Exploits for God is a collection of Christians dedicated to seeing the Kingdom of God magnified and increased in the Earth. Our main goals are honoring God and encouraging Christians to do great works for Him and His people. God still uses people to do awesome works in the world today. The ministry of Jesus lives on through His Body, the collection of Christians.
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EFG's blog will primarily feature writings that seek to exhort and encourage Christians to do mighty works (exploits) for God. As our foundational verse says, you must know God before you can be strong and do exploits for Him. Therefore many of our posts will be about God, especially what we learn through His Word. Our posts will also emphasize God's supernatural assistance available for Christians to live or do His Will for their lives. We may not all go around the world preaching the Gospel, but God has for all who know Him to do mighty works in His Name.
The Bible tells us to rise and shine, for our light has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon us. (Isa 60:1). We know that many Christians do wonderful works all over the earth. But we also know that many Christians do nothing. Sadly, we have been there, knowing we should do something yet doing nothing. Well, no more! We are going to do the good works God has before ordained that we should walk in, and we are going to encourage others to do the same. EFG believes that a person truly begins to live the abundant life God has for them when that Christian begins truly living God's will for his or her life.
EFG will also report on awesome exploits for God that occur worldwide. Various works of Christians and ministries will be reported on, often with information on how to get involved. These last days demand more Christian effort and unity than ever. EFG desires to promote this unity.
EFG will provide many resource links to its blog visitors. These links will include Bible study resources. EFG believes The Holy Bible to be the Divinely inspired and written Word of God. Biblical study and meditation is the key to holy and successful living. EFG will endeavor to help Christians in their Bible study by providing links to helpful sights which honor God and promote Biblical wisdom. Other links will direct visitors to anointed ministries with various focuses. In these last days God has called and anointed many leaders. The book of Ephesians says God provides ministry gifts that will edify and promote the Body. EFG wants to help spread the word about them. Lastly some links will direct Christians to other Christian materials and resources of all types. EFG believes Christianity is for every part of life. Christians worldwide are taking Godliness and Biblical Principals into every business and endeavor under the sun. You'll find links to many of them here.
EFG will allow commenting on its posts. This way visitors to EFG can publicly give glory to God for His works, share praise reports of God's goodness in related areas, and tell other visitors about other exploits for God. Please visit our EFG Commenting and Contact pages for information on how you can inform us of God's works so that you or we can post information about them here. We know that hearing of God's good and powerful deeds stirs the faith of Christians.
Byron and Shannon Howell
Byron grew up in Tampa, Florida. Byron first asked Jesus into his heart in the third grade. During his early childhood he attended Faith Covenant Fellowship, pastored by Reverend George Brooks, with his parents. There he received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. While he attended a Catholic high school, Byron and his family began attending The River at Tampa Bay, pastored by Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne. There Byron was truly introduced to the Global Body of Christ and the idea of flowing with the Holy Spirit.
Shannon grew up in Orlando, Florida. During her youth her family regularly attended a Methodist church. Shannon received Jesus as her Lord and Savior at a Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting.
Byron and Shannon met through mutual friends while attending the University of Florida. They began seeing each other during the Fall of their senior year. While their college lives didn't always evidence the holiness God desires, God was working on their hearts and never stopped drawing them closer to Him. During the following Spring they began attending Victory Church pastored by Pastor Bill Deconna. There they began worshipping the Lord together.
After college Byron and Shannon moved to Atlanta where they attended World Changers Church International, pastored by Dr. Creflo A. Dollar. While Byron and Shannon loved God when they first walked onto the WCCI campus, it was there they truly began to understand what serving Him meant. Dr. Dollar taught them about the integrity of God's Word, holiness, authority, power, prosperity, and many other Godly topics. They completed the New Member classes there and were baptized again in The WCCI Chapel. At WCCI Shannon first received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. Dr. Dollar also introduced them to the teachings of many other anointed teachers, such as Kenneth Copeland, Gregory Dickow, Jimmy Evans, Bill Winston, and more. Byron and Shannon still attend Dr. Dollar's conferences both in New York and Atlanta when God directs. They consider him one of their two fathers in The Faith.
Their other father in The Faith is Byron's biological father, Kevin Howell. After moving to Tampa after Atlanta, Byron and Shannon began attending Pastor Kevin's church, Covenant Christian Center of Tampa. Having served at the highest levels of local churches for many years, Pastor Kevin and his wife, Pastor Gaile, were directed by God to open a new church. Their church is an amazing blend of Spirit and Truth, where the Holy Spirit leads and the solid meat of God's Word always comes forth. This has been Byron and Shannon's home church for three years now. God has blessed Pastor Kevin with profound revelation of the Scriptures in many areas, especially healing and prosperity.
God has blessed Byron and Shannon with travels around the world. Besides their honeymoon in Tahiti and trips to Western Europe and Australia, God sent them to Africa twice. There they have visited South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Kenya and Egypt. Through all these travels God introduced Byron and Shannon to the global Body of Christ. They are learning about the importance of global Bodily unity, and the different manifestations of God's glory worldwide. God is also showing them the different oppositions to Christianity that must be overcome. Byron and Shannon know that God has international ministry ahead for them. They want Exploits for God to include Christians from every nation, doing Godly works around the world.
Byron and Shannon believe that Jesus is the only Name by which man can be saved. They desire to see all people come to the saving knowledge which is in Jesus Christ. They also believe that Christians are God's children, and that God wants the best for His children. They believe God has provided for them, through Jesus, healing, prosperity, power, love, and all good things. The believe that no good thing will God withhold from them who walk uprightly. And they know that the young lions do lack and suffer hunger, but they who fear the Lord shall not want any good thing. Byron and Shannon believe God for the salvation of all people, and that all people can experience God's goodness in every way.
