The Kingdom Of God Brings Healing and Freedom

But, you may not be able to tell in today's world

If you were to walk into a church on any given Sunday, would you be able to say the people there are living lives of freedom and healing?

Probably not.

The last time I stepped inside a church there were a lot of happy people. Yes, there were a lot of devout Christians mingling about the coffee bar and greeting each other. All in all, you might be able to say everyone seemed to be very free and healthy. Until you start digging into the stories of those people.

The last church we were part of was one of the big mega-churches in our area. We were involved in the Children’s Ministry and loved it. We started to create a small community around us too. But there was something missing.

As we got to know more and more people, we realized there were a lot of people who were trapped in unhealthy behaviors and attitudes. The more we got to know people, the more they seemed to be stuck.

Marriages were in shambles, but they pretended everything was fine. Children were neglected but somehow put on happy faces. People were scared of the world they lived in but bolstered their courage with other things.

It all reminds me of a verse from the Gospel of Matthew and I wanted to share a little about it today.

People in the church today seemed tormented. Whether it is because of abuse, false pretense, or simply because they have lost sight of the one who can bring them peace and freedom.

For a long time, I was blind to this.

In fact, I would have scoffed at the idea that people in the church were tormented. Not by demons, though I am sure there are some who are. But by the reality of the world we live in and the culture which invades our churches.

More often than I would have believed before, people are stuck in pain, guilt, shame, and brokenness because of something that has happened to them from the church or…

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