Coming Out of the Closet - Staying In The PITS

I've been in the PITS lately. As a matter of fact, my whole church has been encouraged to be in the PITS...what?! First let me share with you a true story that happened to me after my pastor taught last Friday night (1.25.2013).

Our Pastor has really been encouraging us to pray in the Spirit as much as possible. He gave a teaching on Praying in the Spirit (I am labeling it PITS) like I have never heard before. As I was praying in the Spirit on Saturday night on my way to listen to a local band, I heard/saw the word safety. So when I finished praying in the Spirit I prayed with my mind for safety for the girls I was going to be with and myself. After getting into my car to leave to go home, I was going down the hill I parked on...well, the hill was steep - I began to slide ... my brakes were pushed in all the way (no pumping action - anti-lock brakes) ... I began to earnestly pray - for I was going to be going through the intersection without stopping. I was sliding at 25-30 miles an hour ... I was fish tailing all over the place, praying calmly and trusting wholeheartedly that no one would be driving on the road I was going to be sliding through. I slid right through the stop sign and into the parking lot across the street. I praise God there wasn't a business at the bottom of the hill for I would have slid right through the intersection into a building. I rejoiced greatly for being obedient to pray in the Spirit and then pray with my mind. God is so awesome. I made it through the intersection without a scratch or a ticket! woohoooooooooo!

Well, there you have it. I too, am 'come out of the closet' in regards to this by sharing this story, as my Pastor jokingly spoke about to us when he was telling us about his new book The Transformed Life. He's always been out of the closet but now on a grander scale (as am I but I haven't written a book). If you would like any information about the PITS you can message me, read his book, or listen to the series at the link below starting on the date 1.11.13. The following Fridays are awesome to. The 25th's teaching is one I have never heard in all my years of loving Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit. The links I would love for you to listen to are under the heading Friday Night Messages on this website: http://alcclife.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=218356. My favorite one is from 1.25.2013.

Here's the thing, I know it's real...I experience it daily. There is a transformation that has occurred in me because of it and it continues. If you do not want it, that is fine, but I just want to let you know there is so much more of God, Jesus and Holy Spirit.