LIVING ON THE EDGE

A Unique Texas Stadium Memory

As the former home of the Dallas Cowboys comes crashing down tomorrow, a much more important memory will combine with the flattening of the walls to signify life victories in the lives of thousands of men.

Years ago, I was part of a team who prayed for those walls to come down. Not the walls we see, but the spiritual walls we can’t see with our physical eyes. As we counted down the days approaching the Promise Keepers Conference titled Break Down The Walls, we followed Joshua’s example set forth by God in the Bible book of Joshua 6, to march around the fortified city 7 times, not making a sound, but claiming the destruction of walls existing between men… walls of pride, walls of prejudice, walls of hate, walls of indifference, walls of spiritual destruction.

In the days leading up to the PK Conference weekend ‘Game Day’, we marched around Texas Stadium a total of 6 times, saying nothing aloud, obediently making no sound (Joshua 6:10), just praying that God would break down the walls that separated us, and bring a spirit of godly unity, mutual love, commitment, and healing brotherhood in Christ.

Early on Friday morning, Oct 25, 1996, at 6:00am, we gathered in the cool autumn mist for the final victory lap around the stadium. A single trumpet player preceded us (Joshua 6:8,16). A handful of prayer warriors silently made the 8 minute circle around the stadium, accompanied only by the playing of God-honoring songs on the trumpet.

As we completed the lap, the trumpet player took his cue with a loud victorious blast, and our small faithful group shouted at the top of our voices, “God is the Victor,” “He is Lord,” “Praise God”!

Although the visible stadium walls did not budge, we know because of God’s faithfulness and love for His people, and because of our obedience to His commands, those unseen walls came crashing down in the spiritual realm. Hundreds of men humbly gave their lives to Christ. Tens of thousands recommitted to follow God wholeheartedly. Untold thousands of families were healed because of those walls coming down. And the ripple effect is still impacting lives 14 years later.

Tomorrow God will give us a piercing visual reminder of what took place in our hearts that October weekend. If you were part of God’s move of might in those days, or even if you weren’t, let this picture stir you to a renewed abandon to God. Let these collapsing walls encourage you to seek God with your whole heart, and serve Him with your whole life.

Carolyn Webb, Guest Blogger

Some things just tick me off and right now I am getting fed up with all the Hollywood attempts to emasculate (render powerless) the American male.

In my opinion every guy on TV or the movies are a dork, a womanizer, stupid, a bumbling idiot or just not around?  Every man is a wimp and women are better off without him.  I actually saw a woman wearing a T-shirt that read, “Tell me again why I need a man?”

Some of the shows that come to mind that depict this attitude are: “Desperate House Wives” (title says it all there people) “Two and a Half Men” (even the kid is sex crazy), “Swing Town” (The women are telling the men who to have sex with), “Lipstick Jungle” (three bimbos with no men around except for a sex toy) and on and on and on it goes. Men are portrayed as sexist, women haters, sex crazed or absent.

Now before you freak out and start responding, I am not some whacked out male chauvinist. I understand men and council them on a regular basis as to their stupidity and insensitivity.  But men need help and not this kind of garbage.

This is nothing like where I live and the guys I hang around. They are all men and they love their wives, their kids and they love Jesus more than anything.  And in my opinion it takes a real man to love Jesus and take a stand for Him especially in these times.

I’m just sick and tired of a bunch of Hollywood elitists telling us how we should feel and think about manhood. Face it, they’re CLUELESS IN HOLLYWOOD?

So, I’m turning that crap off and I’m going to watch some real men who act, talk and look like real men-THE DALLAS COWBOYS.