I have been listening to Lee Venden's sermons for years now. The message he preaches has affected me profoundly. I listened to him when I was looking for direction and leaving coke addiction way back in the day, about 4 or 5 years ago. This was at a campground that hosts different events throughout the year put on, run, and owned by the religion I grew up in called Seventh Day Adventism. During the week at the camp I had breakthroughs and breaddowns. I was and am a huge advocate of the things Lee had to say. At the end of one of his sermons there was a by donation giveaway of his entire sermon collection, for the More about Jesus Seminar. They were snatched up real quick, but I had one given to me, and I ended up listening to them every day while I was in 1 of 2 drug recovery houses. I hadn't listened to them in probably 4 years until recently when I decided I wanted to REALLY get to know Jesus.
I feel my problem has been that I've had these short stints of revelation and revival, but then I don't keep going on a consistent track and the good times and revelations just meander off into the distance and disappear, leaving me doubtful, confused and frustrated. So this time my inspiration come from my brother telling me he doesn't believe in God and it really troubled me for some reason, so I've decided to find out once and for all what Jesus is all about, so I can say with conviction that I believe in Jesus, and that we are homies. It took some nudging from a family member to get me on the track, but better than nothing right? So far it's been rewarding and a bit frustrating.
One of the things that I notice about myself is that I lost a lot of "feeling" and emotion that I had as a kid. Now I feel like my life has been playing the same note on and on. There hasn't been any contentedness and excitement just living, without doing drugs or pushing limits. My point is that as a kid everything was good times, and I want that back.
The past couple days just the way I feel on a regular basis has changed for the better. I feel content mostly, I enjoy just walking outside more even. Everything seems to be enjoyable since I've started to make a point of spending time in the morning before doing anything to try and get to know Jesus by reading about Him in the Bible and talking to God in my head (praying). Lee outlines some things that help make it worth my time to be up in the morning early trying to find God.
So I'm seeking first the kingdom of God basically, on the premise that "if you seek first the kingdom of God all things(happiness, contentedness, success, understanding, passion etc.) will be added onto you."
These sermons describe how to seek first the kingdom, which would be seeking Jesus as a friend from what I understand.
I could see people thinking these sermons are really cheesy, but I have huge huge respect for this guy, and the message is dynamite. I've had the pleasure of meeting him in person a few times and he is a really cool guy on and off the stage. It's the message you need to concern yourself with. This guy is booked 4 years in advance last time I heard, so he has some good content, and it's free to watch on this website, no waiting.
I suggest praying before hand that God will help you see what is being said here, even if you aren't a professed "Christian" it can't hurt, and if anything will help out a lot.
So click on the link below if you are interested or curious, and scroll down the page it brings you to a little ways and you'll see the video or mp3 links.
Peace.
More About Jesus by Pastor Lee Venden
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