Happy Birthday, Pastor Bill

For 50+ years, Pastor Bill Raws was a part of the ministry of America’s Keswick. He was the grandson of our founder, William Raws, and God used him in so many ways during his 80+ years of life.

For years I watched him from a distance. I always admired and respected him. 16 years ago I was given the privilege of working side by side with him when I became the 6^th President & CEO of America’s Keswick.

There are many things that I miss about him:

• The dignity at the way he conducted himself both on and off the platform.
• His humility and his love and attention to people. They knew he cared.
• His love the Word of God and prayer.
• His commitment to exercise and nutrition.

Every Tuesday for 12 years I waited every Tuesday for the rustling of his jogging suit, the snapping of the rubber band wrapped around his Day-Timer, his unique way of letting me know he was outside my office ready to meet for prayer.

Like all of us, he had character flaws – but he sure was someone that I loved and looked up to, and hope to be like when I grow up. Happy birthday in heaven, Pastor Bill. – Bill Welte is the President & CEO of America’s Keswick

Team YOU: Psalm 26-28; Proverbs 20; Acts 22

Motivations: “Though, your faith is as weak as a single strand of a spider’s web, if it is faith in Christ, it is saving faith; because it is not faith that saves, it is not even faith in Christ that saves, it is Christ who saves.”   John Murray

Practice to Remember: Level 1:Philippians 2:4; Level 2: Philippians 2:5-11

Powered Up:  Prayerlessness is expatriation, or worse, from God’s kingdom. It is outlawry, a high crime, a constitutional breach. – E. M. Bounds