![]() ![]() Verses to Help You When the Church Disappoints You The Church is a flawed place, and so much damage has been done in the name of Jesus, but God still loves His Church and is still using it mightily. Thankfully, God has faithfully taught me through those circumstances and kept me from giving up. ![]() I have felt disillusioned and have wondered if I even want to walk through the church doors again. I have experienced being disappointed by people in the Church. The book of Colossians addresses heresy, and 1 and 2 Corinthians confront human pride and religious activity done with wrong motives. The book of Galatians reveals that the Church was dealing with legalism. ![]() If you are tempted to think that there is no hope for the Church today, take some time to read through the New Testament, and you will see that the problems we experience today were present back then as well. When our experience doesn't match those expectations, it can be confusing. Have you had an experience with people in the Church that has caused you to become disappointed, disillusioned, or hurt? When it comes to being a part of the Church, it's easy to have expectations of how we should be treated or what we should experience when we walk through the front doors. "In the midst of the emotional and spiritual upset that occurs when a church hurts or disappoints us, we tend to lose sight of the fact that the local church is merely a collection of people on a challenging journey - a group of people that are involved in a long-term transformation process." - George Barna ![]()
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