Wow.
I flew to Dallas via a Southwest buddy pass from my friend Susan. Roberto picked me up and we went to Dallas Chinese Fellowship Church to meet with Rebekah, Gilbert, and some other members of the DCFC crew.
We then headed to Rebekah’s house (which she shares with Isaac, her husband, and is getting ready for the arrival of their soon-to-be-born twins, who will NOT be named Jacob and Esau) and then to CCCFC (Collin County Chinese Fellowship Church for the event, entitled “Reawaken.”
I talked about the pacemaker in front of about 110 students. At first, it was a little….cold…in the room for some reason. But by the time we got to Day 2 of the story, God was moving in the room. Numerous students responded with repentance (at least so it seemed) and I was celebrating due to what I saw.
WHAT I LEARNED: No matter what…drive people to the cross. No matter how cold they are to you, no matter how they reject you. Drive them to the cross.
Next: A perfect day weather wise. An imperfect day ministry wise.
Jason
Mike Said:
on October 21, 2009 at 6:47 pm
I know what you mean when you get to talking to a new group and it just feels “cold”…
What do you think changed the atmosphere (other than God, obviously)?
soiledsaints Said:
on October 22, 2009 at 8:45 am
I think it was when I got to the part in the pacemaker story where I was all alone Sunday night/Monday morning. I asked if they had ever felt alone and how did they handle it. Things got quiet in a good sense, any spurious talking (kids cracking comments to one another, etc) was stopped at that point.