God Told Me To “Shut Up” 3
I thought I would give you a run down of the scriptures we used Sunday. When I got up to do the message all I did was read the scripture without any commentary. I broke it up into 4 sections with prayer in between the scriptures. Pastor Bill prayed for the men of our congregation the they would lead and remain pure. My wife Donna prayed for the woman and put a huge emphasis on our young ladies. Pastor Steve spent some time in prayer for our marriages and Trevor challenged our teens and young adults through prayer to be holy. All in all it was nothing short of amazing to see the power of God work through the reading of his word. It was our message for the morning and it was powerful. Here is the list of what we did:
Judges 16:1-20
Prayer – Bill
Proverbs 5:1-14, 20-23
Proverbs 7:21-27
Prayer – Donna
Exodus 20:7
Matthew 5:27,28
1Cor. 6:15-20
1 Thess. 4:1-8
Eph. 5:1-5
Prayer – Steve/Todd
Eccl. 2:10-11
Proverbs 6:27,28
1Peter 1:16
Gal. 5:13,14; Gal. 5:22-25
Prayer – Trevor
Psalm 51:1-13
I read all the scripture and it was great to end with Psalm 51:13. It tells us that when we repent God will use our “pure” vessel to reach people for Christ. We also had people who filled out a cards indicating they gave their lives to Christ on Sunday. That happened without us having to prompt it. The power for salvation truly is in the word of God.
Heather said,
February 19, 2009 at 5:20 pm
All I can say is wow. To the message from Sunday Feb. 8th. That same day before church I was in my window upstairs crying to God that I just could not do it anymore. I am worn, torn and just can’t live this life any more with an addict. I am so very weakend by the addict in my life. I heard God tell me to NOT give up. Not to let my children be in a divorce family as I am all to familiar with. I know my husband said he learned a lot. But I know that he needs to find his own way. I am just clinging to the Sunday sermons for help, stength and guidence of how to not let the sinful addiction of my husband not take me down and my children with it.