My friend, have you considered that perhaps your worship style is too artificial? When the Beast shuts off our electricity, the only power left will be conviction of the Holy Spirit. But it will not be felt by those who have grown accustomed to worldly messages. All the bells and whistles can't make up for obedience.... Frankly, your Sabbath troubles were an answer to prayer. In His mercy, God may be giving you a wake-up call.
Adam Hendron

We had a baptism that was planned for months. Parents, relatives, neighbors, and friends came. But there was a problem: the water heater wasn't functioning. It was late January; the water was ice cold. The deacons boiled water, and during the Sabbath school you would hear the hot water sizzling as it hit the icy cold water. I stepped into the tank; and as I was addressing the congregation, my lips began to shudder and my body became numb. I warned the church and the candidate that this was going to the fastest baptism in the history of the church. Just then, the candidate stepped in, and he turned paper white before my eyes. As I lifted him up out of the water, he jumped straight up, almost 4 feet into the air shouting "The water is cold!"  As he came back to planet earth and landed upright, he exclaimed "But the heart is warmed by the spirit." He was up to the steps and gone in 2 seconds.
Angel Rodriguez

It was communion service. Someone had made the communion bread from white pastry flour. After everyone had been served I took a piece of bread, holding it between my fingers and sat down. All of a sudden the bread went poof! turning into white powder all over my dark suit. Since I no longer had any bread, I faked it.
L.D. Mays

I was excited about my first baptism, held at a small church that hadn't had one in a decade.  When the lid was removed from the baptistry, (recessed in the floor of the 100-year-old structure) the plume of steam that issued forth announced to the congregation what I would shortly discover for myself: the makeshift heater had been installed in such a way that it super-heated the surface, yielding a virtually impenetrable layer of scalding water I had to stir with my leg for several minutes, before the elderly lady who stood awkwardly in her robe could descend for the baptismal rite. By that time, she had already been steam-cleaned.
Dave Kobliska

It's funny how we always seem to be our worst critics. I don't know how it works but often when I think I am in the worst shape, people tell me they were blessed by the message. That always seems to confirm to me that the work is truly God's.
Victor Marshall

It seems that once in a while, God, on purpose, makes things go awfully wrong just to make this point: "Your preaching stunk, your music reeks, your drama was off, your timing was non-existing, your volunteers were dragging and your wife was mad, and I still blessed!" Here is to the few not so good Sabbaths that makes us appreciate the great many others.
Roger Hernandez