2 Kings 12:14 But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. Many churches around the world are in disrepair. When I talk about disrepair, I am not talking about the buildings we meet in; I am talking about the church itself not doing anything for God. As I look around the world, I see the great need to get our churches to thrive once again. When you see the need of the lost, and you see the Muslims growing and taking over countries, we can s

In the book of Revelation, God tells us about the strengths and weaknesses of the seven churches. The things God points out to us in each church are for every believer to pay attention to, so we can apply these lessons to our lives. I find several actions that God points out that He expects you to have in your life, and I want to point them out to you.

God was very adamant about doing things his way. Nadab and Abihu put a strange fire on the altar, and God killed them. Strange fire is any

The church that turned the world upside down was not the most popular church. You will find that when they described these people who turned the world upside down, they

No church will go beyond the willingness of the people. We see in the work of the tabernacle that there was a willingness of people to

One of the monikers of the church of Corinth in this first book of Corinthians is the division they had with each other. Throughout this whole book, the apostle Paul dealt

Ezra was about to embark on a great task of rebuilding the temple. This task needed several things to be accomplished. It needed Ezra’s vision, the help of the people to build, supplies to build the temple, and God’s help to

Paul said that he heard some things about this church at Colosse that caught his attention. Let's face it, every church is trying to do something to catch the attention of their

Four words define why the church in the book of Acts grew tremendously. Those four words are, And they, continuing daily. Serving God was not just a one-day-a-week thing where they punched their clock to be in church, but

Jesus’ parable about the sower reveals much about who we are as believers. You will notice that the seed fell on different types of ground. Some seed fell by the way side, other seed fell on stony places, some seed fell in

The first Sunday church service was when Jesus met with the disciples after He rose from the dead on the first day of the week. The one person who was not there was Thomas. When the disciples who were present told him what

There was a man that Israel caught gathering sticks on the sabbath day. Gathering sticks on this day was no different than God’s people not going to church because of entertainment, a job, or just doing your

When Jehoshaphat chose to follow David, he looked at his life and chose to follow the first ways. The fact this says the first ways means there was a second way in David’s life that Jehoshaphat chose not to follow. The first

Every man in David’s army was important to them winning the battles they faced. Each of these men had different strengths, but the strength of each man working together allowed them to see great victories. You will notice three

Paul’s desire for this church in Thessalonica was that it would increase more and more. Increase in the Lord’s work is not a dirty word, but it ought to be the goal of every Pastor and believer that

Finding friends is an essential key that makes people return to a church. It is critical for the church to be friendly, but it is critical that you find friends to make your church a friendly church. Being a friendly church means you

How the people built the tower of Babel gives great insight into what could be done in a church if people copied their working model. When God came to see what these people were doing, even He noticed that nothing will be restrained from them because of

When God addressed the church of Sardis, He cautioned this church to strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die. This church became focused on one thing and let the other things die, not realizing that everything they did was what made them

Years ago, I was helping my dad at our church plant grass. Before we planted the grass, someone needed to break up the ground with a rototiller. There was a man in our church who had his own construction business and knew how to work landscaping tools well. He started to break up the ground with

The parable of the great supper should be the challenge for every pastor and church. A certain man made a great supper. This was not just any supper; this was a great supper. You would think everyone would want to come to