As My Repentance Deepened
The testimonies of people living in our home at NLC meeting in January set the tone of joy for our worship.
As my repentance deepened, my own part in public worship had more freedom in it, more God consciousness and less people consciousness. This was especially true of my prayers during and after Sunday worship. Certainly something was being put in my intrusive from the outside, something not of me or any man as I prayed and praised God for the glory of Christ. As my spirit began more and more celebrated the power of the resurrected Lord, and as my faltering lips cried out to mercy from the Father, I began to meet God in a new way during worship, and so did other people. I have been told that some people were converted by my praying on Sunday's.
Certainly that is God's grace, because by nature I am not all that enthusiastic about praying. Until about 1970, my pastoral prayers were strictly of a formal kind forgotten 5 minutes after they were offered.
OGTIGC, 78
Location: New Life Church