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Shake Me Wake Me

(Insipired by reading C.S. Lewis ScrewTape Letters...Taking great liberties.km..)


Yes Wormwood You have done your job well and convinced your subject that he abides when he has become ever more religious and self focused. All the meanwhile he is believing that he is humble even more humble than most in his church and the sum of his life is all about God. He believes he grows in favor, stature and might when in fact unaware that he is powerless even impotent producing only a muffled noise. You have crafted wisely in that He only replicates his own likeness in his converts; the new disciples he makes are of his kind not of the one they profess to serve. They give their church and the pastor all the credit more and more. Your subject also believes he is spiritually mature, content and has a feeling of self entitlement in the rouse of receiving material success that he claims are of his blessed son-ship. Underlying and unknown to him he feels he has earned it by his faithfulness. Though he profess' grace we have won him over to the bondage of the law and he doesn't even know it. Now Plant the thought that he is called to be especially great for his god, a bigger church, a bigger harvest, a bigger vision...but keep his eyes distracted from our Bigger Foe.

sincerely Uncle ScrewTape 2011



The church applies herself to so many things but not the true life giving source. Empty prayer meetings, prayerless lives, dusty unread bibles, anemic half hearted worship, unrepented sin, stingy giving and self focused living. We think the solution is the next man made fad..the next talking head that had some supposed success in his church that we are eager to buy like a wrinkle cream. We all hop on the american church bandwagon looking for results...in our frustrations that nothing is 'happening' we try to give it all a push......the next new technique to breathe new life....the next cheerleading session , the next Pot Luck, the next meeting, the next the next,,,,the same old...But the only life giving source is found in the person of Jesus Christ....at the Cross,,,in His word,,,We will do anything and everything But simply seek Him....anything but denying self...taking up our cross and following Him.



Can You Hear us in here
Wake Us Up
Coma
Grace Feeding Tube
Mercy
You really do hear our cry
...We are half awakened but still asleep
we do not yet rise



Comments

  1. UnknownJuly 12, 2014 at 7:41 AM

    How can we find time to know the Lord when we're off from one fad to another? So it goes in the church of the "Next Wind of Doctrine" (and whoa betide those who wonder why the we're revolving from fad to fad.) Sounds like it might be a game-plan delivered up from the headquarters of Wormwood's "Father Below.

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