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What do you do if your only pastor’s ill and the service is about to begin?

This past Sunday I had to find a quick answer to that question.  You see, my pastor has been battling an intestinal problem for just about a year, and this week he had surgery to try to fix the problem.

I had a bit of warning– he did not show up for Sunday School and he usually teaches Sunday School.  His wife told me that he was going to try to make the service– and that’s when I started to try to think of what sermon topic I should choose.  He has been doing a series on Elijah– so I couldn’t go there.  I then started to try to think about some of the things that I’d been researching and writing about on my blogs.  Somehow, I didn’t think that a sermon on modesty would exactly fit.

So I started to think about a Bible character and I came across Samson.  I had done a sermon on him before, and I knew there was a lot of material– though I didn’t have an outline with me.

Fortunately, the Lord gave me the words to say and I was able to talk to the people about God’s mercy and grace– and our potential to serve God if we purposed in our hearts to serve Him.

How about you?  How have you stood in the gap, or stood up when someone was needed and how were you able to bless and be blessed?

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