While I write this there is sadness as well as excitement in my heart.  3 years ago the Lord laid Hellfire Ministries on my heart and He has done wonderful things with it.  But as God grows us He prepares us for the next step in our walk and how we are to serve Him.  As of September 1st I’ll be stepping down from Hellfire Ministries and turning everything over to Richard Mills.  Whether it stays Hellfire Ministries or changes the name or whatever is between Richard and God.  God …

When we share the gospel we must look at Jesus himself.  With the woman at the well we see some things that He did.  One of the main things He did was let her talk.  He let her say what was on her mind and then He responded to her.  We have a tendancy to just wanna preach to someone but we must also shut up some times and listen.  That’s what Jesus did.  He let the person He was talking to speak as well.  Sometimes I think in our …

Alot of my friends don’t know this but I have to praise God.  This past weekend as I was laying in a hospital bed they gave me the news that they had found something in my left lung.  They said it could be one of three things, pnemonia, a clot, or the big C.   I began to pray.  Lord if it’s your will to bring me home I’m ready.  I didn’t pray for healing, I prayed that His will be done.  If it was my time and that’s how I was to go so …

The Lord blessed our family with a vacation to the beach last week.  As I was standing in the ocean feeling the pull of the tide I couldn’t help but think that that’s the way sin in our life works.  There is a constant tug and pull to fall back in our sin and into the world.  As we grow in Christ there is always something that will happen that will try to pull us out to sea.  We have to fight it with the power that’s within us that …

What is happiness to you?  Is it getting new things or maybe it’s about how much money you make?  Maybe it’s about how many friends you have to hang out with or maybe about your latest thrill.  If your happiness is not based on God then are you truly happy or are you just looking for the next thing to control your life?  Contentment can only be found in Jesus Christ.  If you live for the ways of this world you will forever be searching and will forever be lost.  …

One thing that I’ve come to be aware of are people who are out to make a buck off those in the ministry, not to mention those in the ministry lookin to make a buck off you.  My brother John Galloway has had a vision in his heart to help those in the ministry who would like a presence on the web but don’t have the funds to make it happen.  Check out http://www.inthestreet.org  My brother John is offering free sites to ministries that are looking to get on the …

I have this place in my yard where 8 times out of 10 when I weed eat around it there’s a snake in the brush.  I know this going in so I look and plan for it so I won’t be caught off guard.  We’ll imagine my surprise while concentrating and looking for a snake that might or might not be in the brush I start to feel a few stings on my back and wouldn’t you know it there was an underground yellowjackets nest and they weren’t too happy.:)  You …

Oh how easy it is to get sucked back into the ways of this world.  It starts out by missing a Sunday at church, then that’s followed by another.  Then pretty soon you’re not going at all.  Your prayer time starts to fade.  Your daily bible study becomes twice a week, then once a week, till finally not at all.  Then you start watching things and reading things that turn your attention back to the ways of the world.  People who were warriors for Christ with you try to contact you but you …

We had a meeting of Hellfire Ministry members yesterday and as I looked around I couldn’t help but praise God for the growth He’s provided.  A little over two years ago the Lord laid Hellfire Ministries on my heart.  We started with three members, myself, Kris Estep and John Galloway and just a couple of dates booked on the calendar.  Yesterday there were 12 people at the meeting that actively participant in the ministry and 16 events are booked for the month of May for opportunities to show the love of …

If you don’t mind I’d like to share some names with you…..
Tim, Jimmy, Josh, Joe, Nathan, Donnie, Irv, Cordell, Cheyanne, Raymond plus a family of three.  A father, mother and 3 sons.
These are people that God moved on in the shelter and as the shelter comes to a close this week until this winter I see the move of God on these people as I look back.  You see they all are now out of the shelter, holding jobs and living in their own homes now.  Some would be dead by now …