Posted by spriggy on September 25, 2005, at 16:16:02
In reply to Re: Yes... all the details. (nm), posted by lynn970 on September 25, 2005, at 11:22:45
Oh man, I feel like crying just writing this because to us, it was miraculous.
We were planning on around 20-40 people (40 was being WAAAY optimistic and full of faith)..
We had 99 people there ( 100 if you count the baby who is due in a few weeks!).
We had nearly 30 kids! It was amazing.
The service was annointed from beginning to end; worship (as immature as we were, it was just beautiful), the message God gave my dh, the prayer time..
We had a big brunch before and it was just sooo nice to see everyone together, eating, laughing, fellowshipping.
I have no idea how many will make a commitment and I'm not naive enough to think we can expect this many on the ground floor from here on out, but it was what we needed today to encourage us.
We have *NEVER* had opposition/ come under attack/ walked through fire like we have the last 4 months. This was our "parting of the Red Sea".
My dh just stood up and cried as he prayed. We were in shock.
We had SIX new families- people we did not know that had heard "through word of mouth."
We didn't even publicize it other than sending out 30 invitations to family/friends..
God is sooo huge, so awesome, this is just amazing.
Thanks for all your prayers the last many months. God has heard them.
PS. I'll get my dh to download the pictures and I'll put them on my blog so you can see photos of what you've been praying for!
poster:spriggy
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