A Wonderful Lord's Day!
Sunday was a great day in the Lord! It started out with an extra hour - hum, a day with an extra hour - such a nice thing! (I am always relieved I didn't die during DST and wasn't cheated out of one hour of life! :) Well, anyway...
The praise and worship was wonderful, and lively at church. Our teens are on fire for the Lord and during this time they line up across the front, actively involved in worship! Pastor David preached a great sermon on the first Beatitude - on being spiritually poor in spirit - utterly poverty stricken without the Lord and how it's where we need to be to experience Him to the fullness. His sermons have depth and truth. I'm always amazed at his delivery - polished, devoid of the need for notes. It's a good thing it was so good, though, my long morning in addition to attendance of the late service was catching up with me and I had to fight sleep!
After church we hosted our two children's worker volunteers for lunch. They are both young adults and turned on to kid's ministry. Boy I love to hear that! We had bbq ribs, corn on the cob, twice baked potatoes, baked beans, green beans (the fresh cooked kind), homemade potato bread, lemon balm tea made with herbs from Phil's garden and "Peanut Butter, Brownie Sensation Ice Cream" (store bought). Hold your applaud!
Our afternoon ended much too quickly. We returned at church for our "once a month" praise and worship service. Wow! It was great! Our praise teams rocked the walls and the youth really got into it. I have to admit, some of the music was beyond my preference of contemporary BUT IT'S NOT, I REPEAT, NOT ABOUT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The front of the sanctuary was lined with high school and college students sing, praising and sometimes jumping up and down in enthusiasm for the love of the Lord.
On one side of the sanctuary were two rows of men from the Lighthouse Mission's Drug Rehab center. It was obvious, they had discovered the joy of the Lord, also. My mind went back two years ago when I visited the Dreamcenter in Los Angeles. The worship services there similarly included the "in house" discipleship groups of rehabilitated - transformed - down and outers. What an incredible impact they make on a service!!! Best of all, there were numerous races in attendance and active participation. The unity in spirit could not be missed. I had only wished we celebrated a bread breaking feast. It would have fit perfectly! I'm reminded of an old saying, "If this doesn't like your fire, your water's wet!
The praise and worship was wonderful, and lively at church. Our teens are on fire for the Lord and during this time they line up across the front, actively involved in worship! Pastor David preached a great sermon on the first Beatitude - on being spiritually poor in spirit - utterly poverty stricken without the Lord and how it's where we need to be to experience Him to the fullness. His sermons have depth and truth. I'm always amazed at his delivery - polished, devoid of the need for notes. It's a good thing it was so good, though, my long morning in addition to attendance of the late service was catching up with me and I had to fight sleep!
After church we hosted our two children's worker volunteers for lunch. They are both young adults and turned on to kid's ministry. Boy I love to hear that! We had bbq ribs, corn on the cob, twice baked potatoes, baked beans, green beans (the fresh cooked kind), homemade potato bread, lemon balm tea made with herbs from Phil's garden and "Peanut Butter, Brownie Sensation Ice Cream" (store bought). Hold your applaud!
Our afternoon ended much too quickly. We returned at church for our "once a month" praise and worship service. Wow! It was great! Our praise teams rocked the walls and the youth really got into it. I have to admit, some of the music was beyond my preference of contemporary BUT IT'S NOT, I REPEAT, NOT ABOUT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The front of the sanctuary was lined with high school and college students sing, praising and sometimes jumping up and down in enthusiasm for the love of the Lord.
On one side of the sanctuary were two rows of men from the Lighthouse Mission's Drug Rehab center. It was obvious, they had discovered the joy of the Lord, also. My mind went back two years ago when I visited the Dreamcenter in Los Angeles. The worship services there similarly included the "in house" discipleship groups of rehabilitated - transformed - down and outers. What an incredible impact they make on a service!!! Best of all, there were numerous races in attendance and active participation. The unity in spirit could not be missed. I had only wished we celebrated a bread breaking feast. It would have fit perfectly! I'm reminded of an old saying, "If this doesn't like your fire, your water's wet!
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