Brutal Honesty

Prayer - brutal honesty with God! (Rob Bell)

I've had people say to me

"To be brutally honest with you....."

You know what.....that is brutal

It might be honest,

but it's definitely brutal

The only person we can and should be brutally honest with?

God

He's the only one who is big enough to take it

God's into contruction

How often have we heard, "God's not doing much"?

As if the Lord is doing very little

"This is what the Lord....says:

The people are saying,

'The time is not yet come to build the house of the Lord'.

Then the Lord sent this message....

NOW GO UP INTO THE HILLS,

BRING DOWN TIMBER,

AND REBUILD MY HOUSE.

Then I will take pleasure in it

and be honoured, says the Lord" Haggai 1

I was woken up last week and led to read the book of Haggai

Is the Lord starting to move in our communities?

We're not talking about building a physical structure,

But a spiritual one

Is He stirring people?

Is He stirring His people?

Is He causing us to seek Him?

Is He causing you to seek Him?

Is He causing me to seek Him?

Never thought about God before?

Something is going on!

Seeking God

I wonder if there are two different levels of seeing God work?

We pray for our friends to find Christ

Which is good

Every now and then someone comes to know Jesus

We're excited for that person

Then there is another level

We seek God and Him alone

The Holy Spirit moves in such a way that whole communities

Under their awareness of sin, turn to Jesus

Every facet of society is changed

Lord I seek You!