I wear a tshirt and jeans to church. Yes, I wear it to church. I don't know about other churches, but we offer a modern worship for people like me. Now, do I dress up for church? Yes, I do. But I don't do it because I have to. God doesn't care if I'm in a dress and heels or tshirt jeans and flip flops, He loves me either way. The stereotype for church is you have to dress up for it. That really cuts off and alienates those that are intimidated by that. That's one of the things that I want to convey. Jesus would go to the outcasts such as the leper, the crippled, the shunned, and He treated them as equal. That's how God sees us, we are all sinners but He loves us anyway. He sent Jesus to die for our sins. That's why I love the song "My Religion" by Skillet. Who’s gonna save my soul? Nothing and nobody but you Who’s gonna make me whole? Nothing and nobody but you Can’t change me, sway me Don’t know what to make of me You got my devotion, fanatical though it may be I love your mind, heart, body and soul You’re the only sanctuary that I know The first verse is in my mind pretty self explanatory, only Jesus can change us and save our souls. In 2 Corinthians 5:17 it says: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." I know when I was saved I started to pray a lot more and I read the Bible was the first book I'd ever read. Granted I don't do it as much and God has convicted me of that and is patient with me, thank goodness. I also have a lot more patience. I know now who to trust and that God wants me to have only people that will impact me positively in my life and will help me let go of those who are hurting me whether it's emotional or in my faith. My faith has been tested, but when that happens I pray the hardest, but that's another topic. I don’t need to stare at stained glass and a steeple I don’t need to dress to impress all other people Don’t need no priest, don’t need no pew You are my religion, my religion is you I don’t need no other purpose, you give me a reason Ain’t their business what I wanna believe in You are my priest, you are my truth You are my religion, my religion is you I love the chorus. You don't need the fancy church to worship. You could worship anywhere. Like it says in Matthew 18:20 : "For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” The best experience I've had was probably during Passion. It was a huge conference in Atlanta where we gathered in the Georgia Dome and we worshipped and studied His Word. People were saved, people turned away from their addictions, and people connected, without the fancy church. I like the verse "I don't need no purpose, you give me a reason" It's true, Jesus gives us a reason. Without Him there is no reason. There is no way, no other way except through Him. Who’s gonna heal my pain? Nothing makes me feel like you do Who can drive my demons away? Nothing makes me heal like you do I love your mind, heart, body and soul You’re the only sanctuary that I know "Who's gonna heal my pain?" Jesus knows our pains, he's lived it. He's known pains that we couldn't even imagine. Could you imagine being nailed to a cross with a thorn crown after being beaten close to death? I know I can't. That's what it says in 1 Peter 2:24: "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed." If He went through that and then came back to testify what God did after he arose from the dead to glorify Him, why can't He do the same for your pain? Short answer? He can! James 5:15: "And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven." Psalm 147:3-"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." "Who can drive my demons away" Jesus shows us our demons and helps drive them away. He gives us the strength to do so so that when others have the same demons we can help them. Matthew 17:14-18: "And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.” And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly." The boy was healed instantly because both he and his father believed that He could cast out the demon that the boy had. Our God is an awesome God. He loves us, just the way we are. Until next time rockers
