This Sunday's service was AWESOME.  I just had to share.  Now, I love our pastor, and he's had some really good sermons in the past, but this Sunday's took the cake.  Here is the link to the church's website.  There is a link to an archive in the "Sermons and Studies" section to hear other messages from Pastor Flatt.

The worship service was really nice as well.  It was my very first time on the praise team, and I had such a blast.  As soon as I accepted, my prayer was that the Lord be glorified and not me.  Every time I felt nervous, I'd just remember that it wasn't about me at all, and it helped so much.  It was such an honor to be able to serve the church in this way.

To top things off, my parents were up for a visit.  It was a really nice visit, especially since many recent visits have been a touch strained.  I feel that the Lord had them here providentially.  For those that don't know, they are charismatic and very Word-Faith focused.  I have been concerned about their beliefs for some time, as quite a few of them stray widely from those of mainstream Christianity.  To hear their questions after the sermon, and to sense their openness, when there had been nothing but hardness in previous occasions, was truly amazing.  The Lord also helped me with wisdom and boldness in talking to them and trying to explain the doctrines of grace.  I thought I was fumbling a lot, but some of the elders to whom I was relating this wonderful news said that I did great - yay God!

For a weekend that I was dreading so much, it sure turned out to be one of the best ones I think I've had in a long time!