from barren to fertile

spent most of the day going over budget stuff and grant applications - funf fun fun.

tonight was interesting. at 6:15 there was only me, felicia, the guy leading worship and 1 other guy there - no one else from the leadership team was there.

at 6:30 there was like 4 people in pinder hall. we were praying in a corner and i confessed that i was feeling totally discouraged. i was working overtime to get the funding for the next year and here no one is showing up. after we prayed within 5 minutes there was 35 people there - so that was cool.

also 2 people are joining our bible study in march.

i spoke on the birthing contest between rachel and leah in gen. 29-30. leah and rachel only had children of their own when god opened their wombs. our of barreness god breathes in fertility.

we were pretty barren at 6:30 - we prayed and god breathed life into us.

soli deo gloria.

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Anonymous said…
We went to Westside Kings Church yesterday - I don't think it's an emerging church..Anyway, the service had just started and it was packed for the 9:29 AM service. We spotted a few seats in the middle of a row and I asked the couple sitting on the edge if the seats in the middle were taken. The lady replied "those three are available but not the one next to me."
OK. But as the service progressed, we realized no one was joining them. She just wanted a buffer zone (or maybe a seat reserved for her church bulletin)
Then when the service is over, they open all the fire escape doors on the sides of the church and everyone streams out immediately.
I think I talk to more people when I go to a movie.
-Warren
1:04 PM
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