Joel Graduated CBC & Evangel. Itinerated over 50 different churches across the nation, but nothing was happening. He was hammered with difficult church outreach stories where he made grandious efforts to draw people into his church where God seemed to be telling him it wasn't about the thousands, nor the hundreds… but the one!
He had to give a family the darkest decision they would ever have to face with making the decision to cut the life support to their brain dead daughter who was thrown 40 feet from a car speeding @ 85 miles/hour.
Time and time again there were what seemed to be failed attempts to draw people into the church.
One cold day in December in Texas, a construction crew had a mishap where they had 8 dump trucks full of extra crushed concrete that they no longer had any use for. This cowboy came and asked Joel if he wanted it. Joel said yes and that night they had more than 170 people attend their church service.
God is BIG on teaching lessons to His children. Sometimes the ones that need the most education are the ones that claim no need for it. Nothing could be closer to the truth! We cannot place ourselves in the position where we believe we have it figured out. There will always be things that we overlook. Success is not a packaged formula- especially spiritual success. Joel emparts to us the knowledge that all ministers must understand in a practical sense: Never Stop & Never Stop Learning from God! We need to remain faithful in spite of our frustration to know that God is in control.
A place for my thoughts, concerns, and defenses for the Christian faith.
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