Thursday, April 28, 2011

The Fire of Your Heart..

Want to know God's will for you life?

Then answer this question:
What ignites your heart?

Forgotten orphans?
Untouched Nations?
The inner city?
 The outer limits?

Heed the fire within!!

Do you have a passion to sing?
THEN SING!

Are you stirred to manage?
THEN MANAGE

Do you ache for the ill?
THEN TREAT THEM!

Do you hurt for the lost?
THEN TEACH THEM!

As a young man I felt the call to preach. 
Unsure if I was correct in my reading of God's will for me...
I sought the counsel of a minister, i admired.
"Don't preach," He said "unless you have to."
As I pondered those words I found my answer:
"I have to. If I don't, the fire will consume me."

What is the fire that consumes you?
-Max Lucado


"The fire of your heart... Is the light of your path"



Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Overflowing Praise

All enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise...
The world rings with praise-loves praise their beloved,
Readers their favorite poet,
Walkers praising the countryside,
Players praising their favorite game..

Just as people spontaneously praise what they value,
So they spontaneously urge us to join them in praising it:
"Isn't she lovely?
Wasn't it glorious?,
Don't you think that was magnificent?..."

I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because
The praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment;
It is its appointed consummation.
-S.Lewis


My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;
         I will sing and give praise
  For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens,
         And Your truth unto the clouds.
 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
         Let Your glory be above all the earth
-Psalms 57:7, 10-11


God's pursuit of praise from us and
Our pursuit of pleasure in Him are one and
The same pursuit. 
God's quest to be glorified and
Our quest to be satisfied reach their goal in
One experience:
Our delight in God which overflows in praise.