the Christian life is too hard. The issue is that we are making to too hard. We have to understand that the only way to experience spiritual power, direction, and purpose is to have a meaningful time with God daily. The only way we are going to defeat the schemes of Satan is to have a meaningful time with God daily. The only way our families and our churches will function properly is for us to have a meaningful time with God daily.

How to Pray, p.35-36

See you Sunday!
Pastor Lane