OK, this sermon is awesome…
June 15th, 2008
I’m listening this morning to Mike’s sermon on spiritual identity and standing victorious as one loved by God. I am loving it; it is refueling the declaration of my heart to stand before Jesus with a heart great in love rather than a life great in accomplishment. The things that John the Apostle cared about versus that which I tend to care about form an instructive and provocative challenge and invitation to aggressively declare again my intention to pursue my exceedingly great reward in God. I want my standard of greatness to be found in the greatness of being loved by God. I want to be fascinated by the beauty of His heart towards me - completely captivated by the movements of His heart towards me.
As such, my prayer is to pursue the primary blessing of the emotions of God touching my heart and not get sidetracked or derailed by the secondary blessings of God that come with favor on my life. I want my heart and my life to be oriented rightly with a value system that exalts Jesus and His love for me as the highest achievement of my life and the reality that sets my course and my emotions. What do I delight in? The answer to that question is the key to my longevity as one who is pursuing a burning heart for God over many decades.
David
Entry Filed under: life at ihop-kc, life in the spirit, prayer
4 Comments Add your own
1. Washington | June 15th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I heard that message too… online streaming in my bedroom, it was timely for me too. Glad I recorded it
2. Marci | June 15th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
How does Mike do that? He always just knows exactly what either I been thinking, questioning, reading, or asking God about.
Oh…, I am so thankful for this place!!!
Also, did anyone notice that Mike said “c’mon” in the Intro to the message tonight?
3. Kristen Hickey | June 16th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Is this sermon an MP3 yet?
4. John | June 17th, 2008 at 8:58 am
It affected me in all the right ways too- i bought a copy at the bookstore. In our culture which is so entreprenuer/ ‘build and achieve’ orientated, I think I am gonna listen to that message a couple times a month and study those Scriptures. Glad i’m not the only one.
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