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Twenty Six Rescued as We Care Campaign Closes in Oklahoma
"VERY SKEPTICAL!!!!!!!!
"As the campaign started, I still had my doubts, but I decided to participate, so I took the team which I was on, to visit a lady I knew. I had put her on my “Ten Most Wanted” list. When she saw us coming, we didn't even have to go to the door. She met us outside on her street in front of her house and studied with us there!
"She told us that last Sunday she had prayed that God would send someone to her. (In fact, she had driven by the church building the night before, she had seen the RVs parked on the lot and prayed there God would send someone to her. And this story took place the next day!) When we finished the study she was ready to obey the Gospel. We took her to the building immediately and baptized her. We have a new sister in Christ!!
"My doubt and skepticism was taken out of my life! God does provide! Matt. 19:26 - With God All Things Are Possible! When we take our eyes off Jesus, the doubt and fears take over!"
Twenty one new Christians in Ongoing Campaign in Oklahoma
Forty five Cadre and other workers have come to Cordell, Oklahoma, from ten states to join hands with wonderful local Christians at Fourth and College to win souls. As of Friday morning, 21 have obeyed the Gospel in Cordell, Oklahoma. Another is waiting to obey as soon as his chaplain allows it jail. And even another has been restored to his first love.
Some have told us they are looking for the Lord. Others have that heart that if someone were to simply confront them, they are open and honest to the Word of God and have obeyed. That is, they thought they were right with God, such as did the Apostle Paul at one time in his life, but someone on our teams confronted them, they were open, and now their sins are truly washed in the blood of the Lamb. They are those who have the tenor of mind that are open.
Thirteen new Christians in Ongoing Campaign in Oklahoma Forty five Cadre and other workers have come to Cordell, Oklahoma, from ten states to join hands with wonderful local Christians at Fourth and College to win souls. And after only four days of hitting the streets, as of Monday afternoon, thirteen have obeyed the Gospel in Cordell, Oklahoma. Another is waiting to obey as soon as his chaplain allows it jail. And even another has been restored to his first love.
Several of this number actually have told us, “I have been praying God would send someone to me! One of our teams asked if she knew anyone who needed someone to care for her with, maybe, groceries. And she said, “I need God!” And now she is a sister in Christ!!
People are merely waiting to hear the Gospel, people who love the Lord, but like Apollos of old, they need to taught the way of the Lord more accurately. Like the youth director at a local church that "baptize" babies, that is, they merely sprinkle a little water on the head or make a wet cross on the forehead. Well, the youth director is a young lady. And she did herself obey the Gospel of Christ and is now a sister in Christ. People love the Lord and are full of integrity with the scriptures. They will even obey under great difficulties. Like the one on Monday morning. Monday morning a father and son obeyed. The son has M.D., and it took a team of brothers to carry him into the baptistery to baptize him, wheelchair and all. (See picture.) All they need is Christians getting out of their church pews and going to the community!!
One obeyed the Gospel as we began Sunday morning assembly. Another obeyed after he heard the lesson on Hell Sunday night. Here are the stats so far: One out of every two doors knocked found someone home; one out of ever three people found home has resulted in a Gospel Presentation; One out of every five Bible studies has resulted in someone obeying the Gospel!
Does “door knocking” work? Well, we have thirteen and more in five days so far that can best answer that! You might as well ask, “Does the blood of Jesus save?”
It's in the approach. People will listen! People are looking! People WILL obey!
Stay tuned to this page for more rescues coming up maybe momentarily! |
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Seven obey, now third day,
Cordell, Oklahoma campaign
We are counting five who have obeyed the Gospel, another waiting permission in a local incarceration situation, and another has been restored to the Lord.
You must meet Calvin Rodgers, rescued on Friday of the campaign. Reggie Gardner and his team … one we called the “Over The Hill Gang,” found Calvin at his apartment in a retirement center. Now Calvin is only 34 years old, but he is there because he is totally disabled. You see, when Calvin was just 16 years old, he did the unthinkable. He played Russian Roulette … and lost. He spun the cylinder of a .357, then pointed it to his head, just in front of his right temple, and pulled the trigger. And it fired. It went completely through his head and out the left side, following a path right behind his eyes. But he won too. He lived! Yet, he lost his eyesight, all but about 40% of his left eye. His right eye is now glass.
Meet Calvin Rodgers |
And meet the rescuers for Calvin. Aubrey Parsons, right, got out of the Assisted Care living quarters in Texas to come and win souls. He travels nearly minus two miles per hour ... but you can't keep up with him. Then, Syble West, left, is legally blind. Could it be said of this one, "The blind were leading the blind, and one fell into the baptistery!" Thank you, Reggie Gardner, middle, for leading the team and teaching Calvin! |
Calvin was standing outside his apartment door and the team stepped up and started the We Care approach.
Reggie painted word pictures for Calvin to see the Gospel. And he did. When they got down to the final verse, Acts 22:16, Reggie read it to him. And Calvin sat there. Total quietness. Then he exhaled loudly. And he asked, “Would you read that again?” So, Reggie did. And he sat there again in quiet, somber thought. Then, he asked a second time, “Would you read that again?” And Reggie did for the third time. And Calvin said, “Yes, I need to do that!”
Does Calvin know how close he came to Hell? Does he!
Meet Calvin Rodgers, God’s new child, now on his way to Heaven, one happy man!
Next, meet Renate Robison. This lady was in a nearby town, “housesitting” for a friend. One of our teams was there working. Renate actually lives in Cordell, but she was there, and our team went there to meet her? Yes! Praise God, they found her. And she is today overwhelmed that so many love her, people she is just now meeting and are accepting her into the family!
With two more who obeyed at noon on Saturday, mother and grown son, that makes seven now. We’re finding out about these latest two.
So, as the souls come to the Lord in this campaign, check back on our site. The campaign is now in session and will be throughout next week.
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Two become Christians first morning as campaign begins in Cordell, Oklahoma!! |
Cordell, Oklahoma - The campaign started Thursday morning, and immediately two obeyed the Gospel! Kathy Hendricks (Cadre) and her team found Dawn at home! They knocked onedoor and found her. And Dawn opened up her heart to the Lord. Dawn had been baptized earlier in her life, but after hearing the Good News of Christ, confessed she yet needed to"obey the Gospel" of Christ! And in tears she, still in the baptistry, and Kathy, outside it, hugged and cried with joy!
Next on the first morning, a letter carrier in the church in Cordell, knowing just about everyone in town, took his team to a lady he knew, Vickie Bartlett. They drove up and in front of her house and had a prayer. As they finished praying and were getting out of the car, Vickie came out the front door to meet them. And what did she tell them? She too had been praying God would send someone to her. They ended up back in the car, avoiding her dogs in the house, and there she learned the words the lead to eternal life, the Gospel of Jesus! People are looking!!! People will obey if they ever hear the cut-the-fat, get-to-the-muscle GOSPEL of CHRIST!!
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