The Obvious Question.

Well, Where do I start? I must first admit that with the behaviour that some of you had come to know me for, I am amazed that more people did not laugh, or say "Bryan Pully!? A minister!? COME ON MAN?! what's he up too?" when this Ministry suddenly came about. In Fact, No one has questioned it at all. (to me) anyway. Instead, The Pully Ministry/Home Church of Christ and our Bible Drive, has received unbridled support!. Your Generosity has suprised me, and humbled me, and has continued to fill me with the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ that I in turn, am using to Minister The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to those who hunger to hear it.

But, There is one question that I have been asked repeatedly, and I suppsose that it is the Obvious one....WHY? So I guess it's time to answer that question, so that we may continue to move forward in the work of our Glorious God and Saviour, Jesus Christ. First of all, I've always been a Christian. I attended Church in my youth whenever possible, and attended Vacation Bible School at Smyrna Baptist Church in Dinwiddie County for many of my summers. I still remember singing Jesus Loves me better than Ice Cream, Father Abraham, and many others with Mrs. Newman and other members of the staff. In fact, one of my most prized possesions was the hardback Bible that they gave me in 1986. I treasured it for many years until my roommates dog ate it several years ago! That broke my heart!. My mother Nancy Pully is a Christian, and in all of the years that she raised us, through hardships, and horrendous trials and tests of faith, through the pain of loss of members of her family, and many other things, I never once saw that woman waiver in her faith in Jesus Christ. That's my foundation in Christianity, and a pretty good one at that.

However, fast forward 20+ years! The last 6 years of my life have been wonderful! an absolute gift of God. I met my wife Jennifer in 2005, we married 2 years later, and we are expecting our daughter Hailey Grace Pully to be born around July 22nd! God is Good! Praise His Name! So what happened was this, Somewhere along the line of these wonderful things happening to me in the last 6 years, A nice place to live, great friends, a beautiful, kind, loving, CHRISTIAN, caring, generous, selfless wife, inheriting a Fantastic family of in-laws who have loved and cared for me as much as anyone ever has, (THE KELLY'S I love you all), a great house with lots of land, and the beautiful Angel that the Lord has seen fit to give us, I forgot to thank Him. Well, It was more of a slowly forgetting him type thing.

With having a wife, and bills to pay, and grass to cut, and a baby coming, and rooms to paint, and a 6 day a week job etc. slowly, but surely, My Love and reverence for our Saviour Jesus Christ found it's way to all powerful BACKBURNER! To the nether-realm of the back of my mind. Always there mind you, just way in the back of the closet. I loved the Lord sure, but I did'nt tell Him anymore. I did'nt thank Him anymore. I did'nt ask Him for anything anymore. And eventually, you know it, I quit talking to Him at all. He got on my to do list. Church. Prayer. Thanksgiving. Worship. Reading the Bible. Telling my wife about Jesus. All on the to-do list. RIGHT BEHIND EVERYTHING ELSE!

So if you are a Christian, I don't have to tell you what happened next, I began to lose sight of my goals. Everyday became just like the one before it, and just like the next day. I began to be unhappy. Nothing was as meaningful to me as it should have been. I began to not be appreciative of the things that I had. I began to feel empty, and alone. Like I just had no purpose, At 32 years old, With EVERYTHING GOING MY WAY! , I began to feel like I was going to live and die for absolutely no reason at all. Bryan Pully of whom I had once been so proud to be, was going to just be a blip on the radar of life. I felt that there was no reason at all for my being.

Then a friend of mine asked me to be in his wedding. I was honored to do so, and It was a wonderful thing to uplift my spirits. It was there, as the preacher read the marriage ceremony that the long lost Holy Spirit re-entered my heart. James Edmonds (The Groom) told me that day that he had become and Ordained Minister in order proceed over his parents vow re-newals. I thought that was pretty neat, but did'nt think much of it at the time. But, the word Minister, stuck in my head. Minister. Minister. Minister. Hmmmmn.

The very next morning, My wife went to work 2 hours before me. It was just like any other morning. She kissed me goodbye, and then headed out. A few minutes later, as I sat up in the bed, I felt absolutley terrible. Sick. Not sick like I had a cold, but sick in my soul, unhealthy, Spiritually Dead. It was at this moment, that I realized that If i did not change the way that I was living, WITHOUT GOD, WITHOUT MY SAVIOUR IN MY HEART, WITHOUT THE GRACE AND SALVATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, that i just could'nt go on any longer. So I grabbed my Bible, and I didnt even open it, but I cradled it to my chest, and I prayed. And I Prayed, And I prayed, and I prayed. For 2 solid hours with my eyes shut tight and my heart wide open I prayed for Jesus, the Messiah, The Prince of Peace, The Saviour, Immanuel, Yeshua, God With Us, Christ to come back into my life Not like before, but like NEVER BEFORE. I prayed for him to give life back to my heart. To ressurect my love for him, like he ressurected himself for us. I prayed..........

Two days later, with the advice from my friend, I was a Legally Ordained Minister. But if you ask me who Ordained me, I will tell you that JESUS CHRIST ordained me. Within the next 3 weeks, I celebrated, the launch of the Pully Ministry Facebook Page which has 58 "likes", the Launch of the PullyHomeMinistryServices Website which has received nearly 400 hits. The launch of the PullyMinistry/Home Church of Christ Youtube Channel, on its way to 100 Views, and the Ministrys Bible Drive, which after today has donated over 60 bibles to Scripture Hungry people around the world.

What Did I say when I was praying that morning?.....AMEN.