Wednesday, November 17, 2010

It’s Just Us, Lord

A prayer

Lord, we are here
It’s just us who are

Amazed
by your creative power

Instructed
by your grace

Transformed
by your love

Humbled
by your majesty

Inspired
by your life

Broken
by your death


Lord, we are here
It’s just us who

Honor you
in our worship

Rejoice
at your resurrection

Long
for your second coming

Anticipate
our Heavenly Home

Amen

Friday, November 05, 2010

Jesus Only?

There's a lot of nonsense spoken in the name of God/Jesus. I'm sitting in a bookshop next to a table where there are two guys having a conversation. One of them is telling the other about a talk he's giving to some young people on the upcoming weekend. Here's the essence of his talk:

Friends are unreliable. We may expect them to satisfy our needs but they never live up to our expectations. The only friend that can bring complete satisfaction is Jesus. If I found myself on a desert island with no other people (friends) I could experience complete satisfaction because I would have the perfect friend in Jesus. Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden needed no one else but God to speak with. So that is all anyone needs. So if I find that my friends are letting me down, remember: they are fallible. Jesus is completely reliable and is the only friend I really need to be completely satisfied.