I will never view a banana split the same way after my evening serving them at the Wednesday night fellowship at church. I had no idea that Baptists could be so assertive! I am convinced if we preached the Gospel the way we went after banana splits, the Lord could just go ahead and return because we would have reached all the unreached people groups in the entire world.
In a more serious vein, I love Wednesday nights and the fellowship and prayer time that we share at our church. It is a great time to visit with friends and members of your Bible Fellowship Group (that's Sunday School for you uninitiated!) However, the best part of the evening is the time we spend listening to and praying for the needs of others. There is a great blessing in taking the needs of others before the Throne of Grace. For one thing, as our pastor said this past Sunday, if we focus on the needs and problems of others it takes the focus off of ourselves and puts it directly where it should be...on our Lord and Savior. Another blessing we get to share when we pray with and for others is that we get to see the answer to prayers! When we intercede for others we are reminded that God is sovereign and He is still on His throne. One of my favorite lines from a movie comes from the movie, "Rudy", when the Catholic priest tells Rudy that, "In my forty years in the ministry, I have learned two things...there is a God and I am not Him!" I am always reminded of those two facts when I have the privilege of lifting others to the Lord in prayer.
If your church offers a prayer time on Wednesday evenings or any other time, I highly recommend it! And if they offer a fellowship meal, what could be better? Banana splits and prayer...as we say in Texas, "It don't get no better than this!"
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