Unapologetically Apostolic

I hear a voice upon the wind telling me that I have called you yet again. As visions of children long since grown rip and pull at the depths of my soul. I hear their voices as desperately they cry saying where have you been? Don't you care if we die? You said that you would be there to show us the way but just as all the others, you ran away.

As pastor brought the word this evening on standards, I had many things going through my mind. As he spoke about how churches have pushed over those fences to enlarge their borders, my mind raced. One thought that came to mind was the teachings that were focused on for so long within the churches I was attending at the time, specifically the prayer of Jabez. 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 says, "And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested." If the entirety of this prayer was what was taught, we would be holding the line of the standards set forth because His hand would be upon us. Instead, we focus solely on the part where he prayed for the enlarged coast (border). Another thought took me waaayyy back to my teenage years. Susan Ashton had a song that I liked. I would sing it ...