Our last official Siege Team outing for the year

Wipe your tears from your eyes!  I promise it will be OK but yes its true.  Last night was our last official outing for the Siege Team this year.  We've got a lot of events coming up with the holiday season upon us so we felt it was wise to take the next 2 months off.  We will start meeting again in January.

Our last night, went really well!  When we were praying in the prayer room before going out we reflected on all the people that the Lord has allowed us to touch over the past 6 months.  WOW!  What a privilege to partner with Him in sharing His love and truth!  I think one of the best stories that we remembered was that of our dear friend Barry.  We meet Barry several months back.  He was basically homeless and unemployed- only a few odd jobs here and there.  He was very appreciative of our prayers and encouragement.  Barry was also surprisingly perceptive. (A lot of people on the streets have been beat down by life for so long that they are often very hard to clearly communicate with)  When we prayed for him one of the team members asked Barry to really be open to the Holy Spirit speaking to him.  Barry is a believer so he said he would.  After we prayed we asked him what the Lord told him.  He said that the Lord told him that these people he had met would help him and that he would find a job soon.  Barry asked after we first meet him if he could come to church.  Some of the team that lived near downtown offer to pick him up the following Sunday.  I am ashamed to say that I honestly didn't think he would come.  Boy was I wrong!  He came for almost every Sunday the next month!  Well we haven't seen him in a few weeks.  We had confirmed last night from some of his friends that he has gotten a job on a farm and it seems that this job includes housing!  Praise God!  We finished the night with a prayer walking stopping at the Statue of Athena in front of the Classic Center and then the Court House.

May the Lord continue to lead us all to take this city for Christ in our everyday lives! ~ Pastor Anthony  

Saturday Night Fever!

This past Saturday night Central Station joined with the Siege Team and hit the streets.  It was about 40 degrees and the Georgia game had been over for about 4 hrs when we got downtown.  We had the Astounding Alan join us performing some great illusions.  He drew quite a crowd.  We also had hot coco and some great cup cakes.

  Three testimonies that stand out- 1) there were two guys that hesitatingly took cups of hot coco and then said, "Why are y'all doing this?"  We smiled and replied "To show the love of God because God's love is free just like this coco!"
2)  I talked with an employee of the Grill and he asked who we were.  I told him and started asking about him.  Turns out he is a Christian who wants to be a missionary to Nicaragua!  This is a country that our church has been involved with for years.  In fact this guy had worked with Amigos for Christ whom we have worked with a lot in the past!

3)  A very intoxicated guy came stumbling down the street and then sat down right in front of the people leading worship in our group.  It was literally like he got sober for a few seconds.  He suddenly replied as the worship was enveloping him, "This feels so right!"  The lady leading worship was standing on a ledge over him and leaned down over him.  The worship song was basically saying glory to God in the highest.  The guy then abruptly stood up and said "I've got to go."  It was if the love of God and conviction of the Holy Spirit hit him both at the same time!

I pray that this man and all we touched would be drawn closer to Christ this week and reminded of His kindness, grace and love for them.  -Pastor Anthony