Oak Grove Baptist Church

From The Heart 

From the Heart

Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

I had the privilege to attend the Evangelism Conference in Oklahoma City on Monday and Tuesday. It was a time of refreshing and to hear the Word of God preached. A time to listen to the voice of God. While I have attended many in the course of my ministry, I saw something Tuesday night that really touched my heart. As the last preacher was to share that night, when he stood up he addressed the lady who signed for those who are deaf. He asked for her to tell him her name. The interesting part of all this was that he was signing to the lady. This is what the pastor said, “both my mother and father were deaf and I grew up in a home of silence.” He indicated that his parents did not go past the seventh grade. As he shared this, he then asked each of the individuals who were deaf, what their names were.

Then Ed Newton shared this, he said that deaf people are the third largest people group that are unreached with the gospel.

How many individuals do you know that are deaf. As I thought about this, I thought of two people that I have met in Hugo since I have been here who are deaf. One has attended a service here and the other has sent her two girls to Vacation Bible School last year. Unseen needs and unheard voices are all around us and they need to hear the good news.

Bro. Kyle