Focus

About a year ago, I was listening to Pastor Perry. As he spoke, he posed two questions: Are you tired of the program? Are you caught up in the process? Those questions really stuck with me then and even now.

Many times, we put the program and process of doing church ahead of Jesus. We start to think that it is the program and process that changes lives, and our focus turns to details. The only way for lives to truly be changed is for them to meet Jesus. If the process gets in the way of people meeting Jesus, then there is something wrong with the process. When people meet Jesus--that's when real life change happens.

So I ask you this question: What are you focused on--the program, the process or introducing people to Jesus.