and God so amazed us like He always does. you can prolly imagine the type of crowd we were workin with...."summer school" enough said right? i myself was part of the 5 year summer school plan at C.L.A and i remember everyone including myself were not too happy about participating in a 1hour chapel considering at that point in my life i was not a follower of Jesus and neither was 95% of the rest of the bunch.....
well, thursday the crowd looked just like the crowd from my summer school days= "hearts of stone" with faces to prove it. well, the band opened up with 3 rockin songs and then finished with Tab breakin out a lil GHOSTFEST "the more i seek you" and at that moment you could just sense the presence of God overtake the room. well by the time i got up to speak the table was already set and i could just sense that God was bout to do something.....i really didn't know what to speak on and i only had 18min to cover whatever i was going to, so i just preached the raw gospel.
billy graham once said," the only regret i have is that i didn't preach the gospel enough." that thought rang in my heart and i knew i may not get the chance to speak to these students ever again and i definitely didn't want to walk away with regrets so i went for it. at the close of the service the altars were flooded with students weeping and crying (ya..at summer school) and i couldn't believe it! we began praying with the students as the band began to play the song "Jesus paid it all..." and at a place in the song the lyrics say," Lord, now indeed I find
Thy pow’r, and Thine alone,
Can change the leper’s spots
And melt the heart of stone."
WOW! thursday it was not good music or good preaching that changed anything...man cannot do what i saw...only the gospel of Jesus Christ can melt a heart of stone. i hope i never forget the power of the gospel...there's nothing more precious and more powerful than that...nothing. the crazy thing is that over seven years ago i had i dream of me preaching at CLA...i actually sat down the principal at that time and told him that i felt God wanted me to speak to the school and here we are seven years later and God gave the band and me an opportunity to serve. WOW! Habakkuk 2 says,"For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail Though it tarries, wait for it;For it will certainly come, it will not delay.
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YEAH!
God can do amazing things with 2 types of willing hearts: Willing to obey, willing to believe. You obeyed, they believed; You believed, they obeyed.
That was very encouraging, thanks for sharing. Keep servin'.
That's incredible!
-Alex Pilgrim
Yeah Tweez thats awesome bro I cant wait to get back with you guys man I herd Summer Camp was sick and the Ghost fell, and lives were changed keep preaching like you know how bro. IN HIS GRIP
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