The frenzied pace of life pushed him to the point that his prayers consisted of requests for green traffic signals and front-row parking spaces. Now, with nothing but the sound of rain on a makeshift tent for company, one man tries to put the pieces back together and find God again.
Main Point: All the accruements of our daily lives aren’t enough – we need God Synopsis: - On a rainy day, a young professional man escapes his daily world to pitch a tent and reconnect with God.
- He has abandoned his relationship with the living God; --trading prayer for mind games -- reducing Him to a good luck charm that is summoned when we need a good parking space or the light to change.
- Earlier in the day, as he sits in his office, the young man is confronted with the emptiness of the world of his blackberry and non-fat coffee—there’s an urgency to get away with God.
- There’s an urgency to reconnect and find the God that He knows exists—he begins anew with the coming and meeting the real, living eternal God.
- The video ends with the young man, partially out of the tent, choosing to be drenched in the rain –symbolic of the Living Water.
- Succinct presentation, to the point and powerful.
Application: - We all can become so caught up in the routine of life that we forget our greatest need is the Lord.
- Applicable for all ages – really speaks to young professionals who are committed in their pursuit of God.
- Brings focus to God – that no matter what our individual paths are – we all have the same need to have intimacy with the Lord.
Suggested Uses: Appropriate before communion – to reconnect with God Also appropriate for sermon-starter on not losing sight of our first love Biblical Reference: I am my Beloved’s—and his desire is for me. Seek and you shall find
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