we often think people will reach their God-ordained destiny by accident. We get frustrated waiting for people to grow up.

I started laughing when I read this one. People actually do think that. I’ve known people that really just want to sit back and let people figure out how to walk out in their giftings without any outside help. Sounds crazy when you really think about it, so I usually assume that it something like frustration, busy schedules, or maybe laziness that causes Godly people to just sit back and let others flounder.

As I blog through the list of ten things that we can do to improve church atmosphere, I seem to see a common theme in all of them – the Church has to work together, as a team, to accomplish God’s will. The point I am blogging on this week is “Be a people of destiny.” The author (surprise, surprise) related this point back to everyone being involved in church life.
Some well-meaning Christians told me that I was supposed to grow up spiritually before I could help others grow.

I’ve heard that said so many times: first you get healed, and then you reach out. The problem is, you don’t find that thought anywhere in the Bible. Pretty much from the beginning, Jesus was taking his disciples with him as he went out to minister. We see in some cases that the disciples were praying for people while Jesus was off somewhere else (Mark 9:14-32). The disciples obviously had some issues in their life, but they were still reaching out to others and doing what they knew, even if it wasn’t that much. I believe that as we are healed, we reach out. Isn’t it kind of crazy to think that we ever get to a place of full healing? That would make us perfect.