Like many of you, I grew up, where alcohol ruled. The spirit
of religion condemned. The focus WAS on our faults, and shortcomings instead of
on God’s Goodness and His love for us.
To say the least, I did not feel I qualified for “HIS LOVE”.
Even if He DID love the whole world, it meant everyone else besides “ME”. God
was hard to please and very far way….(see Ephesians 2:12-13).
Our Consciousness focused on memories “HE” had of “my/our”
mistakes. Instead of an understanding that He had “thoughts of Peace for my
Supply”. It never occurred to me that God was “FOR” me and not against me.
I received Jesus at age 9 asking Him to be my savior. I was
baptized in the Holy Spirit at age 14 & called into the ministry to be a
Pastor. When I graduated from Bible College at age 19 and became an assistant
pastor, it was more out of duty to God than out of a response to His love for
me thru Jesus.
When a Heart attack attempted to take me out of this world
Dec 8, 2011, The LORD spoke to me directly that “He LOVED ME- LIKE HE LOVED
JESUS & that He needed me to start LOVING PEOPLE like He loved them.” (See
John 17:23). I had never heard this before. It changed me.
The decision to go to Africa in 2012 was a response to that
new revelation. A choice MOTIVATED not to GAIN His LOVE, but in response for
SUCH GREAT LOVE I had now received. Ephesians 2:10 tells us that we are
“recreated in The Anointing of Jesus for good works, which God has prepared
beforehand that we should do them.”
2012 was intended as a onetime six week mission trip to
visit orphans and widows. As a
businessman, I had been in the top percentage of the salespeople in my company
since 1995. Our intentions were to take a leave of absence and then return to
normal. At the end of that trip, we were
invited to return to Africa in 2103 to preach an 8 day believer’s conference. The
2013 invitation developed into a 3 month, 8 village, two country preaching
crusade. In 2014, Stacey & I were stretched into being changed from two
people on a onetime mission trip into full-time missionaries operating a
ministry that has now preached “The Finished Work Of Jesus Christ-Redemption” in
4 continents and 8 countries in over 25 locations thru Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda,
South Sudan, Israel, Haiti, Canada, and America.
STACEY & I have just
under four months to resupply for 2016 to keep us preaching the Love of God to
the lost world. The HARVEST IS READY!
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