![]() My heart was grieved as I pondered how every second, of every hour, of every day, thousands of desperate, thirsty souls around the world were dying, condemned to suffer eternity in hell without God. Sitting in an old van under the blazing African sun, I was overwhelmed by a troubling realization-one that would shape my destiny in the decades to come: While half the world had tasted a popular soft drink, billions had never tasted the eternal, life-giving water of Jesus Christ. Immediately I thought of a story I once heard about a Coca-Cola stockholders meeting in which a member of the board stood to his feet and declared with the passionate fervor of an evangelist: “Half the world has tasted Coke, and we’re going after the other half!” ![]() There we were, 7,000 miles away from the marketing gurus of New York City’s Madison Avenue, yet Coke had made its mark. But as we drew closer, I stared in disbelief at the faded red and white logo sprayed across the dilapidated shack: Coca-Cola. It was 1986, and I was with a small team on its way to meet a delegation of Tanzanians coming to attend the African Congress on Evangelism led by my dad, international evangelist Morris Cerullo.Īs our rickety van bounced and bumped across the desolate African plain in the shimmering heat, I could see a large sign painted on the side of a small building in the distance. I remember that day like it was yesterday. ![]() Most of my young life I planned to become a doctor. And it all begins with saying “yes” to God. Finding and doing the will of God is a vital part of having a happy and fruitful Christian life. ![]()
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