Today we had missionaries Chris and Stephanie Ballinger with us in both services. They are a couple that has just started raising support to go to the field of Mongolia, and they presented their ministry in song and video.
At the end of Chris's speaking, I challenged people to ask God to do in their lives whatever He wanted to do, to surrender themselves to His will. In both services, people came down to the altar and recommitted themselves to the Lord and His work. I love having missionaries with us because they remind us that ordinary people are the ones that God uses to minister in extraordinary ways.
We had 120 people with us, with many regulars missing, and we also had back several second-time visitors that I am excited about, including the Minnons and another family I can't remember the names. I was also VERY excited that The Journey gave a generous love offering to our missionaries, close to $1000! THANK YOU for your generosity!
Today's services were not typical services - I actually felt overall that they were somewhat lethargic, lacking spark. And there could have been any number of reasons for this, but it was noticeable probably because our services have not been like that in some time. But one lethargic Sunday doesn't define us, and with all that has been going on, maybe we should have expected the enemy to try and get us to be lackluster. But God is good, even when we aren't just teeming over with excitement, and He has so much in store for us over the coming months and year. To Him be the praise!
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