We had an unusual service on Sunday December 31. We spent an hour singing and worshiping with musical intervals for prayer and for hearing our Lord speak to our hearts. God inhabits the praises of His people and His presence was very sweet. We looked back on 2006 and asked a number of questions about things God had tought us, mistakes we had made, things we had done right, and in what ways we had grown. The children spent quite a bit of time with us as we praised and worshiped.
We stopped for a time of fellowship, then returned to find the chairs in a big circle and a pile of rocks in the middle. Everyone, including the little children, was given paper and pencils to write down prayer requests for 2007. On the white papers, we wrote requests that were later read out and prayed for by those they were distributed to. On the coloured papers we wrote out prayer requests that were not read by anyone, but prayed for as a group. Each request was handed in and a rock representing it was placed around a fire. As we placed the rocks, we had a graphic representation of placing our burdens in the Lord's hands. After everyone had prayed, we burned all the requests together.
We wrapped up the meaningful morning joyously singing He is Yaweh! With drums and tamborines, clapping and dancing, we praised our God for being who He is!
1 comment:
This sounds lovely.
Wish I was there!
Paul.
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