Friday, March 11, 2011

Sons of Thunder at the fair grounds

John it was a great night for the Lord! Thought you might like to know that we handed out 350 crosses which was actually 75 more than was handed out at Vallet Baptist. Thank you all for letting us be a part of SOT.
Your Brothers in Christ,
Saint Paul Meth Men
Glen

I have thought about the brother whose testimony talked about having blood of innocent people on his hands. I think we all can related to this when I consider that the blood of Jesus was on my hands because He died for my sins.
The wonderful part about having the blood of Jesus on me is that it washes me whiter than snow! Praise His name for the precious gift given to us on the cross.
I am grateful to the men who began SOT. Thank you, John for bringing this to Searcy. May this continue to prosper and grow and reach out to all of Arkansas.
In Him,
Nick

Sons of Thunder at the fair grounds

I can't imagine anyone walking away from the meeting last night and feeling any different than I do about our awesome God. I always come away from the meetings excited and refreshed. In fact, I'm always disappointed when I'm unable to attend due to other scheduled events involving my children. I'm thankful that our track meet was canceled.
Our young men need to be hearing these testimonies. Every father struggles with his own sinful nature and the difficulty of raising his boy to be a man of God. It obvious that our young men struggle with the things of the world too! They're constantly bombarded with the lies of what being a man is all about. I believe these testimonies share great insight to what it means to be a man of God. They are powerful stories about growth, transformation, love, grace, forgiveness, obedience, struggles, fighting, submission, surrender, godliness, salvation, etc. In essence, it's all about Jesus Christ!
Roddy Mote

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

SOt at Fair grounds


Another Great night last night, God bless you & your Organization team. The Sprit was Moving again Last night And it makes me Proud to see some of the 20 & 30 yr old filled with the spirit.

SOT at Fair grounds

Hey John,
Just wanted you to know that I had a guy with me last night that was his first SOT meeting and he left with tears in his eyes, said he had never seen a group of guys come together and worship Jesus like we did last night. Thank you guys for having the vision the courage to do this in this county. God bless you all!


Great meeting of SOT last night. This is my third time and I'm always inspired and a better man from being there. Thanks for all the work that you and the other guys do to put it on. I believe God is working through the SOT to bring revival to the men in the Searcy area and in turn blessing the families, women and children.
What do I need to do to get some t-shirts? I need one for myself, my son and three for guys in my prayer group - 5 shirts. I can get sizes. Thanks.

Sons of Thunder at the fair grounds

Guys, just a few thoughts about last night. We had the biggest attendance of any meeting so far. We tried to count and it is hard as you can imagine. The best we could come up with was approximately 535 guys show up. The guys from Fellowship Bible did a wonderful job with the food, worship and testimonies. We collected 277 jars of peanut butter and 139 jars of jelly this will really help those who are in need that come to God Sam. This being the first time we have been at the Fairgrounds we were a little apprehensive about it but the Holy Spirit show up in a big way. That just tells me it is not the church building, it is the guys who are His church, His disciple's, His hands and feet. This one other thought, on one of the sign up sheets we had 14 men from 10 different churches that is an amazing sign of unity. Our unity in our love of Jesus is just awesome. We love you guys and may God continue to bless you and yours.

Monday, February 28, 2011

1 week away guys

Guys, we are now a week away from another exciting spirit filled evening of food, fellowship, worship, testimonies and prayer. We are meeting at the White County Fairgrounds beginning at 6:30. Fellowship Bible Church is the host church this month and it promises to be a wonderful evening. They have requested that you bring a food item of either peanut butter or jelly this will be going to the Good Samaritan Ministry. They are having a old fashion cook out of burgers and hot dogs with all the good stuff that goes with that. They also have some very powerful speakers line up to give testimonies. I have not heard their worship band but have been told that they are very good so we are looking forward to the worship. We also have a couple of other special things line up for the evening. We fully intend to have you on your way home by 8:30. The men at St. Paul are going to have the Crosses to give away to put in your yard again this month so after you leave they will be out there to give out. Also they want the churches to know that if they would like to pick up some for distribution at their church they could get as many as they want. So if you would, get out the word to your friends and fellow church members. Remember this is all about Jesus and guys witnessing to other men of their love for Him. Guys try to bring son's and their friends with you. We need to know if you are coming so let us know if you have not already done so. May God Bless you and yours.

Your Brother in Christ
John

Thursday, February 24, 2011

March 8th meeting


Guys, thanks to Thomas Ritchie for sending this devotional that he received. It give clarity to what Sons of Thunder is all about.
ChristAsUs Devotional
Even the Bible itself is interpreted and understood in various ways, and so always becomes the center of sectarianism. Just in the same way, dogmas and creeds cannot bring Christian unity, because human minds are not so uniformly created that they can unite in a single dogma or creed. Even our understanding of Christ Himself cannot be the basis of unity, because He is too big to be understood by any one person or group, and therefore our limited understandings do not always coincide. One emphasizes this point about Christ, another that; and this again becomes the cause of divisions. If we will only take our fellowship with Christ as the center of Christian faith, all Christians will realize their oneness... All our fellowship, however varied, is with the same Lord, and the same Saviour is our one Head.

We are now less than two weeks away from our next meeting. Fellowship Bible is hosting the meeting at the White County Fairgrounds. We will start at 6:30 with an old fashion cook out of Burgers, Dogs and all that goes with it. We hope to have you on the way home by 8:30 or so with His Spirit glowing on your face like it did on Moses face when came down from the mountain. Remember this is all about Jesus loving us and us loving Jesus. If you have not let us know yet please do so by hitting reply and give us the number of guys coming with you. God Bless

Your Brother in Christ
John