Steve Sikes Blog
Steve Sikes Blog
A group of our ladies came together months ago to pray for God to lead them in selecting the speaker for our next Pitman Women’s Retreat in April, 2010. They’ve listened to speakers via tapes, plus, below are events I’ve recorded since their prayer:
1. A sister-in-Christ contacted one of our ladies on the selection committee and said, “We just had Dr. Becky Holton speak at our ladies’ retreat. She was the best speaker we’ve ever had. Get her if you can.”
2. Patti and I traveled to Chicago this July for our oldest son’s graduation from medical school. On Sunday, following graduation, we unexpectedly ran into Becky and her husband, Kerry, at church. We discovered they had recently moved to Chicago as part of a new church plant.
3. A young man called the Pitman church this summer and asked if he could speak to our congregation about his mission efforts in Africa. While attending one of our men’s prayer sessions, we discovered he knew and had worked with another African missionary – one of the sons of Becky and Kerry!
4. Dan arrived back home from Springfield, MO. He brought me greetings from someone he said knew me. “She is now married to the youth minister at the church where I spoke. Her name is _____” (daughter of Becky & Kerry Holton)!
A group of our ladies came together months ago to pray for God to lead them… Dr. Becky Holton said “Yes”— she’s coming to Pitman next April!
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Steve, I didn't see a way to send you an email, so leaving a comment here! I found your blog and the Pitman website through Patti's blog(s). I clicked on your sermon from Oct 11th about the Holy Spirit, and it was like a HUGE breath of fresh air. I cried most of the way through - partly just hearing your voice again after several years, and also from the message you shared. I moved to Las Vegas from York just over 5 years ago and have been in the midst of tremendous spiritual struggle ever since. My reason for moving to Vegas was a good one (a new marriage and new life for me and Samuel, after the divorce from Dale)... but putting it plainly and simply - Vegas is a TOUGH town. I think I had been here about 4 or 5 months before I realized just how "heavy" the spiritual warfare is here. My husband Allan (who I hope you'll get to meet someday) has lived here all his life, so he doesn't "feel" it or see it quite as intensely as I do, but he admits that the churches here are up against a handicap. Allan and I recently left the congregation where we've been worshiping for the last five years (too many reasons for that to put here in a public comment), and we are trying to find a new "home". Our options and choices for a new church family/congregation are so very limited, and while we know we need to NOT be where we WERE, we don't know WHERE to be instead. I'm going to share your sermon with Allan tonight when he gets home from work, and I'm going to listen to it a few more times as we continue to try and listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit. So... all that, to basically say THANK YOU! I'll be bookmarking and listening to further sermons. I know God led me your site tonight, and He knew I needed to hear the words you preached. I have a feeling He'll be feeding me/us through you and others for awhile! We need it so desperately! My love to you and Patti and the rest of the Sikes gang! ~Charlene