Why The Need For This Ministry?

The Bigger Picture

In this season or hour of time it is more and more apparent that the great harvest of the end of the age is at hand, but the laborers are few. The end of the age will see a church that is glorious and very powerful in God--holy (without spot, wrinkle or blemish). By and large the church of North America, in its current state, falls far short of what the Lord has in mind for His bride that He will come back for. The closest parallel to most churches in our nation would be that of the church of Laodiceans (Rev.3-14-19). The cry of Jesus to this church was to be zealous and repent! Probably the greatest present lack or shortfall in the church as a whole is the level of unselfish commitment (lukewarm) toward God-secondly a passionate love for the lost--the great commission, which is the heart beat that God has for His church. The state of apathy is most apparent if we were to honestly admit that, "the effectual and fervent prayer that avails much" both personally and corporately in our churches is very slack. Also the lack of passion to take the love of Christ outside the four walls of the church building to a lost and hurting world needs to be radically changed before a real end time harvest comes in.

There are several other obvious reasons that the church of North America is not currently experiencing the level of revival and harvest that other countries are encountering. Primarily our idols of materialism, selfishness, apathy and other sin issues are obvious. The blindness of eyes and hearts in this country to either need or want a Savior is very apparent (Rev.3:17). Sadly to say these issues exist not only outside the church, but also prevail within the church body as a whole. This in many ways provides a poor witness of the power and love of God to draw the unsaved to our Savior. The present generation will not be won unless the church of Jesus Christ radically changes into a powerful witness of truth, love and dynamic power of God's presence.

The season of change toward revival will come within our nations and within the body of Christ when we humble ourselves and pray. We are seeing small glimpses or pockets of a genuine move of the Holy Spirit in revival in our nation. The Holy Spirit is bringing a more wide-spread, growing hunger in the hearts of people across North America. There is a stirring and a return to prayer these days for a move of God to powerfully visit our nation, which is exciting. The cry of Jesus in Rev.3:17-19 was a. See the state of affairs as they really are (assessment) - wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Jesus then said, "as many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore b. Be zealous and repent" (action). The question is how and when will we respond to this call? We do not want to miss out on what it will take to help usher in the next move of God.