A slumber filled with vivid dreams of huge community centers and new, shiny sanctuaries packed full of good looking, bible-toting followers of religion. A religion that's satisfied with a Sunday morning "hello" and pat on the back.
The people of the church are yearning after new buildings instead of yearning after the heart of God himself. The sleeping church spends 95% of its money supporting itself and it's shiny buildings. The people of the dead church find themselves passionate about what the color of the carpet in the fellowship hall should be, and argue over the type of music being played in worship.
While it sleeps, a hurting, hungry, unclean people who desire true community and love, wander aimlessly around the church gripping anything that satisfies and pleases, while the church stands in stark judgment of them.
The church has lost it's way and has fallen asleep.
Ephesians 5:8-14
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said:"Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
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