If you could only see my now, well, actually, unless you had a flashlight, you couldn't! Why? Because I am sitting in my yard at 8:30 in the evening and it is dark! Why am I out here. Well, I was just reading some blogs and reflecting over this day, my ministry, my family and life. Why outside? Because it is sooooo nice! It is about 60 degrees and the sky is full of stars. The crickets are chirping and a plane is flying overhead. It is heavenly. Before I go on, thank you Sharon Ponchot for being my typing teaching in High school, cause I can't see a single key on this keyboard, but my fingers are doing well.
Today! Wow! First of all, I SLEPT IN! Now that just doesn't happen in our house. Caleb wakes up at 7ish no matter what. However, last night he stayed with Grandma B and was on the way to Dale Hollow Lake this morning. Lauren loves to sleep in, so when you add it up, I got out of bed around 9am! I had some breakfast and played with Lauren, then to the shower. I prayed in the shower for God to move on anyone who needed to receive Him as Lord and Savior TODAY! I then went to the church. You see, in my message on the WORD OF GOD last Sunday, I had challenged anyone who needed to receive Christ and be baptized (immersed) to come by the church between 10 & 2 today. Nothing happened for a long while. I sat in the worship center and prayed, read Scripture, cleaned the room and even started to study for a sermon series I hope to share early next year. Keith Wrassmann stopped by to see what was going on, then Jen and Lauren stopped by to say hello, but no one to receive Jesus. Jen went and got us some lunch and we ate together (it was really nice). I started back out to send a phone tree when I heard someone in the hallway and they said, "Brian, I am ready to be dunked". I was so excited. Mary Alten and her daughter Toni were coming toward me. I said, Praise the Lord and we went into the Worship Center to open up the Word and study together. Mary has been coming for about a year. She grew up Catholic and did the "religious" stuff but has never had a personal relationship with Jesus. We were about done and ready to pray when I heard more noise. I looked back to see John and Joyce Nunns and family. They were carrying bags with swim trunks in them! PTL! They begin to share how God has been working on them through their own study and prayer life and especially in the messages I have been giving recently. John grew up Catholic and Joyce grew up Lutheran. While they had ended up at a Scripture loving church over the past few years, they had never surrendered to Christ and been "born again." It was amazing to see how the Holy Spirit had worked on these 3 individuals over the past few weeks. IT WAS TIME! We got changed and I was given the amazing privilege of baptizing all three into Jesus for the Forgiveness of their sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit. It was awesome!!!
I am fully expecting God to do something unbelievable tomorrow! I cannot wait to worship him and allow Him to move and work at LCC! Don't miss a moment! I said a few weeks ago, "It is here". I still cannot totally define what that is, but folks, IT IS HERE and we will never be the same again!
The rest of my day was awesome. My wife and I had a Milky Way Latte, I got to cut the Dust bowl, I mean grass. I spent a wonderful evening with my daughter! Now, I sit out here and feel the amazing presence of GOD! Anything better? God only knows and I cannot wait to see!
God is good...all the time and all the time...God is good!
B Out!!