Archive for March, 2010

Filing Fake

This concludes the series of reflective messages for the Lenten season by asking us to take a good look at the motivation for our worship.  Are we offering empty, synthetic words of praise, or Christ honoring God glorifying genuine praise?  We all struggle with this sometimes.  Are our words, actions and motives of our [...]

Return to His Lavish Love

As the father ran to the returning younger son in the story of the prodigal, God the Father has arms open wide toward you.  Do you have open arms towards Him, surrendered, or are you hunched protectively over all your stuff like the prodigal’s older brother?  Why?  It all belongs to Him anyway.  God’s desire [...]

Return to His Joy

Luke 15:11-24; 32
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Return with Hunger

Do you want to be so filled with joy that you’re overflowing?  Sloshing around with it and spilling all over everyone around you?  Most of the time we have to get to the end of our rope, emptied, flat on our back before we cry out to God.  And it’s when we finally get to [...]