2010
Though he was talking about the fact that a seed has to “die” in order for the future plant to come to “life”,
what he was really espousing was a deep, eternal spiritual truth—one that I have seen firsthand in our ministry
here at FamilyLife. That truth goes something like this—To come to life in Christ, you must first die to self.
Let me show what I mean...
For the last several months, my (Micah) role at the ministry has been to serve on our Weekend to Remember
marriage conference team. In that role, I interact with people all over the United States, and I serve them by
teaching them how to invite their friends to a marriage conference. It’s as simple as that—people caring
enough to invite friends to hear God’s truth, about life and marriage...and I get to show them how!
In my role at FamilyLife, here are 3 examples I have seen of dead things coming to life. These are all people
that I (Micah) have developed a ministry relationship with, and they shared some comments that I wanted to
share with you—our partners in ministry:
“Sandy and I were in St. Augustine this weekend and we walked in feeling very separated. There was
a real feeling of being alone. We walked away with a renewed sense of togetherness. In fact, just to-
day we held one another and just spoke out loud, Thank you Lord, for bringing us back together.”
“My wife and I attended the Weekend to Remember this past weekend. My wife (who was an unbe-
liever) and I have had many ups and downs and it came to a head about 6 months ago where we were
talking divorce. By the grace of God she decided, as one last ditch effort, to go to a Christian coun-
selor with me. Since then the Holy Spirit has been working on her heart and moving her closer to
Christ. This past Weekend at the conference my wife accepted Christ into her heart as her personal
savior!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How GREAT is our GOD!!!!”
“My husband & I were married just last month on May 15th. This was our first conference to attend & it
opened our eyes to a whole new world. We rededicated our lives as well as our family life to the Lord
this weekend.”
Micah. 785.231.9478
mgelatt@familylife.com
Johanna. 785.817.3997
gelatts@gmail.com
www.gelattfamily.com