“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”

The Older I Get the More I Realize How much I don’t know I’m not always right Nobody but me can make me feel bad No matter how much I think I want to eat fried food, I will always feel icky afterwards

The Older I Get the More I Realize Aging isn’t all in the mind Don’t take life too seriously That nothing can supplement experience Happiness is HARD work! You can’t help getting older but you don’t have to get old

The Older I Get the More I Realize That the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the benefits of their inexperience Fun is like life insurance…the older you get, the more it costs …

My Shower is a Liar

Singing… Where is the best place to practice singing? – In the shower Why do you sound better? – Is it because there’s no one there? – Do your insecurities disappear, unleashing your true singing potential?

My Shower is a Liar Why do you sound better in the shower? – Reflection – Reverb – Resonance

My Shower is a Liar In the shower…

My Shower is a Liar Out of the shower…

My Shower is a Liar Why do I like to sing in the shower? – Because I sound good – It’s the place where I sing the best So what’s that got to do with anything…

My Shower is a Liar Why do I come to church? – Because it’s where I do religion best – It’s what we are told to do…right Hebrews 10:25 – …“not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another – and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” – Is that all?

My Shower is a Liar Do you know what one of my problems is? – I want to make demands of God but it’s not reciprocal – I don’t like it when God tells me He wants or expects me to do something

My Shower is a Liar Look at the rest of the verse… – The first part… – Hebrews 10:24 “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, …”

My Shower is a Liar Encouragement – Is that it? – “towards love and good deeds”…

My Shower is a Liar What happens when I step outside the shower? What happens when I step outside the church building?

My Shower is a Liar Matthew 7:21-23 – “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evil-doers!’”

My Shower is a Liar What do you mean you never knew me? – …He does What I realize is… – …I don’t know Him as well as I should Therein lies the problem… So what am I supposed to do?

My Shower is a Liar John 6:26-29 – Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” Jesus answered: “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

My Shower is a Liar Can it be that simple? – What about… The widows and orphans The sick The hungry The ones in prison Stewardship

My Shower is a Liar Anybody remember… – WWJD Do you think it needs to be resuscitated?

My Shower is a Liar Standing in my shower doesn’t make me a singer anymore than standing in this church building makes me a Christian But I would offer that… – Standing in the Word does That’s how we get to know Him

My Shower is a Liar The older I get the more I realize… – I have two hands One to help myself, and… One to help others

My Shower is a Liar Winnie the Pooh – “You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”