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challenge I faced was that the members of that particular club had a reputation for drinking, ridiculing and even shouting out obscenities as their guest speakers spoke. I agreed, on the condition they would not identify the speaker as a minister, but as president of Daystar International, Ltd. (Daystar International, Ltd. incorporates Daystar Family Church where I am pastor, and Daystar International Bible Training College).
    As the day came, a member of the club called, concerned about me and wondering whether I should speak after all.
    “No, I need to speak,” I said. “You haven’t told them I’m a minister, have you?”
    “Well, no,” he said, “But, Ian, they’re going to be foul and I don’t know whether I....”
    “It’s all right,” I assured him.
    At the head table the next day, I watched as the booze began to flow and the smoke got so thick at times I could hardly see the audience. When they introduced me, everybody settled back, beers in hands and faces etched with curiosity—“Who we gonna eat tonight?”
    “My name’s Ian Britza and I’m the president of Daystar International, Ltd.”
    Some bloke yelled out, “What business is that?”
    “I’m in the business of looking after the spiritual state of our community,” I said.
    I noticed a couple of sneers.
    “There’s one thing that I can’t stand and that’s a cynic,” I said. “Cynics are people who show everybody how ignorant they are.
    “When I was 7 years old, God—whether you believe in God or not is beside the point—God spoke to me. He said I was going to be called to look after the spiritual state of people, to be a minister. I know you people don’t go to church. It’s a shame, because when you’re in trouble, it’s the minister you look to for help. It’s me you come to. Whether you like it or agree with it or not, it’s me.”
    You could have heard a pin drop.
    “So don’t come to me and ridicule my office when I’ve given my whole life, 24 hours a day,” I continued. “You clock out at 5 o’clock. I don’t clock out. I care about your families. I care about the needs of your young people, your teenagers. I’ve committed my life to speak to them whenever they have a problem. My community needs me in this city.”
    That’s the way I spoke for about 25 or 30 minutes. There was absolute silence. When it came time for questions, no one said, “Boo.” The president stood up and said, “I’ve never heard anything like this in my life.” And men came up to me and said, “I just really appreciate that.”
    I didn’t try to get that response. I just responded to the training I had received as a child. Sometimes we bring our children up to almost apologize for being a Christian. I didn’t apologize for my Christianity because I had been trained to know that my parents love me. I was trained to know that God loves me. And that gave me great security—the security to jump out and say what God knew those men needed to hear.
    Some people misunderstand that and say, “Oh, man of faith, you walk on water.” No, no, no, no. I walk on water because I have great faith in the One Who loves me.
    And it’s not an effort, people. Don’t put men like Dr. Lester Sumrall, or Kenneth Hagin, or Kenneth Copeland on some kind of unreachable pedestal. The reason they walk in faith so consistently and effortlessly is because they know that their heavenly Father loves them. They’ve trained themselves to respond to Him instantly and confidently.
    That’s how we are to raise our children. Through proper correction, we train our children’s hearts to follow God’s will for them. Then they will know the joy and peace that comes from confident, uncompromising obedience to His voice. As they grow, they won’t rebel or be overcome by the world. Instead, they’ll be a force to be reckoned with.

Chapter 7
    Dennis Burke
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