Monday thoughts on Sundays Sermon

Every Sunday evening after the service I come home and think about my message. And it seems every Sunday evening, usually well into the night and sometimes early hours of the morning I think of all the things I should have added or said or clarified.

As I have said many times I believe the best way to discover God and all that He has for you is for you to go directly to Him by reading the scriptures and in prayer asking for the guidance and wisdom of the Holy Spirit. All preachers give their interpretation of what they are teaching on.  Well,  some preachers give what they have been taught which is someone else's interpretation of the scriptures.

I do believe that some are called to teach and preach and God has given them wisdom through the power of the Holy Spirit. I pray that I am one of those. But even if this is the case, all preaching is done to stimulate you to get into a personal relationship with Jesus. Listening to a sermon, even a good one, is only one part of growing into Faith and building a close personal relationship with our Lord.

The scriptures I used last night are Matthew 28:16-17   Mark 16:9-11   Luke 24:13-43   John 21:1-14

• Jesus is who we were meant to be before the fall. A perfect man with unbroken fellowship with God. The second Adam.
• Nature brings us peace because it has not been corrupted. The sun, the moon, the ocean, the mountains, the flowers, the birds, the mountain streams have not deviated from their purpose. Only man has deviated and lost his original purpose.
• Inside each of us is a remnant of what God originally created. It is that faint, often undistinguishable spirit voice within that leaves us searching for meaning in life. That faint call is to bring us back to our original purpose.
• Our purpose is to worship God and remain in close fellowship with Him all our life just as Adam and Eve had before the fall and as Jesus had during His life here on this earth.

Seek God with all your heart, all your strength and all your mind. That is the call within each of us even if we don't recognize yet what that longing is.

Oh there is so much to learn!      Love, Pastor Kent