![]() ![]() Remember, I'm not a pastor, I'm just a believer going to church. You know, those big, giant baptisms that would be attended by thousands of people and as it turns out, I got the schedule wrong and I missed it.Īnd so I found a group of Christians sitting there on the sand, singing some songs. I went down for a baptism being held by Calvary Chapel down in the days of the Jesus movement. Well, as it turns out, He did call me to preach, not far from that beach where I lived that first lady to the Lord. And I'll make a fool out of myself and I never aspired to be a preacher, trust me when I tell you that. I thought it was gonna be a really random place like the supermarket when I'm checking out and the Lord will sweep my heart and say, "Preach the Gospel". One on one, I was never a public speaker, kind of a person, I was more of a behind the scenes guy and I always had this secret fear that one day God was going to make me preach. Well, I really started to enjoy talking to others about Jesus. And you know what? Something happened to me too, I realized that God could use someone who knew very little to share the Gospel. She prayed it after me, a prayer of asking Jesus to come into their life and she opened her eyes and she said, "Something just happened to me". I found a little prayer, I let her in that prayer. And she closed her eyes and I'm frantically searching this booklet for what do you do now? I had planned for failure, not success. I said, "Oh great, well, hey, let's pray". ![]() In other words, "Are you saying you want to accept Jesus Christ right now"? She said, "Yes". I looked back down, wait, no, no means yes. I'd look up at her periodically, she was just looking at me, and I got toward the end of the little booklet and a question was asked, "Is there any good reason why you should not accept Jesus Christ right now"? I looked up at her, oh, that's a question, is there any good reason why you should not accept Jesus Christ right now? She said, "No". I'm just reading through it and as I'm reading through it, I couldn't wait to be done because I knew this was a failure, I knew I shouldn't have done it, I knew it wasn't gonna work and I just was kind of rushing through it. Law one, God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life". So I just started reading it to her, "The Four Spiritual Laws, Copyright 1968 Campus Crusade for Christ. So sit down, and I was so new to all of this, I hadn't even memorize the contents of this booklet. So, my voice was shaking 'cause I was nervous and I said, "Hi there, could I talk to you a little bit about God"? And she looks up at me and says, "Sure". I was looking for someone to talk to and I found a middle aged lady that looked like she might not give me too hard of a time and I walked up to her and I had hair back then, so try to use your imagination, that sort of blond surfer hair like this, here's the picture of what I used to look like, so you can get a better visual. So I went out on the beach of Newport, armed with a copy of the "Four Spiritual Laws" printed by Campus Crusade. Well, I had a thimble full of Biblical knowledge, but I knew that I should tell others about what Christ had done for me. And I heard my pastor say, I should go out and share my faith. Let's go back in time a little bit, I was a young man, 17 years old, a brand new Christian. ![]()
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