Monday, July 12, 2010

Great Sunday

Yesterday was a great time for our group to prepare for this coming week of work. It is going to be an awesome time of serving and we aren't stuck to a schedule so we will be watching for other opportunities to serve that we would normally pass by because of having to be somewhere in particular. We are asking God to open our eyes to the needs of the people as we are serving. Please pray that we are open to and listening for the leading of the Holy Spirit as we are serving here in Cheyenne.

We attended Element Church yesterday and enjoyed a great service. Their current sermon series is called "The Frayed," and I wanted to give you some highlights of what was preached during the sermon I think you'll love it. The Sermon series is on prayer, so here are some highlights.

"Prayer is more communion and less coercion. It is not getting God to move, it's allowing Him to move me."

We have to learn to pray through something until there is an answer.
  • We must learn to be persistent in prayer. Jesus showed persistence and desperation in his prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane
  • Pray until something Happens- God will change the circumstance or God will change me.
  • Too many of us are praying for God's presents and not His presence.
  • Why is God not answering my prayers?” may be the wrong question, though a popular one. A better question is “Why am I not submitting to His response?” Seeking God is the key to persistent prayer, not getting an answer.

It was a great service and message especially with all the prayer we must be doing in our lives on a daily basis.

After Church we took everyone out to Vedawoo to climb some mountains and they had a blast. I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

1 comment:

The Anderson Family said...

Great pictures - great update!! Thanks for posting the sermon points - I really needed that; even though the last one was an "ouch".