Our revival at Victory Baptist Church was well attended this week. There were many decisions each night at church and several at the academy during the morning sessions. You can keep up with the evangelist, Will Galkin at http://www.galkins.org/default.htm. He gaduated from Northland Bible College and earned a master's degree at Bob Jones University. He and his family traveled with the Steve Pettit team for six years (you can visit that site at www.spea.org). He did not play any instrument (my first questions to him) but was the assistant evangelist in charge of teen services. He came with the Pettit team the last two times at Victory, and for the past three years he has been out on his own. He relates to the young and older folks well. We had youth night on Friday and over forty teens were there, but his message was for everyone that night. After the service, the teens were dismissed for an activity time with pizza and games. Will made it a point to speak to as many "older" people as possible, which is something you do not always see from a visiting evangelist, just thanking them for coming each night. It is good to hear one of the "young" generation of evangelists that God is using today. His messages were very timely and I believe God spoke to many people through the Word this week.
Title: Total Commitment
Author: Woodrow Kroll
Source: Lessons on Living From Joshua
Numbers 32:11-12
Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and above, shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the Lord.
Fortunately, Joshua, along with Caleb, never had such moments of uncertainty. No less than five times (Num. 32:12; Deut. 1:36; Josh. 14:8, 9, 14) the Bible says Joshua "wholly" followed the Lord. There was no hesitation, no second thoughts, no vain regrets. Instead, he gave himself to be and do all that God desired of him. His life had no room for a "maybe," or a tentative "let me think about it." Joshua's mind was made up; he would totally serve the Lord.
When it comes time to give a clear testimony for the Lord, Christians often seem to be afflicted with a bad case of the nerves. They stutter and stumble and just can't seem to "make up their minds." George Gallup, in his studies on American church life, noted that America is a nation of nominal believers, many belonging to a church but few attending. They just can't make up their minds to take a stand for the Lord.
Let's put behind us all our indecisiveness. When the opportunity comes to take a stand for Christ, whether by witnessing for Him or simply identifying with a local assembly of believers, don't hesitate. "Wholly" follow the Lord.
This is from a daily email I receive from Back to the Bible, written by Woodroll Kroll. On their website, you can sign up for a free daily email "devotional". You can read this devotional in its entirety at www.backtothebible.org/devotions/
One more thing, Cindy's Uncle Kelsea sent us this link to an interesting, thought-provoking animation feature called "4 candles" at
http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/2529/4candles.swf
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