Too long have we been waiting for one another to begin!The time for waiting is past! The hour of God has struck! War is declared! In God's Holy Name let us arise and build! The God of Heaven, He will fight for us as we for Him. We will not build on the sand, but on the bedrock of the sayings of Christ, and the gates and the minions of Hell shall not prevail against us. Should such men as we fear? Before the whole world, yes, before the sleepless, lukewarm, faithless, namby-pamby Christian world, we will dare to trust our God, We will venture our all for Him, We will live and we will die for Him and we will do it with His joy unspeakable singing aloud in our hearts. We will a thousand times sooner die trusting only in our God than live trusting in man. And when we come to this position the battle is already won, and the end of the glorious campaign in sight. We will have the real holiness of God, not the sickly stuff of talk and dainty words and pretty thoughts; We will have a masculine holiness, one of daring and faith and works for Jesus Christ.
Christ's call is to feed the hungry, not the full; To save the lost, not the stiff-necked; Not to call the scoffers, but sinners to repentance; Not to build and furnish comfortable chapels, churches, and cathedrals at home, in which to rock Christian professors to sleep, by means of clever essays, stereotyped prayers and artistic musical performances, but to raise living Churches of souls among the destitute, to capture men from the Devil's clutches, and snatch them away from the very jaws of Hell, to enlist and train them for Jesus and to make them into an Almighty Army of God! But this can only be accomplished by a red-hot, unconventional, unfettered Holy Ghost religion, where neither Church nor state, neither man nor traditions are worshiped or preached, but only Christ and Him crucified. Not to confess Christ by fancy collars, church steeples, or richly embroidered altar clothes, but by reckless sacrifice and heroism in the foremost trenches.
Above was quotations taken from the ministry of CT Studd. I am convinced that America needs revival. I am also convinced that God wants me and other young men to be vessels that God uses to spark a revival in this nation. To do that, we need an audience of people. I have a desire to preach the Word of God and no one will tell me otherwise. There are young men that I know right now that want to preach their hearts out but they have no where to do it. For some reason pastors will not open their pulpits to young preachers. At least that is what I have experienced since I have graduated from seminary. Maybe some have had different experiences
Church should be about worshiping the one and true God. This is why I have such a passion for people and for preaching the Word of God. I sincerely love people. I have a passion for souls and I have a passion for God's people. So my challenge to you is to love people. Love them because doing so will please God. Let people know that you genuinely care, and be truthful to people. Honesty is always the best policy. I do not know what life holds for me. I am completely at God's mercy, and He can do whatever He wants to do. So as of now I am letting the Church of God know that I can not quit no matter how heartbroken I feel at this present time. I do sometimes despair of life itself, but you know so did Paul. He had times where he felt like quitting and throwing in the towel, but He held onto the promise that God would deliver Him and come through for Him in the end. The Christian life is not easy. It is full of setbacks and many trials, but the Lord in His vast knowledge is molding us and shaping us to be more and more like Him. I have to admit that these past few weeks have been the roughest of my entire life. My faith has been tested, and my hopes and dreams have been crushed. I am living the exact words that I preached in a small church in Hawkinsville just a few weeks ago when I told them to never quit. I loved that church that I preached in, and I loved those people with all of my heart. My problem is I get too attached to the people of God that when something does not work out it devastates me. I wanted to be at that church for a long time, but it did not work out. Did I question God? Absolutely. Do I understand why I am not able to be in that church for a long period of time? No. But God does. H e is sovereign and He alone knows all the answers. So if you have been devastated by circumstances that did not go your way, know that you are not alone. You can call on me and I will listen. I love you all, even the people who have hurt me. I wish them nothing but the best in life. Was that hard for my flesh to say? Absolutely. But the Spirit Man in me over-rules the flesh and tells me to love with all of my heart. I pray that God will give me and other young men pulpits to speak in, so we can proclaim the love of Jesus and that Jesus is the only way to Heaven. Pray for me and I will do the same for you.
Your Brother in Christ, Tony Workman
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