His Story Ministries

Students Reaching Students

Every week anywhere from 70 to 120 students sign up to be missionaries to their middle school, junior high school or high school. These students make a 5-fold commitment to Pray, Live, Tell, Serve and Give.

In my opinion those are commitments that any Christian should make as part of their commitment to be a follower of Jesus.

Each of these students receive 5 copies of the Book of Hope to give to their unsaved friends. His Story Ministries mails the books direct to the campus missionaries house. Those students are instructed to select 5 people who do not know Christ, pray for them on a regular basis and to give them a copy of the Book of Hope.

We receive many testimonies from these students about their friends coming to know Christ as a result of receiving the Book of Hope.

Thanks to each of you who support this ministry with prayer and finances. You are a valuable part of this process and partnership.

You can now make donations online to the ministry. Just click on “partners” then “donate” Your donation will be processed through PayPal and you will receive a receipt from His Story Ministries.

July 19, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

Why Pass Out Bibles?

Those involved in ministry have probably asked themselves the question more than once, “Why am I doing this?”

So here is my question, “Why am I involved in a minstry that is basically involved in passing out portions of the Bible to students? Does it do any good?”

Rather than respond with a pragmatic answer (sharing testimonies of which I have many to share) to my own question, I will respond with a foundational answer–the why is because I believe in the transformational power of God’s Word. There is nothing else that can change lives like the gospel.

But will kids read the Bible? Jesus told the story of a farmer who sowed seed. Unfortunately, 75% of the places the farmer sowed were not conducive enough to produce a harvest. Yet interestingly Jesus did not condemn the farmer for being careless or not being more selective, He simply rejoiced in the truth that some of the seed fell on good ground and produced a harvest. (Matt 13:3-9)

My job is not to get people to respond to the gospel, my job is to sow the seed of the gospel. The Holy Spirit is the one that gets people to respond. Without Him working, no one can come to Christ.

So, I will keep passing out Bibles and getting others to join me.

July 10, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

Double Standards?

The bulk of our democratic system is based upon the premise that adolescents are not mature enough to make some decisions. Consider that adolescents cannot vote, they cannot legally purchase alcohol and they cannot drive until they reach a certain age. Many states have laws that keep adolescents under 18 from purchasing tobacco products as well.

We have a juvenille court system that treats young offenders differently than older offenders under the premise that the young people are not mature enough to understand the implications of their wrong behavior.

I find it interesting though that in this same culture for some reason we think adolescents are mature enough to make their own decisions about sexual involvement. Schools can pass out condoms, 13 year old girls can get abortions without their parent’s knowledge and young people can be taught sex education classes that most of us would find offensive. Isn’t this a double standard? I mean, what we are saying is that a kid is mature enough to make a decision about the sexuality but not mature enough to vote.

Let me make it clear that I am not upset at the young people. I am upset at adults that don’t have the backbone to take a stand on an issue that has more affect on teenagers than the right to vote. Just my musings.

July 2, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

Thirsty?

A few days ago I was in a meeting of our district presbyters. For the devotion the Superintendent had invited a Baptist pastor to share how he had been baptized in the Holy Spirit.

This pastor’s testimony was extremely refreshing. He simply related how he was hungry and thirsty for God. He kept seeking God, he checked the Word and became convinced that God had more for him. On a Sunday afternoon while he was seeking God, he was gloriously baptized in the Holy Spirit. There is no way I can communicate the spirit with which this pastor spoke. While he was speaking I felt I also received a fresh baptism in the Holy Spirit. His hunger and thirst for God just “oozed” all over him. He was like a “kid with a new toy.”

Why don’t we see more of that? Has God changed? Or is it that we are not hungry and thirsty for God? He that hungers and thirsts…will be filled.

Lord, I am thirsty! Lord, send me a fresh touch of your Spirit.

Blessings

Cecil

June 26, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

The youth camp went great. The very first night, I told the campers I was an old man and gave them my age. I felt like it would be better to address the issue than to keep them guessing. We had incredible services and great interaction with the campers. One of the staff workers told me he overheard two campers talking and one said to another, “for an old man he sure preaches with a lot of energy.”

My translation of that is, “I believe what I preach and preach what I believe” It is called passion. That is why I always endeavor to preach God’s Word. Blessings!

June 19, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

Youth Camp

I am privileged to be speaking at a youth camp this week. It is exciting to see that students are hungry for God. Did I practice what I “preached” on my last comments? Yes! Core beliefs will be demonstrated by actions. So basically this week, I will be preaching the Word to these campers.

It is the only thing that will last and it is the only thing that will change their lives

June 3, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

Core Beliefs

My core beliefs will determine my course of action. To say it in reverse, my actions will demonstrate my core beliefs. One of my core beliefs is the power of God’s Word. For that reason, I promote the usage of God’s Word in the evangelism of youth and children.

If I only approach ministry to people based on their felt needs, I will never minister to their real needs. I believe God’s Word will not only minister to their felt needs, it will uncover needs they did not know they had.

How many people do you know that say, their felt need is sin in their lives? We must face the fact that there are a lot of people sinning and having fun doing it. Yet I so believe in the power of God’s Word, that the Word will not only uncover the sin in their lives, but will also give them power to overcome sin as they seek forgiveness from Christ.

No wonder the Apostle Paul said that he was not ashamed of the gospel (the Word) for it was the power of God unto salvation.

Cecil

May 28, 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments »