Good Morning Family and Friends!
I just prayed that each of you would wake up today with a STRONG SENSE of victory! That you would feel good from the moment your conscience is powered up! So give in to that HAPPY feeling deep in your soul… take the gift and go out to live your perfect Friday!
Thanks for all the positive feedback on the videos… it means so much to know how much they are blessing you guys and gals!
I have to tell you about this guy Ricky Lee Wade (similar to the late great martial arts legend, Bruce Lee) lol. Ricky has an amazing story and uncommon passion for evangelism! After living quite a few years addicted to drugs and way down in the lowest gutter, Ricky gave his heart to the Lord at Destiny Family Center a few years ago! Since that day, God has blessed Ricky and the transformation is as good as it gets! He married a beautiful young lady, has a beautiful son, and another child on the way!
Well, Ricky Lee was at the Sunday night “30+ Thoughts on Effective Evangelism” meeting… and that moment was like pouring a forest of gasoline soaked logs on a bonfire!
On Monday, Ricky went to an apartment complex and walked around asking folks if he could pray with them about anything on their mind. People were very receptive and Ricky prayed from apartment to apartment. During one of these moments, Ricky was on the porch with a lady and her daughter… they wanted Ricky to lead them through the prayer of salvation. As Ricky got ready to do so, a police officer interrupted and asked Ricky to come to his car. A person had called the landlord about a suspicious man walking around… and the landlord called the police.
After everything checked out ok… Ricky was released to continue with his efforts. He went back to the apartment with the lady and her daughter and prayed with them as they gave their lives to Jesus! As he was walking away from that apartment, the cop asked Ricky to come back to the car. He told Ricky that he had talked to the landlord and that Ricky was cleared to be there any time he wanted… that the work he was doing was a blessing to that complex.
Ricky then asks the police officer if there is anything he can pray with him about… and ten minutes later the man gets out of the car and turns his life over to Jesus… right out in the middle of the parking lot in front of everyone!! Way to go Ricky Lee… thanks for putting good teaching into better ACTION!
The inspiration for this kind of evangelism is found in the following video clip from Sunday night! I hope todays video adds tremendous value to your amazing lives! We love you and we’re praying for you! Tootalooooo!
WHOA!!!!
PASTOR CHUCK THAT CLIP TO ME IS SO POWERFUL! I HAVE BEEN THE MAN ON THE BLOODY WAY. I SPENT A YEAR THERE AND EVERYONE KEPT PASSING ME BY. UNTIL I WAS SLAP IN THE FACE WITH A REALITY CHECK AND WAS WELL ENOUGH TO GET MYSELF (NOT TRUE, GOD CARRIED ME) TO A PLACE WHERE I WAS WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS AND LOVE. NO ONE KNEW I WAS HURTING AS BADLY AS I TRULY WAS.
THEN AS I SKATED ALONG WHAAM OOO!! I GOT HIT WITH A SECOND BLOW AND WHILE I WAS SHUT AWAY. AWAY FROM EVERYONE I KNEW AND LOVED AND EVERYONE FROM WHOM I COULD DRAW ANSWERS FROM, MY SPIRITUAL AWAKENING TOOK PLACE.
THROUGH THAT SPIRITUAL AWAKENING I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ALSO LEAD SOMEONE TO CHRIST AND I AM FAR FROM DONE. GOD PUT A FIRE WITHIN ME THAT I HAVE NEVER FELT BEFORE AND GROWING UP IN THE CHURCH DIDN’T GIVE IT TO ME AND GOING TO DIFFERENT CHURCHES AS AN ADULT DIDN’T GIVE IT TO ME. IT TOOK A YEAR OF TURNING MY BACK ON GOD, 61 HOURS OF TOTAL MELTDOWN, AFTER MELTDOWN, AFTER MELTDOWN, AND GOD PEICING ME BACK TOGETHER ONE TINY PEICE AT A TIME, HIS WAY, THAT BROUGHT ME FULL CIRCLE TO THE LIFE I AM LIVING TODAY.
GOD IS GREAT. THANK YOU GOD FOR BEING SO LOVING AND FORGIVING!!!
Wow Ricky Lee. God is amazing and I am so blessed to hear your story!!!! Thanks for sharing Chuck. I pray we all get over our fear of rejection to God’s word.