10 years ago ,my then young friend and son in the Lord ,Duane Bland ,pioneered a church in Thibodaux LA . With his wife Rachel and their 3 lovely daughters ,they set out on a new adventure:planting a Kingdom Church ,filled with Grace and passionate ‘Tabernacle’worship . 20 people in a house group ,and as the crowd grew ,they moved to the Howard Johnson Motel and then to the Recreation Center ,where they held services for something like 7 years.
We met some years before that when Duane was leading a church in Chauvin LA –I mean ‘on the Bayou!’Our hearts knit together and after I laid out the ‘Kingdom ‘and ‘Grace’,life changed and new challenges appeared on the horizon . I preached him out of Chauvin ( church still going well!) and on to a God given inheritance .
When we were meeting in the HoJo (!) ,we all promised each other that “one day”we would march down the Boulevard to a new building that would provide a launching pad for the next stage of the increasing Kingdom and a safe place for the Generations !
This morning ,we marched down the Boulevard to open and dedicate that building . It is debt free . It is vibrating with the Life and praises of God . The crew is now about 250 people and filled with the favor of God. Mo and I flew back from Spain to be here and celebrate and keep a 10 year old promise .
A son and his family is coming into their inheritance . Adolescence turned into maturity as words have taken wings and deeds have transformed dreams into reality . God is glorified ,a city and a region are blessed ,and the Kingdom advances . A young man with his family take more and more responsibility and greater and greater challenges and the future is assured for the Kingdom of God on earth .
A great day ! Legacy ! Succession built into the success ! And to our great and awesome God –all the Glory !
Love it…..And now out of that promise you have grandson’s that are running the race with the same favor,same heart,and same vision!!! To God be the Glory
See you guys soon.
~Jory
As well it should be.How could any thing other than that what was believed…received.God is not a man that he should lie nor a son of man that he shall promise and not give that which was promised.Prayer is powerful believing that those prayers are answered are simply life changing.It is the BELIEVING,that cause the grace of RECEIVING.GOD’S PROMISES ARE ALWAYS KEPT….THEY ARE INDEED OURS TO RECEIVE (IF) WE CAN BELIEVE.I AM SURE GOD WILL KEEP HIS PROMISE TO ME AS WELL.YET,HOMELESS AFTER A FORECLOSURE I (KNOW) I HAVE A NEW HOME.I HAVE NAMED THE NEW ESTATE “PROMISE KEPT”,IN HONOR OF THE GOD I SERVER.IT IS DONE.