I Hate Church Intro

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I Hate Church

And Somethings Got to CHANGE!

How to be the Churchwhen you dont have one.

Dusty Hammock

Contents

Preface 3

Somethings Got to Change

1. Hating Church is Not Hating God 42. You Dont Have to Hate Church 113. Change Will Happen 204. Challenging Your Comfort Zones 365. Can I Be Honest With Myself? 436. Attitude Is Everything 627. New Focus New Vision 698. Its Time To Grow 749. The Power Of Influence 8510. Its A New Day 9011. Harnessing The Power of Change 10112. Going To The Next Level 104

Preface

Somethings Got to Change!!!!!!!!


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God who created you. You may have a lot questions just like

me. Then, pack a bag and let take the journey.

Chapter Two

You Dont Have to Hate Church Anymore

There is a growing population of people around the

world who call themselves Christians but dont attend

meetings in a building called the church. In fact you may be a

part of a growing movement who sit at home on Sundays,

watching TV, visiting friends or reading the news paper at

Starbucks. There is a better way to fulfill your God ordained

destiny than to feel guilty for sitting at home on Sunday. This

is why I wrote this book. You are Gods masterpiece and He

has created some incredible things for you to do. Dont giveup on church. You are the church! Dont give up driving cars

because you had a bad experience at the local dealership.

Come on! Lets find out how to be the church and change the

world for Gods glory. You dont have to hate church

anymore.

I didnt grow up hating church. You are probably like

a lot of people who lost interest when something happened in

your life that was painful and the local group of people who

called themselves the church acted very different than how

Jesus would have acted. Let me take a minute and tell my

story and see you can understand how its possible for all of us

grow to the place of hating church.

As I sat behind that outdated, cherry desk,

overwhelmed by the responsibilities of my new job, I began to

feel smothered. A sense of surreal emptiness overcame me as

a tsunami of hopelessness crashed against my mind. I thought

my dream to have a family and a ministry was over. I

concluded that without my family or a ministry my life was a

failure. These two passions were the priorities of my soul and

the foundation for my purpose. I was called to be a husband

and father as well as a pastor. Now the two most important

priorities of my earthly purpose were gone. Just two days

before Thanksgiving, while sitting in my church office behindthe door labeled Senior Pastor, my secretary called to say

someone needed to see me. As I approached my secretarys

office, a tall, thin young man, dressed in khakis and a navy

sports coat, stepped towards me with a large manila envelope

in his hand. With a voice of both timidity and authority, he

asked, Are you Mr. Hammock? When I acknowledged he


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Change will happen in your life as well and it will

come disguised in many forms. However, the path to the new

you will remain constant. Whether your change is a divorce,

job lose, drug addiction, a church split or the death of one you

love, the path to freedom remains the same. If you follow the

principles described in this book you can discover the new you

and the new path to freedom from you past. You may hate

church today but soon you can live free from this heavy

weight and be the church even if you dont have one. Your

misery can truly become your new ministry. There is hope for

you to become what God intended you to be.

Maybe you had similar experiences and have lost

confidence in the local church in your community. Or maybe

you have looked at all the preachers who have fallen prey

to some vice and lost confidence is Christianity. Just because

you have been hurt, disappointed, deceived by false teaching

or you have personally made some decisions that have caused

you to feel ashamed to be the church, Jesus has not thrownaway His master plan for your life.

Chapter Three

Change Will Happen

Life is a series of events linked together with lessons of

faith lived out through daily decisions to be loyal to Gods

principles rather than your disappointment and personal pain.

Therefore, pain will come in many forms waiting on your

response. Your destiny will be

determined by your response to

your disappointments and pain. I

am responsible for my response

to lifes difficulties and the many other tsunamis of change

that have hit the shores of my mind. Change will happen and

your response will determine your destiny. Many have

determined to live out their life in opposition to their God

ordained purpose because of a poor response to pain. Change

will happen but change is never an excuse to live unfulfilled.

you can choose to

rise above the status

quo and discover a

destiny


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Defining moments aresimply moments you

define.

have the power of change within your grasp. Make a decision

today, right now, take this moment to never look back with

the courage and

determination to become

everything God destined

for your life. NOW, no

opportunity wasted. Let no one define you except your

Heavenly Father who has put His DNA (Divine Nature

Applied) upon your life. When you are in pain and your

emotions are out of control remember your destiny is greater

than how you feel and your future is more excellent than your

past. Defining moments are simply moments you define.

Mark this day as your defining moment. Say these words-

say them out loud and with confidence, From this day I will

never, never, never be the same. From this day forward I

will be the church!!!

The pages of this book are not meant to promise

smooth sailing, but to prepare you to surf the waves of change,

soar on the winds of the storm and turn your fears into faith.

Become the church rather than just go to church. You dont

have to hate church anymore. You may have a thousand

reasons why you dont attend a building called church but that

doesnt stop you from being the church. Turn your face towardyour new destiny and harness thePowerof Change.

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