Sunday, November 23, 2008 was the Sunday before Thanksgiving. We were to have our annual Thanksgiving potluck and all the normal things you do on the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
This Sunday was different.
We had put Eula Lobb on the Memorial Roll of the Church of the Nazarene and were giving the certificate to her daughter and son-in-law Rev. Bob & Donna Hudson. They came up from Louisianna, where he pastors, to be there for the special service.
We were having a note burning as the church had finally got out of debt (for the first time in its history). Our treasurer brought the note and the president of the bank that we had our mortgage with was present.
We thanked God for His faithfulness in the life of our dear sister in Christ: Eula Lobb. We thanked God for His faithfulness to His church and His ministry through our church as he provided through inidividual's sacrificial giving and the sale of some recently purchased property for us to be debt free.
God moved in the worship service. Thanks be to God.
Sunday night was a continuation of just that. What a blessing it was as the course of the worship time was changed as people "interrupted" the order of things to praise God for answered prayer, special blessings, divine provision, God's faithfulness, and much more.
We thanked God. I preached briefly about remembering all that God has done in our lives; specifically in our spiritual lives (He does much more than bless us with material things). I preached from one verse found in Exodus 20:24
"In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you." (ESV)
That He did in the evening service. As people testified to the grace and glory of our God, He blessed us with His presence.
We then participated in the Supper that the Lord instituted and remembered the sacrifice Jesus made for the world on the cross. Jesus said about it: "As often as you do this, do it in remembrance of me."
That we did, and again, God blessed where His name was remembered!
Praise the Lord! Thank You Father!
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yes, I agree, it was a wonderful service and I am just so thankful for my wonderful church family! I commented about our service on my blog as well and linked your blog to it. I am so thankful for everything God has done for us. We are truly blessed!
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