We welcome you now to a true church perspective with Pastor G. Craig Lewis.

First church we dealt with was the church at Ephesus.

And the church then, the Bible tells us in revelations, that it was a new church on fire but as time progressed while facing

persecution they grew tired and they did what abandoned their first love some of y'all were a part of a church

like that i was a part of a church like that that started out on fire and then abandoned their first love,

meaning the reason why the church was formed to help people and to bless people and to preach the

word and preach the truth, those things started changing as persecution came in the lives of the members in different ones. And you know, you can

go through things that can cause bitterness to rise up in your heart and it will change your focus.

It will change your focus. People that you know that are anti-God or Antichrist or not living around or just angry, church hurt and different things.

Those are people that allow bitterness to enter into their hearts undelt with.

You know, I was talking to someone about the importance of fathers in the lives of in our lives

because fathers are the ones because of their logic and you know when they're not emotional

but when they're you know real men that logic, they'll help their children deal with bad situations.

So when bad situations happen to the children, you go, your father's going to give you logic, sound advice.

A lot of it's based on what he went through, some of his you know whatever it's based on he's

gonna tell you no you don't need to do this no don't react like that or he'll let you hey just get it

on out right now but don't react like that because you don't want people to react this way to you

or you don't want to you know stop inhibit yourself or hurt yourself or hurt your progress your

future you this or that this is what

sound logic is i thank god i was able to do that with my children and you know help them sit

them down and say no don't don't make this decision no don't do it this way don't do it to them

sometimes you got to talk with an object in your hand that can cause pain.

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