What I Saw Was Awesome!
WOW—our first two “Christmas Eve” services are complete…if you want to see pictures you can go here on Ken’s site.
Last night I saw a dream come true—a BAD dream! If you are a pastor then can you identify with the following…(I have literally had this dream…)
You are preaching—or the band is playing—or the choir is singing—WHATEVER—and then all of a sudden something happens—the music leader passes out OR you completely forget your outline OR everyone at the same time gets up and walks out together—expect for the person on the front row that happens to be sleeping! C’mon now—you’ve had that dream, right?
So last night I am standing at the back of the place we are meeting during the second service and our video projectors shut down. This was of major importance to all of us because right after the song that the band was playing we had a video ready.
I sprinted to the stage and after the song was over I went out and welcomed everyone—which was not planned for at that time—but we were winging it! Our crew got the projectors working again & so I prayed and we continued…
UNTIL…the projectors crashed AGAIN…and IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VIDEO PRESENTATION!
The cool thing was that no one freaked out—and what I saw was awesome…
The first thing I saw was our incredible tech team scrambling around to try and discover what the problem was—seriously—there were geeks running everywhere! They were spouting out terms that people like me totally do not understand. They were NOT content with things falling apart…and they were doing their best to discover the problem.
AND—then…and THIS WAS AWESOME…
Then, as I stepped out of our media booth…I saw several of our staff members praying—they were everywhere—in the lobby…in corners, some were in groups and others were by themselves, and they were asking God to intervene & to help us out!
Within minutes the projectors were working again—and they stayed on all night. I was so proud of our tech crew…AND also the staff that felt like “all they could do was pray.” I believe the combination of prayer and hard work made the service come back together—and we saw several people accept Christ last night.
This stands out to me because we must all constantly be in prayer…asking God for wisdom and direction…but then we He shows us what to do we are responsible for the follow through.
I am getting ready for a light workout and then I am going to speak three times today AND THEN hop in a car with my wife and sister-in-law and head to Thomasville, GA. Pray for us as we travel! I will post on Monday night when I get back.
Merry CHRIST-mas!