Thoughts from the weekend

Thoughts from the weekend

Last night I watched the White Sox - Cub game, switching channels every so often to see the Celtics - Lakers. Both great games.

Being the new White Sox fan that I am, I was disappointed that they lost in the top of the ninth - bases loaded, only one out - and they still did not score.

Yesterday's service was excellent. I felt God's presence in a powerful way. As a pastor, a shepherd, it thrilled my heart and almost everyone was engaged in seeking God, hands lifted, praising God, many speaking in a spiritual language for the first time.

At one point there was no music, we were praising God with only our voices. I love those times, I really do.

It really reemphasized to all of us that as we move to our new campus on 183rd street, we are going to remain a Pentecostal Church. Christ centered, but open to the anointing and power of the Holy Spirit and His moving in our lives.

Yet we must continue to "practice the presence of God," (As Brother Lawrence writes), not just on Sunday, but everyday of our lives.

Brother Lawrence writes, "The most holy practice, the nearest to daily life, and the most essential for the spiritual life, is the practice of the presence of God, that is to find joy in his divine company and to make it a habit of life, speaking humbly and conversing lovingly with him at all times, every moment, without rule or restriction, above all at times of temptation, distress, dryness, and revulsion, and even of faithlessness and sin."

May we all walk in God's presence and use our spiritual language that he has given us.