We have changed worship times and worship styles. We have changed a bunch. I think that we have the most flexible, friendly church that I have ever seen. You guys are incredible. I cannot believe the change that you have experienced and adapted to in a mighty, mighty way. It takes flexible people to grow a fantastic church. We are flexible.
There is a tendency, which will be especially true for us when we move to the new house, to become more inflexible, to do life and church in a rut, to slowly get inside the box. But God has shown me over the years that He is a flexible, rut-ruining, outside-the-box God. You will not find an inflexible, in-a-rut, inside-the-box follower of the Lord in the Bible. They are not there. Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, Peter, Paul, even Jesus himself—they were flexible, always stretching, always doing different and new things. So I will prepare you now. We have to become more and more flexible. It takes flexibility to continue to do what God wants us to do within our purpose statement, to worship Him, to evangelize those without Him, and to disciple those who have just made a personal commitment. So, flexibility is foundational.
The fourth lesson that I have learned is that creativity is a crucial component in the church. People have asked me, “Ed, did you guys plan this style and plan this church?” No, we did not. I had no idea eight years ago what our church would look like and how we would be doing church. As long as the church is Biblically-driven, the style doesn’t matter. Certain churches attract specific people. Certain people are attracted to a certain style. But we must keep the Bible as our authority. But having said that, I sincerely feel that any time Christians get together, sharing and worshipping, we should be the most creative people around.
Dr. Ed Young wants you to keep running, keep enduring, be like our man, Noah, and when you crash through the wall you are going to look back and see it was paper. So Noah stuck with it 120 long years. What endurance.
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