Clint Horton knew he didn’t have anything to offer in and of himself, but he knew God was calling him to offer himself anyway. So he told his pastor at Bethabara Baptist Church, Northport, that he felt called to preach, and the pastor gave him a date to do it — June 30.
His 13th birthday.
“I preached my first sermon that day — it was about three minutes long,” Horton said with a laugh.
But in the time since, God has placed men around him to help him keep growing in that calling, he said. Around the time he obtained his driver’s license, he got licensed to preach.
And then a little later, he got to be a part of something he never would’ve seen coming.
Power of prayer
Kevin Morrison, his pastor at the time, had been pouring into Horton and some other young men, and he asked them and other men in the church to be praying for five people to come to faith.
“But God put on my mind six,” Horton said, so he prayed for six.
Revival in the family
And over the coming weeks, revival broke out at Bethabara. Horton saw his dad, his older brother, his two younger sisters, his brother’s fiancé and Horton’s girlfriend at the time all give their lives to Jesus. Horton was able to baptize all six of them.
“It’s all because of Him,” he said.
Now 20, Horton serves as the pastoral intern at nearby Arbor Springs Baptist Church, Northport, where he was baptized when he was 6. He’s working on going to seminary and seeing what God has next.
“I’m glad He’s got me where He does,” Horton said. “I know even if I mess up, He’s still got a plan. If you’re alive and you’re breathing, God’s not done with you.”
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