Towards the end of the meeting, Mark drove that point home.

The truth is, we can't truly enjoy life until we can be our authentic selves.

When we feel like we have to pretend to be someone else, life tends to get more difficult for us, or at least not very fun.

In the same way Jesus looked at Peter, warts and all, and still called him, God looks at you for who you truly are, and he still wants you.

You may think that you're not worth much to God, but maybe that you've done too many bad things or that you're carrying too much shame around, but those are nothing more than the lies of the great tempter.

God sees you, God knows you, and God wants you.

God knows your heart, and when you allow yourself to bear your whole heart before God without trying to be someone that you're not, that's when the fun really begins.

Take, for instance, unprogrammed waiting worship.