It was almost 2 months ago that I was encouraging Jon to blog more, and as you can see he is talking with you all on a regular basis. However, I have fallen off of the face of the earth!
Tonight is Christmas Eve and it is 9:45pm. We have finished three services and we have the 11:00pm service to go. A boat load of people have been here already tonight. For some reason the 6:30 service was HUUUUGE way over 500 people! But then we had less than 200 at the 8:30 service. I can't figure it out and I doubt that there is any good reason for the fluctuation. It will be interesting to see what the 11:00pm service brings.
The other interesting thing is the way the Spirit of the Lord moves in our Worship services. We prepared like crazy for the services tonight and we rehearsed and we prayed and we worked and worked, then it is here and I watch for what the Lord will do. It was in the 8:30 service, that I really saw Him start to move among the people present. From the songs and right into the sermon I could see God 's Holy Spirit moving across the faces of His people. In the 6:30 service I am sure that the Evil One was at work to try and push back the Spirit. In the song set the band struggled on a song that had not given them trouble before and I had a cough that I have not had at all through out the rest of today! The Devil was doing whatever he could to distrupt the people of God in Worship. But then came Silent Night and the Spirit of the Lord FILLED this place.
We have a great God who is waiting to give you His Peace that Passes all understanding, I pray that on this Christmas day you will know Him in a more intimate way than any Christmas before. May God bless you and your family on the Christmas day.
In Christ,
Paul Hoyer
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