First I want to say Sunday was amazing! God is definitely preparing us for something HUGE!
With that being said the last couple of Sundays have been really humbling and interesting.
Let me rewind back two weeks ago.
It was personally one of the most tough Sundays that I have experienced in ministry.
I struggled and wrestled with my message the night before.
I had a message prepared but felt it was totally not for the morning...so I had no idea what to share.
I was still dealing in my head and heart with the loss of a family...
On top of all that we probably had our lowest attendance since we became the Senior Pastors of DAG.
Remember this is way before we even started our Sunday AM Worship Experience.
Anyway as usual we began with music but somewhere in the middle of the second song something happened...the Holy Spirit showed up!
During the second song I felt inspired by the Holy Spirit to read Acts 2...the story of Pentecost.
For the last couple of weeks I have been studying about the Holy Holidays in scripture.
Being Pentecost Sunday I was inspired to read the account of when the Holy Spirit invaded the lives of 120 people.
As I stood there reading this amazing story the Holy Spirit reminded me that when I don't know what to do or say just wait on Him and He will lead me.
Suddenly our worship experience went from singing to praying!
I realize that this is NOT very seeker friendly but honestly I don't care!!!
I am tired of trying to keep up with the latest terms, ideas, and methods...all I know is that I LOVE JESUS and I WANT MORE OF HIM AND LESS OF ME!!!
It was obvious that we needed an authentic move of His Holy Spirit and that's exactly what we got.
As I read Acts 2 to our church that morning I felt like the Apostle Peter speaking to the crowd.
There was this boldness and authoritative tone in my voice but at the same time with an encouraging overtone.
I wanted our church to understand that God wasn't done with Dahlonega Assembly of God!!!
I spoke about how the 120 people in the upper room must of felt at that moment...alone, discouraged, scared, weak, and abandoned.
But the moment that the Holy Spirit showed up and infused them with POWER suddenly they felt like CHAMPIONS!
Those 120 people were ready to take on the world and attack the gates of Hell with water guns.
By the way remember what happened to the folks outside...
When 120 people decided to move and operate in the power of the Holy Spirit 3000 people were added to the Kingdom of God that day.
If you want people to be attracted to your church...I dare you to move in the power of the Holy Spirit.
People are desperately looking for an authentic and intimate move of God.
I believe that our worship experiences need to have a sense of order but please leave room for the HOLY SPIRIT to move. (I'm going to write more about this in a later post)
Two weeks ago the Holy Spirit reminded me when we move and operate in His POWER nothing is impossible for God.
It was a powerful morning as we prayed and encouraged each other...I believe that we will see salvation's and spiritual and physical healings from that worship experience.
Right before we ended I mentioned that throughout the month of June I was going to be fasting and praying and consecrating the month June for the Lord.
I also mentioned that starting next Sunday night from 4pm to 6pm we were going to start having a night of prayer.
Let's fast forward to this past Sunday...
It was a great service!
Like many churches across the country we were starting the ONEPRAYER series.
I was pretty excited that I wasn't speaking and was going to be able to be fed instead of feeding:)
There were a couple of things that popped up that could have got me off track but I wasn't going to let it ruin the morning or our worship experience.
I got to say that I am so proud of our worship leader Jonnie!!! She and her husband have been amazing friends and ministry partners.
They are a huge blessing and encouragement to my wife and I...YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!
After a fantastic time in worship we had a stinkin' awesome time in prayer!
I don't know if it was because of the new series we were starting or the amazing service last Sunday but all I know is God is preparing us for something HUGE!
After spending some time in prayer it was around 11:45am when we showed the ONEPRAYER message from Craig Groeschel.
It was a powerful and timely message.
As we continued to experience God in a intimate and powerful way we needed to be reminded that God IS LOVE...it's not what He does it's WHO HE IS!
THAT'S POWERFUL!!!
I highly recommend Craig's message.
After our worship experience I had lunch with some of our leaders and talked about the past, present, and future of DAG.
It was so exciting to hear how they wanted to see God do great things with our church!
Afterwards we headed back to the church for our first SEEK HIM night.
It was a powerful time of prayer and intercession.
I read 2 Chronicles 7:14 and shared a little on this passage and then we dove right into it.
If the last two weeks is a hint of what the future holds I can't wait.
Let me encourage those of you who haven't been to church lately...it's time to get your butt back into church!
Your best days aren't behind you (no pun intended) but in front of you.
It would be our honor to help point you toward your DESTINY!!!
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