"Crock-Pot" Experiences "And let us consider one another so as to incite one another to love and good works, not abandoning our own assembling together, as the custom with some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more as you see the day drawing near." Hebrews 10:24, 25 October 29, 2010 I was very moved by John Z’s speaking last Sunday, Oct 24, 2010. John started by saying that he was not very spiritual, that he did not spend too much time reading the Bible, spending time with the other members or praying, etc. It seemed that John was speaking as Paul did when he said in I Corinthians 15:9 "For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God." This brought me to realize that even I, who spends even less time pursuing the Lord than John has hope of hearing the Lord speaking. For I heard in John’s testimony the Spirit speaking! I felt how blessed the saints in Willoughby are to be seeing and experiencing so much of the Spirit. I also see how my hiding out is not assisting the Lord in his shining out to others. I pray that the Lord will operate in me "both the willing and the working for His good pleasure", so I might join the saints in Willoughby to "shine as luminaries in the world, holding forth the word of life". J.S.