CHRISTIAN INSIGHTS

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                      OUR GREATEST NEED             
         It is easier to build a Church,  or  to fill a church than it   
   is to build a congregation of stable, God-fearing saints.
                    
         We can build a church with our  hands  and a  few tools.  We can   
   fill  a  church  with our personality and a few tricks of the profession.
    
         As much as we need the buildings  and the pews full, this is   
   not the ultimate  goal  of the Spirit of God.  If our  goals  are  fixed
on   
   these, we  have  failed before we get started.
                               
         God is interested in the Spiritual health and stability of the   
   people who are called by His Name.      
         A  congregation of stable Saints  is never the  result of tools   
   or tricks.  It can only come about as a result of the Man of  God being
 in   
   right relationship with  both God and the  people, in  the  Office which
he   
   fills.  THE MINISTRY OF THE PASTOR IS THE PIVOT-POINT.
                       
         We might as well face it, Brethren, our people are what we make   
   them.  If  we use our personality, we will utterly  fail to produce
lasting   
   results.  If  we  borrow sermons from whomever,  we  face the same
failure.   
        If our program  was  purchased at the Book and Bible House,  we had
just as   
   well build with cardboard.              
        Our greatest need today is men  and  women  of God who have cast   
   aside  the  desire  for  prestige and good will, and are  willing to be
the   
   MOUTHPIECE OF GOD.  We need to get on our  knees,  and  stay there until
we   
   have  heard  the Voice of God for the people, and our hearts set afire
with   
   the Anointing of His Spirit.            
          ANYTHING SHORT OF THIS WILL FAIL.     
        Brethren, let us fall on our faces  before  God, and repent of our   
   waywardness and  shortcomings in this matter.  "Let the Priests, the
         
   Ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the Altar, and let them
  
   say, Spare Thy people, O Lord.  Give not Thy Heritage to reproach."