A Bit of Reflection

I'm sitting at home tonight listening to the thunder outside and seeing occasionally the lightening pierce the dark sky. I have been in from Wednesday night prayer meeting for about an hour and I'm just reflecting:

1. Reflecting on what a great body Jesus has put together at CrossRoads.
2. How open and obedient to the Spirit they are.
3. How caring and absolutely compassionate about caring for those who hurt and need assistance.
4. How awesome it is to have a front row seat to see God at work in His bride through the Holy Spirit to meet needs and speak a "unified" word of encouragement and sense of direction to what God is doing in our midst.

I know CrossRoads is not perfect, no church is. I am not and no one is. But perfection is never been the standard. It is availability and openness to letting God work through His vehicles.

You see, on Wednesday nights, we pray and just follow the sense of the Holy Spirit. Let me give you an example of what I'm referring from just what happened tonight.

I opened the service with 2-3 announcements and then updates on those in the church family that are hospitalized, deaths, etc. I then announced that I sensed tonight we would break off into small groups and pray since we had not done that in a while.

Then I asked if anyone had a Scripture that God had been speaking to them about that they would like to share as we started. You see, the first weekend in our new building we spent 26.5 hours of non-stop public and vocal reading of the Word of God that we called "Sanctifying the Sanctuary." It made such an impact on our congregation and immediately took us to a new height with God that we don't have a service that we don't honor God with a prolonged reading from His Word.

When I opened it up tonight, one came and then he prayed. Another came and she prayed. (You see we also practice on Wednesday night that the Word is not only to be read but use it as a means to pray it back to God or let it be our guide in praying for needs, concerns, issues, etc.). Another one was in line to read and pray before she could sit down. You get the picture. It went on like that for a solid hour. People just responding to the Spirit of God and their obedience caused others to be obedient. How sweet!!

No we never prayed in groups. God had other plans for tonight. And they were good - no great!!

Thank God for His Spirit.
Thank God for His Word.
Thank God for His Bride - the Body - CrossRoads Church.