call

calling sinners to repentance

shortly after i was saved, church members indicated to me that they thought i had a special calling on my life. But i still needed to hear a word from God to confirm this and to tell me what He wanted me to do. God confirmed my call to preach His word after i returned from a trip to falls creek (a church camp in oklahoma). the pastor allowed the campers to share a few minutes from the pulpit about what they had experienced the week before at camp. when it came my turn, i spoke passionately about what God was doing in my life. not only did i feel at home behind the pulpit, but also through that experience, God showed me that he had gifted me with the ability to communicate his word to others publicly.  i knew God was calling me to preach.

after being baptized and joining new greenleaf baptist Church in tahlequah, oklahoma, i shared with my pastor what God had called me to do. i surrendered publicly and the church began to allow me to preach. they watched as i grew in the Lord and they decided to license me on january 13, 1993. two years later they would ordain me into the ministry. ever since I started preaching, it has been, outside of my relationship with Jesus and my wife, the highest priority in my life. i know that I am called to preach because there is absolutely nothing else in this world that i want to do. nothing else makes me happier than to use the gift that God has bestowed upon me for His glory. the number of people i have seen saved, the tremendous opportunities to travel and preach, and the outpourings of the Spirit all confirm that this is what i was born to do.

“not to us, O LORD, not to us…”-psalm 115:1

preaching in bartlesville, ok