Speaking of the HS you and I referred to...what I LOVE most about him is his prayer life. Whether he is here or at home, he stops whatever he's doing at the same time every day and goes to pray. When he was here visiting, my kids were in the room with him, and he just prayed right there with them in the bedroom. I'm sure that will make a very positive impact on them later, if not now. And it's not a showy sort of thing--he's just consistent and makes it top priority.
Yes, he is a man of prayer. We used to go to the church at 5:30 AM and pray during the weekdays. I was very young at the time, and hadn't learned to pray like he could, but I loved to go just to be around him.
If we are referencing the same man I do know him personally. Pastors a grewat church in Columbus, GA but keeps very much to himself.
While I was the editor of the District newsletter I would publish some of his writings. I pressed him to publish but thus far have not been successful. If I can find the old files I will post a couple of the articles.
My SIL comes out of the Columbus church. I got to visit there as a child.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
My SIL comes out of the Columbus church. I got to visit there as a child.
I've known Bro. Harold Sheppard and his family since I was 14. They are like family to me dearly loved.
They have a website, I get homesick when I visit , plus I feel very OLD as all the children are grown now and have grown chldren.
Some of the greatest men ever
George Clinton
Elbridge Gerry
Daniel D. Tompkins
Richard M. Johnson
George M. Dallas
William King
John C. Breckinridge
Hannibal Hamlin
Schuyler Colfax
Henry Wilson
William Wheeler
Brother Raven, isn't Elder Dugas the one who wrote some books?
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Yes. Paul Dugas was the editor of the Apostolic Contender and several books. He was the step-son of Andrew Urshan and the father of Tim Dugas of St. Louis.
Many of the first people that come to my mind when I think of heroes are not preachers, but wonderful saints that I have had the privilege of knowing.
"Mary," one of my heroes, suffered with a debilitating case of MS. I watched as it took, first the use of her legs, and then began its insidious process in her arms and upper body. I learned to hate MS as I watched it steal the joy of life from this vibrant lady one inch at a time.
Mary was a faithful lady, a hard working unsung hero. She never preached a sermon or sang a solo, but her portrait hangs in my memory's hall of fame. I watched her care for a dying husband, faithful to the end, to the detriment of her own well being. She had to be lifted, carried, and wheeled into the hospital, but she was determined to be with him, and to care for him until the lingering end, and she did. She was a faithful wife.
After her husband's passing, she continued, by sheer grit, to live in the home that they had shared. She bought a van equipped with a lift, and found a couple who would pick her up for church, and she was there both Sunday services. She was a faithful saint and I will treasure her memory as long as I live.
My parents.
My grandparents.
My oldest sister and her husband
Carroll & Priscilla McGruder
Shirley Shelton, my first teacher, and someone I KNEW cared deeply about my soul.
Jack Sanders, the principal of the Christian school I attended in high school. One of the wisest men I've ever met, and just good through and through.
Nona Freeman
Priscilla McGruder
My current pastor, Keith Townsley
Carl Ballestero
Elijah Brady
Bobby Tidwell
The people who have invested in me (spiritually), or have inspired me the most would be:
My parents & grandparents.
My oldest sister and her husband.
Pastor Townsley
MB, if I may ask, where is the Bobby Tidwell that you know from?
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