This past Sunday was our first Family and Friends Day celebration and truly the Lord blessed us with His presence. There was great worship and praise, a wonderful and unexpected confession/testimony, yokes destroyed, a great word from God(with God confirming his Word with signs and wonders on the very the next day), enjoyable fellowship and unchurched folks were in the house and were able to be offered enternal salvation. And while I am a couple of days removed from this past Sunday, I can't help to think about those who decided not to come to church and miss out on their deliverence from God. As pastor you are privy to information that members of the congregation have shared with you privately or sometimes persons make you their spiritual trash can and continually talk with you about their struggles while not being mindful of what you have to accomplish at that point of time or they have an issue with you that they need to get "straight" (Hey, it comes with the territory!) and you wonder why they are not in church on such a day where they surely can receive a breakthrough. Yet some of these people are the same ones who don't feel that it's a priority to be in the house of God for worship when the doors are open nor do they feel obligated to give God his due reverence and also to fulfill that which they are called to do in the church, yet they always want to take from God, the church and you. I heard a wise woman say one day, "If your are in a relationship with someone and you are the only one that is giving and the other person is taking, then something is wrong in the relationship." I have to agree with that viewpoint, but I would also add that if you are the only giver in the relationship, then what is wrong with your own self-esteem? As this society has become a "gimme" and "what have you done for me lately" society, I find that many people have decided that they only want a one way relationship with God and not have to commit or give themselves to the relationship. But I do believe God has excellent self-esteem than to be a doormat, don't you think? As I said previously, we had a blessed time for our first Family and Friends day. If you were unable to attend, I'm sorry that you could not be in the house. If you decided that it wasn't a priority for you to attend church Sunday or you stayed home because football season started and you wanted to see the Ravens beat up on the Pittsburgh Steeler (Thank you, Lord!), then make sure you give a call to your favorite NFL team and tell them all about your problems and struggles. Maybe they can give you the deliverence and spritual release that you should have received from God on Sunday? Be blessed! |
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
CategoriesChristmasThanksgiving
|
|
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
    |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
