Many of our churches show more signs of death than of life, more signs of decline than of growth! If we were to be absolutely honest, would Ichabod (1 Sam. 4:21) be written over your church or mine? Is it not true that at least to some extent God’s glory in the church is less than before?
It need not be so. No life can excuse its spiritual decline. No church can justify its loss of the overwhelming sense of the presence of God, the power of God, and the glory of His working in its midst. This sense of the presence of God can be as overwhelming today as it ever was. The anointing of the Spirit can be as powerful upon your life as it was upon others.
