Would you tell with me this morning to John 14, the 14th chapter of John, if you haven't been with us for a couple of weeks now, we've been on a new series in the church here.

We're calling the glory of God.

And we talked about the glory of God and how the word glory means weighty and how that God's things should be highly esteemed and valued.

We live in a world that is very light and frivolous and disrespectful and does not understand the

concept of honor and the church has paid a price for that a price of not having the manifest

presence of God in any strong degrees like they should. And I'm unwilling to do

without this. I am not willing to just come to church service after service after service and you

look at me and me look at you and we go, okay, we did it again. Let's go home.

Hmm?

No, that's not what church is supposed to be.

I'm going to understand you're supposed to come looking for him, expecting him.

I'm supposed to come, looking for him, expecting him, and we bring our corporate faith together, he shows up he manifests himself in our midst and upon us and through us amen and so that we know that we have been with him and we leave refreshed

and renewed and invigorated, strengthened and quickened, fresh revelation and direction.

And that's real Christianity.

Amen.

And, you know, I've been dealing with some people the past week or two that are outside of the church and outside of our normal circles.

And I told Phyllis, I've seen it so wonderfully.

I haven't preached to these people.

I know they keep waiting on me to because they know I'm a preacher.

I haven't preached to them, haven't quoted scripture to them, but they have seen the favor of God on us.

They've seen the blessing of God day after day and week after week until they brought it up to me.

They said, man, you must be living right.

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