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Living for the Long Haul - Being A Smart or A Stupid Builder

Posted September 2nd, 2010 by Mark Pederson

World Revial Church works because it prepares you for living long and strong for Jesus by helping you become a wise builder. I am going to church with a bunch of long and strong builders. When you come you will see spiritually strong children, strong youth and young adults, strong single adults, strong mariages, and strong families.

This is important because how I build affects you, and how you build affects me. World Revival Church is a strong church because our pastor, Steve Gray, continually teachs you how to build long and strong on a corporate level: by responding in worship; by responding to the Word; and by responding with prayer. In Matthew 7:24-27, Jesus talks about building strong for the long haul by contrasting a smart builder with a stupid builder. He then contrasts the results of one smart builder, who puts what he hears into practice, with one stupid builder, who hears the same thing, but just plays with it, never putting it into practice. Matthew contrasts the force of the storm and the ability of the two types of foundations. The smart builder not only survives, he thrives, while the stupid sees everything he's invested his life in come crashing down around him.You and I are always building our relationship with God, and with one another. Smart builders build strong foundations so they are not destroyed by storms and everybody else is left disappointed. Three foundational areas we continually build smart in are: in Worship, because smart worship is toward a Person and with a purpose, and there is great reward in responding to God; secondly, in response to the Word, because as we respond it penetrates, cutting hurtful, harmful stuff up and out and cutting good stuff in; third, by responding with prayer, God consumes who we are to create in us who we can be, a carrier of His presence and power. Storms will come and go, but we will live long and strong becasue we are becoming smart builders. Are you building smart of stupid?

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