This year we will celebrate Easter with two services in the O'Reilly Center at Drury University. For this Easter effort to please God, we must begin with much prayer. We need to pray first for ourselves, that we will be filled with the Spirit. Before 3000 were saved at Pentecost, the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit.
Before we begin seeking after others, let's seek after God. After we pray for us, let's begin to pray earnestly by name for individuals we hope will come.
After praying for them, invite them to come. This is what the slaves in parable of the banquet were commanded to do. Let folks know we want them to come.
If they come, sit with them. The ones you invite are your special responsibility for that day. After the service, eat with them. Take them out for a meal, or better yet, have them in your home. If these options interrupt an Easter family tradition, please try to move your tradition to Palm Sunday.
Ruth and I will lead the way. We are praying for our small group, several of whom do not attend church. We are going to invite them to attend the later service and sit together. Then Ruth and I will take them to lunch.
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