Today I met with the Protestant Chaplain at F.E. Warren Air Force Base. He is a great man of God and just a fireball when it comes to his relationship with Jesus and those around him. He drove me around the base which was really cool. Some of the buildings there were from 1905 maybe earlier and were originally used as part of an U.S. Infantry Base. Really cool! I wanted a cammo outfit like his and a rifle like the guy at the gate. Wasn’t happening though. But as cool as the base, guns, and cammo were, his words were all the more cooler. (It’s a blog I can be incorrect with grammar) He said: “Jeff your time in coming here to start a church in Cheyenne is not of this world.” He told me that our church is an answer to his prayers. Another thing he said was “It seems as if the enemy is being evicted from Cheyenne and he won’t go quietly.” He couldn’t say enough about the timing of us being here. It was very cool! Talk about confirmation. The Chaplain said it just feels as if God is getting ready to do something big here. More than being a part of our great countries army, this man was 100% sold out to a greater army. I told him he needs to come meet with our Life group on Sunday nights. Said he would get our people all worked up. I hope to use this connection to reach out to the folks on the base. God is good! Keep praying for the right connections for us here in Cheyenne.
The Beginning
30 03 2007January 10th of 2006 I had done my morning devos and began reading in the book “The Barbarian Way” by Erwin McManus. I came across a statement that would forever change my future. Erwin said “God is not there to provide for us creature comforts, but to put us where we will do Him the most good.” That statement seemed to leap off the page to me. I stopped reading and said “Lord, if I’ve had any cooling off in my own life I want a fresh touch.” I think I would have heard God’s call before that day, but on that day I began praying “Lord, wherever you want me I will go. I want to do you the most good, not just receive from you creature comforts.” I literally prayed that for weeks. Later that month I sensed God was preparing my heart for something new. I told Sabrina “I think God’s gonna call us into a lead pastor role.” We continued praying for God’s direction not knowing what would happen. If God wanted us in Gillette we’d have stayed. If He wanted us somewhere else we were ready to go. A few weeks went by and again during my morning devotions I felt strongly the city of Cheyenne on my heart. I told Sabrina again, “Man, I really feel like God is preparing us for Cheyenne.” Big problem though, Cheyenne had no church asking me to come. For the next few days we prayed about planting a church in Cheyenne. On February 28th of 2006 I was reading in my normal devotions and was in Isaiah. I remember that morning praying “Lord, if you want us to go to Cheyenne I need confirmation from You.!” I came to Isaiah 43:18-19 (NLT) which says “But forget all that. It is nothing compared to what I am going to do, for I am about to do a brand new thing. Do you not see it, it has already begun. I will make a pathway in the wilderness for my people to come home, and will make rivers for them in the desert.” It was as if God was speaking straight to my heart. I told Sabrina “We’re going to Cheyenne.” The rest…well you know… is history! (That’s the short version)
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