The chapter is chapter one, and it's called "Stop Praying."
Stop Praying
What if I said "Stop praying"? What if I told you to stop talking at God for a while, but instead to take a long, hard look at Him before you speak another word? Solomon warned us not to rush into God's presence with words. That's what fools do. And often, that's what we do.
We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry. The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him. It may seem a hopeless endeavor, to gaze at the invisible God. But Romans 1:20 tells us that through creation, we see His "invisible qualities" and "divine nature."
Lets begin this book by gazing at God in silence. What I want you to do right now is to go online and look at the "Awe Factor" video at www.crazylovebook.com to get a taste of the awe factor of our God. Seriously - go do it.
Awe Factor Video.
Speechless? Amazed? Humbled?
When I first saw those images, I had to worship.I didn't want to speak to or share it with anyone. I just wanted to sit quietly and admire the Creator.
It's wild to think that most of these galaxies have been discovered only in the past few years, thanks to the Hubble telescope. They've been in the universe for thousands of years without humans even knowing about them.
Why would God create more that 350,000,000,000 galaxies (and this is a conservative estimate) that generations of people never saw or even knew existed? Do you think maybe it was to make us say, "Wow, God is unfathomably big"? Or perhaps God wanted us to see these pictures so that our response would be, "Who do I think I am?"
R.C. Sproul writes, "Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God."
That's just the beginning of the chapter. The rest gives you some more amazing things to ponder. As for the rest of the book, I don't really know. So far I've only read chapter one!
I thought the video was pretty cool. But you know what? You don't have to look at space to stand in awe of God. You can stand in awe of Him in many places. Mountains would probably be my personal favorite (but having been born in Colorado, that's a given), but I think any nature setting will do. Personally, I like sunny, open places. They just feel happy!
We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry. The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him. It may seem a hopeless endeavor, to gaze at the invisible God. But Romans 1:20 tells us that through creation, we see His "invisible qualities" and "divine nature."
Lets begin this book by gazing at God in silence. What I want you to do right now is to go online and look at the "Awe Factor" video at www.crazylovebook.com to get a taste of the awe factor of our God. Seriously - go do it.
Awe Factor Video.
Speechless? Amazed? Humbled?
When I first saw those images, I had to worship.I didn't want to speak to or share it with anyone. I just wanted to sit quietly and admire the Creator.
It's wild to think that most of these galaxies have been discovered only in the past few years, thanks to the Hubble telescope. They've been in the universe for thousands of years without humans even knowing about them.
Why would God create more that 350,000,000,000 galaxies (and this is a conservative estimate) that generations of people never saw or even knew existed? Do you think maybe it was to make us say, "Wow, God is unfathomably big"? Or perhaps God wanted us to see these pictures so that our response would be, "Who do I think I am?"
R.C. Sproul writes, "Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God."
That's just the beginning of the chapter. The rest gives you some more amazing things to ponder. As for the rest of the book, I don't really know. So far I've only read chapter one!
I thought the video was pretty cool. But you know what? You don't have to look at space to stand in awe of God. You can stand in awe of Him in many places. Mountains would probably be my personal favorite (but having been born in Colorado, that's a given), but I think any nature setting will do. Personally, I like sunny, open places. They just feel happy!
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