Aren't you tired of trying to pass out tracts, knock on doors, and make things happen?

 We've been trying to make things happen for a long time. Now He wants to make it happen! Why don't you find out what He's doing and join in? That's what Jesus did. He said, "Father, what are You doing? That's what I'll do."****................

** God wants to move in with your church family. How long has it been since you've been so hungry for God that it consumed you to the point where you couldn't care less what people thought of you? I challenge you right now to forget about every distraction, every opinion, but one. What are you feeling right now as you read about how God Himself invaded these churches? Are you squelching it? What is gripping your heart? Don't you feel the awakening of what you thought was a long-dead hunger? How long has it been since you felt what you're feeling right now? Rise up and pursue His presence. Become a God chaser......****

  I'm not talking about the excitement of praise and worship, as we would call it. We know how to get the music "just right" so the singing is stunning, the accompaniment is awesome, and everything seems perfect. But that's not what I'm talking about, and that's not what is causing your hunger right now. I'm talking about a hunger for God's presence. I said "a hunger for God's presence."............

Let me be blunt for a moment. I know in my heart of hearts that the truth of the matter is this: The Church has lived in self-righteous smugness for so long that we stink in God's nostrils. He can't even look at us in our present state. In the same way that you or I might feel embarrassed in a restaurant or grocery store when we see someone's children acting up and getting away with it, God feels the same way about our self-righteousness. God is uncomfortable with our smug self-righteousness. We are not "as together" as we think we are....................

 **"What causes this kind of thing to happen?"**

 ***"Repentance."****

*** In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,***

And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.****

 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight (Matthew 3:1-3).*****

**** Repentance prepares the way and makes the road of our hearts straight. Repentance builds up every low place and takes down every high place in our lives and church families. Repentance prepares us for His presence. In fact, you cannot live in His presence without repentance. Repentance permits pursuit of His presence. It builds the road for you to get to God (or for God to get to you!). Just ask John the Baptist. When he built the road, Jesus "came walking."*******

******** This is the crux of what I have to say: How long has it been since you said, "I'm going for God"?

How long has it been since you laid aside everything that ever occupied you and ran down the road of repentance to pursue God?

***TOMMY TENNY ***GOD CHASERS**  

"This book TOTAL changed my life!!!" Pastor Vicci

Now we are reading ........God's Favorite House

 by Tommy Tenny