a healthy church is a safe place you know um and and a healthy church does not mean everybody that
goes to the church is healthy come on come on say that again a healthy church is is there to
open up their arms to the sick to those who are hurting so you know everybody you're not
going to get along with everybody in church i think church is a place that a healthy church
will refine you a healthy church will allow you to go through trials and tribulations so that
you can become more like christ you know but but for me it's a safe place it's a place that
you can be who you are because the holy spirit will will make you more like him you know um and
i think it should be a family i think a healthy church is like a family uh families don't we
all know we all come from families we don't get along all the time but you know what we're family
we're family and when we approach i think a healthy church is a church that is it's a family
and you and you treat one another with love and respect but also you you're willing to um i think
i need to say to be consistent and stay in there i think so many times we we leave churches so quick
because it's not what we want it to be and uh you talked about that earlier hosanna um but but if
everybody you know left when when something goes wrong then then you're never going to be planted
you know in order to be healthy you have to be planted somewhere you know and so i think
a healthy church is about security it's safety but also it's a place that um you have to accept
everyone for the way they are can we go back for a moment to i love what you said stephanie about
this idea of being christ-like because you know i work i work in the technology sector and one
of the things that has always amazed me when i think about technology and ministry is that for
the longest time people defined church as a place you go as a program you watch as a thing you do
and it boggled my mind because as i searched the scriptures and as i looked at the life of jesus
i never saw him put his name on a place i never saw him say you know hey i have this amazing
parable that i want to share with you but come see me at the temple this weekend and it's going
to be amazing bring your friends bring your family like he never did that what he did is he imparted
wisdom right where people needed it he prayed for them right where they needed it he he performed
miracles and healing right where they needed it and so i think over this last year what people
have hopefully come to realize is that the church has never been a place that you go it has always
been a community of people the church is you it's me it's us you know we carry uh the body of christ
and the great commission everywhere that we go and so i think part of being a healthy church
is being a church that models jesus jesus took his power everywhere that he went he didn't reserve it
for a special program and i think that's the the charge and the challenge for us to be honest i
love what you just said uh nona um because i think it's so true and hopefully we can help people
today um i don't know for some reason people take christianity as something that happens on sunday
morning and it's like you said it's a lifestyle and it's being like jesus all of the time you know
it's not just on sunday and friday or wednesday whenever you're but it's it's it's becoming
who he is it's becoming like him and i think that is so huge because when you take it from there i
think then you're quicker to see what hosanna said and understanding that you're a part of the church
it's the people we make up the church if you don't like your church and you got to look at you
and say what's going on with me what am i bringing to the table if everybody was like
me what kind of church would this be you know and even if you're the best of the the best in
serving god it would still be an unhealthy church if everybody was like you at tbn our mission is
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