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Luis 'Velo' Cotto

Luis Cotto


Last Updated: 3/21/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: Married
Age: 34
Sign: Taurus

City: Caguas
Country: PR
Signup Date: 1/4/2007

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Saturday, November 15, 2008 

It's overwhelming the feeling of peace and joy I experience everytime I hear the Word of God read aloud.

I have heard, as probably most of you had, Max McLean read the Psalms and the enactment of the scripture is almost as if I was in the presence of the writer.  What an enormous blessing is everytime I heard the Word...now, how an unbeliever reacts?

I been trying to remember, in my personal walk with God, the first steps in Church and I really don't remember the impact the Word did have on me.  Is a good thing to feel like if I have been in Church all my life, but I really want to know how an unbeliever feels.

These questions come to my mind in a week that I have heard to little scripture read aloud and, as I'm focusing on this Worship courses, I'm paying more attention to this.

I'll continue my research and post to this blog to see how people react...

Friday, November 07, 2008 

Category: Sports

If my memory serves me right, my first experience of true personal worship was when I was 8 years old.  I went to a Christian school in Caguas, PR, where I was taught, besides my regular classes, religion.  We used to go every Thursday to a chapel and have a 'student oriented' compulsory worship service.  I learned a lot of Christian songs that I still remember to this day. 

This particular day, I was at home, by myself, singing aloud a bunch of Christian songs.  The Holy Spirit came over me, filled me and I ended up crying of joy and surprise.  This is my first memory of a spirit-filled worship moment.  No one was watching me.  Nor I have any music to help me sing.  A true out-of-my-heart song caught God's attention and He filled me with His Spirit.

Focusing on the time and space languages perspective, I believe this Godly encounter breaks all the "regular" rules.  I wasn't at a church building, chapel or camp, neither happened at a specific church or family celebration or special day.  This happened as a natural response of God to my time of personal worship through singing and celebrating him, at a regular school day.

Now, the consequence of this experience, eventually, drove me near God in a church that nobody at home went to.  I started going there because a school friend invited me and some other friends.  From the first moment I went to that church I felt the love of their members and hence, the love of God toward my life.  The building, location or place was not of any significance to my worship experiences. Don't get me wrong.  I do appreciate all the things I lived at that church, but for me, they could have happened anywhere else and I would still feel the same.  The God I worship is much more important than where I worship Him.

Interestingly enough, I do recognize the importance of the language of time because, by doing this exercise I have remembered particular experiences in my life that should be "present" every day on my mind, helping me remember that our God, is one of presence, power and revelation towards all of us.  I believe that all church members should keep a diary of all the things God puts in our hearts, all the prophetic revelations He has given to all of us through other preachers and prophets, all the prayer petitions we have and, most of all, all the provision and miracles God has worked in our lives.  This diary would encourage us, not only to write down specific details about our Christian living, but help us remember all the things God has done in our lives, and help us remember from where the Lord has gotten us out.

Monday, November 03, 2008 

Current mood:  happy

Hi to all! This is my first official posting, as I'm beggining the Essential Red's course. 

I'll be spending more time here, so please subscribe and I'll keep in touch.

God Bless!!!

   Luis