My day wasn't the best today with various frustrations, and as I often do I turned to TBN to find Pastor Joseph Prince preaching in Israel. Despite trying to tell myself all day to maintain "perspective" it was difficult but the moment I began listening to him talk I got it back...big time! First, the worship was just amazing...thousands of people praising God with outstretched arms as scripture describes, & not just singing words to some song but really praising the Lord with their own words as well. For me, this has always been "church" - connecting with Jesus is it whether it is in a building with others or at home alone or riding in my car or out in an empty field- praise from the heart of man is real worship. So, that immediately re-grounded me in what is important in life - above all else - connecting with Jesus. I know it in my head, but it is when it overtakes my spirit that I really appreciate what that means.
Then Pastor Prince began to preach - his sermons are among the richest I have ever heard - deep, yet so simple you wonder why you didn't see a point he is making ever before. He has a way of connecting the scriptures & teaching about the law, grace, and what the appearance & death of Christ really did for man that it blows you away. Many churches are missing the real & complete meaning of this & salvation, yet it is right there in black & white for us to read & we do yet still miss it by a long shot. Once you "get it" deep in your understanding it validates, excites, & in my case confirms so many discerning moments I have had where I knew what I was hearing or seeing was so wrong yet no one seemed to realize it. I can't explain it adequately because you have to grasp it in your own spirit fully & the best way I can tell you to do that is to listen to a few of his messages-it may change your life. It has changed mine in my spirit where it counts - there are good sermons & good services, and then there are "defining moments" where Jesus is magnified to us in such a way that we are forever changed. All the man-made traditions and Martha type busywork is lost in the light of being a Mary & just sitting at the foot of Jesus learning, enjoying him, & seeking nothing but him. That is when we truly begin to serve, to grow, & to reflect him.
The world has a way of destroying our faith, stripping us of our passion, & keeping us from doing the things Christ really calls us to do. We have to daily regroup so our mind & body follows our spirit, not the other way around. So many things are so glaringly obvious in God's word that we gloss over, ignore, or misunderstand. Sometimes we have to get out of our comfort zone whether it is church, friends, family, fear, or whatever that keeps us there and ask Jesus to show us more of himself so we can be more like him. Have you ever just cringed at something & known you could not make someone understand why, yet you knew Jesus was cringing too? Those are God moments when our spirit is so in tune with the Lord that we want to cry at the insanity of what we see or hear, & sometimes do. Then there are the God moments when tears of joy come out of the beautiful communion with God as we worship him or hear his word and it becomes manna to our soul when before it was just words.
You can catch Pastor Prince on TBN or find him online-order a CD or book-I hope & pray he will enlighten your understanding through the work of the Holy Spirit & that you will be more excited about Jesus & your life in & for him than you knew you could be. God bless & have an awesome tomorrow in & with Jesus Christ, our Lord & Savior for that is exactly why we are here on planet earth!
Then Pastor Prince began to preach - his sermons are among the richest I have ever heard - deep, yet so simple you wonder why you didn't see a point he is making ever before. He has a way of connecting the scriptures & teaching about the law, grace, and what the appearance & death of Christ really did for man that it blows you away. Many churches are missing the real & complete meaning of this & salvation, yet it is right there in black & white for us to read & we do yet still miss it by a long shot. Once you "get it" deep in your understanding it validates, excites, & in my case confirms so many discerning moments I have had where I knew what I was hearing or seeing was so wrong yet no one seemed to realize it. I can't explain it adequately because you have to grasp it in your own spirit fully & the best way I can tell you to do that is to listen to a few of his messages-it may change your life. It has changed mine in my spirit where it counts - there are good sermons & good services, and then there are "defining moments" where Jesus is magnified to us in such a way that we are forever changed. All the man-made traditions and Martha type busywork is lost in the light of being a Mary & just sitting at the foot of Jesus learning, enjoying him, & seeking nothing but him. That is when we truly begin to serve, to grow, & to reflect him.
The world has a way of destroying our faith, stripping us of our passion, & keeping us from doing the things Christ really calls us to do. We have to daily regroup so our mind & body follows our spirit, not the other way around. So many things are so glaringly obvious in God's word that we gloss over, ignore, or misunderstand. Sometimes we have to get out of our comfort zone whether it is church, friends, family, fear, or whatever that keeps us there and ask Jesus to show us more of himself so we can be more like him. Have you ever just cringed at something & known you could not make someone understand why, yet you knew Jesus was cringing too? Those are God moments when our spirit is so in tune with the Lord that we want to cry at the insanity of what we see or hear, & sometimes do. Then there are the God moments when tears of joy come out of the beautiful communion with God as we worship him or hear his word and it becomes manna to our soul when before it was just words.
You can catch Pastor Prince on TBN or find him online-order a CD or book-I hope & pray he will enlighten your understanding through the work of the Holy Spirit & that you will be more excited about Jesus & your life in & for him than you knew you could be. God bless & have an awesome tomorrow in & with Jesus Christ, our Lord & Savior for that is exactly why we are here on planet earth!
