SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES
(Psalm 126:6) “He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.”
(Proverbs 11:30) “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.”
(Daniel 12:3) “And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.”
(Luke 14:23) “And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.”
(Luke 19:10) “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
(John 4:35-36) (35) “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest." (36) " And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.”
PREFACE SUMMARY
Dear readers, as the world rapidly changes, staying grounded in one's beliefs can be challenging, especially for Christian truckers. Christian truckers must unite and support one another as they navigate the ever-changing world. We must remember that our values and faith can be a source of strength and comfort in times of uncertainty and unrest as we strive to positively impact the world around us.
Did you know that trucks transport most of the freight from the shipper to the receiver, usually a distribution center that uses smaller trucks to transport the received goods to stores? Trucks are vital tools in the manufacturing, transportation, and warehousing industries. Therefore, drivers of large trucks and buses require a specific commercial driver's license to operate their vehicles legally on our nation's highways.
Drivers must follow particular rules and regulations set by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association that govern their service hours. Recent technological developments have contributed to many improvements within the industry. For example, board qual-comm communication systems operated by satellite communication allow companies to monitor and send information to their drivers, including their pickups and deliveries.
The on-board communication system replaces the paper logs that drivers were required to keep current with their last change of duty status. These logs, along with their completed trips, were to be mailed to their company to be placed in their file as a record in case an agent from the Department of Transportation decided to visit and do an audit concerning the operation of the company to verify that they complied with the law governing the transportation industry.
Satellite communication can now be programmed to allow the company to record the location and movements, including hard braking of their trucks, thus allowing electronic logs to monitor and record the driver's hours of service, eliminating the need for paper logs. This technology can also be used as a tracking device to monitor trailers, contributing to many improvements within the transportation industry.
"BREAKER ONE-NINE-THIS IS THE RUBBER DUCK"
Dear readers, I grew up working on trucks in my dad's shop, where I specialized in engine rebuilds. Most of the trucks I worked on belonged to a large trucking company where my dad was an A-class certified mechanic. In the late 1970s,
I started driving part-time for this company, hauling a drop deck trailer that transported out-of-service trucks from one terminal to another across multiple states. This valuable experience helped me land a job as a driver for a larger company.
"Calling all truckers, listen up! This is the Rubber Duck on channel 19 which in truckers language would be, one nine instead of channel 19. They would say, "Come back with your ears on, and let's get this convoy rolling!"
I remember when the song "Convoy" by C.W. McCall was popular on the radio, which prompted many people, including teenagers, to buy a CB radio. Trucker favorite Red Sovine also had a hit with "Teddy Bear." Other artists soon joined the movement. Hollywood even made a movie called "Smokey and the Bandit," starring Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed, centered around a semi-truck transporting Coors beer from Colorado to the East Coast. The movie became a hit with people of all ages, thanks to the trucker song "East Bound and Down."
When the movie was released, citizen band radios gained popularity among the public. However, these radios were strictly regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and one had to obtain a license to own them. With the increasing number of radio buyers, the FCC eventually eased its rules, allowing more people to own and use them. This was fueled by the excitement surrounding the trucker culture.
The popularity of Citizen Band (C.B.) radios increased among young people, who enjoyed talking to each other using them. It was not long till the latest trend was to purchase a C.B. radio, which resulted in the airways being flooded with the youth trying to talk like the truckers. This trend replaced the practice of cruising the streets in cars all night, causing traffic jams and disturbing the peace. With C.B. radios, they could communicate from their homes and listen to their friends' conversations while cruising.
According to the antennas they were using, some of their radios could reach up to ten miles in communication, meaning that some youth could be in their homes and listen to their friends engaging in conversation while cruising the streets. They got to where so many of them were that they decided to use their channel. They did this not to interrupt the truckers passing through, which had their channel they used through multiple sates.
There was also an emergency channel called “React,” which someone channel (9) monitored using their base station radio at home twenty-four hours a day. This channel was set aside for anyone who might be having an emergency. The person tracking the channel would be in their home and be able to make the right calls to the (911) operator to activate the authorities in an emergency.
Businesses started installing the Citizen Band base stations, which used large upscale antennas, including beams that could send and receive signals from one direction to get more advertisements and even direct potential customers to their location.
"THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY"
The trucking industry is the backbone of the economy, ensuring the smooth flow of goods across the country. It's not just about delivering products to stores, warehouses, and homes; it's about keeping the wheels of commerce turning.
Without this essential industry, the economy would come to a grinding halt, leading to widespread shortages and skyrocketing prices. That's why we must support and maintain the trucking industry so that businesses and consumers alike can continue to rely on the timely delivery of goods. Remember, the success of the trucking industry is the success of the economy, so let's do our part to keep it thriving.
Dear readers, did you know that over half a million truckers are moving goods across the nation day and night? In the United States alone, we have seven to eight million truck drivers carrying specific commodities that require them to leave their homes and families. They encounter hazards and adverse weather conditions nationwide in service stores and supply chains.
Beloved, the lifestyle of a trucker requires excellent sacrifice as they may miss important events like ball games, birthdays, anniversaries, and even emergencies in the family. But somebody has to do it, and truckers are a rare breed.
The trucking industry has a unique culture that includes drivers, dispatchers, loading dock workers, and truck stop employees. In the last forty years, truck stop chapels have appeared nationwide, with on-duty chaplains available for truckers. Some of these chapels hold live services and invite drivers to participate.
However, in the last ten years, new industry rules have made it difficult for drivers to find the time needed to attend chapel services. Once their time begins, they are finished fourteen hours later. No matter how much time they spend loading or unloading, nothing stops their clock except ten hours off duty in their sleeper birth.
I remember in the early 1970s, Evangelist Mays Jackson appeared on the scene. He was featured on several radio stations nationwide with a program called "The Truck Driver's Special." This program aimed to reach professional drivers with a message of hope and comfort. This dedicated servant of God was loved and cherished by many who loved to be called an Evangelist to the truckers.
"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RULES AND REGULATIONS"
Dear readers, being away from home and family for several months, I know from personal experience that trucking can be lonely. Committing to a life on the road takes a certain kind of person.
In the 1980s, the trucking industry began to lose its image as "knights of the road." President Ronald Reagan's decision to fire air traffic controllers hurt the union that governed freight, causing the industry to be deregulated. This led to more and more companies appearing on the scene, looking to hire drivers fresh out of truck driving schools.
Some of these fresh recruits tend to be lax on morals and family values. They are selfish, unwilling to learn from older drivers, and have contributed to more and more rules being enforced upon the industry. This has caused experienced drivers to seek other means to support their families.
The rebellious attitude of some people in today's society can be seen in how they treat each other in public, including how they drive. These people have no patience or respect for their fellow man. They attempt to drive a large truck like they do their automobile and live as if they are in a hurry to go nowhere.
The enforced rules of service meant to govern the industry began to take their toll upon the companies attempting to service their customers. These changes started affecting the driver's ability to make a decent living to support their families. The new rules of service, especially the 14-hour rule, made it almost impossible to find a safe place to park before nightfall.
The newly enforced DOT rules state that drivers can drive 11 hours in a 14-hour day and take a 30-minute break before driving 8 hours. Once a driver starts their day, nothing will stop their on-duty 14-hour status except 10 hours in the sleeper berth. If they are held up 6 hours at a shipping dock, that time cannot be logged as off-duty but is considered on duty, significantly decreasing the hours left to finish their run.
If a driver starts their day at 7 AM, then according to the new rules of service, their day will end at 9 PM. Most large companies today use electronic logs that will alert the driver when they are approaching their required 30-minute break, including the 11-hour driving rule.
Because of the increasing demand and supply, more customers wait until the last minute to order their goods. Scheduling just-in-time arrivals to maintain their business reduces warehouse freight and the overhead cost of running their business. However, the downside is that these enforced rules are taking their toll on the transportation industry and contributing to a driver shortage.
Because of these new rules, especially the 14-hour rule, more and more drivers are finding it difficult to find a place to park their trucks, especially at night. Well-known truck stops add to the problem by charging drivers for parking spaces. For many years, most truck stops provided free parking for the drivers. However, since electronic logging devices became mandatory, parking the big rigs in a haven has become a problem, especially after nightfall.
Some leading truck stops have added to the parking problem by charging drivers to park and having people patrol the spaces day and night to ensure the parked ones are on their list for paid parking.
Before I retired after giving the industry more than forty-three years of my life, I observed that there might be thirty empty places in the daytime and all the free spaces are complete, but the lot is still patrolled, making the unregistered drivers move or leave.
Some of these same truck stops are removing their sit-down restaurants and replacing them with fast food servers that pay rent to occupy their space and serve the drivers. These changes signal the drivers that the truck stops want them to spend their money and then leave their premises.
Dear readers, it is vital to stay informed about the DOT Rules and Regulations to ensure safe and efficient transportation. Don't let ignorance lead to consequences that could have been easily avoided. Take the time to understand these rules and regulations so you can be a responsible driver and help keep our roads safe for everyone.
"THE GOSPEL ON 18 WHEELS"
Beloved, after suffering rejection through most of my childhood, I came to a place where I thought I could run from my troubles and myself. My parents were trying to make up their minds about having me committed to an asylum, and sadly, I was back on drugs.
I took off trucking and ran the wheels off my truck, averaging over six thousand miles per week, but my troubles and troubled past seemed to haunt me through my windshield, and out of nowhere, I started having thoughts of suicide, for I ran out of reasons to live.
I was a young, backslidden preacher who was overworked and stressed to the limit... This caused me to suffer a partial nervous breakdown, which lasted more than seven years.
It was in the early 80s that I left home and secured a job running coast to coast, as I thought I could run from my troubles and myself.
My parents were trying to make up their minds about having me committed to an asylum for treatment, but I was not going to stick around and wait.
It was time for me to go, and soon I was back on drugs and going back toward the world, buying new clothes, which looked like something out of a young gun’s movie, and hit the western trail.
I didn’t make contact with my family for over a year and ran the wheels off my truck, averaging over six thousand miles per week, running coast to coast.
Sometime during this era, I decided I did not have the desire to live and tried on three different occasions to end my life, which was not hard to do as I had guns all over my truck, for I had earlier worked with the Sherriff’s Department in my home county.
Beloved, I am unable to recall the first time I attempted to take my life. Still, I will never forget the second and third time, and I remember being in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, near the Association of Christian Truckers Chapel.
I remember that I had just gotten a voicemail system number where someone could call and leave me a voicemail. We would not have cell phones for several years; all we had were pay phones.
Most Truckstop's back then provided free phones in their restaurants for the drivers, usually one at every table.
I remember picking one up to call my voicemail to leave a farewell message for my friends and family with access codes to retrieve any message I might leave. Surprisingly, the phone gave a large buzzing tone in my ear.
I tried several more phones, and they did the same thing. I became frustrated and angrily snapped at the waitress, “Do you not have any phones in this place that will work?”
She replied, “Try this one over here, as I saw some drivers using it.” God being my witness, as I picked up the phone to leave my departing farewell to my family and my friends, a gentleman sitting nearby spoke in a trembling voice, “Jerry, I know what you are planning to do, and I am here to tell you that this is not what you want, nor will this help you get out of your depression.”
Dear readers, this stopped me in my tracks and brought me to my senses, which caused me to entertain thoughts such as, how did he know my name, and how did he know that I was making plans to end my miserable life?
My life went on, and instead of getting better, it began to get even worse, and I started looking for speed, which was called crank cocaine, to dull my senses and help me run those long, lonely miles.
Sometime later, I found myself in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, suffering from depression so great. I remember that It was raining, and as the morning sun began to swallow up the darkness, I slipped out of my truck with one of my guns & stood behind the cab of my big truck in the rain as I slipped the pistol under my chin, thinking that nobody would see me and nobody would even care.
Dear reader, I cannot remember much except that someone stopped me, pointed at the Association of Christian Truckers Chapel on the premises, and said, “That is where you need to be.”
Beloved, I don’t know who they were or where they went. Still, it got me thinking that maybe I could put it off and go to the chapel, for I had once carried the blessed word of God, and I recall as if it was yesterday; as I opened that chapel door, a beautiful redhead Lady greeted me with a smile that would stop the rain.
The chaplain lady instantly recognized something was wrong with me and began speaking what I needed to hear.
Beloved, I was one messed up individual who had grown tired of the church scene with preachers preaching with a closed fist and not practicing what they were preaching with no love for the hurting as they stood behind the blessed desk, preaching that women looked like their gall bladder had rupture as they were speaking against their wearing eye shadow and a little bit of makeup.
Dear readers, I could not understand how they could be one way toward their family and another way in church, with no remorse or conscience.
The lady chaplain walked over to where I was sitting and stared into my face with a smile that caused me to forget why I was there. I was taken aback as I looked at her red dress and white boots when she suddenly began speaking on how clergy people sometimes get caught up in the flesh.
This lady chaplain immediately caught my attention, and I remember she began to expound on how people could claim to be godly but end up being dragged down by the flesh, going on to relate that sometimes people do these things because the flesh likes to do what it knows how to do.
Dear readers, I remember like it was yesterday that I began to cry and told her what I had just attempted to do behind my truck, and it was then that I saw her husband, Joe, start crying with me.
The lady chaplain prayed with me, and I later learned that her name was Kris, and her husband’s name was Joe, a retired high-ranking officer in the US Navy.
Dear readers, it took me years to come out of that nightmare. Still, from that day, for many years, I made it a point to stop in and say hi to the two people God had used to influence my life.
It was in the early 90s that I was on Interstate 80, passing through Milton, Pennsylvania, when I heard a voice I had come to know so well.
Chaplain Kris was always on the CB, inviting drivers to chapel service, and I thought, “After all these years, could this be her? Could this be the one God used to bring me back to my senses and cause me to look at life differently?”
Dear readers, I made a point of passing that route again; sure enough, that voice was calling me home.
I stopped in, and she instantly recognized me and said, “The Lord says you are preaching tonight.” I smiled and said, “Chaplain Kris, the Lord has cleared up my nerves and placed me back into his ministry, but I have not attempted to speak. She said, “I knew it, and you are preaching tonight!”
Saints, I remember preaching the message about the woman at the well found in John the fourth chapter, calling it God’s Flower Garden, and I remember it well.
I related in the message of how I loved my rose gardens, speaking of how I had special ordered them to bloom during different seasons and how I had dug the holes deep and placed OK rock in the holes to help prepare the soil to nourish the plants but one day after coming in off a long trip, I discovered that insects and disease had struck some of my plants.
Beloved, in the message, I ministered how the living God had done the same for me and, like me with my plants, would do all he could to rid me of the attack on my life, then quietly sit down beside me and say, "Come on Jerry, I have done all I can do and now it’s up to you my boy, reach down deep and pull what you need up through your roots and bloom where I have planted you because I love you so much and I need you to bloom for me."
Beloved, I did not know it and found out later that Chaplain Kris had recorded the message that night and gave me a copy when I played it for others; three tape ministries asked for the recording, reproduced and distributed the message from that chapel service on God’s Flower Garden with hundreds of responses of changed lives and salvations from that one message God preached through a renewed driver that refused to let his past define him with a mindset to reach the lost at any cost.
Dear readers, did you know that the message recorded that night in the Little Grace Chapel traveled the world through three tape ministries? We received reports of many stories about how the message had ministered to them at the right time when they needed it the most.
I would often stop by The Little Grace Chapel in Milton, Pennsylvania, and preach to the drivers coming in off the lonely road, with many rededicating their lives to Christ, even offering their services if needed at the chapel.
Beloved, chapel services were every night at 7:30 and 10:30, and the place was usually packed. I remember one occasion when the Lord even had my runs set up until I could do a week’s revival there, with many lives changed for the Glory of God.
For the next several years, we witnessed God bring them in by the hundreds as we sang and played our guitars over the speakers in outside services, with young and old drivers dancing in the parking lot, praising the Lord as we had a revival in the parking lot by the fuel aisle.
Dear readers, many times, God would use me to give a word of wisdom and knowledge that would stop drivers from attempting to take their lives with stories like mine speaking of how they had left their truck, coming to our meeting, looking for a reason to live and praise God beloved, they found it for just like Chaplain Kris had the words for me, God had the words for them and beloved, just like me, some of these precious people later made it into the Lord’s ministry.
Beloved, I could go on and on. Still, now you know why I have devoted my whole life to working in God’s ministry and allowing Him to leave His signature through me to other generations as he opened the door for me in several radio & TV stations, including performing miracles when I would preach.
Dear reader, after more than seven years of suffering through a severe nervous breakdown, I came back into fellowship with the Lord in 1994.
In 1995, I accepted the call of God back on my life and became a recognized chaplain with the Association of Christian Truckers.
I was blessed to minister at the Road Angel Truckers Center located off Exit 68 on Interstate 70 in Brownstown, Illinois, in some of their gatherings called jamborees.
God has used my ministry, Withered Hand Ministries, Inc. and Withered Hand Ministries Philippines, Inc., including The Call In Church Ministry, to reach worldwide with hundreds of testimonies of changed lives, miracles, and healings.
Dear reader, the Lord has blessed me to write inspirational books, which can be found in many cities in the USA and many countries throughout the free world and can be downloaded for free PDF from our website www.witheredhand.org.
Dear readers, I can confidently say that when God rewards people in Heaven, those who paved the way, such as Jim Keys, the founder of Transportation for Christ, including "The Association of Christian Truckers," and my dear friends' chaplains Joe & Jan Hunter, the founders of "Truckstop Ministries" for the Mobil Chapel Ministry will not be left out.
These ministries produced sincere, dedicated chaplains like Joe & Jan Hunter and Joe & Kris Tackitt, who served the drivers and motoring public. They will surely be rewarded for their work.
Be blessed & be A Blessing
Retired Trucker "The Guardian Angel
"THE COMING REVIVAL ON 18 WHEELS"
Dear readers, did you know that the transportation industry is vital in enabling us to enjoy the elegant lifestyle that we have become accustomed to, especially in this age of modern technology?
Did you know that many drivers like myself spend months on the road to get our nation's goods from one coast to the other? This provides an opportunity and platform to take the gospel's good news on eighteen wheels to those in need and troubled truckers looking for a reason to live.
In 1978, I was trained by my dad to work in the diesel engine industry. I was a mechanic and driver, rebuilding 290 Cummins diesel engines for Mason & Dixon Lines in my father's shop. My father had worked for 29 years as an A-Class diesel mechanic for the same company.
Once I was old enough to drive, I started taking road trips for a company that paid through Crown Enterprises at 11 cents per mile. My job was to haul their low-boy float across the country. On my first trip, I encountered a snowstorm that dumped 14 inches of snow. Despite having no experience, I returned home safely, while many of the company's experienced drivers had to find a motel.
Beloved reader, my two years of experience with this company helped prove my driving ability and allowed me to sign up and lease on the first flatbed truck division for my mom's cousin, Don Grey Trucking.
Dear readers, in 1987, I quit my job as an A-Class diesel mechanic with General Car & Truck Leasing and started running from coast to coast, running from all the hurt and pain I was suffering from a previous mental breakdown, but God had plans for this troubled trucker.
Beloved, I could not outrun God's call on my life and had several Angelic encounters in person that showed that he still loved me; after suffering for more than seven years, I came out of that hellish nightmare in 1994, and in 1995, I announced my call back into ministry, taking the CB radio call sign "The Guardian Angel."
Beloved, I used this pen name in my radio & TV programs and received tremendous response from my listening audience that called the stations when I was on the air or when they played one of my pre-recorded programs.
Saints, I used this CB Handle instead of my real name in my programs because I wanted people to see the Living God that had changed my life because I know the message I am presenting to the world can change their life, bringing hope out of despair and purpose when they discover that he had a plan for them before the foundation of the world.
Dear readers, being a gospel minister has helped broaden my knowledge of the word of God. I have been blessed to witness many souls saved and healed through the mighty handy work of the Holy Spirit living and operating through my ministry.
Beloved, God's Spirit gifts me to write Christian books derived from the life experiences I encountered on the open road, which is my way of allowing the Lord to leave his signature through me to future generations. It was in the late 1990s that I realized the need to train drivers to minister to other drivers and do it modestly with a word in due season to someone in need.
I gave into the call to train and equip truckers to become chaplains because God used two on-duty truck stop Chaplin, Joe, and Kris Tackit, with "The Association of Christian Truckers" in the 1980s to give me a word that not only stopped me from taking my life but changed my life forever.
It took me several years to suffer through a mental breakdown. Still 1995, when God brought me back into ministry, he opened the door to radio, TV, magazines, and other media as I took the CB handle "The Guardian Angel."
In my 43-year span in over-the-road trucking, tens of thousands of lives were changed for eternity because I believed in what I was presenting to the world, which changed me. I became a chaplain with the Association of Christian Truckers, including working with Chaplain Joe & Jan Hunter, who founded Truck Stop Ministries, placing chapels in truck stops throughout the United States.
Beloved, like a caterpillar coming out of its cocoon, I went out of my nightmare. I had Chaplain Jim Keys, who founded Transport for Christ and the Association of Christian Truckers, personally lay hands on me and commission me into this field of ministry, which sometimes requires a good listening ear, allowing a troubled trucker to have a shoulder to cry on.
Beloved reader, God does not expect us to have all the answers. Still, he does expect us to be faithful in our calling, for if he can trust you in this field, he will give you opportunities to reach a soul in need even if you are delayed at a shipper, or you get hooked on a 600 plus mile overnight run to get you in the right place at the right time to minister healing to a troubled soul that is at the end of their rope including entertaining thoughts of suicide.
Dear readers, to succeed in Evangelism, you must clearly understand that God desires to reach the undesirables that have been rejected by the church at large.
Beloved, I feel in my heart that I am one of the ones that God will use here and abroad to accomplish this goal, which I believe will be the beginning stages of the coming end-time revival, therefore beloved, "Get ready for the revival that will change the world - with the help of truckers."
Dear readers, the trucking industry is a vital part of society, and truckers are the backbone of this industry. Their hard work, dedication, and resilience make them the perfect candidates to lead this revival. With their help, we can build a better future, and transform our world into a place of hope, prosperity, and progress."
Dear readers, there is a way to have church on the Call in Church Conference line VIA phone by calling 563-999-1229 No Pin Needed! This line with its live meetings is used by people to stay in touch and came in real handy all through the pandemic. The Call in Church also has its own Facebook group page. For more on this line look up its website: www.thecallinchurch.com
(Psalms 113:7,8) (7) "He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;" (8) "That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people."
MY CONCLUSION
Dear readers, I am involved with ministries that focus on reaching out to hurting people, particularly those in the trucking industry. We provide resources, such as seminars and workshops, to help build their confidence, accept their calling, and use what they have learned to help others.
Our vision is to find, train, equip, and send anointed chaplains who can bring hope and purpose to the lost and hurting world. We believe that our ministry will be a valuable tool in the end-time revival already taking shape.
God revealed that I am one of the leaders chosen for God's next move and that my ministry will play a vital role in this revival. He also informed me that he plans to move into the trucking industry and call truckers to spread the gospel in a way no person or organization could control.
God revealed to me in the late 1990s that a revival would begin in the trucking industry, reaching millions and ushering them into his kingdom. Truckers are a tough breed used to hard living and overcoming obstacles. I believe that if Jesus were here today, he would likely be found ministering to truckers, as he loved spending time with people from all walks of life.
Dear readers, recently, God has burdened my heart to pray for both the Philippine and New Zealand truckers to unite in unity and harmony, for I feel he wants to use their industry for his cause and purpose.
Dear readers, I recommend you check out a ministry called "Lonesome Road Ministries" by Chaplain Gary Rayburn, who has enriched the lives of many through his tape and radio ministries.
We have a collection of free books available for download on our website. One of the books we highly recommend is "18 Wheels and Jesus". The novel tells the story of a truck driver who faces numerous challenges while on the road. Despite these hardships, he remains focused on God and realizes that even though the world may reject him, he is unconditionally loved by his Heavenly Father.
Beloved, the events in his life were orchestrated by God, propelling his ministry to reach people who may have been difficult to reach otherwise. We encourage you to check it out and download the PDF manuscript from our website.
Beloved, there is also a green book there published by "Free Truckers Stories Book by Step by Step Ministries & my story in the book is the 2cd one titled, "Coast to Coast." "These books can be found on our website: "www.witheredhand.org"
International Evangelist
Jerry W. Hulse
Miracle Life Church International
MY CLOSING PRAYER
Dear Lord, I am grateful for the opportunity to close this message with a word of prayer to all who will take the time to read it with an open heart. Father, I pray that you bless each who has surrendered their life more to your purpose through this message.
Father, I ask that you intensify the work that you have begun in their life and ministry. Please bless them spiritually, financially, physically, relationally, and emotionally so that their life may be blessed to enrich the lives of others.
Lord, I ask that your will, purpose, word, and Spirit will have a free course in their life and everyone they meet. I pray that You touch, heal, and deliver all that read this prayer and call upon Your excellent name, that You meet their needs right where they are. I ask that all curses and words spoken against them will be broken.
Father, I pray that you awaken the gifts and talents placed in them from birth and that they become unified in the faith with other believers. Help them realize the need to harmonize like a fine-tuned orchestra in the master’s hands.
Please forgive us for failing to remember that you know our needs before we ask, for you were once one of us who was tempted in all points as us, and you went to the cross to pay our sin debt that we could be drafted into your royal family as Sons and Daughters sharing with you in your glory.
Dear Lord, I ask you to enlarge our borders and place your hand of blessing upon us to guide us in the path you chose for us. Please deliver us from evil so we will not be tempted or cause pain. I pray that your blessed holy name might be glorified throughout the Earth as you leave your signature through us to future generations.
Lord, I ask that you assign an Angel to accompany this work into the home of everyone who will take the time to read it, and help us stand firm together, activating our faith, for it is in these trying times through your grace that we can find rest in knowing that we can depend on you, our God, "Our Father,” to come on the scene to direct our path and to guide our footsteps.
Please help us understand our dependence for survival is upon you, and help us realize that we represent your glorious body on Earth. Therefore, please help us know that there is strength in numbers, and we need each other to be fruitful and live a prosperous life as your people.
Dear Lord, I pray that you stir us up and burden our hearts for true revival, yes, Lord, in every country worldwide. Demonstrate to the people in these countries that you are the Unchanging God, for your word declares that what you were yesterday, you are today and will be tomorrow! (Hebrews 13:8)
Father, I ask that you move to bless each who has taken time to read this message and has humbly surrendered their life more to your purpose. I ask that you intensify the work that you have begun in their life and ministry in Jesus’ mighty name.
Lord, please bless them spiritually, financially, physically, relationally, and emotionally so that their life may be blessed to enrich the lives of others. I pray that all curses and words spoken against them will be broken, and I ask that you stand up for them in these last days and make their lives count.
Dear Lord, I ask you to awaken the gifts and talents placed in them at birth so they may become unified in the faith with other believers, realizing the need to work together in harmony like a fine-tuned orchestra in the master's hands.
Father, if anyone reading this prayer needs deliverance from some oppressing spirit, including some illnesses that may be attacking their body, I pray that your Holy Spirit would raise a standard against these attacks and set them free.
Lord, I pray that the power of your written and spoken word be activated through the authority made available unto us in the name of Jesus, and we apply the following scriptures to our prayer.
(John 16:23) "And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you."
(Psalms 34:15) "The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry."
Father, we close our prayer believing that you have heard and answered us according to your divine will and purpose, for it is in Jesus’ mighty name we pray and ask these favors. A-Men & A-Men
