Tonight in San Antonio we ended the fast. I was curious how this church does this. First, our service was as long as any usual service. A little more intense in some respects. It's like we aren't going to give in to hunger and we are going to see the Holy Spirit work no matter what. Pastor Rubi did shorten his sermon but only a little bit. He still preached for 23 minutes. And after his sermon there was a 22 minute alter service with 3/4 of the church at the alter. Every one of our pastors who spoke tonight talked too much and too loud and too long. We get it. Give us a little credit. We are not as dumb as we look.
Pastor Greg spoiled us when he began the 15 minute sermon with no alter service. When people have not eaten anything for 3 days they are not thinking about God or revival. They are thinking about food. One thing to keep in mind is that pastor Mitchell invited Greg to preach on the end of fast service many times before Greg took over as pastor in Prescott. The good people did what you asked and they want to end this sooner rather than later. This is another area where the maturity and the power of the Prescott church is visible.
One final thought. After church not one person even asked me if I wanted to join them for a meal tonight. The person that I was talking too got asked. But no one asked me. So I am sitting at home alone eating by myself while folks are eating and laughing and loving each other. They just forgot about the new kid in town. Some things never change with me.
And yes, I timed the service. From the start of service to pastor Rubi's sermon was 30 minutes. We started at 7:30 and we closed in prayer at 8:45. Pastor took the service at 8:00. He bowed our heads at 8:23. And he dismissed the service at 8:45. Prescott is one hour behind and they might have gotten out before us.
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