Worship (Night), Sermon and Leisure Time

As work is calling out my name loudly just a really short update on what happened over the last week...

So, last Saturday we had a worship night at my place.
We were nine people altogether and it was just soooo amazing! From the first notes I played on my guitar God's presence was there so powerful, and I do know for sure that that wasn't due to my musical skills because I messed up quite a bit... :)
We worshipped for over one and half an hour, and it remained just as powerful as in the beginning over the whole time. Afterwards we prayed for another 1.5 hours for each other and God gave one prophetic word after the other. It was really awesome!
So people left about 1 in the morning, and there I was - still having to prepare worship for the next morning (which also meant getting up at 6:45. Outch)...

I was so done... I only said a quick prayer, asking God to forgive me that I didn't take more time to prepare, and that He would help me picking the set quickly and that He would - please, please, please - fill whatever I would choose with His spirit.
I had already gotten the topic for Sunday morning worship while preparing for the worship night, so I picked my set in about three minutes, just choosing songs that were well known to the band and me, dealt with the given topic and were written in the same key...
And here the same: We started playing and God's presence was overwhelming. So was the feedback. And THAT really means something, not only for a German congregation, but especially for ours...

Yesterday I preached on God's righteousness.
I just shared what God had told and taught me over the last year. And it was so imperfect! God had only told me which parts and scriptures to know by heart and how I could start and then told me to go up on the stage and just wing it. Not a very relaxing way of working for a perfectionist and preparing freak... And so I of course got lost in my notes, used phrases I would definitely have wiped out had I practised before, and wasn't half as structured as I would have liked to be.

But...
God filled what I had. People were touched enormously; many came up to me saying that what I had taught on was exactly what they are struggling with. That I had spoken into their lives.

I totally marvel at what can happen when we follow step by step and offer Him to use what we have to give. I'm so grateful that I may know that it wasn't me, not my skills, not my work ethic, not my working hard or whatever that released all that blessing; but that it is God alone who gives out of grace. That he humbles me so that He can use me in a godly way. I'm grateful that I could be a blessing. That sharing my struggles and the solution Jesus offered me helped other people.

And yesterday I had some precious time with my dear friend Steffi. It was so neat to hang out with her in the sun in the most beautiful part of Berlin and just chat and catch up on what is happening in our lives.

And - last but not least - I managed to completely design a Latin class test in only two hours. So far it's always taken me about ten.

I'm just grateful for everything God gives in His grace.

Thank you Jesus!!!