I have a dream

I HAVE A DREAM
I have a dream that one day the church of Jesus Christ will rise up
to her God-given calling and begin to live out the true meaning of her
identity—which is, the very heartthrob of God Almighty—the fiancée of
the King of all Kings.
I have a dream that Jesus Christ will one day be Head of His church
again. Not in pious rhetoric, but in reality.
I have a dream that groups of Christians everywhere will begin to flesh
out the New Testament reality that the church is a living organism and
not an institutional organization.
I have a dream that the clergy/laity divide will someday be an antique of
church history, and the Lord Jesus Himself will replace the moss-laden system
of human hierarchy that has usurped His authority among His people.
I have a dream that multitudes of God’s people will no longer tolerate
those man-made systems that have put them in religious bondage and
under a pile of guilt, duty, condemnation, making them slaves to authoritarian
systems and leaders.
I have a dream that the centrality and supremacy of Jesus Christ will
be the focus, the mainstay, and the pursuit of every Christian and every
church. And that God’s dear people will no longer be obsessed with spiritual
and religious things to the point of division. But that their obsession
and pursuit would be a person—the Lord Jesus Christ.

I have a dream that countless churches will be transformed from
high-powered business organizations into spiritual families—authentic
Christ-centered communities—where the members know one another
intimately, love one another unconditionally, bleed for one another deeply,
and rejoice with one another unfailingly.
I have a dream today.…