Weekly Reading:Joel 1:1-20

Key Verse: Joel 1:13-15

Theme: Return To The Lord - When locusts invade our life, we need to return to the Lord with humility.

Return #2

For Billy Graham’s oldest son, Franklin, expectations were great. Shortly after he was born, well-wishers sent letters urging him to “grow up fast” to follow in his father’s footsteps.

But growing up without a father at home much of his life, Franklin Graham chafed at the idea of being not only a Preacher’s Kid, but America’s Preacher’s Kid.

He had other plans. He would sometimes skip church to ride his dirt bike when his father was away from home. As he got older, he became a teen rebel who smoked and drank and fought. He led police on high-speed chases and was kicked out of LeTourneau College in Longview, Texas, after his father had used his influence to get him in.

On his 22nd birthday, Billy Graham confronted his son and told him to make a choice: Either accept or reject Jesus Christ. A resentful son
left shortly afterward on a tour of the Holy Land.

Two weeks later, smoking a cigarette in a hotel room in Jerusalem, the younger Graham picked up a Bible, got on his knees and experienced a religious conversion. “The rebel had found the cause.”

Today, he serves as President and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Under his leadership, Samaritan’s Purse has met the needs of poor, sick, and suffering people in more than 100 countries. As an evangelist for the Billy Graham
Evangelistic Association, he has led crusades around the world.

Something To Ponder

• Describe the four types of lucusts. (v4)
• What situation was Joel referring to?
• Have you found your “cause”?  What have you done about it?