Thursday

Warning: I don't have a specific topic in mind as I begin this post. :)

Probably the main thing on my heart today is my love and thankfulness for the Washington church. As I listened to Ron Messner deliver the sermon last night, (Wednesday) I was overwhelmed with gratitude that the Lord has blessed me with such a wonderful church. Our pulpit's ability to exhort to holy living through a pure heart that loves God, while staying clear of legalism, is amazing! In many evangelical churches the desire to avoid legalism has led them to the point where, statistically, the born-again Christians live the exact same lifestyle as un-believers. One of the biggest weakness in Christ's church today isn't its theology, but rather it's apparent unwillingness to live out and practice that theology. If all the born again Christians in America actively pursued a holy separate lifestyle we would turn the world upside-down! What a testimony to God's changing power!

Dr. James MacDonald, from Walk in the Word, has a wonderful set of CD's out entitled No More Games. They address living and breathing the holiness of God. Wow! Talk about an uplifting and pertinent message! Read and meditate on Isaiah 6. It's this coming face to face with the Lord that turned Isaiah into the most incredible prophet in the Bible. He spoke moral uprightness and holiness to the most powerful men in Israel during a time of great moral decline. He preached holiness to 4 separate kings over a period of forty to sixty years. He was a pillar of God. He got to observe the magnificent and infinite holiness of God. In the face of that, his own uncleanness and the Israelites uncleanness became extremely apparent to him. The angels that worshipped the Lord covered their face and their feet. May our lives be about the holiness of God through His grace.

Justin Koch, in the closing comments last night, mentioned how our reactions to life's situations, through grace, are often, and I quote, "Diametrically Opposed" to what the world would expect. He is such an engineer! It even comes across in subtle and not-so-subtle ways in his sermons! :)

I'm headed out to Leo this weekend for the annual Gateway Woods benefit auction. I'm going to be volunteering. I get to carry quilt racks and help out with the computer stuff.

Well, it looks like I found something to write about huh? ;)