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For the LORD Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth. ~Psalm 47:2 (NIV)

Here is a video sermon by Paul Tripp about restoring the awe of God, which he expands more in his recent book called Dangerous Calling. It's about 13 minutes if you want to check it out, or just glimpse the notes I took from it below (...or both!).

• Basically, we shouldn't be looking at the Gospel as something we have believed in, put our trust in, and now restrict to giving out to others--the Gospel being renewed in us is a humbling need of ours every single morning.
• Don't be a Pharisee and think yourself more righteous than anyone else--more righteous than the sinner you are (myself included, not to sound too harsh). It's easy to look past our own faults when there is so much we can be pointing the finger at around us.
• "No one gives the law more perseverantly than a person who thinks they're keeping it, and no one offers grace more tenderly than a person who thinks they desperately need it."
• The prayer of humility:
1. "God, I'm a man in desperate need of help today."
2.  "I pray that in your grace, you would send your helpers my way."
3. "Please give me the humility to receive it when it comes."
• Our awe of God should support and define every aspect of our lives/decision-making.
• It doesn't have to look all "spiritual", the awe of God is placed in all creation.
• Ministry is about giving people back their awe of God.
• "I know it's very hard, in ministry, to give away what I don't have."
• A great personal mission statement, of sorts: "Every worship song, every Sunday school class, every meeting of mens'/womens'/youth group ministry, every time the Word is taught, every time a sermon is preached--should be designed to rescue people from all the other 'awes' that have gripped there heart and to reclaim them once again for the awe of God."
• "The more familiar things get, the less they command my awe."
• "It is easy to replace the awe of God with the awe of creation (and self).

How to get back on track with keeping God in his place is very simple, but not often seen.

1. Lower yourself (get on your knees). Pray and wait for the blessing of Godly inspiration again.
2. Regurgitate sound teaching and remind yourself of the various beauties of God's creation and awesome attributes.
3. Confess to others that you are desiring to admire God as when you first believed and have them support you in it.

The title of this post (if you were curious) just has to do with the last second or two of the video which entitles it to the organization called "desiringgod.org".