Posts Tagged ‘Bill Campbell’

Written By Vicki Campbell

Here I am again, standing here knocking on Josh’s door. I know he’s home, but he just goes about his business acting as though I’m not even here. It’s hard to accept what’s happened with our relationship. We used to be so close, and I loved spending time with him. I know he loved me, too. We used to hang out together every day. He would share his most private thoughts and dreams with me — things he wouldn’t tell anyone else. Josh knew he could trust me. He told me that I knew him better than anyone else, and would often say that I knew him better than he knew himself. I suppose I did.

So, what happened? Josh, please open the door! He’s such a likeable guy — happy, easy-going, and he’d do anything for you. He truly has a servant’s heart, full of love and compassion. It all changed when Josh started making new friends. They didn’t have the same standards that I did, and they were ever so persuasive in convincing him that he could have more fun without me around. One friend of his, Mandy,  would completely ignore me, treating me like I didn’t even exist, and it didn’t even seem to bother him.

His apparent rejection hurt me terribly, but I won’t let it stop me. There have been too many people, especially his parents who have talked to me about him and asked me not to give up on him. They believe that our relationship can be restored; I believe so, too. That’s why I’ve come here again, knocking, hoping he’ll let me in this time so we can talk.

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Written By Evangelist Bill Campbell 

“You will not die; your baby will be fine!  You will carry the baby full term; you will deliver the baby, and the baby will live!  Be of good cheer, for I, the Lord am with you; and so shall I be with your child!  Thus saith The Lord God almighty!”

“Brother Bill, pray for me!”  I heard a voice call out somewhere in the crowd.  As I looked to see, a young woman, with tears streaming down her face came running toward me.  In her expression, I saw the look of desperation as she arrived to stand in front of me.

The Miracle Service had just begun about an hour before.  We had enjoyed praise and worship for about thirty minutes; I had brought forth the Word of life, and the actual prayer time was just starting.  Earlier that day, I had prayed for God’s special touch to minister to His people!  I was down on my knees in the living room, crying out to the one God who could make a difference in so many desperate lives!

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by Vicki Campbell

Would you knowingly pick up a bottle of poison, drink it, and honestly believe that it’s not going to hurt you, but that it might very easily hurt someone else? No! None of us in our right minds would believe such an absurd notion.

Now, imagine watching your best friend walk into a room, pick up a glass of poison and start drinking it. You don’t have a problem with this. In your efforts to console her, you let her know that you understand that she doesn’t have any choice but to drink it. If you were in her shoes, you would do the same thing. Hogwash! What kind of a friend would let another friend destroy themselves this way?

Yet, I see this happening all the time. This poison that so many people, even Christians, are drinking is packaged and promoted by Satan himself as Unforgiveness. His advertising campaign is so full of deceptions that many times, even the best of us, fall prey to his scheme of self-destruction. We believe the lie that everyone else in our situation is doing it. What else is there to do but to join the crowd and gulp down a big bottle of this readily available poison called Unforgiveness. Read the rest of this entry »

by Vicki Campbell

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.  (Romans 12:3)

Susan, a young attractive blond came into the office one morning, chuckling to herself.  Now, this was several years ago, but I’ll never forget her explanation when we prodded her into letting us in on what was obviously so funny.

She began telling us that she had been driving down the interstate on her way into work that morning when this other car pulled up even with hers and held its speed driving in the lane to her left.  She didn’t think much about it until she suddenly felt someone staring at her.  I’m sure most of you have had that eerie, uncomfortable feeling knowing that someone was watching you, and at first, Susan was feeling exactly this same way. Read the rest of this entry »

Written for the Kentucky Voice Magazine

Tommy Bates Ministry

Oh, how we need Him; we really need Him!  One thing I know, that is the importance of the Holy Spirit in the present day church.  When I speak of church, I’m referring to the body of Christ made up of individuals who are born again.  Oh, how you and I need Him in our everyday lives, in our everyday walk, and through problems and situations that sometimes defy the mind!  The church, or the born-again believer, needs the Holy Spirit, not only on a daily basis, but on a moment by moment basis.  Like never before in history, we need the Holy Spirit in our everyday lives.  In this article, I want to talk about the person of the Holy Spirit and how He wants to change everything about your life.

First of all, the Holy Spirit is a gentleman.  He will never force His way into your life.  We must be willing to allow Him to change us.  His goal is to make us just like Jesus.  As a matter of fact, everything the Spirit of God does in your life is to cause you to look to Jesus, to give Him praise, to honor Him, and to point you in the way of Christ.

Once you have received Christ as your Savior, He begins to nudge you to go deeper into Christ.  His goal is for you to go deeper and deeper into the love of the Savior.  John, the Baptist, speaks in the Word of God concerning Jesus, “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire” (Matthew 3:11).  It is Jesus that will baptize you in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues.

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