Hi everybody...
Okay - please allow me to answer two quick questions that are bound to be bouncing around the "internets" these days:
First: "No" I'm not dead!
And second: "Yes" I'm still in the "podcasting" business!
It's just that, I'm like most folks that I know in the ministry - I'm burning the candle at both ends as the end of 2006 draws near!
For example:
A couple of weeks ago, we had amazing Fall Conference at Alamo City. It was a four-night conference and the speaker was... er... well... the speaker was a guy who died almost nine years ago!
Ten years ago, Alamo City had it's first ever Fall Conference. We've only had two Fall Conferences ever - one in 1996 and one in 1997. And the same person was the guest speaker at both. His name was -
Dave Busby.
So, for this third Fall Conference, we simply played the DVD's of that 1996 Fall Conference and prayed that the Holy Spirit would take us from just watching a huge, flat 2 dimensional screen and somehow allow us to sense His presence in the Alamo City Worship Center.
Wow! Did He ever answer our prayer! People really connected with God through Dave's messages each night! It was absolutely amazing!
Then, on Thursday, November 9th, Philip Vega, Jay Dorrough and I led worship at the "
Church of the City" Leadership Summit hosted by Tranformation Director, Duke Jonietz.
The Conference was a two-day meeting of area pastors and ministry leaders who are diligently seeking the Lord for revival and transformation in San Antonio, Texas!
Wow, again!
Then, on Sunday night, November 12th, we hosted a
GreenHouse Worship Gathering where
Billy & Cindy Foote led worship and Todd & Kelli Lambert spoke.
Wow, yet again! We worshipped "full-on" as Billy & Cindy led us; we prayed corporately for our Christian brothers and sisters around the world who are even now being persecuted for their faith in Christ; and we listened to Todd & Kelli tell their amazing story!
It was another absolutely amazing night!
And then, finally, last night, we hosted an awesome gathering called, "The Table of Brotherhood." It was a pre-Thanksgiving afternoon and evening of activities between three congregations that had never, ever connected corporately before - The
River City Fellowship, The
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church and The
Alamo City Christian Fellowship!
We got together at Alamo City around 3:30 p.m. for some recreation, and then for an old-fashioned "covered-dish" meal together at 5:30 p.m. and then, at 7:00 p.m., we held a joint worship service!
One more time -
wow! Billy Nunez (River City), Sister Johnetta (Antioch) and I (Alamo City) each led worship - which went for almost an hour and a half!
Then, Pastor E. Thurman Walker (Antioch) delivered a strong message from Matthew, Chapter 10.
(And be looking for a "Sermon Clip" from that message on a one24worship Podcast very soon!)Can I say it just once more? It was another
AMAZING night!
And now, we're all getting ready for Thankgiving Sunday and then -
Christmas!
Whew!
But here's my point:
God is doing amazing things in the lives of His people! And as much as I love connecting with each of you through The one24worship Podcast, I love watching God come in transforming power on folks - live and in person - all the more! And it has been such a blessing to see Him come during these days of refreshing, repentance and in a measure of revival!
So, Lord willing, another installment of The one24worship Podcast is coming very soon.
In the meantime, would you please be praying for Kimberly, Carly and me?
As we approach 2007, I'm really being drawn to the place of prayer. And not just prayer in general, but prayer specifically for the nations. The Lord Jesus said in John 4,
"...I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest."
I believe that, don't you?
But here's the thing: There are more than 3.2 billion people who currently live in the 10/40 Window and 95% of them are what we call "unreached." Many have never heard the Gospel message even one time!
Jesus instructed His disciples
(and that would be you and me if we are owned by Him as Lord and Savior) to pray in a specific fashion regarding the "unreached." In Matthew 9, Jesus said,
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
So, here's how you can be praying for Kimberly, Carly and me as we approach 2007:
We want to be more "strategic" in how we are joining God in His heart for the nations' worship! So, we are wanting to be more "strategic" in our praying as we're coming out of 2006.
God is up to something in the arena of prayer as it relates to Revelation 7:9-10 and Matthew 24:14.
That's how you can be praying for us!
Okay, I'm done for now. (I probably should have just recorded a podcast instead of posting this entry - I didn't intend to go this long!)
As I said earlier, Lord willing, there will be another episode of The one24worship Podcast coming very soon.
Thanks for staying tuned.
I'll see you soon.
Have a blessed a Thanksgiving!
David Guion
one24worship@gmail.com
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