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Originally Posted by Chris Fleming
I had a brother say similar things to me--that he was tired of what goes on there but couldn't quite bring himself to leave, as he didn't know what he would do or where he would go. He said to me, "you're free", implying that he was not.
Now I don't have a quest to see people leave LSM churches, but all I can say here is that within their ministry, there is often built in a control mechanism where they openly state things like, "if you leave you won't be able to go on with the Lord" or "those who were able to be removed were never built in" and many other such thinly veiled threats.
In short, that is nonsense. I have enjoyed the Lord in LSM and I am just FINE now that I am no longer there. I am enjoying the Lord even more so now. I seek Him much more deeply than when I was there. It's where YOU are at in life, not the building or group you meet with. The Lord will put you where He wants you to be, in LSM or elsewhere.
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Chris, If you boiled everything I've ever said on this forum down to two small paragraphs it would pretty much be what you said here. Great post!