Thursday, April 29, 2010
It's Been A While
I haven't posted in a while but here goes. I was reading this morning in Joshua chapter 2. I have heard the story before but it never clicked with me like it did today. In Chapter one God tells Joshua to go take the land that He is giving him. Moses has died so Joshua is going to pick up where he left off. So in Chapter 2 Joshua sends two spies out to look over the land. They end up at Rahab's house where they hang out for a little while. All of the people in the city heard that the men were there and asked Rahab where they were. She told them they had already left and pointed in the direction they "went." Little did these men know Rahab had them hiding on the roof. She asked the men since she didn't' tell where they were hiding and if she didn't tell anyone anything about them, could they spare her families life. They agreed, made an oath and Rahab sent the men out of a window of her home. She told them where to go so the men that were looking for them would not find them. But, what really shows me how awesome of a God we serve is the fact that Rahab was a prostitute. So many Christians look down on people because of their sin. We write them off so to speak and don't give them a second chance. In reality we should be talking to people in sin and telling them about Jesus, not condemning them to hell. Anyway, now that I'm off that little soap box I will get back to the point. I learned from this that God is God no matter what we say or think. God told Joshua to go get the land, so Joshua sent men out to look over the land. If it weren't for a prostitute named Rahab these men would have been killed. In God's overall plan, He used a prostitute. God can use anyone anytime, why? Because He is God. So when we see people openly living in sin, lets not send them to hell, lets pray for them, strike up a conversation, tell them about Jesus. You never know what God will do. If He can use a prostitute, He can use you.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Easter Service at Adventure Life Church
Ok, I don't really know where to begin about last nights Easter Service. I do know that we had been planning things for at least a week. I had a setlist planned for worship, Johnny had a message planned along with some other interactive things, and Easter was going to go off perfect. Right? Well, it did go off perfect, but it happened God's way, not ours.
We were about three songs in to our worship set and all of a sudden the power goes out. So without missing a beat, we ended the song we were on and went into Amazing Grace my Chains are gone, no mics, not amps, no keyboard, just an acoustic guitar and our voices. It was AMAZING.....after we ended that song, Paula Cox came up, she is our pastors wife. She said keep playing that song, so I picked the strings in the background while she shared what God laid on her heart during that song, then we sing another chorus. Then our Student Pastor Brandon Higgins got up and shared what was on his heart, then we sang another song, then I shared what was on my heart. After this happened, Johnny came up, shared some things that were on his heart and told us what was about to take place. He had three tables set up. One table had a basket on it. That was for our offering. If we had an offering we put it in and prayed over it. We did this by families. On the next table was the word of God. Each family took turns praying over the Word that we would be obedient to the Word and live it out by our actions, at the last table we prayed and took communion. We did all of this in the dark, and the only light we had was the soft glow from outside shining in the big windows. While families were praying Josh shared something that was on his heart as well as Terry. After Terry finished the worship team gathered at the front and sang songs while people were praying. God let that service happen His way and for me, the song Heart of Worship rang so loud and true in my heart. God was speaking to me last night. I am so thankful He allowed me to be a part of it all.
Even though it was dark in that room, it was as bright as it has ever been, because God was there and in Him there is no darkness. I wish you all could have been there!!
We were about three songs in to our worship set and all of a sudden the power goes out. So without missing a beat, we ended the song we were on and went into Amazing Grace my Chains are gone, no mics, not amps, no keyboard, just an acoustic guitar and our voices. It was AMAZING.....after we ended that song, Paula Cox came up, she is our pastors wife. She said keep playing that song, so I picked the strings in the background while she shared what God laid on her heart during that song, then we sing another chorus. Then our Student Pastor Brandon Higgins got up and shared what was on his heart, then we sang another song, then I shared what was on my heart. After this happened, Johnny came up, shared some things that were on his heart and told us what was about to take place. He had three tables set up. One table had a basket on it. That was for our offering. If we had an offering we put it in and prayed over it. We did this by families. On the next table was the word of God. Each family took turns praying over the Word that we would be obedient to the Word and live it out by our actions, at the last table we prayed and took communion. We did all of this in the dark, and the only light we had was the soft glow from outside shining in the big windows. While families were praying Josh shared something that was on his heart as well as Terry. After Terry finished the worship team gathered at the front and sang songs while people were praying. God let that service happen His way and for me, the song Heart of Worship rang so loud and true in my heart. God was speaking to me last night. I am so thankful He allowed me to be a part of it all.
Even though it was dark in that room, it was as bright as it has ever been, because God was there and in Him there is no darkness. I wish you all could have been there!!
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