Blown away…
I was standing in the greeting line we have at church this morning. Typical Sunday. Preached a sermon on “Onesimus” from Philemon 1. The idea was that the church is a place where God extends the hand of grace to all of God’s children. During the greeting time, someone walked through the line and nudged her boy friend and said, “go ahead, ask him.” She looks at me and says, “he wants to be saved.” We stepped out of the line, he says, “I want to be saved,” we said a prayer together, and he was on his way. I wanted to cry. On the day you feel like your sermon tanks as a pastor, there’s one person who always needs to hear it. God is faithful. As for the fellow who came to Christ, I hope I see him again.
February 5th, 2007 at 10:38 pm
That is awesome!
February 5th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
I think it was the statement “I want to be saved” that blew me away. I was in awe of the statement that on this one day someone felt that they needed to accept Christ because of something they heard in the service of worship. It was also a reminder to know that as I prepare a sermon that even if it’s just for one person to hear the Word proclaimed, that I’d better be ready.
February 6th, 2007 at 5:57 am
KC:
Praise be to God! A prayer has been said for that fellow, that he might return, invest of his life, and become part of your journey together as a family of faith!
Peace
February 7th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
Wow. Thank goodness for the Holy Spirit, who both provides grace to us in our failures and inspires others to know Christ through them.
February 8th, 2007 at 4:33 am
Praise God!
February 8th, 2007 at 7:13 am
I love it when God works in ways we don’t expect!! Thanks for sharing.
February 12th, 2007 at 2:30 am
awsome!!! so glad that God will work in unimaginable ways for the good of his kingdom!!!