God's Rom Com
[I preached this sermon on August 21, 2016 at Northminster Presbyterian Church in Slidell/Pearl River, LA] God’s Rom Com Text: Isaiah 58 If you google “why doesn’t God bless me”, a lot of pages come up. Almost all of them say basically the same thing: God doesn’t give you what you want because you haven’t grown up enough, or you're not patient enough, or you have something else you have to work through first, or maybe you’re asking for the wrong thing, like, maybe instead of asking for a car, you should ask for a minivan. In short, if God doesn’t bless you, it’s basically your fault. You’re just not holy enough. You can google “why doesn’t God bless my church”, but you end up with most of the same pages. I actually think that last question gets asked a lot, but probably not on a public website or forum. I know this might come as a shock to you, but the internet is wrong. I know. Who’d a thought? A lot of our attitude about blessing comes from jealou