Reflections: October 12, 2009
Yesterday I had the joy of getting to see a friend of mine preach at his church for the first time and it was very inspiring to see this side of him. His church is much larger than the one I attend and the different atmosphere was quite refreshing and uplifting to my soul. My regular norm for worship is on a small intimate basis because I worship at home and other places where I'm by myself frequently. I had gotten accustomed to a quiet private thing being the basis of my worship so being surrounded by what had to be hundreds of people in a packed church offered a new experience for me. There was this amazing energy and vibration surrounding me and it touched me in a beautiful way and changed my shift point to a level that I had been unconnected with for quite some time.
Strangely, I almost didn't attend it because I was trying to talk myself out of going to the service for various reasons such as: my hair wasn't done, I had to preach a sermon the next morning at 11 and I hadn't finished it yet, I had a disagreement a few weeks earlier him and I was still salty and was convincing myself that looking at him was not going to be a good idea. In a short amount of time, I had made all of these various excuses as to why I wasn't going and at the last minute when my sister called me at 6:55 a.m. I decided to go. In hindsight I'm glad I went because it made me enjoy my own service with a new vigor. Sometimes we resist change, because we get so comfortable with things as they are that we don't make the time to do something new or make the time to do something fun. What I learned from this experience is that I need to fellowship more often and look for new things in the Lord through these various opportunities. Often in Las Vegas, the perception of this city is that it's full of many ways to satisfy many carnal desires and lusts, but one of its secrets is that there are many wonderful places of worship that can fulfill your spiritual desires as well and that is the focus of my new ministry, I'm excited to create a medium that will inform, educate and inspire those who live in this area with tools to help them flourish in their lives with God.
Strangely, I almost didn't attend it because I was trying to talk myself out of going to the service for various reasons such as: my hair wasn't done, I had to preach a sermon the next morning at 11 and I hadn't finished it yet, I had a disagreement a few weeks earlier him and I was still salty and was convincing myself that looking at him was not going to be a good idea. In a short amount of time, I had made all of these various excuses as to why I wasn't going and at the last minute when my sister called me at 6:55 a.m. I decided to go. In hindsight I'm glad I went because it made me enjoy my own service with a new vigor. Sometimes we resist change, because we get so comfortable with things as they are that we don't make the time to do something new or make the time to do something fun. What I learned from this experience is that I need to fellowship more often and look for new things in the Lord through these various opportunities. Often in Las Vegas, the perception of this city is that it's full of many ways to satisfy many carnal desires and lusts, but one of its secrets is that there are many wonderful places of worship that can fulfill your spiritual desires as well and that is the focus of my new ministry, I'm excited to create a medium that will inform, educate and inspire those who live in this area with tools to help them flourish in their lives with God.
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