The music is over...

...and the dust has settled. What has become of the praises and worship we offered yesterday morning? Were the saints more holy? Were the unsaved saved? Were we shaken out of our comfort zone? I think the best people to ask these questions were to ask the saints, the unsaved and the comfortable-people. Did our songs create an experience that is like a drug that our youth is addicted to where they need these dosage to feel a spiritual high? Is their faith a pseudo-spirtual experience that is actually nothing at all? Was the session human-engineered or spirit-driven?

Do u know? I dunno, but I know one thing is for sure, the fruits of the ministry will not lie and the results will be clear. If our young people doesn't have a passion for Christ; doesn't have compassion for the lost; doesn't have love for one another; doesn't have desire for God's word, but all they want is a good experience, they'll always have it. However it's merely a good expeience that's devoid of passion for Christ, devoid of compassion for the lost, devoid of love for one another and devoid of a desire for God's word.

How can we say we love God if we do not have such characteristics? I know that we are not perfect and some of us may struggle in one or two of these. However, if our experience is genuine, we'll begin to develope these characteristics. If u lack any of it and really want to work it out, pray for wisdom. God, in His mercy, is willing to give to us what we desire. May our desire be for things that God desires. Let's not think about what God can do for us, and let's change our mindset. It's all about Him! Our lives is all about making much of Him! It's never about us! If we kept thinking bout ourselves, then we have missed the whole point.

If you had a great time, I rejoice with u. For I do not doubt at that moment that what we've all experience was false. It felt real and it felt good! Just dun tell me about your experience if that experience didn't cause u to grow more in the character of Christ. Growth takes time, my friends. I am praying for u to grow. I am with u all the way. I want to be with you at the finish line. I dun mean to hurt u or doubt what u've been through. But I believe it's time for real lasting and God-annointing change. Let's spur each other on!

My closing prayer today is a song of praise off Steven Curtis Chapman's song, Much of You:

I want to make much of You, Jesus
I want to make much of Your love
I want to live today to give You the praise
That You alone are so worthy of
I want to make much of Your mercy
I want to make much of Your cross
I give You my life
Take it and let it be used
To make much of You

Goodness me! The dust hasn't settled! I am just in the eye of the storm. Back in I go again...