What a great service!!!! Seriously. Greg wasn't able to go on the men's retreat because he came down with a virus last week, but we had 6 of the 8 or so in church and each one gave their testimony of their weekend. Each man had a different story of what their highlight and experience of the weekend was. Each one saw God do something different in them. All of them made us laugh like crazy. Some brought tears to my eyes.
This dove-tailed great with Greg's sermon on fear, anxiety and worry. He read Chicken Lilttle. We had the clip of the Newsboys Houston We Are Go with the lead singer reciting Isaiah scripture on not fearing. You can see the video below. The scripture is at point 6:08. We prayed for each other around our tables. It was awesome!
Being part of a small church has advantages and disadvantages, but one thing is for sure. When the schedule or clock is not the priority in a service, you never know where the Holy Spirit will lead. We will stop and pray for each other for as long as we need to. We will sing extra songs or choruses, we will have all the testimonies, not just a sampling of a few. Even if we had 30 guys go repelling, we would have not had a sermon and had all testimonies for a couple of weeks. Yes, it was that powerful. God used the repelling retreat to shape the men as much as He used their testimonies to feed the rest of us.
Blessings on this beautifully perfect Lord's day.
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