A Few Random Thoughts On A Saturday Night

Posted on the September 22nd, 2007 under misc by Steve Eller

Fall kickoff tomorrow. I have a friend who is a great sax player sitting in to blow his horn, as well as bring a little percussion flava. We are doing “Neighborhoods” by Big Daddy Weave which has a definite Dave Matthews vibe. It should be a lot of fun.

I am feeling challenged to step up my devotional life, and our giving.

I have really been praying for our congregation lately. There are a lot of new believers that don’t realize that there can be a freedom to worship God with joy and passion. I am really praying for a breakthrough. No, I am not judging the quality of worshiping God by how much the people participate on the outside. I just want them to know that is ok to be loud in worship of God. It is ok to clap, cry out, and sing full force to God! My second prayer is that our worship on Sundays would become a genuine celebration of our worship the other six days of the week. That our relationship with God doesn’t start at 9:00am and end at 12:00 on Sunday. I include myself in this. I want my whole life, whether it be leading music on Sunday, serving my family, or just doing the mundane day to day tasks, to be a living sacrifice, 24/7/365.

Praying many would take one step closer to Christ, no matter where they are in relationship with Him.

Discouraged that our church isn’t growing as fast as I would like. Encouraged by this:

Great news from our pastor yesterday. We had a woman that had been coming to our church for a year and a half, and had never made a commitment to Christ. The cool thing was that she called our pastor out of the blue this week to tell him that she gave her life to Christ, and wanted to be baptized! It shows again that I can never give up on people. God doesn’t, why should I?

During our soccer camp we had a couple bring their child. They weren’t attending our church, or any other for that matter. In the soccer camp packet we had a card talking about our new marriage series that starts this week. Apparently John (our pastor) ran into one of them in Starbucks and they mentioned this series was exactly what they needed in their marriage, and they were going to be there on Sunday.

Feeling like I am on the edge of something. What that is, I don’t know.

I am expecting God to do something powerful tomorrow, whether I see it or not. I am ready to go along for the ride.

Just a few random thoughts…