Spirit-Filled Kids!
Can children be baptized in the Holy Spirit? Yes. YEs. YES!!! Should children be baptized in the Holy Spirit? Yes. YEs. YES!!! A few months ago, I had a mother stop me to ask a question. She said, "Pastor Billy, can a seven-year-old be filled with the Spirit?" My answer was a resounding, "Yes!" She then began to tell me that a few days earlier, upon returning home from a difficult day at work, her son noticed her fatigue and asked her about what was troubling her. She told him that things were difficult. Being a single mom struggling with the problems associated with life was difficult to...
Here’s to Longevity!
A couple of weeks ago, Vickie and I celebrated our 34th anniversary of being in children's ministry. We are days away from celebrating our 24th anniversary of being the children's pastors at Trinity Church International in Lake Worth, Florida. Those two anniversaries, 34 years and 24 years, contain numbers that you don't hear too often in children's ministry. Many people use children's ministry as a "stepping stone" to the "real" ministry. Others stay in one church for a year or two and then feel "led" to go to another church for a year or two and then feel "led" to ... you know the pattern,...
How Do You Spell Success?
Here's a fact about most individuals involved in ministry ... when we leave our service, we are known for critiquing and analyzing every little detail about the service. Am I right? This is true for the person who ministers to the adults by preaching a sermon in the main auditorium, the music pastor who stands before the congregation leading people into God's presence, the youth pastor who .... I could go on and on. This is true for each and every one of us. We want to determine whether we were a success or failure. How do you determine the success or failure of your ministry? Children's...
Leading Children/Youth into the Baptism in the Holy Spirit
Here is a fact ... the majority of children/youth in your ministry that are baptized in the Holy Spirit receive the infilling at a children's/youth camp or retreat. Am I right? This explains why there are very few individuals in your ministry baptized in the Holy Spirit. I know from personal experience that the cost for these events has increased to where it is cost prohibitive for families to be able to afford to send a child(ren). With three-day retreats costing over $100 and five-day camps costing almost $200, who can afford to send their children to these powerful ministry events. Here...
Ignite the Supernatural
I realize that I mention our Ignite the Supernatural Conference from time to time in the blog posts. With the blog's readership reaching into some 60 nations, there are many people who haven't attended a conference and perhaps aren't familiar with what happens at a conference. And so this week, I want to deviate from the usual teaching and share a little about these conferences. Several years ago, I sensed the prompting of the Holy Spirit to help usher in a Holy Spirit renewal in children’s ministries across this nation and the world. With children's ministries dependent upon formulas and...
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