Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. - Hebrews 11:1 ♥
Sunday, 22 March 2009 10:05 pm
After going to church for 3 months plus (i can't believe it's been that long seriously) this is the first time i'm writing about it here... mostly because this afternoon's follow-up session left a really deep impression and i think i'll remember today for a long time.
anyway, Pastor Sy Rogers gave a very insightful sermon today about thoroughness and unforgiveness. he's a very interesting and entertaining speaker. i'm amazed by his ability to string together the most unconventional sentences with great eloquence and he has like a virtually limitless vocabulary. i love hearing him talk. he's like a fountain of wisdom with sparkling streams of knowledge flowing from his lips. i learnt one very important thing today that i feel can be overlooked real easily in our journey to live a better christian life- God understands that we are human. i learnt that he understands why we sin and we don't have to be ashamed to be ourselves, to be real, to be unmasked and to be human in front of Him. He understands that we find the concepts of faith and trust difficult and abstract initially because it's not easy to put trust in something and faith in someone we barely know and understand. God doesn't demand that we trust Him, He encourages us to learn more about Him.
i also learnt something really true from Pastor Lia. She said that we often tell ourselves now is not the time to face God yet because we feel we are not in our best form, because we feel we are not good enough to face Him as the person we are now, and with the circumstances we are now in. and we tell ourselves that we will look for God when we are better people with better character. but we are completely missing the point. because there's no better time to look for God than when we are at our lowest points in life, when we are at our most broken. because that is when we need God the most and that is when the true power of His strength can reach us. it's when we hunger and thirst for it, it's when we search for it and reach out to Him. i thought that was so very accurate of how many people think, myself included. it really opened my eyes.
the Bible says God's strength is made perfect in our weakness and at first i was like huh what on earth does that mean cos it sounded quite contradictory but now i get it- we need not be ashamed of our weaknesses but instead admit them and submit them to God because He will deliver us from our sins with His strength. our weakness is the reason and purpose of God's strength. now i understand that God understands.
anyway, Pastor Sy Rogers gave a very insightful sermon today about thoroughness and unforgiveness. he's a very interesting and entertaining speaker. i'm amazed by his ability to string together the most unconventional sentences with great eloquence and he has like a virtually limitless vocabulary. i love hearing him talk. he's like a fountain of wisdom with sparkling streams of knowledge flowing from his lips. i learnt one very important thing today that i feel can be overlooked real easily in our journey to live a better christian life- God understands that we are human. i learnt that he understands why we sin and we don't have to be ashamed to be ourselves, to be real, to be unmasked and to be human in front of Him. He understands that we find the concepts of faith and trust difficult and abstract initially because it's not easy to put trust in something and faith in someone we barely know and understand. God doesn't demand that we trust Him, He encourages us to learn more about Him.
i also learnt something really true from Pastor Lia. She said that we often tell ourselves now is not the time to face God yet because we feel we are not in our best form, because we feel we are not good enough to face Him as the person we are now, and with the circumstances we are now in. and we tell ourselves that we will look for God when we are better people with better character. but we are completely missing the point. because there's no better time to look for God than when we are at our lowest points in life, when we are at our most broken. because that is when we need God the most and that is when the true power of His strength can reach us. it's when we hunger and thirst for it, it's when we search for it and reach out to Him. i thought that was so very accurate of how many people think, myself included. it really opened my eyes.
the Bible says God's strength is made perfect in our weakness and at first i was like huh what on earth does that mean cos it sounded quite contradictory but now i get it- we need not be ashamed of our weaknesses but instead admit them and submit them to God because He will deliver us from our sins with His strength. our weakness is the reason and purpose of God's strength. now i understand that God understands.
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