Crock Pot Sermons

This week we finish up our series called "Conversations with God".  The last 2 weeks have been awesome.  God has stretched us and challenged us and I can't wait to see what He does this week.  With that said, I'll have to admit to you that my prep for this week has been different.  Instead of hammering out 90% of the message by Wednesday, I've got about 10% done.  This can be frustrating to me because it throws off my rhythm... but here's the cool thing...  We're talking about listening to God... and God is stretching me to listen a lot before I write one outline, one paragraph.  It's like putting something in the crock pot... it takes a lot longer than a microwave meal... but you know that it's going to be good!  That's what God is doing in me right now... He's allowing the message to simmer in me and after a while it will come together.  There are times when I hate when God does this... because it messes with my iCal schedule...but on the other side I always look back and say... "Thanks God for teaching me".  As I'm trying to prepare a lesson on Listening to God... He's doing it again...making me slow down...stop... and listen and know that He is God.