People will be equipped with experiential knowledge of Christ's love through small groups, seminars, workshops, and the interactive website. Through these efforts and those of others, the American Church will become as relevant as the Church was in Acts, impacting their families and communities for the glory of God and his Kingdom..

Jesus said it is by loving each other that His followers would be known (John 13:34), not by how well we follow rules. He even rebuked the Ephesian church for following rules so closely they had forgotten to love Him (Rev 2:4). And the church in Laodicea had replaced love with riches, becoming lukewarm. They thought of themselves as rich but Jesus described them as "wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked" (Rev 3:17).

As I read about the ways Christians described themselves and how others view us, as well as what I saw in the Bible, I was heartbroken over the American church. Love has been replaced by rules and riches. We have forsaken our first love and now we follow rules and spend millions on our buildings and programs and advertising. Without love the Church is nothing (1 Cor 13:1, 2 &3). Jesus only gave us one Law, to love each other (John 13:34). By forgetting this, we have become lukewarm and irrelevant. How could I not be heartbroken?

But I also realized that there is hope because Jesus hasn't forsaken us and we're still here. There's more to be done and I don't believe that followers of Jesus want to be lukewarm, we just don't know any better at the moment. After rebuking the Laodiceans, Jesus said that He is standing at the door, knocking, waiting and hoping that people will hear Him and open that door so He can come and have a relationship with them (that's what eating with someone meant back then, relationship) (Rev 3:20).

People everywhere are responding to that knock, in denominational churches and non-denominational ones. They want to be “on fire” and have a relationship with Jesus. Jesus Is Knocking was the dream that God placed in my heart as I answered the door and sat down to eat with Jesus.

Through involvement with Jesus Is Knocking, people will open the door and Jesus will come in and eat with them. Their hearts will be reignited with His love and more love will be shared between His followers. As Christ's love grows among His followers, others will be drawn into that love, just as Luke recorded in Acts.

It's time to experience Christ's love and riches rather than the imitations we're used to. It's time to share Christ's love and riches with each other. It's time to show Christ's love and riches to a hurting and dying world.

It's time to open the door and stop being lukewarm. TOP