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Former Middle Weight Champion of the World
June 5, 2007 I had the blessing of meeting Quincy Taylor former Middle Weight Champion of the World while on outreach here in Dallas TX. I met him while he was crossing the street to go to a gas station from his vehicle. As I began talking to him about God he agreed to follow me back to the church and repent of his sins and be baptized in Jesus name! It was awesome, he is a very humble guy who is truly hungry for God!
Cecil
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out
into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be
filled. Luke14:23
On
Thursday night June 8th 2006 my wife and I were driving home from my son
Jordan’s baseball game, we were on our way home, and I went down a side street that I normally
don’t take, as I drove I seen a black guy walking down the street, I pulled
over and asked him how he was doing. He said not good,
and that he had run out of gas, and was walking to get gas.
I began telling him about salvation and that God wanted to help him and that he needed to get his heart right with God. I told him to get in the van and we would get him some gas. He said he was really having a hard time...and began to tell me in the last couple of days someone jumped in the car with him and his buddy and the guy started stabbing his friend....then someone came to him with a gun....as he was telling this I looked down at his hand, he had something that was a really long and pointed, upon closer examination I could tell it was a shank, like the prison people use to stab people.
As we talked he said his X girlfriend had a restraining order on him and he was going to be walking down to see her. So, on the way to the gas station I stopped by where he lived so he could get the gas can for gas. I noticed when he came back out he didn’t have the shank. I drove him to the gas station, and the Holy Ghost told me that this man will not live but a few more days, if he didn’t give his life to God, I told him this, he said wow, I have heard that from two people already...I said well you better get in church and the right church, I gave him a Bible study, took him home, we all got out of the van and right out in the street, Holly and I prayed for him right there, traffic going by and all.....it was powerful.
Sunday, he went to Sunday school, and brought his live in girlfriend and her baby, then Sunday night his girlfriend and her baby and her two boys who are 13 and 10 all came and came to the altar! It was awesome he said he is coming to our church from now on! The boys loved it and said they want to keep coming and learn about the Holy Ghost!
I know God has an anointing on this man’s life, Sunday night when we were on the way to pick them up for church, we passed by an apartment complex, I just had glanced over and seen a bunch of children all playing outside, I turned the van around and went back to the apartment complex, there were over 40 children, they all came running up to the van, some were saying is this a church van? I said yes and we are here to invite you all to church next Sunday morning! Before long every child had an invitation, and many said they were coming next week! Already first thing Monday morning we have had calls of people wanting to come from there!
One thing I thought about after all this meeting, when we first pulled up to this man, he said he was on his way to get gas, after thinking about this I remembered that when we told him we would take him, we had to go to his house to get the gas can, so in fact he was not on his way to get gas. When I said this to him Sunday, he said just know that God really helped him and didn’t allow things to happen the way they would have. I believe he was on his way to harm someone with the shank that he held. He has stated he wants to testify soon about it all so…stay tuned!
Bro Tim Downs
UPDATE: 08/20/2006 Cecil received the Holy Ghost! PRAISE GOD!
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Wheel
Chair Willy
Sometime in the middle part
of July, 2006 my wife and I began a new outreach program in an apartment
complex called Garfield Apartments. We felt this was a really great opportunity
to reach many new souls for the 
to us and showing interest in coming to Sunday school.
Many exciting things were taking place.
As we reached the last few
apartments we saw a man of small stature sitting in a wheel chair and looking
very sad. I asked my wife to come with me and talk to him. As we approached, I
said, hi my name is Tim and this is my wife Holly, we noticed you here and
would like to ask you if it’s ok to pray for you. He said well yes I guess so.
We laid hands on him and asked God to heal him, the presence of God flooded his
small apartment, it was amazing the sweet spirit of
God. As we were ready to leave I noticed he had some type of paraphernalia next
to him, I didn’t ask what it was exactly but assumed it was a pipe of some
type. I began to ask God to deliver this man.
Before leaving I asked Willy
if there was anything we could do for him. He stated that his wheel chair was
broken, the seat had been ripped out and he was sitting on just metal. It was
in awful condition. He asked if there was any way we could get him another
wheel chair. I told him we would see what we could do.
After leaving this day I
really felt a burden and a hunger from Willy. I was thinking of where I could
possibly get a wheel chair from. A little later that day I
had remembered being at one of the saint’s homes as they were preparing for a
yard sale a few weeks ago. I remembered seeing a wheel chair. I called
them and asked about the chair they said it had not sold, however it belonged
to one of the family members and she would have to call and see if we could
purchase it. The following day we were able to purchase the wheel chair! Praise
God!
We took the new chair over to
Willy’s house; he was very excited and began to cry. It was awesome. He was very thankful and I
believe he was some what surprised that we were able to get him a new chair. Before
we left I asked him if I could come once a week and teach him a Bible study
about end time prophesy, he said yes, he would like to learn about that!
The first thing Monday I
started my first Bible study with my new friend. He had another man over to
watch with us and was really excited we began to talk about God and the things
God can do. He told me he had talked to his girlfriend and asked her, “If I decide to start going to church and living
right what will you do?” she told him she would leave him. He stated he did not
care if she left or not he was going to start coming to church! I believe God
has his hand on Willy and I am excited to see God heal and deliver him!
The second week Willy had a
new friend his name is Big John, he was a very large man and very quiet. He
seems to like the Bible study as well. I am praying God will continue to add
souls to our study and we will see mighty works of revival through it all.
Update: 08/20/2006 Willy has been baptized in Jesus name and seeking the Holy Ghost and now his family is all coming with him! Several others are coming in as well that know Willy!
Update: 08/26/2006 Willy gets the Holy Ghost!
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Tom
the Pizza Man
It was close to 6:00
pm on July the 3rd 2006 when I was working on a project for the
gowinsouls.com web site. I heard the door bell ring and immediately felt
something in my spirit that something good is about to happen!
I looked out the window and could see a
small car with the hood up and a pizza sign on the top of it. I went down and
seen a man standing at the door. He told me he was driving down our street and
after delivering the pizza his car began to act funny. He drove all the way
down the street and all the sudden his car just died!
I told him, well you
don’t know it but God has put you on my door step for more than help with your
car! I asked if he needed a phone, he did and he called his boss to tell them
he had broken down. As he was on the phone I grabbed a Bible study, an
invitation to our church and a Bible. When he was finished I presented him with
the 3 items. He was really excited and began to tell me of some of his
experiences in and out of churches.
As he stood in my drive way he said “you
are those Holy Ghost Power people” I said yes we are and God wants to give you
that power! I drove Tom home and began to tell him about real salvation and
that he needs to respond to Gods calling in his life to be saved. He said he
will look forward to coming and asked me to pick him up for Wednesday service!
As I began to think
about all this, all I can say is that God is so awesome, if you will witness
and reach out for the lost in your city, God will send hungry people right to
your door! Get ready for revival!
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Billy
Graham
On August 8th, 2006 we headed for the Soul Winners Boot Camp 2006 which was the most exciting thing we have ever been to in our lives!
Upon arriving to our hotel in
On the cover of the magazine was a picture of the Rev. Billy Graham, an internationally known TV evangelist. We both began to read the article about him and as I read, I noticed the article mentioned Rev. Graham lives in North Carolina, it mentioned he lived in the mountains in a place called Montreat North Carolina. I believe the Lord spoke to me at that time and said, “that’s on your way home”. I thought about it and had planned to check the map and see where it was, however as all of the excitement from Soul Winners Boot Camp began, I forgot all about my interest in where he lived.
As the week came to a close, we began our trip back to
I could not remember the name of the town the article said
Rev. Graham lived in so I called information and asked for a Billy Graham in
As we entered the little community of Montreat I could feel a presence of evil. We began to drive around and ask various people if they knew where Rev. Grahams home was. The people were all acting very strange; you could tell they didn’t want anyone knowing where he lived. A few people told us directions; however none of them were accurate on where he lived. We finally were going to give up, we drove out of the community and I stopped at a local shopping store. I thought I would try one last time to ask someone. As we entered the store, a young lady smiled and asked how we were doing, I told her what we were doing and she said, “Oh my father is Rev. Graham’s doctor I know where he lives. Almost as soon as she said that, she began to try and take back her words, and said, oh I’m sorry; I’m not allowed to say where he lives.
We thought we would try one more time to find it, so we drove back up the mountain. As we rounded one of the curves we noticed an elderly lady out side by the road, we pulled over and I asked her if she knew where Rev. Graham lived, she said, “now why would you want to know where he lives, why would you want to see his home” I told her I had driven a long distance and wanted to at least just see his home. She, too acted very strange about any information about him. As we talked she finally said that he used to live right next to her and because of all the people coming to try and meet him, he had to move way up high on the mountain. She said she has known them for many years and grew up with Ruth Graham. She suggested that If I wanted to give him information that I address it to Rev. Graham at the Montreat Post office under general delivery and that he checks his mail there daily.
As we started to leave I gave this elderly lady a copy of my Bible study and asked her to read it, she said she would and we headed for the post office. I addressed a copy of my Bible study to Rev. Graham and put it in the box. I know God was speaking to me, and I obeyed his voice, I am excited to see what comes of this. Please keep Rev. Graham in your prayers, he needs to know the truth!
Git Shorty
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After a very long day of outreach on Saturday, September 16, 2006 my wife and I were on our way to church to pray. As we drove past a restaurant in our city I saw a large touring bus with the name “Git Shorty” on the side. Something immediately told me to turn around and go see if I can talk to whoever this was.
As I pulled up, I looked through the windows of the restaurant expecting to see a group of people who looked like they were in a band. I did not see anyone. I decided to write a note and leave it on the side of the bus. As usual I do hear what I believe is the voice of God speaking to me as to what to say, I pulled out a church flyer and began to write this information: “It’s time to get your heart right with God and know where you will spend eternity” “What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul” Please turn your heart to God, read John 3:5 and Acts 2:38
God Bless you, Tim Downs and my phone number.
As I was writing, my wife said hey look there is a lady, and this lady was walking into the bus. I waived at her and finished my note. The Holy Ghost spoke to me that this person whoever Git Shorty is, was a backslider. I wrote the last few words on my note and walked up to the bus, the lady put up her finger as to wait just a minute, to my surprise an aged black man came to the door, he was “Git Shorty, Git stands for Guitar Shorty” I told him I was not there for an autograph but I felt I was sent from God to deliver him this message and I would be praying for him. He was very polite and said thank you. I felt the presence of God very strong, it was awesome!
When I returned home from prayer I looked up the information for “Git Shorty” here is some of what I found out about him, this is information from his web site.
Guitar Shorty, aka David Kearney, was born in
When other kids were in high school, Shorty was a student by day and
a working musician by night. One evening when he went to work the marquis read,
“The Walter Johnson Band featuring Guitar Shorty";
the name he would go by from then on was born.
Right out of high school at the age of 16 Shorty
joined Ray Charles and his band
for a year. At the age of 17 he recorded a single under the direction of Willie Dixon on the Cobra label. When Shorty was lured away to play with Guitar Slim he moved to
In
Shorty lived and worked in both
Like a
Since that time Shorty has recorded several
albums for the Black Top label
and is currently signed to Evidence Records.
He often jams at local clubs with former members of the Eagles, Steely Dan, and
calls local blues artist
Please pray that the seed that was sown will fall on solid ground. I do not believe this was by chance, but ordained of God.
God Bless,
Bro Tim Downs
Kirstie Alley has starred in many movies and also was a very huge success on the T.V. series “Cheers".
I thank God for allowing me to meet these people, I never ask for an autograph from them. I do not believe the purpose of my meeting them is to celebrate their celebrity status, but to reach them with the gospel!
Please pray that her heart will be pricked!
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James "Buster" Douglas
For the last year, living in Newark Ohio I have been working on winning James "Buster" Douglas. If any of you ever followed boxing, Buster is the one who knocked out Mike Tyson for the heavy weight championship of the world back in 1990.
Buster lives in the country not far from Newark, I have had the opportunity to visit with him many times, each time giving him a Bible study, a gift basket for his family and also Bibles.
The last time I was at his home he said he has been so busy he just has not had time for coming to our church. I pray God will draw him into a commitment of service to God and his Kingdom. I am trusting that the efforts I have made to reach Buster will be watered though prayers of others, and God will give the increase and we shall see Buster filled with the Holy Ghost!
Please keep him in your prayers. 
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