All With One Mind

If a church wants a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit such as that which is recorded in the book of Acts, it needs to be unified. It's just that, plain and simple.

The Bible says in Acts 1:14 that before God sent the outpouring of His Holy Spirit upon the believers, "they were all with one mind."

All the fasting and prayer in a church won't bring the power of God unless that church is of one mind. Most people in churches today, however, are confused and divided because their church has become nothing more than an organized religious institution rather than a unified body of believers with one mindset, which is to extend the Kingdom of God — not the other little kingdoms that exist in churches today.

Modern churches mainly operate under human control through positions, ministries, and honourable titles rather than under God's control. As a result, pastors and leaders in the church use their authority to dominate the congregation through spiritual manipulation. They use prayer and sermons to coerce the people to do their will, not God's will.

Churches today need to focus on unity where everyone is of one mind and where God has absolute authority. All the members of the Church are to be one body, not several bodies. And there should be no hierarchy, just servants with God as Ruler.

God's perfect will for the Church is to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. But when I look in most of the church bulletins, all the retreats an adult or child may want to attend and invite an unsaved friend to have prices attached, usually twenty to thirty dollars. Is the main objective of these retreats to reach the lost in the community? No. If churches would decrease their expenses and paid staff members, and encourage volunteers, they could use the people's donations to pay for those retreats so they could become outreaches instead of social events for Christian adults and venues of entertainment for the children of saved parents. It is offensive to God when special speakers and Christian bands ask for money to do God's will in spreading the message of Jesus Christ.

Churches wouldn't have the division, strife, and murmurings they have today if all the people had one mindset: to touch the hurting, lost, desperate, and dying souls of the world with the healing power and the love of Jesus Christ.