Confusion is something that irritates me. This last Sunday I visited a new church that is meeting in a school room...along side 4 other "churches". As the service moved forward the other churches were beating their drums, singing, dancing, and preaching as loud as they possibly could. All of this is quite distracting and I feel brings a bit of confusion to a place that is suppose to bring peace.
I preached a simple message from Colossians 2:10 - "ye are complete in him". It was one of those messages that "I felt" was just not reaching the ears of the listeners. I hated the competition and in my heart just wanted to keep preaching until these people understood the depth of this crucial text. At the end, I sat down and felt somewhat defeated. Glad I had a chance to open God's word but disappointed that I was competing with other "preachers".
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| church in classroom |
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| school room "pulpit" |
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| attitude of prayer |
Of course, oh me of little faith, the Lord blessed in spite of my poor attitude and many responded to the altar call. Over 10 came forward to make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ truly wanting to be "complete in him" and another 7 or 8 came to ask God to help them with their daily walk of faith. In all, it was wonderful to see the Lord work. When will I learn to simply trust God to do great things!?
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Man, I know what it's like trying to teach when someone's cell phone goes off, or there's a major coughing fit in the crowd, or a loud nose-blower. I can only imagine trying to get through a whole service with that kind of distraction. Fortunately, we don't need to worry about ourselves getting through the experience... but Christ getting through to those present.
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