New Leadership

While I write this there is sadness as well as excitement in my heart. 3 years ago the Lord laid Hellfire Ministries on my heart and He has done wonderful things with it. But as God grows us He prepares us for the next step in our walk and how we are to serve Him. As of September 1st I'll be stepping down from Hellfire Ministries and turning everything over to Richard Mills. Whether it stays Hellfire Ministries or changes the name or whatever is between Richard and God. God has lead me to be the Director of Evangelism and Outreach at Dellwood Baptist Church. I know what your saying "NO your being sucked into a building" but the more I thought and prayed about it and about the situation with our churches the only way they will change is from the inside. The only way they will change is if we through Gods guidance are willing to go in and change them. I'll still be helping Richard when I can, no way I'll be off the streets completely and hopefully have some extra people with me. We must lead by example, we must train up people on how to share their faith, give the gospel and help them get over their fears. I thank everyone whose supported Hellfire over the years not only financially but with your time as well. Hellfire's been an awesome ride and I praise God for the opportunity! Dellwood, put your shoes on, it's time to get busy!

Share the Gospel

When we share the gospel we must look at Jesus himself. With the woman at the well we see some things that He did. One of the main things He did was let her talk. He let her say what was on her mind and then He responded to her. We have a tendancy to just wanna preach to someone but we must also shut up some times and listen. That's what Jesus did. He let the person He was talking to speak as well. Sometimes I think in our zeal we just wanna beat someone over the head with the gospel, that's not how Jesus did it and that's not how we're to do it. The best way to learn how to do something is to watch the Master. Read John 4 and see how Jesus handled the woman at the well. We can learn alot about how to share the gospel by seeing how Jesus talked with her. Take time to read the passage and break it down and see what Jesus did then take what you've learned and tell someone about Jesus!

For His glory!!

Alot of my friends don't know this but I have to praise God. This past weekend as I was laying in a hospital bed they gave me the news that they had found something in my left lung. They said it could be one of three things, pnemonia, a clot, or the big C. I began to pray. Lord if it's your will to bring me home I'm ready. I didn't pray for healing, I prayed that His will be done. If it was my time and that's how I was to go so be it. If not, then I knew He could take it away. As they wheeled me down for a cat scan to see what the spot was I continued to pray. I prayed for my wife and my three children and I prayed for my friends who I knew that this news would touch. I prayed that God would use this for His glory and you know what, He has. When the results came back from the CT there was nothing there, nothing at all. The xray showed a mass of something and the CT was clean. Nothing was there. The doctors couldn't explain it but I could. God is still in the miracle business whether you wanna believe it or not. Are you at peace with the Lord so that when your time comes you know that you'll be in Heaven? Does death scare you or do you know that when you take that last breath you'll be in the presences of Jesus? If you have doubts repent and believe in Jesus Christ alone for your salvation. God's word tells us that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, will you be present with the Lord? It's the most important question you could ask yourself today. I praise God that He has more work for me to do and that He has given me more time to see my children grow and given me more time with my wonderful wife, and more time with my friends that I spread the gospel with on a daily basis! I praise your name Lord and may I never waste another opportunity to spread the gospel of your Son Jesus Christ!