Pastor Percipia

Sunday mornings are busy for me. There are a lot of details to wrangle for any worship service. There are people I want to talk to. Music and preaching and prayer (Oh my!).  Yesterday morning was unique.  I arrived as usual and started getting organised. Our organist and our soloist were in the sanctuary. The tech team was doing their work. I started in my office organising my sermon notes (we're in a series, learning why and how to pray "Holy Spirit, come") and the songs I'd be leading. People started arriving and settling in. Chatting and laughing. In the sanctuary, I felt like there was something in the air. The energy was low. The usual spark was missing. The lights in the room literally didn't seem bright enough to me. I kept looking over my shoulder and wondering why. I thought at first maybe it was the weather, or the end of summer or some kind of fatigue. Then I thought maybe it was just me. Maybe I was tired this morning. Should have had a second cup of c...

            To see the full message, scroll to the bottom.  Holy spirit, come.   ______ The   Old Testament ends with a cliffhanger.    [The Lord says,] “ Behold, I will send you E lijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD. And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.” Malachi 4:5 -6   That prop h e t ic message is followed by years — g enerations —of history in which we hear nothing directly from God .     The Old Testament ends with “to be continued.” The New Testament begins with a flashback in each of the Gospel s: Matthew , M ark, Luke and John .     Matthew begins his Gospel with a flashback to A braham , way back in Genesis c hapter 12.    John begins his Gospel by going even further , back to Genesis 1. ...