We had a real challenge put on us last night at Creative rehearsal.  The challenge was to “trash our idols.” The night started with some worship, moved into listening to a Jason Upton song called “Dying Star,” (which, if you haven’t got Jason Upton’s music, it’s a must buy), then we as a team wrote down on a piece of paper the thing or things that were taking God’s place in our hearts. Each person then walked up to an old wooden cross on the stage, ripped up the pieces of paper and laid them at the foot of the Cross.
The thing is, there will always be the toys that our cowardly heart doesn’t want to give up.  There will always be idols in this life whether idolatry, man pleasing, our own dream chasing or whatever it is that will want to steal our thunder – our passion for Him.  It’s this selfish, sinful nature that has been passed down generation to generation because of a choice in the Garden of Eden, that we won’t get away from until that day, when Jesus takes our hand and leads us into eternity.
But reality is, the more we want of God, the more we have to die to ourselves, our own selfish ambition and dreams, and lay down the toys that we allow our heart to play with.
In order for this to happen, there’s going to be some pain involved.  We must, in our hearts, experience some bitter pain just like Abraham experienced if we want to see the blessing follow.
We need to be a generation with a never satisfying hunger for intimacy with God.  This hunger drives us to not  bargain with ourselves to give in to temptation in any way.
A life lived with Jesus shining brighter than anything else is what’s going to change the direction of our world.  It’s a choice. It’s gonna hurt only for a bit, but let’s choose to trash our idols and be a generation that shines our loving, graceful, and beautiful God.

Believin’ in Ya,
Aaron

Our latest album has just hit the shelves! It’s entitled ‘Devoted’ and really is a unique sounding worship album. We’ve been working hard on this ever since it was recorded live at ‘Love Prevails’ this year.

Packed with a CD and a DVD, both with 16 tracks each, this album takes you on a true journey of devotion. Proudly wearing a quote by none other than Darlene Zschech that states:

‘The songs of Citipointe represent the cry of this generation… Authentic and Holy, Passionate
and desperate for Spirit and Truth worship that exalts Jesus and challenges the status quo…’

-Darlene Zschech

Now available through our online store & itunes

To order, or to preview tracks and videos, head to www.citipointelive.com

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