Henry Williams

Here's last weekend's sermon in 10 Tweets - Elijah Week 1 - "This is a Test," 1 Kings 17:

1//God goes to work on us before he does a work through us.

2// Will you say what he calls you to say?

3// Speaking the truth isn't about being rude or insensitive.

4// When starting a tough conversation, share your misgivings.

5// Will you trust him when he doesn't meet your needs?

6// Did you marry God for his money?

7// Will you share from your scarcity?

8// Will you trust me now with what you've got?"

9// If you don't trust God now with what you have, you won't trust him when you get more. More by itself never builds trust.

10// Passing the tests is about trusting God. Jesus passes the tests. Then he dies for our failures. You can trust a God like this.

Top 10 things you don't want to hear your pastor say when you offer to pray before a meal:*

10// Can we not pray.......just this one time..........please?

9// Can we sing it instead?

8// Now? Here? Out loud?!!!

7// Hey, that's my job!

6// Already prayed this morning, so I'm good.

5// To what god would we be praying today?

4// I'm sure someone is already praying for a meal somewhere.

3// Let me ask if anyone here in this restaurant would like to join us for prayer.

2// God already knows what you're going to say, so what's the point?

1// Sorry, I gave up prayer for Lent.

Have any to add?

*Thanks to Erik Fair for helping me out on these after asking, "Were you thinking about those while I was praying?"