Upon arriving at Central City Baptist Church, it became evident very quickly that God was on the move in that church and community. Pastor Jenkins took some time with our team to tell us of one answer to prayer after the other. God had done so much for this church in providing for their building needs and spiritual needs, that it gave us great confidence that God had something great in store for the week of the Cola-Clash outreach.
Recruiting went well. We saturated the town pretty thoroughly as well as recruited inside a school lunchroom. God brought out 52 teenagers on the first night with 10 accepting Christ as their Savior. The second night was a battle. We had 65 teenagers in attendance and their spirit was tremendous! God was giving great liberty to me in preaching when a tornado warning went off and we all had to head to the basement. I have never had to stop preaching after having only dealt with sin and hell. It was very unsettling and dissatisfying to end there. But, we trusted God. Satan wanted to thwart the Gospel, but God wanted to let it simmer. The next night we saw the harvest. Praise the Lord!
One 18-year-old young man spent well over an hour in the counselling room agonizing over whether or not he would accept the Lord. The pastor and I both dealt with him, but ultimately, he decided to walk out without Christ. It is hard to let a kid like that go, but we have to be willing to entrust them to the Lord. We did, and we prayed. That night, after 11:00 when we were just finished cleaning and packing up, the young man returned. He wanted to be saved! The Holy Spirit of God had won! He drew him back, and He drew him to Himself that night! Praise God!
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