Yeah, so what!\u00a0 You’re not perfect either.<\/p>\n
So I cringed when I realized our missionary speaker was going to preach this morning.\u00a0 I mean, nothing against missionaries or anything, but have you heard them preach?\u00a0 All you can hope for is that they will weave plenty of interesting anecdotes into the message and not preach long.\u00a0 Oh, Lord. . .let’s see How do I word this?\u00a0 God, please bless this your servant this morning, and while we are on the topic, please help him to end on time.\u00a0 Nothing worse than long and boring.<\/p>\n
Okay, so moving past the humor even if you didn’t recognize it as such.<\/p>\n
What a God-honoring job our missionary speaker did this morning.\u00a0 Attaboy, Mike.<\/p>\n
An honest, thoughtful approach to the word of God results in the Spirit of God speaking to his people.\u00a0 It’s not rocket science.\u00a0 You don’t have to be Mr. Personality.\u00a0 Just bow before God and do your best to let God speak through you.\u00a0 Don’t spin the words for your favorite cause or agenda.\u00a0 Don’t try to be witty and intelligent.\u00a0 Don’t be cute.\u00a0 Just let the words course through your life and as much as is possible, accurately proclaim those words.<\/p>\n
It doesn’t happen near enough in our pulpits, not nearly often enough.\u00a0 And it doesn’t seem to matter fundamental, liberal and in-between.\u00a0 A barrage of Bible verse does not mean you are communicating God’s word.\u00a0 The best moral cause doesn’t merit displacing God’s message to his people as honestly read and learned from the pages of Holy Scripture.<\/p>\n
Not enough bowing before God going on; not enough humility.\u00a0 Not enough courage; not enough faith.<\/p>\n
Not enough listening to God before speaking for him.<\/p>\n
Too much of us.<\/p>\n
But we were blessed this morning with a message from God.\u00a0 And from a missionary for goodness sake!<\/p>\n
Thanks, Mike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yeah, so what!\u00a0 You’re not perfect either. So I cringed when I realized our missionary speaker was going to preach this morning.\u00a0 I mean, nothing against missionaries or anything, but have you heard them preach?\u00a0 All you can hope for … Continue reading