110605-0830-Loran Livingston - Celebrate

2011-06-05-0830 Pastor Loran Livingston is the speaker this morning Jun 5th 2011 in the 8:30 service.

Scripture: Luke 15:6-10

Topic: Celebration

Notes:

- The prodigal son’s real sin was that he was living without a relationship with his father; he valued only what he could get from his father- The same spirit that rose Jesus from the dead abides in you- Lay your burdens down and enjoy the party Jesus is throwing- Prodigal son left home to party... at first this is fun but it will destroy you; his father threw a better party on his return- Weddings... dancing with daughters... what’s wrong with dancing when we celebrate?- Christians are afraid to celebrate, that someone will see or talk about...- Other cultures celebrate; they don’t have the inhibitions we have- Celebration ought to be commonplace every time we get together- As a child asked “how come they have all the fun?”  Answer: “they don’t have what we have.”  But what do we have?- The world does not want what they see of us... we have to show that we have something they wish they had- You may be away from God drawing nearer, or near to God drawing away