I know some of you don't like last minute things! If that's you, you need to loosen up! We had a great time tonight with Doug Norwood of Broken Jar Ministries. His message was another right on word. He reminded us that Jesus came on a mission, which was to fulfil the purposes and the plans of God and to totally destroy the works of Satan. He said that our mission is to destroy the walls of division between people and God and walls that divide people; that ours is the ministry of reconciliation.
He said that in this mission God will instruct us to do some crazy things, just like he instructed Joshua and the people to walk around the walls of Jericho; not only to do so once each day for six days and then seven times on the seventh day when they should have been resting!!!
He shared 3 Secrets to Spiritual Success as follows:
1. Perseverance. Patience is the ability to wait, but perseverance is what keeps you going: Six days... Seven times on seventh day...Perseverance.
2. Obedience. To do what God instructs you to do regardless of how crazy it seems or regardless of what others might say.
3. Praise: regardless of your circumstances. God dwells in the praises of his people. Thanksgiving is what you give when you've got something; Praise is what you give even when you've got nothing. This reminded me of our verse, "You will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise" (Isa. 60:18).
We finished off with a fabulous time of prayer and with an amazing time of praise.
Thanks to Colin Houston for making the contact and for speaking to the group of pastors today about C U @ the CROSS.
Jack
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