Power of Your Words Devotional

Don Gossett (1929–2014) served the Lord through full-time ministry for more than fifty years. Born again at the age of twelve, Don answered his call to the ministry just five years later and began by reaching out to his unsaved family members. Don apprenticed with many well-known evangelists, including William Freeman, Raymond T. Richey, Jack Coe, and T. L. Osborn. Don’s writings have been translated into eighteen languages, with more than 25 million copies in print. His acclaimed daily radio broadcast, Bold Bible Living, began in 1961 and was heard in eighty-nine nations over the years. As a missionary evangelist, Don personally ministered in sixty-five nations with signs and wonders following the Word of God. Don raised five children with his first wife, Joyce, who went to be with the Lord in 1991. In 1995, Don wed his second wife, Debra. She was also called to the Lord’s service and continues Don’s work with the Don Gossett Ministries.

Dr. E. W. Kenyon (1867–1948) was born in Saratoga County, New York. At age nineteen, he preached his first sermon. He pastored several churches in New England and founded the Bethel Bible Institute in Spencer, Massachusetts. (The school later became the Providence Bible Institute when it was relocated to Providence, Rhode Island. ) Kenyon served as an evangelist for over twenty years. In 1931, he became a pioneer in Christian radio on the Pacific Coast with his show Kenyon’s Church of the Air, where he earned the moniker “The Faith Builder. ” He also began the New Covenant Baptist Church in Seattle. In addition to his pastoral and radio ministries, Kenyon wrote extensively.