Prodigal: Sometimes we need to hear a message twice.
Me: I need that a lot.
Prodigal: God will show us what we need.
Me: Amen, for that.
This is from the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan
LUKEWARM people feel secure because they attend church, made a profession of faith at age twelve, were baptized, come from a Christian family, vote Republican, or live in America. Just as the prophets in the Old Testament warned Israel that they were not safe just because they lived in the land of Israel, so we are not safe just because we wear the label Christian or because some people persist in calling us a “Christian nation.”
“Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (Matt. 7:21).
“Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation” (Amos 6:1).
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
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