Alta Ada Williams

The Church in the Western nations is at a low tide in the spiritual power it has. We discuss the reasons for this in a prior book The Church in Crisis and in this book we discuss the ramifications on all Church function. This situation impacts sanctification, evangelism, giving, the functioning of the Body of the Lord Jesus Christ, loving God and each other, prayer, and prophetic ministry. The situation is very anguishing and painful for God. We discuss the processes God has placed in Scripture (the Bible) which can be implemented to turn this about.

The book reviews the current church in the West and the falling respect it has in society. The Church has lost its saltiness. God identified many problems to the authors. He wants these corrected. Essentially the Church has lost the connection to the head; the Lord Jesus Christ. The eason for the loss of saltiness is a progressive and marked secularization of the Church over the last 400 years. The Church no longer operates in the spiritual realm; or to very little extent. The body of Christ needs to restore, under God's direction, the connection between head and body. God's people will need to train to be led by His Spirit. The training methods are discussed. After individuals do the training, they can then be led by the Spirit of God to correct all of the other problems.and lead the Church out of the secularized condition to become a glorious Church. God's plan for achieving this change, on a large scale, is a grass-roots effort by the many individuals; and the pastors who are willing to be involved.

There are seven chapters in this book. The first chapter is anecdotal and discusses the authors experiences in receiving God's love. The second chapter discusses how God uses the term love. It is quite different to how men understand the term love. It is very desirable for people to experience the very powerful and coddling nature of God's love. We review what prevents many people from experiencing God's love; and we then review steps each person can take to experience it. God wants the people in His Church to carry His love into their communities, Most are failing to do this and solutions to this problem are reviewed. A special focus is placed on the problem that a Church deficient in receiving God's love constitutes for it's members and for our society. God'slove is very powerful; it is a mighty force for change in the creation. It is a powerful force in God's maintaining the second-to-second needs of the natural and spiritual realms (earth and heaven). The book is based heavily on the foundation of the Bible and draws from many Scriptures. The author was influenced by promptings from the Holy Spirit about what to include. We discuss the mechanics of learning to communicate directly with God, again based on Scripture. All people can learn to comunicate with God and know when He ia showing something to them and also when He is talking about some issues with them. This is reviewed in the book.