Football... Preaching...and Questions...

So... here I am. I'm not entirely sure what to write today... I guess I'll just let it flow... So I went to this sports bar that is in town here for the Vikings vs. Saints game this afternoon. I went there alone because all of my friends here in town were either previously busy or staying bed all day. lol. Yeah So I decided that I was gonna go and see if there was anyone there that I knew and join with them. Well luckily I did find a guy friend who is in my Outreach to hang out with his party. I love this sports bar. It isn't one of those sketchy, weird, old-plastered men approaching you kind of a bar. Which is wonderful. I've gone to this bar many times just to watch four football games go on at once. It's a great place to unwind and watch a good game. Anywho, the game was incredible. I was hoping that the Saints would win. I think it's "prophetic" lol I think its a sign of the Saints in the U.S. and the globe are coming from the low place, the tail instead of the head, and heading to the top. God is placing the Saints of the earth in positions of influence and power for nations, for governments, for people... So that's my take. I believe that they will win the superbowl, but we'll see. It could totally be just a game too, that I've taken way out of proportion, totally possible :P.

I have to preach here coming up... like maybe Tuesday or Friday for 11 minutes in front of my class. I've only preached really twice. Both of those times, I barely had something prepared and ended up speaking from my heart anyways. But this is a practice practical preaching exercise. I'm not too worried about it, at least at the moment. It's 11 minutes out of my entire life and its just the small beginnings before I'm preaching to larger crowds. This is a great opportunity to get evaluated by friends and peers who will help me grow in this area, because I feel like this is something that I'll be doing for the rest of my life.

Preaching... Oh yes... I want to get to that point where my life is the message and not by what I say on a pulpit or street corner be the message. What does it look like to be a message? How did Jesus do it? He carried the message of the Kingdom. He was the Kingdom. I mean all of the simple answers would be that he healed the sick, raised the dead, preached the gospel, and died on the cross, but I don't think that's just it. I think that there's much deeper...deeper, not concepts, not quite mindsets... deeper, maybe heart attitudes and postures. What does it look like to have my heart posture being, like Jesus, the message of the Kingdom? What would change in my life? What would I be living like on the inside? What would be shown on the outside? What would be my affect on the world if I had an internal world, a heart posture, a heart attitude that was completely focused on the Kingdom coming on the world?

(When I think of all of these questions, it is all off a base of intimacy with the Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit. I can do nothing without having a close relationship with God. I have to hear the heartbeat of God before I can even move into this thinking. But if I am hearing the heartbeat of God, my natural response will always be about His will and His Kingdom.)

What would it be like...?