I Will Never Get Tired of This
No matter how long I live or how many late nights I have to endure, I will never get tired of seeing tenagers respond to the gospel.
Sunday night at our Crossroads camps, around 60 students responded to the gospel by putting their faith in Jesus and beginning a lifelong journey of salvation. Then last night in Chattanooga, TN, nearly 100 more students stood to their feet in front of over 1,000 of their friends and peers, and with all the lights on and all eyes open and no soft music playing in the background, they confessed their sin and trusted Christ for their salvation and redemption.
After 21 years doing this, I love it more today than any other day. I am more humbled now that I get the honor to preach the riches of God’s grace than I have ever been. I just can’t get over what God does in a person’s heart when He illuminates them to His death on the cross, His resurrection, and the love He has for them.
I laid down in the Country Inn and Suites, room 313, at about 11:30 last night. The last time I looked at the clock before falling asleep, it was 2:13 AM. I couldn’t fall asleep because I just couldn’t get over it. I kept thinking about those kids who began the journey of faith. I kept seeing them at the altar, broken over their sins and overwhelmed by the gentle power of the Holy Spirit.
I sincerely pray that it will never become old to me, that I would never count it as a small thing when a sinner converts to faith in Christ and crosses over from death to life. And I pray that you would never grow tired of all the wonderful things that God does in your life; your wife’s gentle touch, the playful screams of your kids, legs that work when you wake up in the morning, clean water to drink from the tap.
I apologize for gushing forth all this juvenile joy, but I just can’t help myself, because there are some things in life you just can’t get enough of.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Keep it Coming, what and awesome story!!!!
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Keep preaching the Word! God has called you to reach young people. I strongly believe God only has a few around like you.
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Awesome stuff!!….. Teenagers today are looking for the right answer - Jesus!
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Clayton,
Jim Elliot said, “A man is no fool to give what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” You just keep giving what God has called you to give, and we all will just keep enjoying the results with you!!!!!
Love & Prayers,
Ricky Mason
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:08 pm
May we all never forget why we do this…your passion is a joyful inspiration to me for sure. Thanks for being faithful to this generation of young people before we lose them to their culture!
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:03 pm
You are so gifted and I love to hear your sermons! It must be so gratifying to know that you had a hand in leading young people to Christ! My husband and I go to Elevation Church in Charlotte and have heard you preach several times! I could listen to you for hours! May God always give you the right words…….so that people far from God will be filled with life in Christ! God Bless you!!
July 23rd, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Clayton,
I was one of the teenagers that stood up and gave my life to ministry at Crossroads. God has used you in so many ways in my life. I pray that God will call more and more teenagers to ministry.
Praise God!
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Clayton,
Love the post. I would love for you to come to ETBC sometime.
Do you guys have any more Monogamous Fish CD’s?
PS
I can beat BRian Burgess in arm wrestling and MMA!
July 24th, 2008 at 4:43 am
That’s awesome! So glad to hear this great news.
July 24th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Clayton,
hey i was at crossroads and i had so much fun i love your preaching! Cant wait to see you next year!
July 25th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Clayton,
I was actually there the night that all of those people stood up. It was so amazing!
July 26th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Way to allow God to use you Clayton. Praise God.
July 27th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Clayton, I got the honor of hearing you speak for the first time in Chattanooga on Monday night. I just wanted to tell you in any way possible, that you are an amazing speaker. I thank God for the opportunity to have heard you speak. You truely changed lives that night. I couldn’t have been happier about it. I only wish you could’ve been there the rest of the week. It was such a blessing to see how many people were lead to Christ! I’d say a good 300 people got saved all together.