Dennis Waddill

Getting out of God’s Way

No trust in God leads only to heartache.

Growing up in the redneck town of Mesquite, Texas, Dennis Waddill was abused from birth to the age of eight.  Anger, low self-esteem and rebellious disobedience were a result of his abuse, producing a man who was angry at the world and did not feel wanted or loved. Violence was his only way of solving problems.

 A loving wife changed Dennis’s concept of life.

Despite the fact that Dennis did not fit in with other people, he went to Vietnam for nearly a year and a half. He married two and a half years later and began raising his family. He was finally convinced, after 3 years into his marriage, that his wife truly loved him. This was a concept he had never experienced before. She showed him that he was lovable, becoming Dennis’s sanity in this insane world. She died in 1993 after 18 years of marriage.

 Dennis got out of the way so God could get in his way.

Forgiveness from his family led Dennis to believe that the Lord would also forgive him. God heard his prayers, led him back to church and delivered him from drugs and alcohol addiction. He became Dennis’s sanity as he began to trust Him for every little thing in his life. God revealed that by getting on-going sin out of his life that He would draw closer to him and show His pure love. God enabled Dennis to focus only on Him, and became the center cog in Dennis’s life, one day at a time. God has lit an ever-burning fire in Dennis’s spirit to please Him and seek only His will and purpose.

Dennis’s speech:

God’s Sanity in this Insane World

Letting God be the Center Cog

This is a story of attainable hope, bringing one man into discipleship from the hopelessness of a life of violence and abuse.

Trusting in the things of this world for hope is fleeting. True happiness and the joy of serving God can only be found through trusting Him. Being hot for Jesus is not good enough. We need to be on fire for the Lord.

No matter what the circumstances or how far a person has sunk, God is there as our sanity in this insane world. Only by making Him the center cog in our lives, can all the other pieces come together.

Who should attend?

Anyone who: 

 w  has been abused and tried to numb their hurt with substance abuse. 

 w  thinks God doesn’t love or want them. 

 w  needs to be loved, cared for and be able to forgive themselves.

 w  wants to obtain the promises of God by trusting His truth.

 Length of talk: 8, 15 or 25 minutes