So it is Father's Day and I can't think of a better Father to celebrate than our Heavenly Father! The best part about Him is that when you think you are doing something for Him, He is actually giving you the gift! My daughter's father is not in her life at all and Father's Day is exceptionally hard on her. She didn't even want to go to church this morning, which is pretty unlike her. I didn't give her the option of skipping although I must admit, I kind of wanted to let her stay home and wallow in the self pity with her. We didn't.
I got to church a little behind schedule this morning. After a few minutes in the prayer room it was time to head downstairs for service. About midway through the first song I felt like I needed to go up and check on her in children's church. When I got upstairs I found my friend Chris doing Children's Church all by herself. There was some sort of scheduling slip up and there wasn't anyone scheduled to be with the older kids that morning. I asked her if she wanted me to stay. It took me a minute to convince her I was really fine with it.
(Pause for a moment: the last time I worked children's church a kid peed on my leg, so I had pretty much let everyone know that I was NOT interested in doing children's ministry!)
My beautiful friend Chris did a fabulous job doing an hour and a half service with absolutely NO PLAN, and it was BRILLIANT! We were both so grateful for the Holy Spirit this morning! When she did the altar call we must have had 12 out of 20 kids at that altar for prayer. One young lady, ten years old, gave her heart to Jesus for the first time this morning and another rededicated hers. It was AWESOME!!!
We had several people healed at both services this morning and this evening. It was amazing, but by far my favorite part was telling that girl about the party they were throwing in heaven for her this morning and having the privilege of praying with her. I am truly spoiled!
Oh, yeah, by the way... whatever was wrong in my body yesterday... it got all healed too!!! No dizziness, nausea or earache! YAY GOD!
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