This is dope. How saved are you? Almost saved?
T.D. Jakes - “Free Your Mind”
Jesus said, “I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you” (13:15). Notice the kind of people that God brings around you, and you will be humiliated once you realize that this is actually His way of revealing to you the kind of person you have been to Him. Now He says we should exhibit to those around us exactly what He has exhibited to us.
Do you find yourself responding by saying, “Oh, I will do all that once I’m out on the mission field”? Talking in this way is like trying to produce the weapons of war while in the trenches of the battlefield–you will be killed while trying to do it.
It is always so encouraging to hear about God moving in the lives of others’. It is such an encouragement- especially in a season of growth and challenge. Helps me to remember the times when He has worked mightily in my life.
If you would have Christ with you, seek him boldly. Let nothing hold you back. Defy the world. Press on where others flee.
-Spurgeon
This is cool- every instagram I’ve ever posted, in a video 3 minutes long. Digging the music too.
By far my favorite of any of the “social medias” out there, love the creativity and social feedback of the whole thing. First network I’ve truly gotten addicted to, I admit.
One of the most popular worship songs in the Christian culture today is “How He Loves,” originally written by John Mark McMillan. It is a phenomenal song with a tremendous story. Its passionate yet simple to remember lyrics and easy melody have helped it become one of the most-played and sung worship anthems today.
One defining moment of the song is McMillan’s singing “Heaven meets Earth like a sloppy wet kiss” creating imagery of a messy, passionate and unfiltered love. When the next popular rendition of the song came out (arguably more popular than the original), Kim Walker kept the “sloppy wet” line in place.
The next artist to perform a version that got a lot of attention, David Crowder and his *Band, addressed some uptight concerned people’s complaint regarding the use of “sloppy wet,” and instead sang “unforseen kiss,” creating an image of surprising and unexpected love. To be sure, we don’t really anticipate the love of God, um, ever, even after we know it. But, as you may have gathered, I’m not too hot on this version.
Unforseen firstly seems less passionate, and secondly doesn’t seem reciprocal. In a song about love (yes, about His love) I just like it better thinking I’m singing out of my love for Him. Does it compare? No. But I think that it’s messy. It’s real. And it’s raw. It’s sloppy and wet.
So I was very interested to see how still-under-most-radars-for-some-reason (their acoustic worship performances are anointed, to say the least) group Flyleaf would perform the song. The style of the song is passionate and raw, with intense vocals right from the get-go. I was thinking they would be in the “sloppy wet” camp, but you can’t ever tell with people. Instead, they brought a whole new word to the game: “passionate.”
And with that, I think the whole thing just either got a lot more complicated- or a whole lot easier, by meeting both camps in the middle. I love the passion of the Flyleaf version, a lot.
But as for me, if I had to choose? I’m with K-Dub, kwl. (KWL = Kim Walker Laugh = new LOL.) Sloppy wet.
