Prayer Gardeners
Prayer Gardeners | Bible Discernments | Gethsemane Prayer Garden | About us
Prayer Gardeners | Bible Discernments | Gethsemane Prayer Garden | About us
Prayer Gardeners is a ministry whose goal is to help Christians achieve a higher level of spiritual maturity through a deeper understanding of the Bible and a closer walk with the Lord.
Located in Upstate New York, Prayer Gardeners is spiritually associated with Faith Chapel, Syracuse, NY. Prayer Gardeners maintains the Gethsemane Prayer Garden at Faith Chapel through a network of volunteers.
Tom Clarke is the owner of Prayer Gardeners, and he attends Faith Chapel. Being an avid student of the Bible, Tom has ventured into the areas of writing and publishing. His first book is Joshua's Spiritual Warfare: Understanding the Chiasms of Joshua, Copyright © 2008, Bible Discernments. His second book is A Topical Treasury of Proverbs, Copyright © 2008, Biblical Studies Press.
Tom and his wife Nancy live in Upstate New York. He has two adult daughters, Laurel and Becky.
Tom's Testimony:
I had confessed Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior at a Billy Graham Crusade. However, I did not change my angry and compulsive behaviors, which caused my wife and I to grow further and further apart. Five years later she filed for divorce.
My divorce led to a severe depression which lasted for a year. I had lost everything including my relationship with my two daughters. I came to understand spiritual warfare firsthand, but this also began my true conversion to Christianity. After the divorce was finalized, I sought out a wonderful Christian woman and we were soon married. Praise the Lord!
One Sunday at church we were singing a song with the words "I love you, Lord." It was at that point that I realized that I had never told anyone that I love the Lord. I had slowly and methodically fallen in love with our Lord Jesus Christ, and it took a song to show me my heart.
I am now a radically changed man. My anger has gone and my compulsive behaviors have been submitted to the power of the Holy Spirit. I live my life wholeheartedly for my Lord because Christ is within me and the Holy Spirit is upon me.
I study the Bible intently, wanting to understand His words for today's times. I fear the Lord my God because I know His power. I love Him with all my heart and soul; I attempt to obey Him even when I don't agree; I walk in all His ways; the Lord speaks to me and I listen; I live my life for my Lord; and I do all I can do to serve Him. All this because I love Him that much.
