Passion for the Lord

Each night during our devotions we each take a moment to mention our memorable moment of the day.  Tonight the common theme was the joy and passion we saw that the Christians we worshipped with had for the Lord.  Interestingly, the sermon we heard focused on Matt. 6:24 about the two masters.  The Pastor preached a sermon about the dangers of wealth and the simple fact that everything belongs to God, and not to us.  It was humbling to hear a Dominican minister admonish his flock not to serve money and then to pray for those who are rich so they do not love the money God has given.  While we often pray for those in need, they prayed that those with wealth to realize their need....something to think about.

The service began with about an hour of singing as the members of the congregation arrived.  Two young girls did some rythmic dance with ribbons as we sang.  The collection basket was placed on a chair at the front of the church and each person could walk to the front and give as they were blessed.  We were invited to come to the front of the church to say a few words.  At a loss for what to say, Ashley suggested we sing a song we had sung at Saturday's devotions, "humble thyself in the sight of the Lord".  It went over well very well.  After that the Pastor came up and gave his sermon which was translated for us by Guillarmo's (our host) daughter who spoke English so fluently we could not eve detect an accent.

There are many different cultures with many different types of church services, but there is only one Word, and when it is faithfully preached, it speaks to whomever is listening. 

Our afternoon was free and so much of it was spent in the pool at the hotel.  Some read, some napped, some slow roasted themselves in the sun.  At one point the team left the hotel to walk along the rocky coast and got some photos of the sun set over the ocean (pictures may be posted tomorrow).

After our evening devotions, we practiced the Spanish version of "Here I am to Worship", which we hope to sing for the students at the school tomorrow.  Annika suggested that we sing the verses in English and chorus in Spanish, which was a fantastic idea that just might help us to pull it off.  

Comments


Other Stories


Read More

Due to the big snow storm in New York, our original flights were cancelled.  At the end of that very stressful afternoon, we had...

Read More

Today was our first day with the whole group at the school.  With 16 of us on site, it became apparent that we needed...

Read More

Saturday was a full day for us.  With no children at the school, we had a little more room to spread out, but we...

Read More

We have a bus driver whose name is Frederick.  He is probably the best bus driver that we know.  Now certainly our bus drivers...

Read More

It will be impossible to capture the essence of today in words, but it was awesome.  After being delayed in traffic for a good...

Read More

The last full day in the Dominican was just as full and rich as the rest.  Today began by hopping onto the bus and...

Read More

And so it comes to an end.  We are in no way looking forward to the cold, ice and snow that awaits us in...

Read More