Joel 3:13 starts off saying,” Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe:” and the scripture ends with, “for their wickedness is great.” As I read this scripture, it made me realize this describes our nation and the world. On the one hand people are hungrier and more receptive to the Gospel than I have ever seen, but as we have all seen, the dark has gotten much darker. Hosea 4:7 in the amplified translation says, “The more they increased and multiplied in prosperity and power, the more they sinned against Me: I will change their glory into shame.” God has truly blessed and prospered our nation, but the more this nation turns from God, the more our glory will be turned to shame, which unfortunately has begun to happen. I love this nation and I long to see it turn back to God and to have His glory fill our nation. Obviously one person can’t save this nation, but if we all do our part in praying and giving and preaching more than ever before, than the great revival and awakening will happen, and God will heal our land. I know it is not too late and with God all things are possible. We must stand up against this evil because to not do anything against evil is evil itself.
In our last FFA state convention in Houston Texas, I saw firsthand how bad God wants the young people saved. The day I was to leave for Houston, hurricane Beryl had just hit the Houston area and so my flight was cancelled and the power at the Houston convention center went out. To make matters worse, all the flights for the next day to fly to Houston were completely booked. At this point, I prayed to God and said to Him, for the sake of the young people in Texas who will be saved because of our ministry, please do a miracle and get me a flight to Houston. God came through and got me a plane ticket supernaturally on a flight that had been totally booked up the last we checked. Also, the power was restored at the convention center in downtown Houston. Many young people were saved and ministered to because of these miracles. This also showed me that if we don’t give up, God will always come through because He is faithful.
Joel 3:14 goes on to say,” Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.” We need your prayers and support more than ever before because as we continue to minister, multitudes are in the valley of decision. A good example of this was when I ministered at the Florida FFA State convention in June, which usually has around 6 thousand kids attending. I started out with a large stack of follow up flyers designed for those who pray with us to receive Christ. By the end of the convention, I was left with just about four of them.
The next two of our outreaches we will be ministering to people from all over the world. The first one will be the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto Canada. I love this one because Toronto is such an international city so we will be reaching people from all over the world. Then at the end of August it is on to Boone Iowa for the Farm Progress show which is attended by farmers from all over the world.
Thanks so much for your prayers and support. James 5:16 tells us that “the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” Let us never forget the power there is in believing prayer.
