The Seven Benefits To A Spirit-Empowered Church

The man looks at you and looks at your eyes. He can tell you’re desperately thirsty, and he says to you, “You can have every bit of my water.”

Let me ask you, Are you going to look at that man and say, “Well, you know I appreciate that offer, but you know I’ve got so much to do on my to do list I don’t have time to stop.” Are you going to say, “Well, let’s sit down in the dust and have a long theological debate as to whether or not that water is for me.” You’re not going to do that. You know why? Because you’re desperately thirsty. You know you’re going to die unless you have that water that is inside that pitcher. And with a gracious heart, you reach out and you take that pitcher and you drink that water knowing that it will satisfy you and will help you to live.

For the last twenty years, tens of thousands of churches have become confused between busyness and business. Jesus Christ stands in a barren wilderness, and He says, “If you’re thirsty, come unto me and drink by faith,” and He says, “I’ve got something that will saAsfy you and will change your life.”

If we are going to wait until you’ve got enough time to seek God, we are going to wait the rest of our lives. If we are going to wait until all the pressures and stresses and strains are gone before we come to Christ for Spirit-empowerment and revival, then we are going to wait the rest of our lives. We can’t wait until society says so. We can’t wait All our work says so. You’ve got to make up your mind that you and your church are coming to Christ because you’re thirsty!

We To Need To Remember The Supply Of Spirit Empowerment

Jesus Christ is not offering us a stream, but a miraculous river. Christ is not offering something that is out of touch or outdated. He is offering something that will change our ministries and our churches forever. Jesus said, “If any man is thirsty, let him come unto me and drink and he that believes in me as the scripture has said.” What Jesus was saying was based upon the Word of God. He wasn’t simply espousing a new truth. The Word of God had already said it, and he was reiterating it to the people. I believe Jesus was talking about a river, a prophetic river, a personal river and a powerful river found in Ezekiel Chapter 47.

At the upcoming Synergize 2016 Pastors & Leaders Conference, we will bring focus to the seven benefits of the Spirit Empowered Church. I hope you will make plans to be with us! I want to paint a picture on the canvas of your mind and heart of the kind of Spirit empowered church that wants us to have every week. Jesus is offering a Holy Empowerment. He’s offering us a holy river. Why do we need a holy river? To help us live a holy life.

When the river of the Spirit flows through our life, it changes our character, and folks, there’s a difference between being a character and having character. He wants the river of the Spirit to flow through our lives. Also the Church needs a holy river at large because so many individuals in the church live like the world and talk like the world and prioritize like the world.