"Come As You Are"-Song Sermon

"Come as You Are"

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."- Matthew 11:28

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him."-John 3:16-17

COME AS YOU ARE. YES...come just as you are. Right now at this very moment. Jesus has no prerequisites. No list of 'get it together' issues.
​That is not how Jesus is. Not at all how He works or loves!

You see, Jesus not only loves us, He IS love! LOVE is Jesus. This is still a hard concept for the logical, analytical nature in me. I ask constantly, "but WHY would you love us when we reject you, scoff & run the other way? Why?"

The answer I get each time is this..."I AM GOD, not human. I AM LOVE, it is not just a conditional emotion I feel." Wow. I guess that explains it. I will still never be able to understand a love that deep and unconditional. But I'm glad that Love is for me!

So, don't try to rationalize it. You will never understand. Just accept it! This love is always for us, but we have to ask and receive it. He won't force Himself on us. He only wants love from us that is true, deep & realized.

I have no idea what lies your past has convinced you of. We live in a hurting, sinful world and some of you experienced that as far back as you can remember. BUT, God promises to use what was meant for harm & turn it to good if we allow Him to.

At times, we choose pleasure & happiness in everything except Jesus. This will last for a moment or many, but it always dries up and leaves us parched for fulfillment.

That 'satisfying & fulfilling' hole will only be filled when Jesus comes in and mends the shattered cracks of the heart. Ask around & you will find many who thought they were beyond repair. Some thought they had gone waaayyy to far over the line. Bottom of the pit, as they say. BUT GOD always had His eyes on them, sending people, songs and words at the exact time, maybe even for years before they realized it.

GOD ALWAYS LOVES YOU, but
 God can only save us if we allow Him to come in & take us over. Inside & Out! Only then can His love, mercy, kindness, peace and all the other flow thru us!

So today, COME AS YOU ARE! Give up trying to be good enough or perfect on your own. It just can't happen.
Only Jesus can make us Righteous
(perfect in God's sight)

"COME AS YOU ARE"- Pocket Full of Rocks Lyrics

He's not mad at you,
And He's not disappointed.
His grace is greater still
Than all of your wrong choices.

He is full of mercy
And He's ever kind.
Hear His invitation,
His arms are open wide.

You can come as you are with all your broken pieces,
And all your shameful scars.
The pain you hold in your heart, bring it all to Jesus.
You can come as you are.

Louder than the voice
That whispers "you're unworthy",
Hear the sound of love
That tells a different story.

Shattering your darkness
And pushing through the lies,
How tenderly He calls you,
His arms are open wide.

You can come as you are with all your broken pieces,
All your shameful scars.
The pain you hold in your heart, bring it all to Jesus.
You can come as you are.

You can come as you are.

You can come as you with all your broken pieces,
All your shameful scars.
The pain you hold in your heart, bring it all to Jesus.
You can come as you are.