The Pretenders

This morning Sunday, my husband had the opportunity to preach at our church for the final week of our "The Pretenders" series.  The whole thing has been a great reminder for myself personally to strive to see those areas that are hypocritical and rid them from my life.

This was Brandon's first time preaching, and I couldn't have been more proud.  I am very thankful for a husband who is obedient to the Lord, and who was able to teach with clarity, humility and honesty.  His talk was on personal worship, and one thing he said really stood out to me.

Personal worship is relational, not mechanical.

I don't know about you, but I know sometimes spending time with the Lord can become more of a box to check than really taking time to get to know Him.  That's not the way God intends for our relationship with Him to be.  This is always a good reminder for me and something I've been learning for a while now, because I tend to be a very type-A, avid list-maker personality :)  I'm thankful that the more I've gotten to know the character of the Lord, the more he has brought spiritual freedom to my life in this area and a genuine hunger to know Him more.