Well its Monday - my day off.  My assistant Pastor called early this morning to inform me that the Church was broken into last night.  Just some minor damage & minor theft.  It appears to have been young kids based on the inexpensive "toys" that were stolen.  It makes me realize that the church is having little to no impact on the community in general.  Yesterday my treasurer informed me of the desperate condition of our "giving".  Basically, only about 10% of the body is giving anything resembling a tithe.  Not only are we not reaching the community outside of the church, we are not reaching the congregation INSIDE the church.  My first reaction to the financial report was not concern for my family due to my being employed by the church (this WAS my second reaction however).  My first thought was the spiritual condition of the flock.  There are two books that show where we are in relation to our sanctification - Our checkbook & our daytimer.  Money is money & time is money.  Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.  To put it another way - your passions follow your investments - not the other way around. 

     Then the "trifecta" hit me.  We are not reaching our community from with out or with in because we are not reaching our families.  We are not reaching our families because we have given up on reaching our fathers & communicating to them that THEY, not the church, are responsible for reaching & teaching THEIR families.  We are taking drastic steps in our church to change that.  Basically, we are taking the safety net out from under our men.  We are dedicating our energies to equipping & empowering Men to lead, feed, & intercede for their own families.  May God both protect & empower us to succeed for his glory. 

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