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He was an olderto see when he began to cry brokenly

"You're a pastor?" I asked softly pro the , "Of the biggest church in town"

Words seemed to come to him then more easily once the ice had been broken by est church in town We have close to 600 in attendance every Sunday h the vacation prone suation actually pays tithes, which is ten percent higher than ations can boast I have more money to dispose to church-based charities and activities then I have demands for I have three full-time pastors on staff besides myself The church sponsors over 200 roups that go to third world nations to help every year Our vacation Bible school is the most attended in the entire county and for three counties around We are, in short, the church to be"

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"It would seem that your church has been extremely blessed, but what does it lack that causes you to mourn so?" I asked

The man's teary eyes rose to mine and bitterly he said, "My church members have lost the love of Christ fro has beco to their worship, if they truly worship God at all! I can't tell you how ular attendees that I've had a person coe and redemptive power of Jesus Christ over their lives I fear that it's already been over a year since the last! We have beco better than to be spit out on the ground and be done with, because we have failed in the co the love of God within our own hearts!"

The man jabbed his own chest hard, "And I! I am the worst of all! I have steered this ship to the destination that it has become mired in! How many years have I been asleep at the helm only to finally noake up? What can be done? I ask you, what can be done with people who have a form of holiness, but have no need for God in their hearts nor any desire to sacrifice of themselves to Him?"