A Worship Hungry Heart

Good Morning Everyone,



One of the issues I find among most I know anymore,
is a weariness. Life is wearing them down. Whether
it is their problems, or their attitude, by the end of
the day they are tired, mentally, spiritually and physically.

Do you find this true in your life?

I think many of us have become stale, stagnant spiritually.
we find ourselves weary because we have not been refreshed.
Truly we have neglected the thing we need most.

A worship hungry heart. A God hungry heart. One that
seeks God, and the restoring presence that heals the
wounds we have within us. One that inspires our spirit
to get out of the pit and walk on the mountain top with Christ.

We know in this life we will have problems, and sorrows.
But that is not the end of the story, and that is not the sum total of life.

Life has many good times also. But some of those we have to create
ourselves. We have to take time to have fun, to laugh, to sing, to celebrate,
to enjoy people who uplift and inspire us.

And one of the greatest tools is time praising God. Turn on some
beautiful praise music, let it lift your heart. Sing along with it. You will
find the atmosphere in your home changes dramatically, quickly.

Because God dwells in the praises of his people.

It gets our minds off our troubles and lifts them to a higher realm.
A realm where all things are possible with God. A realm where we
are truly loved, and truly forgiven. A realm where our Father God
dwells, and longs to hold us and restore our spirit and give us a spirit
of joy and peace.

If you don't have this.. you need time alone with God. Its not a game
or a catch phrase, it is a reality.

Do this.. and see if your day doesn't go far better when invested
in praise, prayer and the word of God. All these benefit your spirit
and lift your mood and hope level.

love always
millie


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A WORSHIP-HUNGRY HEART
by Max Lucado

People on a plane and people on a pew have a lot in common.

All are on a journey. Most are well-behaved and presentable. Some
doze, and others gaze out the window. For many, the mark of a good
flight and the mark of a good worship assembly are the same. “Nice,”
we like to say. “It was a nice flight/It was a nice worship service.”

A few, however, are not content with nice. They long for something
more. The boy who just passed me did. I heard him before I saw him. I
was already in my seat when he asked, “Will they really let me meet
the pilot?” The question floated into the cockpit, causing the pilot
to lean out.

“Well, come on in.”

With a nod from his mom, the youngster entered the cockpit’s world of
controls and gauges and emerged minutes later with eyes wide. “Wow!”
he exclaimed. “I’m so glad to be on this plane!”

No one else’s face showed such wonder. I studied the faces of the
other passengers but found no such enthusiasm. I mostly saw
contentment: travelers content to be on the plane, content to be
closer to their destination, content to be out of the airport,
content to sit and stare and say little.

Do you see why I say that people on a plane and people on a pew have
a lot in common? Enter a church sanctuary and look at the faces.
Content to be there. Content to sit and look straight ahead and leave
when the service is over. “Seek and you will find,” Jesus promised
(Matt. 7:7). And since a nice service is what we seek, a nice service
is usually what we find.

A few, however, seek more. A few come with the childlike enthusiasm
of the boy. And those few leave as he did, wide-eyed with the wonder
of having stood in the presence of the pilot himself.
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From Just Like Jesus, Copyright 1998, Max Lucado