Hey everybody!
Yes, I know it has been ages since I have updated. I am truly sorry for that! I have been extremely busy, although that is no excuse.
We left First Baptist Sulphur a week ago today. God did some truly incredible things! I have never experienced anything like it and I praise the Lord that He allowed me to have even a small part in it. What happened at Sulphur is something that, truthfully, can only be explained by God and His hand at work among His people.
We got there on Friday and met our Host Families for the duration of the Summit. I had the wonderful privilege of staying with a pastor and his family. They were such a blessing! This church had bathed the time leading up to the Summit in prayer and we could sense the Spirit already at work in His people. The Senior Pastor was a man ready for God to break into the church and change the "norm" that seems to infect the church across America. All of these things prepared and paved the way for God to do something incredible at First Baptist Sulphur.
Throughout the week, spontaneous times of prayer broke out, relationships were healed, marriages were restored, sins were repented of, and lives were changed forever! The senior pastor called all of the church members to pray everyday at noon. He challenged them to pray that God would break them of their complacency and apathy. He told them to pray that they would be broken of sin in their lives and in their church. Church members got up in front of the church and asked for forgiveness. People that had been contemplating divorce reconciled and allowed God to restore their marriages. Children, while in their clubs, broke out in prayer meetings. They were praying for their parents in the sanctuary and for themselves, that they would see and experience God. Most importantly, God was there in that time at Sulphur. He is still there! He is continuing to move and work in that church even after we are gone!
You see, Life Action Ministries does not bring the Holy Spirit with us when we get to a church. Nor do we take Him with us when we leave. There is nothing special about us. We are just people that followed His calling on our lives to carry this message and burden for an apathetic American church. We have seen Him do incredible things even in our very first Summit. I am extremely excited about what He is going to do the rest of the year! I am praying and seeking Him for bigger things!
Candies Creek, are you willing to seek His face for what He wants to do in our lives in April? Are we going to pray and seek Him wholeheartedly, knowing that He is going to change lives? And when God does move, do we realize that we can't go back to what we were before? Do we realize that it would be worse for God to move and we go back to the "norm" afterwards than if He didn't move at all??
I love you guys. Again, I apologize for being so late in posting! Thank you for your patience. And thank you for all the birthday wishes for tomorrow! It means the world to me!
Reid
