Prayer’s Alteration

I have been studying for several weeks the prayer life of Jesus as mentioned in Luke’s Gospel. He prayed five times in this book.  This Gospel has been called by some the ‘Gospel According to Prayer’. God has blessed in this study with several great truths about prayer’s Altering Work. One truth is found in Luke 9:18; “And it came to pass as He was alone praying, His disciples were with Him…” He was praying but they were just there.  Let us be assured that you might not feel like praying or even have the mental capacity to pray but ‘He ever liveth to make intercession for us’.

The other truth is in Luke 9:29; “And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered,” The word ‘altered’ means to have a drastic change to happen. I feel confident that prayer is not to change the things of our circumstances. The Bible says He is always the same, He changes not.  He did everything before He ever did anything. I believe prayer is to change us as we through prayer enter into His divine alteration and say ‘not my will but thine be done’.

Until next time,



Evangelist Tom Gilliam

JULY 16-19
Newaygo, MI
Bill's Lake Baptist
Pastor Rick Tuttle

JULY 23 AM
Bremen, GA
Calvary Baptist
Pastor Howard Mills

JULY 24-27
Myrtle, MS
Camp Zion
Pastor Earl Farley

JULY 30-AUG 2
Dewy Rose, GA
Victory Baptist
Pastor Sean Baughman

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Precious Announcements

This has been a busy year for our family and looks to be another busy one next year.  We are so blessed!  God has richly blessed the ministry and for this we give Him all the glory.

John, Ali, Zoe, and Levi (our youngest grandchild) have recently moved into a new home.  Levi is growing so fast and Zoe will begin Kindergarten this fall.

Chuck, Julie, Abby, Megan, and Charlie are excited to announce the upcoming birth of a new brother or sister in December. We can’t wait to see this new bundle of joy. This will make our eighth grandchild.

Joe, Sabrina, and Noah are also anxiously awaiting the arrival of their new baby, Georgia. She is due to arrive at the end of August. Grandma is looking forward to spending some time there not only welcoming Georgia, but being able to play with Noah.


We continue to appreciate all that our supporting churches and friends do to make this ministry possible. We love each and every one of you and look forward to all future times of fellowship.