Why Facebook & Twitter In Church?

Social media or "social networking" has changed how people communicate and get there daily news. The world is changing and it is changing at a very intense pace. Nobody these days can say that our society of today’s world is the same as it was 20 years ago. New Media created new ways of communication, entertainment, advertising, education, etc. Social Networking enables us to communicate with anyone and anywhere. People of all ages, races and classes, which have access to new media technology, are empowered to communicate with anyone they want. This instant and low cost communication also changed our society by simply making it global. Understanding this ask yourself is your pastor using social media to connect with his congregation? Better yet is your church using this powerful tool to reach the lost??

Connected?

With tools such as Facebook & Twitter the church should be growing and the gospel of Jesus should be going forth. I'm not writing this to put anyone down but I am challenging the church & pastors to use social media as a tool for outreach today's generation won't get with old traditional methods used back in the day try a new approach. Find young leaders who understand social media and use them to your advantage to reach this generation. Jesus never changed his message just his methods he did what he needed to reach people..

Don't Give Up!

I love the text from Hebrews 11:6 that say's "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." The word faith means to put complete trust or confidence in someone or something. We all have faith but we all don't have faith in God. Often we expected God to do things in our life because we are upset or having a bad day. I read a pastor say somewhere that "When we shed a tear, God sheds a tear." That is so far from the truth!! God is not moved by our emotions but by our faith!

Why give up now?

We can't let our faith fail because when we do we will start to depend on our emotions which is a very dangerous thing. God needs for us to depend on our faith in him and not give up on him when things get hard. Faith is something that cant be seen but something we must keep! Don't give up on God because he wont give up on you.

Who Are You Following

We all choose what we want to follow in life. Many times we get caught up in following things and we don't realize it until later. Following the wrong things continues to impact each of our lives. The dictionary defines "following" as to come or go after; proceed behind. What are you going after? That is a question that we all must ask ourselves from time to time because we can get so caught up in life that we forget to follow and go after God. Many times we get frustrated with following God because we feel like there is no reward. But Peter asked the question many of us want to ask God:


Then Peter said to him, "We've given up everything to follow you. What will we get?" Matthew 19;27

Who are you following?

A question I know many of us want to ask Jesus, right? Jesus tells him in verse 29 anyone who has left behind things for my name sake they will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. We must follow Jesus and not people or things to get eternal life. How? We must have faith and believe. We can't always see the things God wants to give us but we have to believe he is going to give it to us. God will never lie but people do. Put your trust in him.