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A Coming Move of God that Won’t Fit in Any Building, But Will Sweep the Streets of the Nation!
In the 1970’s, the Lord carried out a powerful and sovereign move of His presence that swept the entire nation, that eventually reached the nations of the world, and it is continuing to bear fruit to this day. This move of the Holy Spirit was know as the Jesus Movement. The Lord recently revealed to Greg Lancaster, “It’s going to be the 1970’s again”. God is going to do it again. In a recent conversation, Greg Lancaster was able to sit down and share some unforgettable moments with longtime friend, and brother in the Lord, Jack Hollis, and talk about what God is about do again in America and in the nations of the world.
When we look at what the Lord revealed to Greg, we want to do all that we can to prepare for this great coming wave of God’s presence. We cannot focus on the limitations of our ‘buildings’, and our ‘organizations’ in order to prepare for such an unprecedented move of God’s Spirit. As Greg points out, “what God was doing then, the people that had the books and the committees, didn’t want them to come into their churches. And, so God was moving outside, like He did with Jesus; they didn’t let Him come into buildings. He was moving in the streets, and in houses, and moving all over the place!” As a man who has walked with the Lord for more than 50 years, Jack Hollis has personally witnessed a similar move of God when He came to the Lord in the 1970’s during the Jesus Movement.
Jack talks about those beginning days when he was ministering to people as best as he knew how, and was led to an old TV shop. In the middle of a time worshipping the Lord, Jack’s attention was suddenly on a man that was walking by. “[The man] came over and opened the front door, and he stepped just inside, and he had a 6-pack of beer; and he sat it down, and he sat on that beer while we were worshipping.” Jack knew the Lord was drawing this man. “I knew, the whole time he was sitting there, I’m thinking, ‘God just drew him in here’”. Jack recalls that this has happened time and time again where people found themselves at the church gathering where Jack was pastoring, and end up staying. After one particular woman was given directions to connect with a fellowship of believers, she arrived to find that she didn’t know anyone present. “I don’t recognize anybody”. Geno, a man in ministry with Jack Hollis, responded to her, “well God sent you here, that’s why you’re here”. At the end of the gathering, this woman knew it was the Lord that directed her. “You were right, [the Lord] sent me here, and this is where I’m gonna stay.” This is what God does!
A Coming Move of God that Won’t Fit in Any Building, But Will Sweep the Streets of the Nation!
“GAZILLIONS” of Hippies on the Beaches Flock to Beach Preacher & Listen for Hours! The Jesus Revolution! Part 10
During the 1970’s, horrific tragedies were taking place across the nation as the daily news cycle and media were declaring continual calamities and heartbreak. Interest rates were steadily climbing, ultimately peaking in 1981 at the highest they had every been in our nation. Gas lines would stretch for miles. The Vietnam War was taking place. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. It was as if increasing darkness was over an entire nation. BUT GOD! It was during these realities and events that the Lord poured out His Spirit sovereignly upon an entire generation that ultimately swept across the entire nation. This was the Jesus Movement! God did it then and He is about to do it AGAIN!
Can you feel the same oppressive heaviness in the land today? Everybody is feeling it. You are not alone. It’s a demonic strategy of the adversary because he knows his time is running out and the Lord is about to do great and mighty things again in such a holy and powerful way that it will dwarf what took place in the Jesus Movement. Pastor Jeff Johnson of Calvary Chapel Downey shares how the Lord touched an entire generation. “The Lord just chose, for this time, to pour out His Spirit upon this troubled youth”. David Guzik, Pastor of Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara shares how the Lord moved upon Chuck Smith, founder of Calvary Chape, to be the catalyst that would reach these young people. “What Pastor Chuck did was he brought these lives that were being changed in this outpouring of God, that is often being called The Jesus Movement, and he really connected them to church.” It’s incredibly important to understand how many perceived what the “Church” was and how Chuck Smith helped people overcome mindsets. Pastor Guzik continues, “Many expressions of the Jesus Movement were ‘anti church’. They were sort of ‘anti-establishment’, but Chuck brought these lives that were being changed and he really brought them into the Church, and he really brought them into ministry. He brought all the fruit down to the place simple enough to where we could receive it.” Nobody had in mind what the Lord was about to do, or what He was doing. Not even the hippies who were being drawn to the Lord Jesus Christ knew what God was doing. Only the Lord did! No man or religion could have worked up a sovereign move of God like this. It was the power of the Holy Spirit!
When we truly begin to understand that God loves us and has a plan for each and every one of us, and that begins to impact our hearts, there’s no telling what the Lord will do in our lives. It’s not about religion. It’s not about working something up or living a life of works in hopes of being acceptable before God. That’s exhausting and that’s not what God has called us to. That’s why He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, into the world. The Lord knew we couldn’t do it, so He sent His Son to live the perfect life FOR US! God never wanted you to live a life full of defeated mindsets. He called you to live full of liberation and freedom!
Pastor John Henry Corcoran, of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, was one of those hippies that was radically touched in the sovereign move of God during the Jesus Movement. As he remembers, “Gazillions of hippies crawled off the beaches of Southern California to come and listen to God’s Word being proclaimed by Pastor Chuck Smith.” There was such a hunger in the air to learn about Jesus Christ that people would listen attentively for hours. Pastor Corcoran continues, “the studies would go on for over two hours. He’d teach the Bible for hours.” These were the people that society deemed to be the least likely that could be brought to the Lord. But God had other plans. How could these people who were anti-establishment, anti-government, anti-God, be so hungry to learn and listen to the teachings of the Word of God for hours? IT’S GOD!
This is what it looks like when people are hungry for God! What is the number one sign of a healthy baby when they are born? They are hungry! You don’t have to remind them to eat! They are eating all day long! If this is true in the natural sense, would it be any different in the spiritual sense when someone is born again in Christ? Chuck Smith declared the simple truths of the Gospel: the Cross, the Blood, the Kingdom of God, repentance, sin and salvation. When people are hungry for God, just share the truth of the Good News of Jesus Christ and watch Holy Spirit convict hearts and draw people to Himself. When a sovereign move of God comes, it’s not going to be like it is now. Distractions and drudgery is everywhere in this present environment. When the Lord pours out His Spirit sovereignly, HE IS THE TOPIC. HE IS THE SUBJECT. ALWAYS. EVERYWHERE. When we begin to get a sense of what that looks like we suddenly realize the incredible urgency of preparing now so that we can be a part of what the Lord is doing. Are you preparing now?
A sovereign move of God will take everyone by surprise if you’re not ready for it. This is exactly what happened on Father’s Day 1995 at Brownsville Assembly of God, in Pensacola, FL. Evangelist Steve Hill was preaching that day on the Wonders of the Lord for Pastor John Kilpatrick. As Steve Hill was talking to everyone who was listening, every one is attendance was already referring to previous messages, thinking this was just another day. But everything changed when Steve Hill started praying. The presence started increasing, gradually, more and more, and there was sudden awareness God was here. Pastor John Kilpatrick declared, “GET IN! THIS IS GOD!” Imagine you knowing that God is coming and you can take this time now to prepare for this great sovereign coming move of God! This is that! GET READY! GET READY! GET READY! GOD IS ABOUT TO DO IT AGAIN!
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A Coming Move of God that Won’t Fit in Any Building, But Will Sweep the Streets of the Nation!
In the 1970’s, the Lord carried out a powerful and sovereign move of His presence that swept the entire nation, that eventually reached the nations of the world, and it is continuing to bear fruit to this day. This move of the Holy Spirit was know as the Jesus Movement. The Lord recently revealed to Greg Lancaster, “It’s going to be the 1970’s again”. God is going to do it again. In a recent conversation, Greg Lancaster was able to sit down and share some unforgettable moments with longtime friend, and brother in the Lord, Jack Hollis, and talk about what God is about do again in America and in the nations of the world.
When we look at what the Lord revealed to Greg, we want to do all that we can to prepare for this great coming wave of God’s presence. We cannot focus on the limitations of our ‘buildings’, and our ‘organizations’ in order to prepare for such an unprecedented move of God’s Spirit. As Greg points out, “what God was doing then, the people that had the books and the committees, didn’t want them to come into their churches. And, so God was moving outside, like He did with Jesus; they didn’t let Him come into buildings. He was moving in the streets, and in houses, and moving all over the place!” As a man who has walked with the Lord for more than 50 years, Jack Hollis has personally witnessed a similar move of God when He came to the Lord in the 1970’s during the Jesus Movement.
Jack talks about those beginning days when he was ministering to people as best as he knew how, and was led to an old TV shop. In the middle of a time worshipping the Lord, Jack’s attention was suddenly on a man that was walking by. “[The man] came over and opened the front door, and he stepped just inside, and he had a 6-pack of beer; and he sat it down, and he sat on that beer while we were worshipping.” Jack knew the Lord was drawing this man. “I knew, the whole time he was sitting there, I’m thinking, ‘God just drew him in here’”. Jack recalls that this has happened time and time again where people found themselves at the church gathering where Jack was pastoring, and end up staying. After one particular woman was given directions to connect with a fellowship of believers, she arrived to find that she didn’t know anyone present. “I don’t recognize anybody”. Geno, a man in ministry with Jack Hollis, responded to her, “well God sent you here, that’s why you’re here”. At the end of the gathering, this woman knew it was the Lord that directed her. “You were right, [the Lord] sent me here, and this is where I’m gonna stay.” This is what God does!
When we give our lives to the Lord, we so desperately want to serve the Lord with all of our hearts and imagine what it looks like to live a life completely devoted to the Lord. What does a life consumed with the love of Jesus Christ look like? Sitting down and having a conversation with Jack Hollis, a man who has been walking with the Lord for more than 50 years, reveals that encouraging life story. Greg Lancaster recently had the immense privilege of spending time with Jack and talking about some of the miraculous testimonies that the Lord did through Jack’s life. One of these moments was when Jack and wife Shelly would take time to spend weekends at a one-bedroom cabin to minister to people. One particular weekend, the cabin was filled with 30 people who were hungry just to learn about and grow in the things of the Lord. They would spend hours singing together and worshiping the Lord, and then Jack would share a message from Scripture.
Talking with Jack, Greg recalls that season of the 1970’s as a sovereign move of God as the Lord was drawing so many people to Himself through family. As he shares, ‘it seems like some sort of pattern in the 70’s were, were in this thing as a family, we are connected, the Holy Spirit just connected everybody as a family. There was no time limits. I love being with you. I love being with God. Were eating together. That was just the season.’ What a beautiful moment to recall and remember as the Lord was doing so many wonderful and awesome things amongst His people. It was during this time that Keith Green was building on raw land to have housing and disciple as many people as he could in the things of the Lord.
Isn’t that what is missing today? When people say they love the Lord, do they love the Church? Do they love those that are next to them? One minute the person who says they love God, is now the person that is crucifying you. How does that make sense? As Greg expresses, “if I love you, then I love Jesus. Then if you love me then you love Jesus and our love for God is measured by our love for each other.” If this is what God expects of us, and if this is what is written in Scripture, how did we get where we are today? Why is there so much religion absent of the presence and love of Jesus? We can’t walk in the love of Jesus without our hearts being broken for the things that breaks the Lord’s heart and seeing others and Jesus sees them. Greg recalls that moment when Ken Sumrall, his spiritual father in the Lord, was suddenly overcome with the Father’s heart for the pastors in his community. “I think he was preparing for the message the night before or something, and all of a sudden God just came down and broke his heart and He said you know, basically, ‘My Church is fatherless. All these pastors are fatherless.’ And it just shifted everything.” Think about this important truth. Of all the words to be used in language, God is described as our Father. We HAVE to tap into and connect with this reality. This is river of truth that every area and portion of our lives most flow from.
Jack underscores this important reality by stating this vital truth; “everything is about the Father”. Jack continues to talk about how the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit always glorify one another. When he talks to people about praying, he reminds people to always pray to the Father. If we’re not praying to the Father, we’re wrong. “It’s wrong. Jesus Himself said you’re never going to ask me for anything again. Ask the Father in My authority and He’ll give it to you. He said, don’t ask me for anything. I’ve already given you everything.” This is why Jesus started off the Lord’s prayer with this important words in Matthew 6:9 “Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.”” This is what Jesus has done for us. Jesus has provided us access to the Father. As John 14:6 reveals, “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” As Jack describes in his own words, “Jesus has given us the entrance into the presence of the Father”. We’ve made it about everything BUT the Father. As a man who has walked this Earth more than 80 years, it’s incredibly wise to listen to the wisdom that one would share. Jack expresses the vital revelation that came to him only a few short years ago, “This thing is all about glorifying God. It’s not about any of that other stuff.”
If we leave Jesus out of the reality of this moment we call life, we will have seriously missed what everything is all about. Greg describes an encounter that he had with the Lord, given to him in a dream, that has forever marked him and impacted his life. “I was standing at the doorway, outside the Throne Room, and the door was opened, but not fully opened, and the presence and awesomeness of God, was just fearful.” Greg continues to talk about the indescribable reality of what it’s like to experience such a profound reality. “It’s not like you can’t bring something up in His presence. It’s like, there’s no room for something else other than Him. As I was standing there, the one thing I think about, you know cause it’s about accessing Him, like you said. I was like, ‘JESUS! I NEED TO FIND JESUS!’ Because Jesus gives us access to this awesome, holy, perfect, God.” Encounters like this don’t simply leave you unchanged. Greg also briefly points out how, in a previous encounter with the Lord, he was shown the Lord on the Cross, and in another encounter, he was able to embrace and fully hug the Lord. Now after experiencing the Throne Room of God, he says, “I’M TERRIFIED! That’s the whole thing. Jesus gave us access.” What is immensely powerful to realize and truly connect with, is the fact that this awesome and holy God loves us and wants a relationship with us.
It is such an encouraging breath of fresh air to have a conversation with those who are down to Earth and humble. Jack Hollis is one of these men and his life is a wonderful, joyful testimony of the faithfulness of the Lord. Greg Lancaster was recently honored to be able to sit down with Jack and take the time to talk about some of the wonderful miracles that the Lord has done through Jack’s life. It is such an honorable to recognizable moment when someone has the heart desire to pastor God’s flock, to care for them, and demonstrate the love of the Lord to each of them. Jack has been a pastor in his hometown of Marianna, FL for decades, and has had such an influence upon his community, as Greg shares, he has “one thing that the Lord has used you in and what you’ve been faithful to do is literally, pastor a city”. At his recent birthday celebration, Jack’s son Quinton recognized the profound impact that Jack has had upon his local community; “no matter who they were; no matter whether they went to your church or not, when crisis hit, you’d be the first one they’d call”. Even when Jack and wife Shelly were financially broke themselves, they did all they could in those moments of need for others to help them pay their utility bills or to help them with rent. What a beautiful moment demonstrating the love of Jesus to those around us!
As Greg continues to point out, Jack is a man who continually demonstrates his heart of gratitude to those around him, he doesn’t keep it in his heart. When Jack walks past a table of law enforcement officers, he makes sure to take the opportunity to express how grateful he is for them AND to pay for their entire meal. What may seem like a simple act of kindness and generosity has the potential of changing someone’s life. As a former law enforcement officer himself, Greg empathizes the profound influence of those actions. “Being former law enforcement…very few people do that…It was so depressing some of the things that we had to do in law enforcement, to have some kind words, or an extra helping of this, or ‘we appreciate you’, it just changed everything.” Not only did Jack continually love on his community around him, but also continually spoke at the local university for the Baptist Campus Ministries and Fellowship of Christian Athletes events.
Jack recalls one particular moment speaking at an event that he recalls many of those who were present “went to church”, but yet they had never given their lives to the Lord. He knew that being able to connect with them personally would have an impact on them. “If you want to talk to me about anything, here’s my phone number and just let me know..” After following the leading of the Lord and sharing a prophetic word for two young athletes who were present that day, they made sure to express to Jack that they had taken down his phone number and would be calling him. As Jack says, “that’s what it’s all about”. In those moments and years, his devoted wife, Shelly, would be faithfully ministering alongside him to all of those who were in need. There was such a hunger for the love of God, that Jack recalls being able to minister the Word of God for 9 hours straight and people would faithfully attentively listen.
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PLEASE FATHER! A Desperate Cry of a Humble Grandfather Crying Out For His Lost Grandson
It is such an encouraging breath of fresh air to have a conversation with those who are down to Earth and humble. Jack Hollis is one of these men and Greg Lancaster was recently honored to be able to sit down with Jack and spend time together. In this discussion, they share the sobering reality of Jack’s grandson, Nick, who does not know the Lord. Greg shares how there is a prayer community that is continually lifting up Nick in prayer for 24 hours, every Monday. As his grandfather, Jack recounts Nick’s swimming abilities at early age of two years old. “He’s a brilliant young man. He’s got so much talent.” Jack continues to share how musically talented Nick is as he can pick up a guitar and just start playing. One day when Nick was visiting Jack, Nick did the same thing when he decided to sit down at the keyboard. “I didn’t know you played the keyboard.” Nick responded, “I never tried until right now.” Unfortunately, as Jack describes, “He was so good, but he threw it all away on marijuana and other stuff.” As Jack, and the entire Hollis family has been praying and interceding for Nick, Greg interrupts their conversation to intercede for Nick. “Well Father we just lean in and just say please… rescue him from this situation. Bring him to Yourself and if You’re merciful in such a way, bring him back to his family. God we pray. In Jesus’ name.” In these moments, that’s all you can say. “Please, Father!”
Many people have asked Jack how to pray for Nick, but as Jack tells them, “that’s why you got the Holy Ghost. Nobody knows how to pray unless you got the baptism of the Holy Spirit.” Greg points out the important truth of having a relationship with the Lord, in order to be able to discern His thoughts and know what to pray. “God says He reveals His thoughts to men and it’s for us to discern what He’s saying through Holy Spirit. If you don’t have a relationship with Holy Spirit, how are you going to discern what He’s saying through the Holy Spirit?” We have to remember that God is not limited to the English language. As Greg continues, “get out of this American mindset, and get into praying in tongues, and the power of the Holy Spirit, and He’s just going to breakthrough.” For some reason, we are focused entirely on ourselves when we pray in English. But, when we pray in tongues it sounds more like, “SEND ME TO THE MISSION FIELD GOD!”
It so incredibly encouraging to have people who have lived life, and seen the faithfulness of the Lord do great and mighty things in their lives, to walk alongside us and share their lives with us. In this exciting moment, Greg Lancaster continues his conversation with longtime friend and brother in the Lord, Jack Hollis and talks about Jack and his wife Shelly faithfully led a radio station for 27 years sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. When Jack and Shelly sold the radio station, they planted a seed with Greg Lancaster Ministries that helped birthed the ministry that it is now today. As Greg recalls, “and then, you came to our launch, and you spoke a blessing and prophesied. The things that the Lord laid on your heart has come to past and is continuing to come to pass. Since then, we’ve reached every single country in the world.” It such an incredible blessing to know that there are people that are faithfully standing with you in loving the Lord. Jack talks about how they received support for their radio station as desiring “grass roots” supporters versus that one large donor. “If you got a thousand people giving a dollar instead of one giving a thousand dollars, you’re a lot safer.”
It is such an encouraging breath of fresh air to have a conversation with those who are down to Earth and humble. Jack Hollis is one of these men and his life is a wonderful, joyful testimony of the faithfulness of the Lord. Greg Lancaster was recently honored to be able to sit down with Jack and take the time to talk about the importance of Phileo love and loving others in our lives. The relationship with David and Jonathan was so close, that the Bible describes in 1 Samuel 18:3, “Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul.” As Jack points out, many people share their own opinions and confuse their relationship saying it was a homosexual relationship. “Ya’ll just don’t understand love. That’s the thing”. Jack is also reminded of the moment when Jesus restores Peter into ministry when He asked Peter three times if he loved Him. In John 21, the Bible recounts how Jesus had cooked some fish for His disciples, or as Jack likes to describe it “brim and hushpuppies”.
Specifically in John 21:15, When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” Jesus was asking Peter if he loved Jesus more than the fish, as fishing was the life that Peter used to live. Fishing was his old life, before Jesus called him to be his disciple. Jesus asked Peter if he loved him more than the fish three different times. As Jack shares, “that was agape love. The [Peter] said yes. Then [Jesus] asked him a second time. ‘Do you agape Me more than you do this?’”. As Jack continues, the third time Jesus asks Peter, that is when He gets down to the crux of the matter. “The third time, the one that really got em’, you know, broke him down, was when He said ‘do you phileo Me?’” When we understand the reality of phileo love, we understand the reality of what Jesus was asking Peter. “And that’s fellowship love. That’s the kind of love that you want to be with them.” This is what Jesus was asking Peter, and it’s so important that we look at Scripture from Jesus’ perspective and not the world’s perspective. If we look at the Word of God from the world’s perspective, we will get it wrong every time. When Christ gets a hold of our lives and our hearts, we can’t help but to be transformed and begin growing to love others the way that Christ loved us, selflessly. Jack has been so powerfully impacted by the love of the Lord that he can’t even bring himself to harm the life of a deer, as he used to be an avid hunter, and when he sees a turtle in the middle of the road, he will stop traffic to make sure it gets across safely.
Alcoholic Drunk Cries out to God on Hospital Room Floor to Save the Life of His Wife and Son
It is such an encouraging breath of fresh air to have a conversation with those who are down to Earth and humble. Jack Hollis is one of these men and his life is a wonderful, joyful testimony of the faithfulness of the Lord. Greg Lancaster was recently honored to be able to sit down with Jack and take the time to talk about the story of Shelly almost lost her life giving birth to their son Quinton. At this time of their lives, they lived in Daytona Beach, FL, driving their car over the sand dunes. Little did Jack know, Shelly suddenly started experiencing labor pains. Shelly had said that she needed to go to the emergency right then and there. When Jack arrived, the doctors on staff didn’t speak English. It wasn’t the most peaceful moment. Jack recalls the difficulty that he had trying to communicate with the doctors. “After they had her back there, they wouldn’t let me come back there. And I mean, they were hateful.” At this time in Jack’s life, he didn’t know the Lord, and it didn’t help the situation that he was drunk. Jack’s attempt to communicate with the doctors wasn’t helping the situation either. “I just really was so upset, and I was so belligerent to the doctors and nurses, and I cursed em’, and I yelled.” To make matters beyond worse, the doctors had to deliver the pressing bad news of Shelly’s condition. “We can’t do anything. She’s losing the baby and we’re losing her. You’re gonna lose both of them right now.” Jack pleaded with them, “you can’t do that! You can’t do that!” They had done all that they could do.
It was in that moment that Jack remembered that his mother had taught him to pray. Even though Jack didn’t know the Lord, and was drunk, he still insisted on calling out to the Lord. As Jack reminds us, “people say that God wouldn’t hear a sinner. Yes He will.” And that is what Jack did. He prayed! “You know God. I love them. I may not show it, but I love them and I ain’t even seen the baby yet.” Surprisingly enough to Jack, the Lord responded to him. “You showed your rear-end in that foyer in front of all those other people. Now you go back in there and talk to Me in front of all of them.” Jack didn’t have a doubt in his mind. He knew it was the Lord and obeyed to do exactly what the Lord had told him to do. So there Jack was, on his knees, praying in a chair, in a hospital waiting room. You can imagine the judgments and thoughts of the people around who were witnessing this moment of a drunk man praying. As Jack highlights, “don’t ever judge that. It was the most serious moment of my life.” All he could ask the Lord was, “PLEASE! PLEASE!” What he didn’t realize, was that a nurse came up to him and interrupted his prayers. “I need to talk to you.” Jack’s worst imaginations took over. The nurse continued to share Shelly’s updated status. “We don’t know what’s happened, but all of a sudden, everything is fine. The baby is fine. Your wife is fine. And we’re probably gonna release her and let you take her home in about half an hour if she stays the same.” Jack’s prayers didn’t stop just because God answered his prayer. He gave thanks to the Lord, OUT LOUD! As Jack continues, “and let everybody in that room know it, and it was a witness to all of them that God heard a drunk.” Since that moment, Jack told the Lord that he would never touch another drop of alcohol again. God was so merciful to Jack as it was until 4 years later that Jack came to the Lord.
Jack may not have given his life to the Lord, but the promise he gave to the Lord was as heartfelt sincere as they get. As Jack explains, he is very serious about his promises. “I am fearful about keeping my word to God.” As Jack talks about being mindful of his words, he recalls a king in the Bible who was flippant with his words and said that the next thing that greets him, he would offer up to the Lord as a sacrifice. What this king didn’t know, was that it would be his daughter that would greet him. He was a man of his word and he sacrificed his daughter unto the Lord. As Jack points out, “but he kept his word”. Jack even once shared a message about that king and the important lesson that we can learn from him. Someone questioned Jack, “are you saying that he shouldn’t have killed her?” Jack replied, “I’m saying he should have said such a foolish promise”.
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