After God's On Heart Sermon Notes

Ok, so here are the notes and PDF files for the series After God's Own Heart thus far. podcasts, well we are still working on them :) actually i'm not too sure why it's taking so long. might be because the youth website is still in construction.... anywho click the link below and you should be able to download the notes and slides,

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=d563656d9816b68c36df4e8dca141969d700fd57d6163423ce018c8114394287

Love is Patient test #1

testing a link so i can put the sermon notes and PDF online for download. 

http://www.mediafire.com/?tlwqojnmwyi

After God's Own Heart. the Youth Series

Ok,  so we are in the middle of a series at Generation Ablaze (the youth group at my church) and as i began this message series I really wanted us to be known as the youth ministry that was truly after God's Own Heart.  King David was the only person in the bible to ever be referred to this way and it amazes me.  David was an awesome guy there is no doubt about it,  but he messed up a few times.  he had an affair,  plotted a guys murder, and tried to cover it all up.  Then there was this certain time a guy named Shimei threw rocks and insults at David just to later ask for David's forgiveness. David forgave him but on David's death bed he told his son Solomon to "arrange a bloody death for him" (i kings 2:9)  kinda crazy.  yet David was a man after God's Own Heart.  Psalm 51 is an account of David's repentance for the affair he had with Bathsheba...could that be why he is after God's Own Heart?, because he was repentive?  or was it because he didn't have Shimei killed right away?  maybe it is because he danced before the Ark without restraint and earnestly pursued God with all he had... so as we began this series, we opened up last week with the history of David,  then last night.  Last night was supposed to be part 2: After God's Own Heart pt 2: the Pursuit of Love.  well i was going to go through 1 co 13:5-14 and then 1 co 14:1 in a matter of 30 minutes.  There is no way i can do a subject like Love justice in 30 minutes.  so last night was the opening of a series within a series.  over the next few weeks we will be studying love for all that it's worth.  I told the teens last night, there is something about this subject that God really wants to teach me, so i will do all the studying and preach at myself for the next few weeks and as i told them last night, they get to watch :)

What is Love?  I know what Hallmark says love is,  and it changes from card to card.  my own definition of Love has changed over the years.  the definition that i have now as a Christian is different from the one i had in High School my senior year when i was dating someone that i thought i loved.  Now i am a Husband, Father, Pastor, Teacher, Friend,  Mentor, etc... and my definition of Love is different then it ever used to be. 

I want to know what true Love is.  so next week we will begin to break apart 1 co 13:5-14 and we start with Love is Patient.  and i ask myself,  if i claim to have love am i truly patient? are there times i am not patient?  if so,  do i not have love at that particular time?  is love a choice, reaction, response, or does it just happen?   can i fall out of love?  If God is love according to the Book of John?  can i fall out of God?   just some questions that i will be looking into over the course of the next few weeks. 

-In Christ

-David

ok, I have a question...

so here is my question.  I personally in attack to christianity often hear the argument "well if there is a God  why do bad things happen to good people?"   first can i just say that is the dumbest thing i think i have ever heard.  so in response to this question i have a question.  here it is.  are you ready,  it's monumental, it's thought provoking,  it's gonna get your blood flowing,  it's gonna be great......here......it......goes.......   da da da daaaaaa   why do good things happen to bad people? ! 

why, because STUFF HAPPENS!   get over it,  you just don't want to accept that there is a God because then you will have to face the fact that you will be held accountable for all your actions.  and if you truly were a good person that wouldn't freak you out,  but your not and you know you aren't and you try to philosophize (david word) and debate your way out of paying for your actions.   but no you try to convince yourself that there is no God.  if you truly believe there is no God you will think i am stupid for believing in one and would leave it at that.....  good grief people is it that hard?