A real UPLIFT!
On Wednesday Evenings we have what we call UPLIFT at the church. We all come together and sing praises to God and then we join together in prayer. Last night I was reminded how important that time is for us as a church. It is so encouraging to see people who genuinely care for one another and who share a common vision to reach people through this ministry.
Growing up I always viewed the midweek service as laborious and a waste of time. Because of this experience I was determined not to allow our midweek service to turn into a drudgery. Instead I felt that the midweek service should be an uplifting time where people can come together and bask in the goodness of God and get their focus back on Him for the remainder of the week. From what I saw last night I would say that is what took place.
Growing up I always viewed the midweek service as laborious and a waste of time. Because of this experience I was determined not to allow our midweek service to turn into a drudgery. Instead I felt that the midweek service should be an uplifting time where people can come together and bask in the goodness of God and get their focus back on Him for the remainder of the week. From what I saw last night I would say that is what took place.
posted by Duane @ 11:09 AM
3 Comments:
At 10:04 PM,
Anonymous said…
Pastor Duane,
I praise God for the UPLIFT ministry. In the past I would have never attended such a service. I feel so comfortable and at ease with the body of the church. I am so excited for what is happening in my life.
I just want to share something that came to mind this morning while I was preparing to go to work. I realized for the first time how great the sacrifices were that Jesus made. I also realized how great God's love must be for us that he gave us that gift.
One of my biggest doubts was that someone just made up this Jesus guy for some reason, can't think of the reason, but I just didn't want to fully believe that his story was true. Then I also realized that not one single person had anything to gain by making that story up. So the only purpose of his story - his life was to save mankind. Wow.
I guess you wondering what this all has to do with the UPLIfT ministry. Well, if I hadn't attended, I wouldn't have been listening closely enough to hear.
I Praise God and Thank him for blessing us with love and sacrifice because you can't have one without the other.
At 10:55 PM,
Duane said…
Amen! It's great when we have those moments of clarity. I thank God that His Spirit is at work in our hearts and minds continually.
Pastor Duane
At 7:49 PM,
Anonymous said…
[Quote: “I Praise God and Thank him for blessing us with love and sacrifice because you can't have one without the other.”]
- Beautifully and wonderfully said Anonymous!
- Your heart sounds so familiar to me; like someone i know at work. ;-)
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