Don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour Saturday evening for daylight savings time!
The following story is from Jim Cymbala’s book, Spirit Rising, Tapping into the Power of the Holy Spirit
“A loving person, or better yet, a church full of loving people, has tremendous power to influence people for God. A few years ago, an older couple from a southern state visited our church. We had a mutual friend, and the couple came to my office after the service so we could be introduced. They both seemed a little emotional as we chatted, and soon I learned why.
“Pastor,” the man said, “I want to tell you something before we leave. We go to a very conservative church, and the service we were just in was very different for us. But it was more than the loud singing, hands lifted, and the obvious emotion of your congregation. We understand that, and we were blessed by it all. But you see” he paused, his voice cracking, “we never worshipped with black people and Latinos before, never once in our lives.” Then he continued. “What’s more, when you directed folks to greet one another, all kinds of men I’ve never met hugged me as if I was their brother.” Tears now filled his eyes. “I felt more love this morning from strangers than I’ve ever experienced in my home church for the past thirty years.” What a blessing! He never mentioned my sermon or how the choir sang. What touched his heart and opened his eyes was God’s love flowing beyond all the fences that had been carefully (and religiously) erected over the decades of his life. The love he experienced that day wasn’t something that could be taught to a congregation.”
1 Thessalonians 4:9 ” Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.
This Sunday, November 3rd at 10:30am we will be learning more about the necessity of the Holy Spirit in our daily life.
- Do you feel loved when you come to church?
- When visitors come to our church, do they feel loved like the man in the story?
- How can you make sure they do?
- Be a conduit for God’s love and compassion everyday!
Prayers:
Donna Bowers Donna has been diagnosed with Breast cancer. We will lift her and Will to the Healing Hands of Jesus.
Mary and Lee Knapp have a great grand daughter Willow who was born with some deformity in her palate and will be undergoing surgery and her mother Heather has also been diagnosed with a large tumor that needs to be removed right away. We lift both Willow and her mother to Gods healing hands. We also want to lift Mary and Lee for Gods healing spirit to be with them for healing of back and joint pain.
Faye Heuchert, please continue to pray for Faye and Brad as Faye continues to heal from her brain surgery.
Pray for Gods wisdom for PCF as we get ready to enter our 9th year as a Christian Family. PCF the Church Without Walls!
See you Sunday! Love, pastor kent