Where is your irreverence coming from?

The holiness of God was front and center in our sermon this Sunday (6-14-09). God's "otherness," his beauty and splendor and magnificence radiates from his presence, which produce in us an acute awareness of sin and unadulterated worship. But the sin and worldliness we feast on and let dwell in us darkens our eyes keeping us from seeing the glory of God. Of course, the remedy is repentance and confession of sin.

So what that might be for you? What's keeping you from seeing the radiant glory of God? Are ready and willing to get honest about your brokenness and sin?

What's clouding your view of the holiness of God? I'll go first: I too often fill and satisfy myself on things other than God. I spoil my appetite. I hate when I do that.

What are you doing that is clouding your view of God's holiness?

Brian

Grumbling and complaining

In the sermon on Sunday, I drew specific focus on the people of Israel finally crying out to God for help and how I/we have a hard time doing that. I mentioned that what we typically do is complain instead.

Do you complain much? I think when we are honest, we tend to complain a little more than we'd like to admit. Why is that? Why do we complain? And what do you find yourself complaining about? And what's the remedy? I'm curious to hear what you think.

Brian.