The Way of Life Church
  • Michael Tempke’s Blog
  • May14th

    They are lost. Good people, nice people, misled people and uninformed people. Kind confused people, loving deceived people. People like you and me. But they are lost. If they never see the light they will be lost for all eternity. And that troubles me deep tonight. Girls just like my daughter are wasting their lives away. Young men like my sons are chasing the wind of vanity. They are lost. Doesn’t that trouble you? You say yes, you even feel yes, but what have you done about it? Do you really pray for them, do you weep over them? Do you search for every opportunity to shine to them the love of Christ? Do you open your mouth every chance you get? Or do you simply walk away, for fear of embarrassment? Walk away to live your own private life, hiding the light from those in darkness. Do we really care for the lost? I realize this is an indictment, but it is ever so needed. The Apostolic church of America is so doped up on comforts of this life that we don’t really care about hurting lost people. We go year by fruitless year without touching a single soul and still dare to call ourselves Christian. Do we squander the blood of Christ and yet deceive ourselves into thinking we are pleasing him? We waste the testimony he gave us in the abyss of our intimidation letting the uniformed walk right off their cliff of sin. We excuse our laziness, we blame the lost for their stubbornness. We learn to keep the empty ox crib clean, and go our merry way. Only to one day here. “In that you did it not unto the least of these, you did it not unto me” Wake up! If we are not reaching lost people in some way, we are not Christians. Let alone one God Apostolic Pentecostal Christians. Why soft soap it. Christ came to “seek and save them which are lost” As he is so are we, in this world. If we are in Him, he’s gonna reach the lost. If He is in us, lives will be changed. Let us fall on our face in prayer, open our mouths in witness, and seek and save the lost. In Jesus name.

  • April23rd

    Revival;
    It is God’s will performed here.
    It is an open door to divine intervention in the lives of men.
    It is a passion of fire burning in our hearts for the lost.
    It is the heart of God beating in our chest.
    It is a passion that consumes duty, a relationship that consumes religion.
    It is priorities set right.
    It is of highest value, far above diamonds.
    Because Revival;
    Is the high calling of God,
    The path of true fulfillment,
    The meaning of life,
    The design of God.
    In Revival, we will find;
    Our peace,
    healing,
    joy,
    meaning.
    Without it, everything grows dim and we die.
    It cannot be replaced by worldly gain, social joys, successes or religion. It is not measured by mere numbers, hours, words or deeds. It lives only as a fire in the hearts of men.
    And I want it. More than my daily bread. I want Revival.