I thought this would be interesting as I am forever having little answers to prayer like this and do not share them with everyone as much as I should. I figured this one would encourage you as it involves DC Metro Church and God answering our prayers in way other than what we asked or expected…
Here it goes… For the past month, the staff and Dream Team have been praying for finances to send out a Christmas Mail Piece to invite the community to join us for Christmas Services on December 23rd (We are having classic christmas services with communion and holiday hymns and a classic Christmas Message!). We have lifted the prayer time as well as we have been praying as a staff on a weekly basis together as well as the dream team has been praying from 8:15 – 8:30am before services for God to help us to help us with this… So far there has not been any “miracle” check in the mail as we had been praying for, however…
Something else happened this week… The CLC Interns came in town and handed out our entire stock of: print pieces, cards, and just about anything that had the DC Metro Logo on it… They did a great job and as the week went on, we realized that the amount of hits on our website was the highest that it has ever been – even compared to the mailer we send out in September!!! To top it all off, we had the highest attendance we have ever had on a Sunday this past weekend!!! Turns out after it is all said and done, God did even more than we were asking or imagining (Ephesians 3:20) Go God!
GOD ANSWERED US, BUT IN HIS WAY
I say all this to encourage you in your prayers this holiday season… Although we were praying to send out a mailer, God knew that our real prayer request was to let more people know that there was a “Life Giving” Church in the DC Metro Area and to invite those wonderful people to come be a part of our church!!! Amazing how He works – He always answers, just not always the way that we expect Him to answer…
What are you asking God for? and how is He answering in His way?
GO GOD! Your Way Not Mine!
