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I'm looking forward to our service tonight. Our guest speaker is Bro. Cecil
Robinson from Middleton, TN. I made my first trip into a Pentecostal church
25 years ago, the summer of 1982. He was preaching a revival at a church
that a friend had invited me to. I was a long way from Pentecostal, believe
me. In fact I thought you folks were all wacko, weird, and crazy! That is
what I had been trained to believe by my parents. My dad was a medical
professional and president of the local country club. My mother was a
Southern baptist and we believed all of the Pentecostal people were religious
fanatics as my dad liked to say.
It's amazing what one visit by the presence of God can do to a person's
perspective. I entered that service in 82 thinking there is no way I would
ever be a part of this type of church. I left that service, went home, and
told my mother that if I ever went to any type of church it would be a
Pentecostal church. Why, because as Bro. Robinson was preaching, the
Holy Ghost paid me a visit, and I realized that there was something at work
here that I had never felt or experienced in my home church.
So, I am looking forward to hearing Brother Robinson minister. It has caused
me to reflect back on that eventful night in 1982 when I heard the Lord
calling.