Pursuit

This week marks the beginning of our 40 days of prayer and fasting that we are calling Pursuit. The question has been raised why do this, shouldn't these things be something that we do on a regular basis, the answer yes. But for so many, myself included, our affections for Christ are being robbed by the good, we have pulled our focus off of a Holy God and filled that hole with T.V. and sports, work and family, all good by nature, after all God created them, but so often perverted by me. I think that some times we need a wake up call, a time to refocus our desires to see where our heart lies. Have your affections for Christ drifted from where they were? How is your prayer life? Have you gripped your hands around this world so much, that life is a serious of meeting and play dates? This happens to all of us and I think that we would do well to take some time and examine our hearts, Paul in fact calls us to labor in prayer, to do the painful work of self-examination.

The prayer behind Pursuit is not some gimmick or catchy thing we can do to grow a church wide, but to grow us deep. Our end is not a building, or money, or attendance, our end is Him, our desire is that our lives become a pleasing aroma in His nostrils.

So whether you attend FCL or not, whether you are right where you feel you need to be with Christ, or you have drifted, would you join us in our pursuit of the Father's heart.

Each week I will be posting that weeks devotional, I pray that you would look over it, that you would examine your heart and see what stolen your affections for Him. Knowing that He is good and as we seek Him, He will be found.

LOVE GOD LOVE PEOPLE

Brandon