Thankfully the strange location of our hotel did not hinder sleep. Maybe I'll get a picture of it up for you all. We are located RIGHT NEXT TO A TATTOO PARLOR! Dee: I'm having to restrain Rhonda from sneaking over to it.
Just kidding!
This morning was a powerful and probing message from Pastor David Minton of Capital Christian Center in Olympia, WA. He gave some raw, honest, probing questions:
1. What do you want? What is in your heart that you want from God? Be real and be specific. It doesn't mean that you will get it, but it dramatically increases your chances.
2. What is in your hands? What has God placed in your hands? What can you do? What gifts and strengths do you have?
3. Who is with you? Who loves you and believes in you?
We're having a great time being refreshed. Thanks for your prayers! I'll be posting more as it goes!
God bless you all!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tuesday
We arrived in Yakima safely! Rhonda left early to help with Impact setup. I came later, picking up Wayman Ming, one of our speakers. Wayman and I had a great time visiting on the way over - I bragged on all you CrossPoint people!
Checking into the hotel was an experience. The hotel lost confirmation numbers, and I didn't think I was going to get a room for a bit! The poor worker kept telling me about internal procedures. I realized I didn't care about their procedures - I wanted a room. It got me thinking: how often do we start talking about irrelevant material when talking about Jesus? Seriously, do people who are hungry for connection with God care about debates on the finer points of prophecy (or fill in the blank with whatever we do).
Last night's service was great. Wayman preached an awesome message. Wayman is our General Secretary for the Pentecostal Church of God (essentially the vice-president for our international denomination). Some of you will remember Wayman as he ministered for us last March.
His message was from Genesis 8:22 - "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease." We all go through seasons - seasons are cyclical: spring, summer, fall, and winter. The question we all must deal with is this: Do you know what spiritual season you are in? Then, it follows, what do you need to do in this season?
We had a good time of prayerful thought after the message to allow God's word to sink deep within.
Checking into the hotel was an experience. The hotel lost confirmation numbers, and I didn't think I was going to get a room for a bit! The poor worker kept telling me about internal procedures. I realized I didn't care about their procedures - I wanted a room. It got me thinking: how often do we start talking about irrelevant material when talking about Jesus? Seriously, do people who are hungry for connection with God care about debates on the finer points of prophecy (or fill in the blank with whatever we do).
Last night's service was great. Wayman preached an awesome message. Wayman is our General Secretary for the Pentecostal Church of God (essentially the vice-president for our international denomination). Some of you will remember Wayman as he ministered for us last March.
His message was from Genesis 8:22 - "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease." We all go through seasons - seasons are cyclical: spring, summer, fall, and winter. The question we all must deal with is this: Do you know what spiritual season you are in? Then, it follows, what do you need to do in this season?
We had a good time of prayerful thought after the message to allow God's word to sink deep within.
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