The Secret of A Life that is Satisfied at all Times

This past Wednesday I preached at my home church. The church where I was saved and baptized and dedicated my life to the Lord and preached my first sermon--- which by the way my first sermon was when I was 12 years old--- the Scripture reading, the opening prayer, my comments and the closing prayer were less than 2 minutes long in total. The people were so sweet on Wednesday night and when I got all done preaching one of the older ladies who is new leaned over to one of the other older ladies who is not new and she said did he grow up here? And the sweet white-haired older lady who had been one of my Sunday School teachers said no- he never grew up while he was here—he didn't grow up until he went to Bob Jones University. I thought hmm that's what you get when you go to your home church, right? They used to change my diapers and everything. What joy to serve the Lord.

This morning we're starting--- and you can be turning in your Bibles to Psalm 63--- we're looking at what I believe is maybe on of the most vital elements of our spiritual life that we could cultivate if we want to do what you heard in the Elder prayer this morning and that is to impact Tulsa. And that spiritual quality of life is thirsting after God and as we thirst after God finding that the Lord satisfies all who thirst after Him. Did you know that all around us there are thirsting people that are unsatisfied? And when they find someone who is satisfied, who is contented, who is completed, who is fulfilled they look at you and they turn their head and they say how do you do that? I'm never satisfied in my job. I'm never satisfied in my career. I'm never satisfied in my marriage. I'm never satisfied in my