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Six months later, on March 28, 2000, there was no hint of trouble brewing. Several stories up in the Power Tower, two women sat praying. Children were meeting in a small building on the grounds. Bob and Joy were sitting in his office working on an upcoming project when a security guard came rushing into the office. “A tornado is heading straight for us!” he screamed. “Follow me!” Seconds later, the tornado hit the church. As Bob and Joy climbed out of the rubble, it looked as if someone had dropped a bomb. Cars were turned upside down. The children’s teacher had sensed a leading from the Lord to take the children into the main building. Not one child had been injured. One entire wall had disappeared from the Power Tower. The two women inside were unscratched. News media flooded to the site. “Don’t you consider this to be bad luck, or a sign that something is wrong?” one reporter asked Bob. Out of his spirit, Bob replied: “No. As with Job, we’ll come out with twice what we had before the tornado struck.” The next day, prison minister Mike Barber arrived with his tent, which would seat about 1500 people. The church held services in the tent for two months, then a Church of Christ offered to let Calvary Cathedral use their church on Sunday afternoons and Thursday evenings. They also embraced their Christian school. Bob had been praying for direction when his friend Dr. James Morocco, a pastor from Maui, Hawaii, came to preach. “Bob,” he said, “why don’t you just buy this church?” “I don’t even know if it’s for sale.” Approaching the Church of Christ leadership, he asked about it. Turned out they had a vision of moving 10 miles away. Calvary Cathedral bought the church property and moved from downtown to uptown—just three miles away. The new facility provided a church building and vacant land for a new school building. Instead of 13.5 acres, they now had 17.5. “When it was all said and done,” Bob explains, “we had twice as much as before.” A group of ladies Joy had begun praying with in 1990 became the foundation of the Power Tower Prayer Ministry. For the next 29 years, they interceded for revival. They also prayed in response to 950,000 prayer requests, experiencing amazing miracles and answered prayer. From 2012 through 2019, Calvary Cathedral conducted a Greater Fort Worth soul-winning outreach. During that time, more than 131,000 people prayed the prayer of salvation. Today, the radio ministry Bob Nichols started in 1968 is still going strong. Calvary Bible College is 39 years old, and Calvary Christian Academy has existed for 41 years. This year marks Calvary Cathedral’s 56th year in existence. “Over all these years, I can honestly say that real Bible faith put me over with miracle after miracle,” Bob says. “I can’t explain how important it was to me that we always stayed Partners with Kenneth and Gloria. I’m writing a new book called "Partners Catch More Fish" which sums it up. We partnered with KCM in Uganda and not only won souls, we helped impact a nation. That’s just one example of what faith partnership can accomplish. “Iron sharpens iron, and there’s something supernatural in having faith partners. My grandmother planted deep roots of faith. My mother and father planted deep roots of faith. Joy and I have planted deep roots of faith, as have our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. All our family is born again, Spirit filled and in church. However, by linking ourselves with KCM, together we’ve formed deep, deep roots and wonderful fruit, that we couldn’t have done apart from one another.” In December 2019, Pastors Bob and Joy Nichols passed the reins of Calvary Cathedral International and Calvary Christian Academy on to Mercy Culture Church and Pastors Landon and Heather Schott. “I wholeheartedly support what they are doing to reach their city, nation and the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ,” says Bob. “I’ve still got a fire in my belly,” Pastor Nichols says. Without a doubt, that fire will result in more souls being won for God’s kingdom, more young ministers being raised up under his wisdom, and more people being freed from the chains of darkness. V * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Join Bob in teaching believers how to use their faith. KCM.ORG/PARTNERNOW * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Read Through the Bible AUGUST Old Testament / New Testament Sat 1 Neh. 4-6 Sun 2 Ps. 90-92; Prov. 19:18-29 Mon 3 Neh. 7 / 2 Cor. 5 Tue 4 Neh. 8-9 / 2 Cor. 6 Wed 5 Neh. 10-11 / 2 Cor. 7 Thu 6 Neh. 12-13 / 2 Cor. 8 Fri 7 Est. 1-2 / 2 Cor. 9 Sat 8 Est. 3-5 Sun 9 Ps. 93-96; Prov. 20:1-15 Mon 10 Est. 6-8 / 2 Cor. 10 Tue 11 Est. 9-10 / 2 Cor. 11 Wed 12 Job 1-2 / 2 Cor. 12 Thu 13 Job 3-5 / 2 Cor. 13 Fri 14 Job 6-8 / Gal. 1 Sat 15 Job 9-11 Sun 16 Ps. 97-101; Prov. 20:16-30 Mon 17 Job 12-15 / Gal. 2 Tue 18 Job 16-19 / Gal. 3 Wed 19 Job 20-23 / Gal. 4 Thu 20 Job 24-29 / Gal. 5 Fri 21 Job 30-32 / Gal. 6 Sat 22 Job 33-36 Sun 23 Ps. 102-103; Prov. 21:1-15 Mon 24 Job 37-39 / Eph. 1 Tue 25 Job 40-42 / Eph. 2 Wed 26 Eccl. 1-4 / Eph. 3 Thu 27 Eccl. 5-8 / Eph. 4 Fri 28 Eccl. 9-12 / Eph. 5 Sat 29 Songs 1-4 Sun 30 Ps. 104; Prov. 21:16-31 Mon 31 Songs 5-8 / Eph. 6 16 : BVOV

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