God has been good this week hasn't he?
In the Hoover house, he's been faithful to provide for our needs in every way! I was able to substitute-teach at Village Christian (yep, the same one Jess teaches at) twice this week to fill in my open work week hours.
You also may have heard the "red light camera" story (I posted it on my other blog):
Jess was stuck behind a big truck that crossed a "photo enforced" intersection at the tail end of the yellow light. She assumed she was still OK to turn, but once the truck had turned out of her field of vision, she saw that she was turning on a full red. The cameras caught her, and sent us a ticket for $381. She then had another ordeal with trying to request traffic school, and had to actually go to the courthouse to work it out. In the meantime, she was getting so worried that the point would go on her record, and our insurance would skyrocket.
The funny thing is that when we renewed our insurance, because we changed our address, and got covered parking for both our cars (and some other things that I don't even understand), we have now received four rebate checks (one more since I first posted this story!) that fully cover the cost of Jess' ticket!
So yeah, God has been amazingly faithful to us this week. Have we been as faithful to Him? Probably not, but that's one of the things that is so wonderful about him: He is faithful, even when we are not. Can you imagine if his faithfulness was prorated according to our faithfulness?? In the words of the apostle Paul "May it never be!!"
So we'll be praising God specifically for his faithfulness to us this past week when we come together on Sunday morning for worship! What specific thing will you be praising him for? Leave a comment and encourage us with what God is doing in your lives!
This Sunday we'll start the service with a call to worship that congregations have used for centuries: The words to "Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing" were written in 1758! After a time of announcements, Jon and Kerri Penberthy will be dedicating their three little girls (Emily, Brandy, and Reese) to the Lord! Then we'll sing a song I did my very first Sunday at Crossroads (before I came on staff) called "For You Are The Lord" and we'll do another newer one we introduced a few weeks ago: "Lord Jehovah."
Right before Pastor Todd comes to teach, we'll sing a brand new (some of you might know it) song called "Give Us Clean Hands" which comes from the Psalms, and asks that God's Spirit would come and make us humble, that we might come before God with clean hands a pure hearts, and that we would be a generation that seeks His face. It's really a song of submission, and it prepares us for Pastor Todd's message on the requirements of deacons, and the requirement of us all to serve in humility.
After his message, I'm going to sing a song of commitment to the Lord called "For Your Glory" and I'll have everyone join me in the simple chorus that says:
For Your glory, for Your kingdom
For Your name, oh Lord, here I am!
To close the service, we'll all sing the wonderful hymn with the same idea: "I Surrender All" Hopefully, by the power and work of the Holy Spirit, we'll leave more committed to serving our Lord and serving each other!
Can't wait to worship together this Sunday!
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