Pastor Derrel was and is a major influence in my life. I grew up listening to his sermons, sometimes more attentively than others! He is a faithful man of God and is always reminding me of God's blessings in our lives.
This is Thanksgiving week and many of us are rushing around trying to get last minute items for the big feast! I saved the day for our big feast. We were so busy with things that we almost forgot to take the bird out to thaw! I can't take complete credit for that because my sister in law, Maria put a Facebook update that she took her bird out yesterday! Thanks, Maria!
This morning I thought of all the amazing things that God has done to show me his faithfulness in my family and the Crossroads church family. Crossroads has now been holding Sunday services for four weeks. We have an amazing volunteer staff that has been doing an incredible job getting to the church at 8:30am and setting up. God has truly blessed us and I am truly thankful for each person on the team!
There is a moment right before the service starts. We all get together to pray for those coming to the service that day. It's a short prayer usually. But what that prayer does for me is amazing. We all have been running around setting up and making sure that things are ready. The prayer is that pause before the start of the service, nursery, and children's church. That moment is a constant reminder why we are here every Sunday morning. It's that time that I invite Him to come. It's the point when I recognize we are here to worship Him! It's the time that I let everything else go and pray that our human preparation plus the presence of the Holy Spirit will come together and we will see God's salvation that morning!
"He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer" (Psalm 102:17 KJV).
Be Thankful!
