Pastor Stunned as 116 U.S. Soldiers Accept Jesus After Church's Simple Step of Faith
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- An Oklahoma pastor whose church recently made headlines after seeing 116 Army soldiers accept Jesus said the mass embrace of faith was the result of his congregation stepping out and trusting in the Lord. Mike Keahbone, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Lawton, told CBN Digital his church normally puts on its annual Living Christmas Tree musical, a massive Christmas show, for one weekend during the holiday season. But this year, the church's worship pastor, Xavier Abraham, wanted to do something a bit different.
"[He] approached us with the idea of doing it two weekends in a row, and our immediate reaction was, 'No way,'" Keahbone said. "Because it just takes so much to pull this thing together. I mean, you're talking about a 39-foot tree, over a hundred thousand lights, and just the manpower it takes to assemble the tree, the manpower it takes to just perform the performance." Plus, there's the cast and the orchestra and all of the rehearsing. Logistically, Keahbone said a second weekend just seemed like an impossibility - until he thought deeper about Abraham's request.
"What I heard in his heart was that he had really sought the Lord over it," the pastor said. "And one of the things that I challenge our guys to do ... our three pillars are to be Christ led, body engaged, and Gospel-centered, and so I challenge our team all the time - 'Seek the Lord.'" Once the team started praying about adding another weekend to the production schedule, Keahbone said it became clear it was what God wanted. Suddenly, the pieces started coming together for something truly spectacular.
The expected 150 soldiers soon swelled to more than three times that number. A key part of that Living Christmas Tree musical during it's 42-year run has been the sharing of the Gospel message. And when that part of the show unfolded, something stunning happened among the soldiers in attendance: 116 indicated a decision to embrace Jesus. As Keahbone reflected on all that unfolded, he and the church came to a powerful realization about the importance of trusting God, even when it feels difficult or the task seems unattainable. "That moment would not have been an option had we not done this extra week," he said if the salvations. "It was just amazing."
Keahbone said the experience has been a major faith-builder for the congregation and for his staff, showing the importance of relying on God, discerning His voice, and working together to make His plans a reality.
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Look at the smile on the face of the pastor before he even begins to speak. This man knows what true love and joy feels like. Only the Lord can provide that!!!!!
Reminds me of Jesus after He talked to woman at well. Divine appointments & fruit feed us. Glory to God!
Wonderful to hear this great news,! Serving 700 people. It is great to see all about God's work in that congregation.
He is so encouraging just listening to him. What joy he has . No wonder so many soldiers called on the Lord for Salvation!
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Aww 11à11ààà1@@JesusistheLambofGod
Praying for the military men and women in our country without ceasing.
I hope you really never stop praying. 🤨
Amen
There are no limits to GODs grace. Praise the LORD!
Amen.
His Mercies are new every morning!
In 2013-2014 I was an Army Reserve Nurse stationed at Ft. Sill, and attended a vibrant, Bible teaching church that was filled with military veterans and active duty. God continues to work in the hearts of the military! Praise God! All for His glory!
Fort Sill!!! Thank you, Pastor! Jesus is alive!
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This is confirmation my son is at Fort Moore GA, at Army boot camp now and a few weeks ago I felt led to really pray over every branch of military we have for a move of God to transform their lives from the chaplains to the enlisted personnel and every officer in between. My son is a prodigal at the moment but I know he will come back to the lord. Praise God for your faithfulness.
Praise God for your faithfulness and obedience too Shelley
Stand firm in your faith. Numbers 23:19
That’s the best military story I’ve seen this year.
Hallelujah!
My husband was stationed at Ft Sill. We attended a small Baptist church in Mt Park that had a Pastor come from a seminary who baptized my husband after he gave his life to the Lord at a James Robison revival meeting at the stadium in Lawton in 1972.
This warms our hearts beyond words.
Blessings upon blessings ❤
Did your husband stop being A trained paid killer in satan's worldwide military? God told me: Jesus never killed, he always did good works. Get it.
Thank You, Jesus! 🙏🏼✝👑❤
Praise Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 🙏🏻🫶 I stand with Christ as a proud Christian ✝️ God is King 🤴
This church knows how to love their neighbors well. Well done good and faithful servants.
Amen, God is good.
When we submit ourselves fully to the Lord’s Will and truly expect and believe God’s going to deliver He will always give more than we expect !! He never fails us !! Great testimony !! 🙏🏻✝️❤️❤️
Would have loved to see the tree…😢
2:55 CST Pastor Michael, I am a child of a WWII veteran and a wife of 1975 veteran. What your worship leader and yourself followed through with is such an amazing blessing for my heart! Our church worship leaders held such an amazing program that was performed 5 times in 3 days. It was very daunting and a blessing at the same time. God used the program to reach so many people for his glory! God bless your church, yourself and your new recruits. Sherry from Alabama.
Praise God! Thank you for your obedience and faithfulness.
Peace ❤️
CommonWeath -- Hebrew= CrossedOver
sWORD Spirit and Truth -- 7th day sAbbAth's Seal -- Covenant IN Loyalty
The Most High Ahb Yahu'Ah= Spirit= AbbA Creator Father.
Yahu'Sha Hebrew Anointed SonShip= sWORD and Head(ROCK) to body(stones) of congregation covenant loyal (be)living IN earth, that adhere TO His voice: (Yashra'Al)
...The Most High Ahb Yahu'Ah sovereign saves. Emet ❤️
Praise and thanks to the Most High Ahb Yahu'Ah for His 'Saving Will' Testimony IN His anointed Hebrew Son Yahu'Sha Messiah.
Prayers, blessings, and peace (restoration) of the ❤️, for those that adhere TO His voice, covenant, and commandments.
Love you Ahb Yahu'Ah sovereign of my breath, soul, and the blood IN my veins (DNA).
(Psalm 90:12-17)
So teach us TO number our days, That we (may) apply our hearts unTO wisdom. Return, Oh Most High Ahb Yahu'Ah sovereign, how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants. Oh satisfy us (early) with thy mercy; That we (may) rejoice and be glad all our days.
And counting:
...1st day/night season of the WorkWeek,
...2nd day/night season of the WorkWeek,
...3rd day/night season of the WorkWeek
...4th day/night season of the WorkWeek,
...5th day/night season of the WorkWeek,
...6th day/night season of the WorkWeek (double up):
...for the morrow’s morning IS the Seventh day/night sAbbAth's season. Emet ❤️
What was Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob considered before the 12 tribes were born?
...And before Yahu'Sha the anointed Hebrew Messiah, rather than the Roman religion's man-made diety with the Greek name that has no power and authority IN the Kingdom's throne.
...Go to (Genesis Chapters 15-17) and (Hebrews Chapter 11) to understand the Covenant Loyalty and 'Saving Will' Testimony of the Most High Ahb Yahu'Ah sovereign ❤️
...They were all faithful, obedient, and walked with the Most High Sovereign IN UpRightNess, Kingdom MindSet Justice, and were SetApart from embedded pagan world religious conditioning and dogma. Tsion ❤️
Wonderful..proclaim his name..confess his name, Christ Jesus..he is our high priest, lord of lords and King of Kings..he is our gateway to our place in the Heavens. God Bless everyone 🙏🇬🇧
@@GodChild63
Alleluia..Amen 🙏
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼LOTS of happy tears!! Praise God! Thank you Jesus, and thank you Pastor for truly stepping out in faith!! They truly are Soldiers for Christ! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼💗💗💗🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Amen thank You Lord❤
PRAISE OUR HOLY GOD!!! 116 SOULS. SAVED. FOR ETERNITY!!! Ty Pastor, Brother Abraham, & teams for OBEYING the Voice of God!! This segment BLESSED ME TO THE CORE. Merry Christmas!!! 🙌❤️❤️🙌
John 3: 3-5, Acts 2:38
I love this! Thank you Pastor Keahbone for listening to the Lord!
All praise and glory be to God!
Praise God for sending his Son, our Dear Saviour and King, Jesus Christ who is coming soon Amen ❤
I ❤this!!! Jesus saves, Jesus is the only truth.
Amen🙏🙏🙏
And Allah
Joy is abounding like never before what a time to be alive! God is sooo AWESOME!!!
Praise the LORD! What wonderful news.
AMAZING PRAISE GOD
I got saved during a break while at the grenade range at Fort Benning, Georgia, 1981
Praise God! My Marine says there is no atheist in a foxhole. God bless.
Praise Jesus!!!!!!!
Thank you, Lord! 🕊
Let this story stir in all of us a desire to do good works in service of our Heavenly Father ❤
Amen! Well said
Love you guys! My grandson was baptized at your base. Thank you for spreading the gospel and saving souls !
(No way we can do this) says Mr. Keahbone, with God all things are possible. So awesome God is moving in amazing ways.He is pouring out His blessing on many. Joy is overflowing joy To the world !! Thank you God & for all your soldiers winning the war against the enemy & saving lives.
💯All to the Glory of God❤
Watching from Pennsylvania Beloved continue Praying for God’s Awakening in America….He’s answering prayers don’t Stop 🎄🎄🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🎚🎚🇮🇱🇮🇱
Amen! The Harvest is great. God is answering prayer. It us so exciting! 🙏
It certainly seems that the Lord is certainly moving across His land and bringing people to himself. Also, I sense that He is strengthening His body. It's a beautiful thing. Welcome dear brothers!
Praise the Lord Almighty! Tears in my eyes.
Praise the Lord! God bless and keep each person involved in this! May all the new Chistians be grounded in the Word and blessed!!
Thank you for reaching out to our troops!
What a testimony! God bless your efforts!
Praise the LORD! OUR HEAVENLY FATHER and HIS SON JESUS CHRIST are AWESOME!
Praise the Absolute Goodness of our Lord!
Praise God!
Amazing! ❤
What a wonderful story. God bless you.
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!!!😊🕊🔥💖✝️🫂❤️
HALLELUYAH!!!!!! So glad to hear this!!!! Praise be to God!!!!! 👏
Praise God for the outreach🎉
PASTOR NEXT TIME YOU WILL SEE THE SALVATIONS WILL TRIPLE!!!!! IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS AMEN!!!!!!!!🕊😇🇮🇱🇺🇸👵🏻🧓👴
AMEN, AMEN!
Praise Jesus
Very special’. We must be in prayer for these new believers! You can see the joy in your face. Sounds like a joyfull fellowship!!!
Praise God
Praise God! Great to hear hard work paying off with eternal results. Angels are rejoicing in heaven over those saved souls
Praise the Lord God Almighty. Thank you Jesus for loving all of us. 🙏🤍🙏
May the Lord bless the work of your hands and your congregation!! Thank you so much for your servant heart, what a testimony! We serve an amazing God!!
So awesome, thank you Jesus 🙏😊
Glory to God! ❤ Best news of the day
God is moving! 🙏
Hallelujah Jesus, thank You! Father God, Holy Spirit, keep them close & strengthen their faith ✝🛐 In The Name of Jesus, Amen!
Wonderful to hear something happy and positive in today’s world! God Bless!!
Praise the Lord❤❤❤❤Awesome
Praise God..🎉
Amen!! Praise Jesus!
How wonderful that soldiers accepted Jesus . Lord God is here and alive .Amen😊
Glory to GOD !!!
Obedience to God whisper...praise the Lord...bless everyone who who shared in making this happening...❤
The tiles is awesome go Jesus please forgive me lord my mom is mad at me right know lord Jesus help us love each other again
By confessing with your mouth Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, believing in your heart he rose from the dead, thou shall be saved!
♥️😊👑
@ Ted, Amen ❤
@@intrepidbun5002 All scripture points to Jesus including the law: following it you fall down while pointing to Jesus.😂😂😂❤
@@intrepidbun5002 All scripture points to Jesus including the law: following it you fall down while pointing to Jesus.😂😂😂❤
🙏 Praise 🙌 God 🙏
Hallelujah! Praise the lord!
The name of the Lord God Almighty be Praised
PRAISE GOD for this wonderful story!!! To God be the Glory & God bless this church & faithful congregation & it's pastors!!!
I wish my son had visited your church during his time in Lawton. 😢 I don't even know much outreach takes place. But I'm thrilled to hear this one s happening now and praise God.
WOW Pastor! It is wonderful and amazing. What the Holy Spirit prompted you all to do and you know it is orchestrated it the Lord when all the pieces come together in such an amazingly short period of time; It kind of reminds me of
when Jesus fed the 5,000 when he
lifted it up up the loves and fishes to the Father and asked Him to bless them, and God multiplied it!(Did He ever!) ( You didn't happen to have 12 baskets of
l eft overs did you?
😘. Good job!!
"Behold that the steps of a righteous man are ordered by God"
(Psalm 37:23 )
" The angels are rejoicing when one sinner repents"
(Luke 15:10)
They must have gone ballistic at your gathering that day!! Praise, glory, and honor belongs all to Him who made it all possible! What a mighty harvest for the kingdom;..
Congratulations for your obedience
to your call and thank you for sharing it... you also gave other saints the motivation and desire to reach out for the Lord more and you
blessed alot more
people than
you realize!
Again thank you for being an obedient overcomer who "overcame ( in this circumstance )by the blood of the Lamb
AND THE WORD OF YOUR TESTIMONY;"
(Rev 12:11} 🙋😢
SO AWESOME!!
Christmas miracle❤
Welcom in our beautiful christian family .
God bless you all .
Your sister from Switzerland Ariane Rabineau
What a blessing ❤
Glory to God 🙏
amazing! God (JESUS) Bless Our Troops
Awesome! Prayers being answered! Praise the Lord!
The Holy Spirit is on the move! Much love from northern Wisconsin!
Amen from central WI
Thank you for not only seeking Gods voice and hearing but following through with Gods plan!🙏❤️
Hallelujah Praise and Worship only to the Lord Jesus Christ our Lord Thank you for your testimony Pastor and Merry Christmas to all of us 💟💟💟🌲🌲🌲 ❤❤❤
God is still working in the hearts of the lost. He doesn’t need any help from man, but knows the incredible blessings we receive from allowing him to use us for his purpose!!
Praise the Lord🙏🙏
i love it, burgers to the belief in Jesus
God Bless ALL the men and women in our military. Such a scary time for them all. GOD bless ALL our brave veterans and everyone who has stood up for God, family and freedom. GOD bless these Believers in this church who are serving our Lord Jesus Christ!
We're seeing a spiritual awakening around the world. Lots of people are looking up and hearing the gospel. The Holy Spirit is moving to touch our hearts, telling us to spread the gospel like never before.
If you look at the signs of the times, things are starting to move faster with history. Maybe this is rising as the last call before the trumpet. Let's pull as many as we can out of the fire.
Hey please pray for me back in Christ. I don't want to be in sin. Back in sin darkness ... I never should have looked back. I hate this TV And immorality. I asked God for narrow path. I want heaven but GOT TRICKED.......been SPIRITUALLY sick and Wasting. Curses. i wish I had stayed there jn my own lane. Back in bad sins.
Praise God for what He's doing in the hearts of people! We had a LCT back in 1968 in our church. It was always a beautiful annual celebration of Christmas. We would end it off singing the Hsllelujah Chorus.
Good bless you and your tan, pair, as you continue to listen to the voice of God. Merry Christmas!
Praise God& God Bless All those young people come to Jesus Christ!! Beautiful& I Pray that they Grow with Christ!! Amen😊
This is absolutely awesome. Welcome to everyone my new brothers and sisters into the kingdom.
My husband's in the Army and he's deployed.
So this encourages me so much that there are new brothers and sisters in the kingdom of God that will come serve alongside.
Our God is so awesome! We have been believing for salvation for the military who don't know the Lord for so long and we're excited to see what God is doing moving on the hearts of his mighty warriors!.
To God be all the glory great things he has done.!
That makes me so happy I can’t hardly stand it. Bless you for all you do.
Praise be to God.
Love from India.
Thank You JESUS, Heaven is 😅with Joy 🤩 ✝️🙌🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤❤❤🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺
So amazing!! Praise God🔥
Awesome wins for the Lord! HalleluYah!!
Praise God, and may He richly bless, keep and continue to closely guide you, ye workers of the harvest out there !!!
Thank you for all you do for the Lord!!🙏✝️🇺🇲 in Jesus mighty name! Blessings and Merry Christmas 🌲
My 18yo military child was just baptized in the area where he is on active duty. He has been filling up his SUV with Airmen, who now serve and attend small group Bible studies. Amen, thanks for investing in these young people who are for the first time living away from home, isolated on base, training and working hard with very limited social life. They are willing to risk their lives doing an inherently dangerous job. They need to fill their hearts with the Lord.
Merry Christmas to everyone! Please always keep Jesus in your actions and thoughts. He is always there for us. 🙏🎄🙏💕🙏🎄🙏.
Praise God.