What, where, how and who!

On the stage
Originally uploaded by Cross and Crown.

This picture shows Paul before he spoke Thursday night in Tulsa. On each side of him are the longtime workshop directors Terry Rush and Marvin Phillips.

When Paul took the stage before the audience of a couple of thousand attendees, he told the story of how God led him and his family to the mission.

It was a prayer journey in which he asked God at each stage ...
what do you want me to do?
God revealed he wanted him to pray for people.

Then where do you want me to do it?
God led him to the building at 9th and McKinley.

The how?
God provided volunteers, materials, finances.

and, ultimately, who?
Though Paul himself was inexperienced to work with people with addictions, in poverty, in prostitution ... that's who God sends to the mission.

God's power in our limitations.

More about the talk later. But someone commented that he could go on the speaking circuit and never repeat the same sermon because of all the "God" stories that have happened at Cross & Crown. An endless, glorious repertoire.

Paul closed with saying God can take our limited vision and open our eyes to his indescribable glory!