I go on retreat three times a year (March, August, and December) primarily to plan my preaching and to select the music for worship.
I have found that God is very willing to help me plan ahead like this. I am often amazed at the relevance of the message or the relevance of a ‘Response Song’ – when it was actually planned six months before that particular Sunday!
An example:
Some years ago, I decided to do a fall series on the seven beatitudes in the book of Revelation. I was very excited about this prospect. However, at the end of September, I remembered that the next Sunday (the first Sunday of October) was Worldwide Communion Sunday. I had not factored that in during retreat – when I planned the messages for the fall. However, when I opened my planning book to begin work on that Sunday’s message, the text was Revelation 19:9, Then (the angel) said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.’”
God had me covered! J And this kind of thing happens over and over again! I’m telling you: I can’t praise Him enough! He covers my oversights and helps me before I even know that He’s helped me!
Don’t you want this kind of relationship in your life?
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