This looks to be a typical Sunday morning. I get up around 5:30a and start my devotional time. Because I don't have the time demands of the workweek, I can spend more time in devotions. I am reading thru the bible and will read 2-4 chapters per day, usually two on week days and four on Saturday and Sunday. Then I will pray thru my prayer calendar - starting with praying for me, then my wife and children. Then I have lists of people who get prayed for during the week. M&E, you are Tuesday, P&L you are Wednesday.
I will then journal or blog some idea, passage or thought that has made an impression on my during my reading or prayer time. That helps me slow my thinking down and meditate better on what the lord is saying. Sunday is different. It should be. I put an emphasis on listening for a word that He may want me to bring to church. I am also thinking about the service. I so look forward to getting to church to see the saints and to worship corporately with them.
Today is special. I get to man the North door. I don't know how to describe this duty to make someone else understand the great joy I get in this little job, but I find it so encouraging to stand at the door and watch the members of our church come thr
u the parking lot and head for church. I love watching the kids as they actually run to get inside church, to see their energy and anticipation. I am sometimes overwhelmed to see the joy of my brothers and sisters as the have taken time out of their day to come and worship.
I will then journal or blog some idea, passage or thought that has made an impression on my during my reading or prayer time. That helps me slow my thinking down and meditate better on what the lord is saying. Sunday is different. It should be. I put an emphasis on listening for a word that He may want me to bring to church. I am also thinking about the service. I so look forward to getting to church to see the saints and to worship corporately with them.
Today is special. I get to man the North door. I don't know how to describe this duty to make someone else understand the great joy I get in this little job, but I find it so encouraging to stand at the door and watch the members of our church come thr
u the parking lot and head for church. I love watching the kids as they actually run to get inside church, to see their energy and anticipation. I am sometimes overwhelmed to see the joy of my brothers and sisters as the have taken time out of their day to come and worship.How kind of God to give me a front row seat for this exhibition of his grace!
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