The other day, my wife told me about a funny story involving my son. She was eating some treats, and was blissfully enjoying them. My son, being the bothersome chip of the old block that he usually is, quickly honed in along with his older sister and demanded to know what all the goodness was about. My daughter started the conversation
"What's that, mommy?"
"A little piece of heaven," my wife replied.
"I want some" said the boy. My wife gave him some.
A look of pure joy spread across his face. "Mmmm... heaven" he declared.
In that second, in that moment in time, my son equated Cashew Lover's Poppycock with heaven, and knowing my son and his love for goodies, I know his salvation is secure if he believes heaven is filled with such sweets.
Looking at the bigger picture, how do we, as the church, present ourselves to the world? Are we an adequate representation of the love of God? Do people interact with us say "Mmmm... Jesus" when we leave? Shouldn't they?
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Through your eyes
10:00
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1 comments:
Preachers should aim to leave the people wanting more. Not like a tease, but in the sense that we can hardly get enough of a good thing.
Give a kid a buttery morsel of Poppycock, and they will almost certainly ask for another. Sow a real word in someone's heart, and they WILL see if they can get a CD of the message to share with someone else; they'll open their Bible for further study; and they'll look forward to the next service when they can get some more. Continue that cycle, and the person has no choice but to grow spiritually, which is the goal.
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