Where to begin?
Scott accepted Christ into his life at a young age while attending Calvary Assembly of God with his family in Selma, AL. He knew that God had a special plan for his life. He has always felt a burden on his heart for those younger than him and always knew that leadership was a God-given gift that would be used in his life to further God's Kingdom.
Acceptance of Christ in your life, while it is the most important decision you will ever make, is simply not enough! God created us to worship and glorify Him. In order to do that, you must give over your entire life to Him. So, in EVERYTHING WE DO, we must worship and glorify HIM. That's easier said than done! God takes us from the moment we ask Him to come be in charge of our life, and molds us into the servant that He wants us to be. Sometimes we are stubborn and do not learn everything in a few days, weeks, months, or even years! But, praise God that He doesn't ever give up on us and He uses EVERYTHING that happens to ultimately bring glory to His name! Hallelujah!!!
As an adult, Scott re-committed his life to following Christ. This is when he began to see all that God has in store for him. He was given the spouse and children that God had set aside for him, resulting in a God-fearing, evangelical family committed to serving our Lord and Savior. In February of 2006, Scott and his family accepted a strong call on their life to FULL TIME YOUTH MINISTRY. With no idea what was ahead, we walked the aisle in our home church, Hillwood Baptist Church, Huntsville, AL, to make this commitment public before God and our congregation. Then, we sat back to wait to see what God had in store. We always thought that we were to just pray and wait. Soon after, God began showing us that sitting and waiting is not at all what He intends for us to do! He expects us to "take the ball and run with it!" That is exactly what we did. We began praying for God to open doors that HE wanted open for us to be able to serve Him ANYWHERE He called us to...AND to close the doors HE wanted closed. This allowed us to be sure we took the ball and ran the right way!
Today...
God sent us back to our home town of Selma, AL (which is somewhere we said we would never return to - be careful what you say!). About a year and a half earlier, the Lord gave us a word from the Holy Bible, Isaiah 6:8:
Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then, I said, "Here am I. Send Me!"
We began specifically praying for God to SEND
US! He gave Melanie a vision in the form of a dream that He would send us
to "Crosspoint" and this would be where He would reveal His ministry
to us. We didn't really know what that meant at the time. We knew it
was a church, but we did not have a Crosspoint Church in Huntsville. There
was one in a nearby town called Crosspoint, but we never felt a desire or
leading to go there. So, we kept praying. One day, while home to
visit family, we were at a gas station about to pull back out to Dallas
Avenue. We both looked up and saw THE SIGN! Yes, Cooper Memorial
Church had changed it's name to Crosspoint Christian Church! We were
stunned! At the same time, we looked at each other and said, "I am
not moving back to Selma!" As you can tell we were still being
stubborn! Over the next year, a series of events led us to realize that we
were moving back to Selma! In June of 2007 Scott, reluctantly, went to
spend a week in Selma to look for a job. Within a day, Scott had a job
(for both of us!) and a house. He came home that weekend and we packed up
and moved ONE WEEK LATER! GOD MOVES FAST!! Of course, there is
much, much more to the story, but this blog entry has become a book already, so
details later!
We currently attend Crosspoint Christian Church in Selma and are starting a new ministry for college age young adults called C4, which will serve as a ministry to Purified Ministries.
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