Serving

Wow! Tonight, God spoke an incredible message through Pastor David about serving. I didn't get to hear all of it because I was out tending to my daughter who had been stung by a bee. Anyway, what I did hear was powerful and if I was not already serving, I would definitely be serving after knowing my pastor's heart.

What is really cool, is that some of the time I was out in the hall talking with a brother and just fellowshiping, and we talked about someone that he had met recently who was a Jehovah's Witness. This person was in the service today and needed to know Christ. Without hesitation, this brother went straight to the person and witnessed to them and served whole heartedly, giving everything he could claim as his own to God and selflessly served someone in need.

Praise the Lord for true servants. I want to be that kind of servant. One who is bold and unashamed. Thank you brother for the incredible example. I won't give out his name because I don't want to steal his reward, but I will say that he works in the church as a full-time servant, which is exactly where God wants him to be.

Street Fishing - Thack

Tuesday, we made another trip out to the infamous Yum-Yum's restaurant for some more street fishing. And once again, God was at work in that place. As soon as we sat down for Joel to eat his meal, a man named Thack came up asking if we would buy him a meal. Joel jumped up without hesitating and ordered him a couple of hotdogs. We invited ourselves to join him with his meal and immediately started talking about God.

Thack is homeless. I didn't know this, until after I was insensitive enough to ask if he lived around here. He had just been approached by another gentleman about a church related event called "change". We don't know anything about the church or the event, but Thack simply said, "this is my night for God people". I told him that God had a message for him tonight and that was getting obvious to him quickly. Since a message was what God wanted for him, a message we gave him.

The message was about our sin, God's judgment on that sin, the sacrifice for sin that Jesus gave, and eternal life in Heaven for those that make Jesus their Lord or eternal death for those who refuse Him. Thack listened pretty well and we left him with a decision to make. The gospel was presented very clearly since he was willing to give us about 30 minutes or so of his evening.

We prayed with him and he went on his way. He didn't accept Jesus as Lord while with us that night, but we were obedient by telling him about Jesus and for that we are so very thankful. I'm thankful that God chooses to use us, broken clay pots, to give the message of salvation. Praise the Lord, is all I can say. I never in a million dreams had thought that I would be fishing for men, and after the last couple of times out, I can't dream of not doing it. This dieing world needs Jesus, and sometimes we are the only glimpse of Jesus that many people ever get.

Harvest Crusade 2006

http://www.harvest.org/crusades/2006/anaheim/index.php/69.html

This year's Harvest Crusade is going to be webcasted and I greatly encourage everyone to watch if you can't attend. Follow the link above and get connected. There is a link on that page to the webcast, so be sure to be there Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. You won't regret it.

If you can't attend or get the webcast, or even if you can, please get involved by praying for the ministry and for those that will attend who don't yet know Jesus as their Lord.

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