So often in life, when confronted with hurtful or confusing or emotionally damaging situations, we do the ‘human thing’—build walls up around us to protect us, to keep us from getting hurt again. And, some of you are already thinking to yourselves: “Yes, AND…” … as if that’s the most logical thing we can do in these situations… The problem is … what seems the most logical thing to do … is not always what’s best for us; sometimes we need the supernatural to intervene in our lives. Why? Because...
Sometimes in life, walls are a good thing. But, at other times, they are not. They are those things that hold us back from where God wants us to go. We’re going to touch on a couple of those walls today, as we conclude this series—Wired for Worship. Listen now to our scripture lesson for today (1 John 4:7-21, NLT): “Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who does...
Today, I want to speak to a reality of our world … and what I believe God wants us, as followers of Christ, to do about it. What is the reality that I want to speak to? Walls. Walls that divide us … on the face of this earth—walls never intended by God to be erected in the first place… As one who’s been to the Holy Land a few times now, I’m reminded of this reality every time that I go to Israel and see the big wall...
