On Nov. 1 First Baptist Church, Prattville, had eaten the last of the fall festival candy and had packed away the last puppet used for Crossover festivities, but in Thalia Lifsey’s eyes, the party had only begun.
For the first time in her 76 years Lifsey had personally led someone to faith in Christ on a Crossover follow-up visit that night, and she says she’s “as happy as happy can be” about it.
Lifsey had always been involved in ministry but “left the presentation part up to someone else,” said Travis Coleman Jr., senior pastor of First, Prattville, where Lifsey is a member.
“I was director of a goodwill center in Richmond (Va.) for 10 years, but I had never given the plan of salvation in this way and had never had anyone accept the Lord before,” Lifsey said. “I had taken the FAITH program at church before, but my partner had never pushed me to give the plan of salvation.”
But that night her partner- who happened to be Bill Morgan, her nephew and Autauga Association’s director of missions- was more than happy to give her that push.
“Bill asked if he (the prospect) would listen to me tell him what the Bible said about eternal life, and God used that to bring him into the Kingdom,” Lifsey said. “His was the most moving prayer of forgiveness I’ve ever heard.”
The celebration she threw on the Prattville man’s porch that night wasn’t on the Crossover schedule, but she said her heart gave it fanfare as the greatest party of all.
“The Lord greatly blessed us on that visit,” she said. “He’s been wonderful to us.”
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