November 02, 2003
I Used To Think Lust Control Was Bold
Man!
You would not believe what I saw tonight!!!
First, let me say that I've seen some bold things take place at the Back Room rock club in Austin, Texas. I used to think that some of the preaching I did from the stage at the Back Room was bold. Lust Control spoke loud and clear about some crazy things, and I always remember trying to be tactful and sensitive towards my audience. I knew that not everyone I was speaking to in a bar believed the same things I did.
Michael Sweet didn't even use tact.
He just used blunt but simple truth with a purity that cut right through the air. It's not supposed to happen this way.
Well, Stryper put on a whale of a show tonight. The place was equally as packed as I'd seen it. All the way from the front to the back, from side to side. Easily 300 people. Maybe closer to 500 or more... And Stryper played very good. They almost played all the notes they used to in those blazing fast double harmony lead guitar solos (although they had different tones dialed in), and the energy and punch were there.
And at the end of the show, Michael asked the audience if they wouldn't mind praying for them while they're on the rest of this tour; and he asked if it'd be alright if he prayed for "you"... The audience responded favorably.
Then he prayed a relaxed, real, honest, and bold as anything prayer, which ended in an invitation to pray to accept in and believe in Jesus and follow Him as Lord and Savior. Wow! I can't describe how amazing this was. I think the prayer lasted almost 5 minutes! We're talking a club here, folks! WOw. And not a single drunk or demon possessed heckler in the crowd. It was so cool and so sweet and so amazing.
Wow.
This might change a few things, here.
Whoa!
