May 14th, 2024

To truly worship the Lord we must bare our souls before Him, holding nothing back – not the good, the bad, or the ugly. The reality of who He is and how He loves us is so totally disarming that we come into His presence without fear or pretense, but not without reverence, which is to say that when we approach the Lord we should be fully ourselves, totally transparent and wonderfully alive.

“Jacob…said, ‘I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.'”

— Genesis 32:20 (NIV)

Lord Jesus, thank You for Your unconditional love that welcomes us and for Your holy fire that cleanses and makes us new. In Your holy name we pray. Amen.