The Echoes travelled to Mounds, Illinois, to participate in the Crusaders for Christ Church's 5th Sunday singing. Each 5th Sunday, the congregation gathers after Sunday morning service for a pot-luck lunch and afternoon Gospel singing.
The Spirit of the Lord was immediately evident even during the congregational singing to start off the afternoon. And that necessitated an immediate change in the song we had planned to begin with. But, that's nothing new for us. Frequently, someone will say something that will bring to mind the lyrics of a song that would better complement what was said. In fact that happened more than once during the afternoon.
After our first set, the next singers were the Gospel Crusaders. This husband and wife duet sang some heartfelt songs, which were made even more poignant as they discussed the medical issues they had been and were currently experiencing. But what came through the most was that they were still relying on God to see them through the valley they are experiencing. That's when a couple more songs came to mind.
So, when we started our second round, the songs "God Wants To Hear You Sing," and "Under Control" were our way of reminding the Gospel Crusaders that their songs must continue and that their faith in God's power will see them through, because He most surely has their situation under His control.
Actually, thinking back about the afternoon, the main theme of our song selection was to encourage, to uplift, and to take one more opportunity to remind people of just how great God is and just how much He loves each of us -- as illustrated by our final song of the afternoon, "When He Was On The Cross, I Was On His Mind."
Keep trusting Him.
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