For Bro. Ronnie Tullos

On the 1st, I was able to go out with the Street Witnessing Team, and God led us to an area just a few blocks from the ICOC. The few times I have been to this area, it was very harsh toward the Gospel, but God has given us grace, to keep preaching the gospel and sharing the “hope of glory.” I had an opportunity to witness to a young man named Dedrick. While spending several minutes of sharing the gospel, I kept hearing a car horn honk, and every time it did he would look up. However, the Holy Spirit kept his attention and allowed me to completely go through the Gospel with him. At the end, I asked him if he would like to pray to turn from his sin and ask Jesus to save him. He said, “Yes, but I want you to pray with my friends also. They need it too!” So I walked with him to the car, that kept blowing it’s horn, where two other young men were sitting, waiting on him. We know that just praying a prayer does not save us, so I wanted to give a clear presentation of the Gospel. Those young men gave me plenty of time to share the Word with them. At the end, I asked if they would like to invite Jesus to be the Lord of their life and they said yes. Finally, all three of the young men asked Jesus to be the Lord of their life. Praise God! I know God wants everyone to have a relationship with Him: 2 Peter 3:9 says, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” We just need to “Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in” as Luke 13:23 says.

In Christ,
Chris Russell

Greeting in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
Thank you for all your prayers and support. Please forgive me for sending this report late. We are grateful for your partnership with us. Because of your faithfulness to pray, support, and work alongside us , we are able to do the work the Lord has called the Church to do. We will be sending our first Miracle Baptist member on a mission trip, with a Kirby Woods Baptist team, to El Salvador, on February 17th. I know she will not be the same, when she gets back. Please be praying that God will use Sha Sha. My prayer is that others in the Church will began to ask God to give them a burden for the world. Miracle Baptist Church’s mens, ladies, and youth Sunday School classes are going very well. We are praying that God will raise up leaders to teach our children’s Sunday School class and Children’s Church. My prayer is that God will allow us to raise up a new generation of leaders so that, the old generational curse will be broken. We have seen many people saved and many lives changed. God allowed us to see great things this past year. Praise God!
During the year, Miracle grew numerically and spiritually. For the year of 2009, we had one hundred and seventy-three people make decisions to accept Jesus as their Lord and Saviour during our Sundays services. We baptized nineteen new converts and others are waiting to be baptized. We averaged eighty in worship during last year, however we have started this year with sixty-five on a weekly basis. On the Sundays, in which we serve dinner, we sometimes have over one hundred people to attend our services. We are praying for revival to break out in our Church ,and then throughout our community. God put Brother Ronnie Tullos on my heart to lead us in revival on February 28th through March 2nd. Please be praying for Brother Ronnie and the Church as we seek God for revival.
We ended the year with a Church service on New Years Eve. God blessed our service and we saw eleven saved that night. There was a couple who didn’t want to bring in the New Year, living in fornication, in the eyes of God. They had lived together unmarried for twenty-one years. The culture down here says its ok to live as common-law wife and husband, but thank God for His Holy Spirit. He showed them that they needed to be right, in His eyes. They asked me if I was a licensed and ordained minister, and if could I marry them if she couldn’t find a Justice of the Peace. I told her it normally takes three months of counseling, before I marry people. She called me New Years Eve and said she couldn’t find a Justice of the Peace, so I told her I would call her back after I prayed about it. God spoke to my heart and led me to share His Word with them so they could see what He had to say about marriage. After sharing the Scripture with them, Joe confessed he needed to be saved. I was more than glad to marry them after Joe gave his heart to the Lord. There were ten other people that gave their hearts to the Lord New Year’s Eve night. Carolyn, who is sixty and Joe, who is fifty-four, began the new year as husband and wife. I have known them all my life, so please pray for them. After the wedding ceremony, we had our worship service and brought the New Year in on our knees, at the altar. We are expecting God to do even greater thing in 2010. Please continue to pray for the Miracle Baptist Church family.
Thank you again for your love, prayers, and support.
In Christ
Ronnie Johnson

Ephesians 4:30 “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.”
We grieve the Spirit, when we sin. Doing what we should not and not doing what we should; both types of sin – commission and omission are equally grievous. When we neglect the Spirit by not trusting His leadership, or allowing His power to flow unfettered – is it not sin? As the One, Who leads us into all truth and righteousness, when we do not spend time in the Word, trusting His illumination – is it not sin? If the Spirit’s ministry is to glorify Christ and we hinder that by allowing “self” to get in the way – surely that is sin! Do not grieve the Spirit today, trust – surrender – study and die to self today.

The Street Team went out on Monday morning and God allowed them to see eight souls pray to receive Christ. Later in the day, the person, who was supposed to do the devotional, had to leave for his night job. Because of that, I got to preach for a few minutes and God blessed us with ten more souls. Praise God for a place, where men and women can come hear the Gospel proclaimed clearly on a regular basis.
Romans 9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

To God be the glory!

We are at the ICOC today. The snow and ice from last week is slowly melting and we are expecting a large crowd tonight. After all, it is “Pizza Bait Monday.” Several local Pizza Huts donate their leftover and unsold pizzas, wings and such to us and Brother Ronnie Johnson picks them up on Monday afternoons. We then preach to those in attendance and distribute the food, afterwards. It has been very successful as an evangelistic endeavor. Please continue to pray for us.

Been a while since my last post. Between this COPD and my laptop being dead, I have been hindered. The team went out today and saw 38 professions of faith on the streets. Please continue to pray for us as we “love the heart of Memphis.”

Merry Christmas to all. I pray that you all will have a Christ filled day on Christmas. I also pray that God will keep you and yours safe during this Holiday season. Try not to be out too late at night or in the early morning hours, because the drunks are trying to get home then. God blessed during our “Happy Birthday Jesus” Christmas Party, giving us 63 professions of faith. Then at Miracle on the 20th, God gave us another 10 souls for His Kingdom. Glory to the Lamb. I love you all and thank you for your prayers, love and support.

Brother Ronnie Tullos

December 2009

Hello Bro. Ronnie,

We had a great week. It started on Sunday, at Miracle Baptist Church. God met with us and came down in a way that I have never seen. We had visitors from Kirby Wood Baptist Church, Ridgeway Baptist Church, First Chinese Baptist Church along with first time visitors. There was standing room only and God allowed us to see thirteen people accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. The altar was full as people got right with the Lord. Praise God !

On Monday morning we went out street witnessing in North Memphis, on Montgomery Street, where one person was killed and another person was shot the weekend before. While we were out with Mid-America Seminary Students and Miracle Baptist Church Members, God allowed us to see eighteen people come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Later that evening during “Pizza Bait Monday,” the Lord allowed us to see five more people come to Jesus. Praise God for being God all by Himself!

In Christ,
Ronnie Johnson

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