At our Firstfruits Sunday (November 18th) we encouraged each of you to take a cardboard brick and write a name on it. Specifically, we asked you to write the name of someone who was far from God, but who you hoped would get connected to God during Chapter Two of Seneca Creek. It appears that God is taking us seriously. Last week one person wrote this on a connection card:
Last week with the prayer bricks, I put my oldest daughter’s name on there and second service I was in PowerHouse and I looked up and there she was! I had no idea she would be there. How awesome God is!! I wondered if he heard me – now I know. He hears everything!
And I bumped into someone else last week who said they had a chance to explain the message of Jesus Christ to someone in their carpool whose name they had written on their brick!
In the atrium of our building we have the wall of bricks. (see picture below) It’s a great place to stop and read and pray. Each name on the bricks represents a person, someone who is far from God, but near to the heart of one of us. As we pray, God is working in individual lives. And brick by brick, he is building his church. I’m reminded of Peter’s words in 1 Peter 2:5
You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
In addition to the bricks we collected on the 18th, we also collected commitment cards from many of you. As of this date, we now have over $1.85 million committed to Chapter Two. Thank you to everyone who has stepped forward to participate in this exciting chapter. Together we are partnering with God as he builds his church!
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