Day of Praise

We, 10/22/14, "Day of Praise"

"[Jesus] said to them, 'Come and you will see.'" - John 1:39

Whenever I leave a hospital room, I purt near injure myself. What happens is that I leave the room, find the stairwell door, stand next to the wall, put on my reading glasses, check my phone for various communications, go into the stairwell, start down the stairs, and realize I'm not seeing the stairs clearly because I still have my reading glasses on. My depth perception is totally distorted unless I remove my reading glasses. Only then, can I see clearly.

That's what Jesus is talking about in today's Bible verse. Something's got to happen in every matter of everyday in order for us to see clearly. Of course, it's not the removal of reading glasses that Jesus is recommending. What Jesus tells us is that we must come to him. In order for us to clearly see every matter of everyday, we must come to Jesus with each and every thing. .

Chris Rice captures this truth in an untitled song that I just call "Come to Jesus". I hope you'll take a moment to read through the lyrics and then maybe click on the link at the end to hear him sing the song, which is a simple invitation to clearly see so many matters if we'll simply come to Jesus, our Savior Lord.

Chris Rice's song goes like this:

Weak and wounded sinner
Lost and left to die
O, raise your head for love is passing by

Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus
Come to Jesus and live

Now your burden's lifted
And carried far away
And precious blood has washed away the stain

So sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus
Sing to Jesus and live

And like a new born baby
Don't be afraid to crawl
And remember when you walk sometimes we fall

So fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus
Fall on Jesus and live

Sometimes the way is lonely
And steep and filled with pain
So if your sky is dark and pours the rain

Then cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus
Cry to Jesus and live

Oh, and when the love spills over
And music fills the night
And when you can't contain your joy inside

Then dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus
Dance for Jesus and live

And with your final heartbeat
Kiss the world goodbye
Then go in peace, and laugh on glory's side

And fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus and live

Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus
Fly to Jesus and live

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Praise God!

Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson