Cool little diddies from the past couple of days

Last night was Children's Ministry home group and we always have dinner first. I took some Double Stuff Oreos for desert because my mom and sister didn't even crack into them when they were hear and I didn't want the whole package sitting here because I would surely eat them all. They were a big hit. This really cool lady from England was sitting next to me. She was about to bite into her cookie when she announced that she had never tasted an Oreo and she was so fortunate to get the last one. I felt bad that she didn't have a glass of milk to get the full experience, but she enjoyed the cookie nonetheless. Can you imagine never eating an oreo until your adult life? I can't.

We soon began discussing our favorite foods and of course I was asking the people at the table if they've ever heard of Dunkin' Donuts. One guy quickly chimed in that he too was a big fan. I was describing some of my personal favorites and then explaining to them how they advertise on tv out here and it drives me nuts because there isn't one any where around here. The same lady who had never had an oreo before said very seriously, "You know, I think we could pray about this. Like, God there is a real need here in Redding for a Dunkin' Donuts." We all laughed about it, but I like the way she thinks.

On Tuesday Pastor Bill was in and he was talking to us about the weight of God's glory. Last week he was reading a story to us about Smith Wigglesworth (a great healing evangelist from back in the day) and how people would have to crawl out of his meetings because they felt like they would die (because of the weight of God's glory). There were times when Wigglesworth was the only guy left in the room. Well, last week Bethel had the Prophetic & Arts conference and Kris Vallotton had invited some friends who were not yet Christians. The one guy was a Hollywood producer whom he met on a plane and has since been dialoguing with. This producer brought a few of his friends to see what Bethel was like. (By the end they were totally wowed and had never felt so loved, but back to the story.) So one day during the conference the worship was flowing along and this producer and his two friends had to leave the room. They told Bill and Kris later that they felt like someone had sucked all the oxygen out of the room and they would die if they stayed in there. Incredible! Bill went onto say that not all of us had to exit because we had created an atmosphere within ourselves to house God's glory. Our goal though is to cultivate within us the ability to carry that presence everywhere we go.

One more story. A student in the school had his mom and her friend in for the conference last week. The mom's friend had bought some DVDs from John Paul Jackson, but when she was due to go back home she couldn't find them anywhere. They looked all over the place and nothing turned up. They prayed that they would be in her suitcase when she got home. Once the lady returned home she still couldn't find her DVDs, so she called Bethel one more time to see if they had found them. Still nothing. The next morning the woman got up and went to turn on some worship music. Directly on top of her cd player laid the DVDs that she had bought at the conference. God is amazing.

Okay, I know I'm forgetting something that I wanted to write about, but I'll have to save it for another day. Pray for Holly, she's still hacking like crazy. (No, that wasn't the something I forgot.) Peace out.