But I Have Prayed for Thee
In these days of uncertainty politically, financially, emotionally, and spiritually it has become extremely dear to me to know that there are many that pray for me. As we travel across this country we are told constantly that churches and individuals pray for us. We so appreciate this and only eternity will reveal what these prayers accomplished in this ministry.  But recently while studying the life of Peter I was alerted to the fact that Jesus shared with Peter that ‘He’ was praying for him that his “…faith fail not:” This word ‘prayed’ means to beg, beseech, bind oneself to the petition guaranteeing that it will receive a ‘yes’ answer. The Lord knew that Satan desired to sift Peter and He assured him that He would pray for him that his ‘faith’ would not ‘fail’. As we are sifted as well by Satan it is a great comfort to know that Jesus is praying for us. He will bind himself to us, and our need, guaranteeing that our faith will not fail. I pray that this will be as much of an encouragement to you as it has been to me.



Evangelist Tom Gilliam

The Voice of Calvary Radio Show

We are blessed to be a part of an internet-based radio station, The Voice of Calvary Radio, a ministry of Calvary Baptist Church, Lenoir, NC. Be sure to bookmark the website: www.vocradio.org. We are currently scheduled to air at 9:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 3:30 a.m. every day. Check it out!

Family Update

It has been a year since we sent an E-news and for this we apologize. Time seems to get by us and we never seem to get all accomplished that we desire.  The Lord has been so good to us this past year.  We could never begin to enumerate just how much He has done for us.  As you can tell from the pictures our family is growing in leaps and bounds. Our newest addition was born June 27^th to Chuck, Julie, Abby, Megan, Charlie, and Claire. He is Aaron Benjamin and he makes our 10^th grandchild. We hope to have a photo of him by our next E-news.