For a long while I’ve been talking to Jesus about how I was going to stay sanctified this summer and I knew that music would help, but I don’t have money just be buying CDs frivolously. I put my music needs in Jesus’ hands and left it alone. I finally got to church—Word of Faith International Christian Center. It was great. The music was fantastic and I found at least 12 husbands of which at least 4 were in the band. And to be in the presence of other believers who love Jesus was refreshing. So yeah.
The sermon was called “There’s an App for That” and the preacher said that you can satiate all your needs and questions with God’s word just like people can find an app for one’s iPhone for whatever needs you have in your life. The Bible is better than the iPhone—just putting that out there.
I was also serenaded too!!! All the first-time guests stood up and for the welcome song, the regular attenders/members turned to each of us and sang the welcome song. I felt so loved! It was great and I got lots of smiles.
At the end of the service, the pastor guy walks up and tells everyone that to give a visual for the new sermon topic, he held up a $25 iTunes gift card and asked which first-time guest would like to have it. Before I knew it, my hand shot up in the air and I mouthed, “Ooh! Me!” And look at the Lord! Out of 8,000 people that Sunday, prolly 2,500-3,000 in that service, over 50 first guests, I was the one who got the card. I’m so grateful and won’t take this favor lightly. Thank You, Jesus for my gift card :)
James 5:16b--
The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.
The church was absolutely breathtaking. It was about a mile from the house where I stayed and was in the middle of the city. It was I would guess 250 partially wooded acres and a former monastery. So the rich deep bricks and steeples and mini chapels and courtyards and flowers and cornerstones were just so pretty. I’ll prolly put a picture of it up here sometime within the next 5 or so years. Or you can just Google it. Because the church was so big, they did have to build on to the former monastery. What they built maintained the character, integrity, and the design of the former monks’ home. Man oh man.
Well, I’m back at camp now. A fruitful weekend has come to an end and I’m ready to go to sleep. I’m hoping that my eyes will be slumberable in about 30 minutes.
Good night everybody!
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