From Lukewarm to "God, You are enough"

I just want to talk about some things that really convicted me tonight at small group. We're reading through the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan and we were talking about chapter four which is titled Profile of the Lukewarm. We started talking about how it's sooo easy to be totally on fire for God one day and the next fall into the role of the lukewarm christian. We get so caught up in the internet or schoolwork that we are fine just saying "oh yeah, i'm a christian" but never live like we are. And it's SUCH a dangerous pattern to fall into.

The first thing written in the chapter is this quote and it sums everything up quite well (at least in my opinion)...
"It's not scientific doubt, not atheism, not pantheism, not agnosticism, that in our day and in this land is likely to quench the light of the gospel. It is a proud, sensuous, selfish, luxurious, church-going, hollow-hearted prosperity."
If God is constantly chasing us, why aren't we letting him catch us? Why aren't we chasing after Him? Why do we chase instead after schoolwork, the internet, our friends, etc. ?

My friend Marlise said "we don't need our grades and education to be with God. We do however need to be praising Him." This really struck a chord with me because I thought about how many times these past few weeks I've worried about the amount of schoolwork that I have and how I'm going to fit everything into my schedule. And what i should be doing instead is letting go of some of my balloons and giving them to God to take care of for me.

Becka, my small group leader, told us that at the Truth Project at our church, the leader asked if anyone could honestly say "God, you and you alone are enough for me".

I don't know, but when i think about that statement, i think about all the things i can't seem to live without. My friends, my education, clothes, all the random things I do for fun. I don't think i've ever been able to say "God, you and you ALONE is all i need. It's more than enough".

Tonight we started praying and we went on for a good 45 minutes to an hour. We prayed for soo much that was burdening us and weighing us down and even if there were a lot of tears, it was sooo amazing to be surrounded by girls who want nothing more to do than just be there. Even if they don't have the right words to say or just don't know what to say, they're there encouraging and lifting each other up. Fridays have easily become my favorite days of the week :)