Thoughts from Bishop J. W. Macklin

I was privileged to hear Bishop J.W. Macklin of the Church of God in Christ preach at the Sunday Morning service of the Pentecostal Church of God's General Convention. I thought I'd share some tidbits.

• Macklin's father once advised a group of aspiring preachers, "Stop trying to preach things nobody else has preached - if nobody else has preached it, there's probably a reason."
• Nothing changes until something changes.
• Rubber bands are useless until put under tension.
• Be careful that you don't pass your church on the way to your church.
• We cannot influence the world around us if we insulate ourselves from the world around us.
• Stop allowing what-your-church-has to dictate what your church does.
• The size of a church is not square feet nor attendance, but vision.
• Four Things We Must Do:
  1. Receive the Power
  2. Walk the Walk
  3. Speak the Word
  4. Expect the Unexpected