The challenge

American Christians are at a cross roads. Will we continue to follow the siren call of financial prosperity or will we forsake all for the cause of Christ? Who are we kidding? We cannot serve both God and mammon.

How difficult to resist the temptation to indulge, to grow slothful in our disciplines. "You're not hurting anyone, it's your life, do what feels good, find your happiness" our culture croons. To be faithful in the little things this, this is an everyday battle, a constant fight. It isn't glorious. Nobody notices, nobody cheers for you when you get up and do the little hard things everyday that you hate doing.

So here we are in America. We have every physical comfort we could want. Well, at least most people who would have the time to read the musings of a small-town teenage girl do. Yet we face one of the greatest challenges and opportunities the Church has ever seen.

Let us rise up to drink the new wine we have in Christ Jesus. Living sacrificially and simply for the cause of Christ, that is what we must do.

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‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." - Revelation 3:14-21