Something's going on at Drennon, despite my failings as a pastor and our failings collectively as humans on earth. Our folks are quietly coming up with great ideas and recommendations that are Kingdom-centered and outward-focused. We've started working on our church vision, trying to focus and hone our ministries so that we better serve Jesus while we're stranded here on earth.
It seems each week, and sometimes each day, I'm seeing more and more things our people are doing in this vein, whether it's an elder trying to go deeper in his congregational prayers, or a musician flexing her muscles instrumentally, or different ladies coming up with catchy, but true, phrases towards our vision, or members nominating very interesting people for leadership positions, or everybody buying new NIV Bibles for our church use, or making sizeable gifts to help renovate and rejuvenate our buildings, or even me feeling more led to speak loudly during service, be unleashed from hiding behind my clergy robes, introduce a prayer warrior program during the service and add more contemporary music (those ideas concerning my leadership are not mine but borrowed, stolen and found from others, haha).
I feel such a strong spirit right now at Drennon, one that I truly haven't felt in this particular, specific way since arriving here in July 2009. It's not because of me, or us, but I know it's because of Him. We've suffered so many losses, illnesses, injuries, surgeries and problems as a small body of Christ, that I guess we've had to dig a little deeper spiritually in spite of ourselves.
Praise Jesus! Thank you Lord! To Him be the glory now and forever! Amen.
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