Well, we haven't really got to the Revive part yet, we're still just in the "darkest hour is just before the dawn" stage.
Three days ago, we began a 40-day sacrifice as a family. We are all four fasting in some form (Daniel, no meat, etc.). We met a few days before we began and talked about our goals and prayer requests for this fast and what we are praying to see in the Spirit.
As part of our fast, we are making a Special Effort to meet as a Family once each day for 15 minutes and share what we feel God has laid on our heart for the family that day.
The Parson's Daughter immediately christened this time "Shock Family Revival" or "SFR" for short. Bless Her Heart.
The first morning, we met at 8:00 a.m. Some were dressed and chirpy, others were bleary-eyed with bed-head. It was a sight. NO pictures. Don't even ask. But The Parson delivered a beautiful Word which kept us inspired the rest of the day. (I even posted about it on Facebook: "The high calling is never realized on the low road." Love that! It's from Terry Shock's twitter, but since he isn't on Facebook, I'm sharing it here. That was his thought to us in our family devotion this morning. I DO love a man that will speak such wisdom to the four of us in a family room..)
Yesterday was one of the Can Until Can't days, so everybody Rushed into the Family Room at 5 pm to hear Me (The Good Wife) deliver her word for the day. It had a lot to do with Talents and Fulfilling Our Potential. I do believe that it Ministered. . .
Today was another one of Those Days. The Friday Schedule called for Hither and Yon, so Shock Family Revival (SFR) was scheduled for 7:45 a.m. (In case you haven't figured it out, we have Rotating Evangelists--The Parson, The Good Wife, The Parson's Daughter, and The Parson's Son). If you are good at interpreting patterns, you can tell who was the Evangelist scheduled for today's SFR.)
Unfortunately, today's Evangelist slept through the Revival service and we were left Bereft--not knowing what was what.
What to do? Well, a Quick Prayer for Safety, Blessings, and Thankfulness and we were off to School, Simulcasts, and Airports!
Tomorrow's is scheduled for 10 p.m. . . .
6 comments:
Looking forward with Excitement to read the next Episode of SFR!
:-) So am I...
The Good Wife
You guys are so funny! Love it!
I love it too... keep us posted. We're doing the Beyond Belief series with the boys. They are really getting doctrinally sound and it's laid out so clearly. They look forward to it.
SFR yesterday was actually quite spiritual. We talked about 1 Timothy 4:12-16...there was a strong spirit around the kitchen table. Kent, something actually came from it that I want to talk to you about in person.
Shock Family Revival is having results. Hallelujah! :-)
mbs
Deb...I want to do the Beyond Belief series here, too. TS and I want to start it when we're done with "Eat This Book." Timmy did an awesome job on that...so thankful for him.
mbs
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