Sunday, July 25, 2010

"Come on, God, I'll Put You Up in a Great Condo!"



Recently I watched a movie that some of you may be familiar with, in this movie a guy stops to ask for directions and meets a girl, eventually things develop between the two and the guy realizes he has feelings for the girl but he isn't ready to make a serious commitment to her, so he forms a compromise. He offers to put her up in a nice apartment, get her a car and some money, and take care of her so that when he is in town he can stop by and see her. Her response to this offer is what struck me, she says the following statement:

When I was a little girl, my mama used to lock me in the attic when I was bad, which was pretty often. And I would- I would pretend I was a princess... trapped in a tower by a wicked queen. And then suddenly this knight... on a white horse with these colors flying would come charging up and draw his sword. And I would wave. And he would climb up the tower and rescue me. But never in all the time... that I had this dream did the knight say to me, "Come on, baby, I'll put you up in a great condo."

After watching this movie, this quote just really stuck with me and God began to use it to speak to me about Christians. How many times do so called Christians make similar offers to God?

You ARE Welcome in This Place!

I just wanted to share this AWESOME song with you guys! 






This is what Worship is all about, inviting/welcoming the presence of God and the move of the Holy Spirit into our services and gatherings as believers. THAT is what REALLY changes the hearts and minds and lives of the people. Not a rock climbing wall for the kids, cappuccino and Christ, or all the other man plans, but opening ourselves up to do HIS will and flow with the move of HIS spirit!

Saturday, July 24, 2010

I Love God, but Not Enough to Tithe...




Abram tithed before there was a law to tithe, he was not under 'mandate' to tithe. He did it out of love for God. He gave His son to die for us out of love, then out of love we should do the things He has asked us to do. If you claim to love God with all your heart, all your soul, all your spirit, then He should not have to make you tithe, you should tithe because you Love Him. If you say you love God then show Him! Top of Form