DAY 10 - BACK TO THE ALTAR

Well, we are moving along.  This is day 10 of 100 days.  It is a drop in the bucket and a lot at the same time.  I want to sound spiritual but just sounding like me.  I am so glad that God will listen to you regardless of whether you have an accent, or stutter, or mispronounce words or misspell or sound intellectual by accident.  Father, I thank you that you receive me in your presence not according to my outward appearance but according to your loving mercy and if I come humbly before you.  The time has come and gone for a religious spirit.  God is connecting us by heart and spirit.  John 4:23-24 tells us "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.  God [is] Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."   What is truth?  Truth is the wisdom of God revealed, it is the heart of the Father revealed in us and working through us for His glory.  This generation is fed up with fake, fronting, plastic Christians.  This generation seeks the truth.  That is why we are in love with reality shows and searching the Internet for answers.  We want the real thing, but it isn't Coca Cola.  The real McCoy is Jesus and Him crucified!  Oh, if men would praise the Lord.  I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.  I cannot stand business as usual any longer!  I want the presence of God to be so thick and so consuming that when I walk in a room, or someone gets into my car or if I am walking in the grocery store, I automatically change the atmosphere and cause people to become convicted and repent!  That can only happen if I allow God to complete the process in me.  Value does not come in a title or position.  In our minds we know this, but yet we continue to seek it in our hearts.  I place my heart on the altar because it is wicked and deceitful.  Take out the ropes and bind me Lord because I do not want to stay on the altar.  The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.  Take the scalpel and begin to cut away those hard stony places and leave me with a heart of flesh.  For your acceptable sacrifice is a broken and contrite heart.  If you truly want to serve the purpose of God in your generation, stay on the altar.

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