For those of you who sometimes look around and ask if things will ever change, within the structure that is church please remember...

• There was a time when exile was all the Hebrew nation knew
• There was once a time when you could have spent money to ease your way and those of your loved ones into heaven
• There was a time when unless you could understand Latin, God's word was unavailable
• There was a time when no thought was given to slavery to grow the British crops in the americas
• There was a time when hospitals and public schools did not exist
• There was a time when sharing God's word with foreigners was considered worthless
• There was a time when only a priest could speak to God on your behalf and revelation was for them to share as deemed fit
• There was a time when prophesying and speaking in tongues was considered of the devil
• There was a time when only an ordained minister could baptise or marry people
• There was a time when people believed worship was about singing songs and raising hands
• A time when the sunday service was central
• A time when the preacher was central
• A time when denominations existed

A time...

Be encouraged that while we live during times of limits, the end seems impossible, unwarrented, or unseen, depending upon who you are.  But, when we look back, hindsight always shows us breakthrough.

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isaiah 65:11

Saw the head pastor of Fusion City Church Canberra Australia sharing the message of Isaiah 65:11.

• This congregation is where my family has been visiting since late 2010.
• This is the first time I have read this part of Isaiah and fear its strength, my stomach feels knotted.
• Please read the whole chapter, and more as needed

“But because the rest of you have forsaken the Lord and have forgotten his Temple, and because you have prepared feasts to honor the god of Fate and have offered mixed wine to the god of Destiny, now I will ‘destine’ you for the sword.   All of you will bow down before the executioner.  For when I called, you did not answer.  When I spoke, you did not listen  You deliberately sinned—before my very eyes— and chose to do what you know I despise.”

Have not put interpretation, or application on this!

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