presence or presents?

Tonight, I rested in His presence. That's all that was needed. Just the Spirit of God breathing life into my weary soul. It's good to just rest. Sometimes I get caught up in thinking about what I can get from God instead of just being with God. Matt brought amazing truth and light to a subject that is seldom discussed, the gifts of God. The things that God does for us. Whether it's tongues or encouragement or prophesy or leadership or administration or whatever gift that God has given you is first of all, from God. And I believe what we can all walk away with tonight is that all gifts are first and foremost for exalting the name of Jesus. no other Name. One Name matters. And secondly, the gifts are rooted in love. As we live our lives and use the gifts that God has uniquely give all of us, it's most important that people walk away from us not talking about what great gifts we have, but talking about how great God is. Jesus is THE gift. If you didn't make it to encounter tonight for whatever reason, then I have a bit of bad news for you. Because of a minor technical error, Matt's message didn't get recorded. I am terribly sorry. So, if you're trying to go to the website and play the message from tonight, I'm sorry, but it's not there. I wish there was something we could do because I know there are many of you that don't live in Auburn and like to listen to the talks online. Sorry for any disappointment.