My Time At Church Sunday Morning

Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. I'm happy to present another blog and it's called "My Time At Church Sunday Morning". I'm not writing about what happened today at church July 27th but what happened July 20th last week Sunday morning. It was a wonderful time at church today but I want to talk about what happened last week. Another side note I've been to three different churches in my entire life. I attended "Capital Christian Center" church when I was a baby until I was eight years old, I attended "Discover Church" (formerly "Oak Creek Assembly Of God Church") when I was nine years old until I was 26 years old and was a member there for seven years. (Side note that's where I got saved at eleven years old and received the baptism in the Holy Ghost at eighteen years old. Also Sunday night service used to be a regular thing shapes the way I do regular Sunday night Bible study. ) I've been attending "New Life Assembly Of God Church" since Covid and have been a member there for the past four years. What "Capital Christian Center", (now called"Mercy Memorial Church") "Discover Church ", and "New Life Assembly Of God Church" have in common is their services Sunday morning and Wednesday nights and they believe in the Holy Ghost! Anyhow that's not the point of the blog though. Someone from church who I love dearly gave me a ride to church and we enjoyed Sunday school. Well it was praise and worship after Sunday school and the worship leaders were singing as was the congregation. Normally when worship leaders lead worship words pop up on the screen. Well that didn't happen because there was something wrong with the computer system while praise and worship was going on! Well two deacons worked ruthlessly to try to fix it then another new member in church (who also leads worship sometimes) also tried to help but nothing worked! (Side note thankfully the songs the worship leaders were singing were songs most people in the congregation knew very well and people were still engaged in praise and worship including me.) Well there was a guest minister that arrived and could sense that something was wrong. He walked back to try to help the two deacons and new member from church to fix the problem still to no avail. But then the worship leaders announced they're going to sing "I'm Gonna See A Victory" and as soon as the words left their mouths, the lyrics popped up on the screen just in time! Wow! I couldn't believe it! I don't know if that happened to show that God has a sense of humor or to prove He cares about the things we care about! Well then it was time eventually for the guest minister to speak whose name is Pastor Stretch Antonio Bowen. Well he preached and the Holy Ghost was evident while he was talking. (Side note he was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin but moved to a different state.) Then after awhile it was time for prayer at the altar and this is the main point of the blog. Well he prayed for each person at the altar one at a time (including me thank you very much) and it was a powerful time of prayer. I learned really quick that he was a man of prayer something I absolutely love about a godly leader. But then there was a godly older lady who needed prayer and I walked over to pray for her. (I do know who she is but won't disclose her name for confidentiality reasons.) Pastor Bowen walked over to where she was too but he did something very unusual. Now remember I've been to two different churches before "New Life Assembly Of God Church" that I mentioned "Capital Christian Center" and "Discover Church" and have had a number of pastors in my life who have prayed with me and others over the years so that wasn't new to me. However, Pastor Bowen grabbed the older ladies hand but then he grabbed my right hand and placed it on the older ladies chest! Now get this. I didn't know him very well nor did he know me and we didn't have a formal introduction to one another! (I could have met him on Saturday but I was busy and unable to attend and other restrictions restricted me from going.) I was shocked he did that but strangely me and Pastor Bowen had what I call a "Spirit to Spirit" connection. I like to call that the "Holy Ghost nod" when sense peace and confirmation from the Holy Ghost to do something. I also interpreted it him saying through his actions. "Let's join hands together and pray over this lady and see God work in her life." I learned other lessons from that and that is when the Holy Spirit moves, roll with Him and don't fight Him! Also Christians don't have to know each other very well in order to work together to get God's job done! Some Christians have the attitude of. "I don't know this person who's a Christian very well and I don't want to work with them." I don't believe that's good thinking and that can hinder relationships from forming with that mindset. I also learned that wrong mindsets, wrong actions, or wrong emotions can hinder God from moving the way He wants to. What I mean by that is if I had the attitude of, "Why would he grab my hand like that? Had he lost his mind? How dare he because I barely know him and he doesn't know me! He's so crazy!" Well thoughts like that could have disrupted the flow of the Holy Ghost and I had five seconds to respond right and roll with Pastor Bowen and roll with the Holy Ghost. Then service was over and before the congregation voted for a new leader I did introduce myself to Pastor Bowen and he was delighted to meet me and I could sense he was a nice guy. After Pastor Bowen left, we the congregation prayed and voted him to be the next senior pastor! Yep that is a Sunday morning I'll never forget and I shared that with my family members and with you ladies at the Bible study! I rarely talk about what happens Sunday morning but that shows how much of an impact it was. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Being in church is very important and as a Christian women's leader, I want y'all to know that I submit to a "spiritual covering" because a woman in ministry needs a "spiritual covering" over her. That's what I wanted to share with you ladies. Blessings to each of you ladies, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.






