So I'm preaching at my church this next weekend. Kind of excited, kind of nervous. It's my second time preaching there. I like and have a heart for my home church, but I feel disconnected. I feel I missed something when I went off to my first college. I came back and it was different for me for some reason. I don't feel like I think I should when I get up on Sunday mornings. But I hope this next week will make that a little better.
My sermon is gonna be about the importance of seeking God. It's kind of a complicated sermon, because God is complicated. But so incredibly amazing, if you know Him at all you just want to learn and grow closer to Him. (Hebrews 5, Matthew 22, Romans 12)
But the thing that has been on my mind is, why am I preaching. I am excited to tell people about my trip. I'm excited that my friend Tristan, who has put together a traveling praise band, is gonna lead worship. And I'm excited that a lot of my friends from Huntington are coming to watch. But the problem is that my friends are coming to my church to see me, or my friend. Is this ok? Or is there something wrong with saying, hey I'm preaching at my church you should come listen? Most of my friends do go to churches here in town, so I'm taking them away from their congregations for a week, but there are some people who will hopefully come who don't regularly go to a church. But then the problem is my church is putting on a front. I'm not our normal preacher, and Tristan isn't the normal praise band leader. Are we lying to people by inviting them this Sunday?
I don't know, this is just been running in my head the last couple weeks. I don't want it to be about me, I want it to be about God.
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