Hello and good Sunday to all of you.
Today has been really good. I woke up crazily early (like 630) so I decided to go to the 8 o'clock service at Calvary Chapel. It was really nice. The worship was really uplifting. Pastor Josh preached from 1 Timothy 2:8-15. It was about men and women's roles in the church. Really interesting, because he brough out a lot of things that men ought to be doing. Things like how men have to be involved spiritually (let men pray), lead holy lives (lifting up holy hands) and have to be emotionally involved (without wrath or doubting). Women should be going to church dressed for God, not the opposite sex and should be able to learn (something the Ephesian church was not doing. Which is why Paul says "Let a women lean" emphasis on the let). Also, he went into why this is the case. Not because men are superior in any way. It's like Jesus who is equal to the Father and yet submitted to the Father's will. The order of creation was this way. The first time the order was broken and Adam submitted to Eve, he ate the fruit and made the whole human race fall. Then Pastor Josh started talking about the woman being saved in childbearing which means that as she cares for the children she has the greatest impact on their lives and can change the world.
At 11 I went with Dave, Mark, and Sarah (a MAF couple) to Lugogo Baptist Church where we were the only Muzungu (white people) in the church. It was an incredible experience. It had a nice African feel to the worship. They used only a keyboard and drumset for the music. The drummer was crazily good seeing as he couldn't have been over 8 years old. He had some really complicated rhythms going on and didn't miss a beat. The worship was pretty cool with a lot of swaying and dancing. The sermon was really good too about Luke 2:1-7. The main points were that God is in control of everything. That is why Joseph and Mary could get to Bethlehem in order for prophecy to be fulfilled. The second point was that even though we're Christians that doesn't mean we will lead easy lives. Mary had to take the trip to Bethlehem even though she was very pregnant. It might have seemed like such a cruel thing to do to a pregnant woman but it was for humanity's good.
It was funny because all the visitors had to introduce themselves and I told them I was from Canada which got the typical "Wow, it must be quite a change coming from such a cold country." And then in the introduction Pastor Alex was talking about how because of the birth of Christ we could all be together with a group of believers from all over the world, like Canada, the US (he meant the UK...sorry Dave), Kenya, and Uganda.
Anyways, it's now chow time. Dave and I made lasagna (Dave did most of the making but I helped a little). The perfect end to the perfect Sunday.
God bless
Today has been really good. I woke up crazily early (like 630) so I decided to go to the 8 o'clock service at Calvary Chapel. It was really nice. The worship was really uplifting. Pastor Josh preached from 1 Timothy 2:8-15. It was about men and women's roles in the church. Really interesting, because he brough out a lot of things that men ought to be doing. Things like how men have to be involved spiritually (let men pray), lead holy lives (lifting up holy hands) and have to be emotionally involved (without wrath or doubting). Women should be going to church dressed for God, not the opposite sex and should be able to learn (something the Ephesian church was not doing. Which is why Paul says "Let a women lean" emphasis on the let). Also, he went into why this is the case. Not because men are superior in any way. It's like Jesus who is equal to the Father and yet submitted to the Father's will. The order of creation was this way. The first time the order was broken and Adam submitted to Eve, he ate the fruit and made the whole human race fall. Then Pastor Josh started talking about the woman being saved in childbearing which means that as she cares for the children she has the greatest impact on their lives and can change the world.
At 11 I went with Dave, Mark, and Sarah (a MAF couple) to Lugogo Baptist Church where we were the only Muzungu (white people) in the church. It was an incredible experience. It had a nice African feel to the worship. They used only a keyboard and drumset for the music. The drummer was crazily good seeing as he couldn't have been over 8 years old. He had some really complicated rhythms going on and didn't miss a beat. The worship was pretty cool with a lot of swaying and dancing. The sermon was really good too about Luke 2:1-7. The main points were that God is in control of everything. That is why Joseph and Mary could get to Bethlehem in order for prophecy to be fulfilled. The second point was that even though we're Christians that doesn't mean we will lead easy lives. Mary had to take the trip to Bethlehem even though she was very pregnant. It might have seemed like such a cruel thing to do to a pregnant woman but it was for humanity's good.
It was funny because all the visitors had to introduce themselves and I told them I was from Canada which got the typical "Wow, it must be quite a change coming from such a cold country." And then in the introduction Pastor Alex was talking about how because of the birth of Christ we could all be together with a group of believers from all over the world, like Canada, the US (he meant the UK...sorry Dave), Kenya, and Uganda.
Anyways, it's now chow time. Dave and I made lasagna (Dave did most of the making but I helped a little). The perfect end to the perfect Sunday.
God bless
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