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Friday, April 23, 2010

Pre-Meeting Praise

I ALWAYS ATTEMPT TO ARRIVE EARLY FOR SERVICES AND STAY LATE. THURSDAY AT WILLIAMSBURG INDEP. BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE WAITING TO WELCOME THOSE MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE SERVICES. A VAN PULLED UP WITH THREE PEOPLE IN IT, I WALKED OVER TO GREET THEM WHEN I HEARD THE MAN ASKED FOR THEM TO GO ON INSIDE "THAT HE HAD SOMETHING HE WANTED TO TALK WITH ME ABOUT PRIVATELY".........SOMETIMES THIS CAN BE NOT SO GOOD BUT IN THIS CASE IT WAS WONDERFUL. THE MAN, FIFTY-SIX YEARS OLD, INDICATED TO ME THAT HE HAD GONE AS FAR AS HE COULD. I ASKED EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANT AND HE SAID "I NEED TO BE SAVED"........"I WOULD HAVE LET YOU KNOW ON TUESDAY EVENING BUT I AM AFRAID OF CROWDS".......THE LORD LET ME HELP HIM IN HIS DECISION TO TAKE CHRIST AS HIS SAVIOUR......HE PRAYED AND ASK FOR GOD'S FORGIVENESS AND FOR THE DEAR LORD TO SAVE HIM..........I PRAYED AND THANKED THE LORD FOR THIS UNSPEAKABLE OPPORTUNITY AND WE WALKED INTO THE CHURCH TOGETHER. HE INFORMED PASTOR OF HIS DECISION AND NEEDLESS TO SAY THERE WAS REJOICING. HE UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN BAPTISED HIS SALVATION WILL BE MADE PUBLIC!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

WILLIAMSBURG INDEPENDENT BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH, PASTOR CHUCK SPROWLS

PASTOR SPROWLS HAS BEEN THE PASTOR HERE FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS. WE HAVE HAD GOOD MEETINGS SO FOR THIS WEEK WITH THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR BEING USED GREATLY. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH NESTLED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTERAL PENNSYLVANIA AND COMPLETLY SURROUNDED BY LARGE MOUNTAINS. THE VIEWS ARE SIMILIAR TO THE PAINTINGS OF NORMAN ROCKWELL AND THE PEOPLE VERY KIND AND ATTENTIVE. WE HAVE HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF VISITORS EACH SERVICE WITH PASTOR JOHN LEATHERMAN AND MANY OF HIS FOLKS FROM HIS GOOD CHURCH IN ATTENDANCE LAST EVENING WITH PASTOR LEATHERMAN SINGING THE OFFRATORY. IF YOU ARE HEADED TOWARD PENN STATE THIS CHURCH IS JUST FIFTY MINUTES EAST. TRY IT - YOU WILL LIKE IT AND WANT TO STAY.

AFTERNOON OF THE 21ST A LADY FROM THE CHURCH WITH A THIRTY YEAR SON WHO IS A DRUG ADDICT ASK IF I WOULD MEET WITH HIM IN AN ATTEMPT TO LEAD HIM TO THE LORD. I MET WITH JOHN THIS AFTERNOON, HE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN SAVED; I ASK HIM AND SHOWED HIM 11 COR 5:17 AND HE SAID THAT HE HAD NOT CHANGED WHEREUPON I SAID IN ALL PROBABILITY YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN SAVED. HE AGREED AND PRAYED WITH ME THAT THE LORD WOULD FORGIVE HIM AND SAVED HIM. WE WALKED BACK TO THE PASTOR'S HOME WITH JOHN NOW ON HIS WAY TO HEAVEN AND A PROMISE THAT HE WOULD BE IN THE SERVICE TONIGHT. PRAISE THE LORD!