My goal is that you would want to build a God-centered ministry and a God-centered life because God-centered is a God-centered God.

That's my aim tonight.

That you would long, more than you've ever longed, to build a God-centered life and a God-centered

ministry because you have seen fresh that God is a God-centered God.

There are reasons for why I think this is urgent. Let me give you several. One is, we sang a song yesterday and our worship service that was the music was written by John Bloom,

one of my associates and the words were written by King David.

Whom have I in heaven but thee, O Lord?

If I were a singer, I'd sing it for you.

Whom have I in heaven but thee, oh Lord,

and on earth there's nothing that I desire besides thee.

My flesh and my heart may fail, but you are the strength of my flesh and my heart may fail,

but you are the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

That's Psalm 73 verses 25 and 26.

Now there's a line in there that is inscrutable to most Christians and all the more inscrutable to

to unbelievers. There is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. Does anybody believe that? Can anybody with any authenticity say that in this room. There is nothing, no wife, no child, no health, no life,

no job, no life, no job, no pizza, no sex that I desire besides you.

What does that mean? What could that possibly mean?

St Augustine got at it like this. He said, it's a prayer found in his confessions.

He loves thee too little, oh God, who loves anything together with

thee, which he loves not for thy sake.

I think that's it.

He loves thee too little who loves anything

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