Why Do You Come to the Lord?

Why Do You Come to the Lord?

I once heard the question asked, “Are you coming to God because you love Him, or because you want to use Him?” That seemed like a pretty rude question, and at first I was offended. But when I stopped to give it some reflection, applying it and pondering on it in the...
Why Do You Come to the Lord?

Healing From the Inside Out—A Metaphor

I had an old van once. It was a very old van that would hold 14 people—twelve of them children. You can imagine that with twelve kids running around and through and sometimes over and under that van, it ended up with a lot of dents and scrapes and dings. It looked...

Why Do You Come to the Lord?

I once heard the question asked, “Are you coming to God because you love Him, or because you want to use Him?” That was a rude question. And at first I was offended. But then I gave it some reflection. I pondered on it and wrote about it in the context my...