"Changing the Way People Think about Church" Thought for the day by Charles Talbert of IVP

God's plan is for churches to grow. The challenge for us is, "Will we meet the Scriptural conditions for growth as seen in Acts 2: a dedication to be a learning, caring, fellowshipping, worshipping church?" Will we meet the one essential condition? "As empowering follows petition, so evangelism and Christian unity or community follow Pentecost. The empowering, moreover, is repeatable. So pray!