A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Friday, January 29^th, 2016. Today is the 29^th Day of 2016; and, there are only 72 Days Left until Our Spring Revival Begins!

We will begin the Revival Meetings on Saturday, April 9^th with a Banquet and Sermon at 6pm.

Sunday, April 10^th, we will hear Bro Bobby at 10am and again at 6pm.

Monday and Tuesday, April 11^th and 12, we will hear Bro Bobby at 7pm each night!

Please clear your schedule to attend as many of these meetings as possible. As I often say, “The two things you have to invest to be blessed is your Attendance and your Attention!”

Please be in prayer for Dr. Bobby and Sandra Boyles as they travel here and back. Pray that God will pour out HIS SPIRIT on us as never before!

Pray for the salvation of the lost; repentance and renewal in the life of God’s people; new people to become part of our Church Family; the calling out of ministers and missionaries; a spiritual awakening in our area; and, for Jesus Christ to be glorified in all that we do!

2^nd Chronicles 7:14

¹⁴ “if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

Devotional Thought for Today… “Do We Really Want Revival?”

Earlier this week, I was asked a great question about Revival. The basic idea of the question was what is it about what we are doing that can make a difference in our lives?

In other words, why would God do something in these upcoming meetings that HE does not do in any regular service of our Church?

That is a great question!

I enjoyed thinking about that!

In my reply, I thought about two things…

First, the increased and focused emphasis on prayer is one of the keys to an unusual move of God.

(I have already discussed “prayer” in this series of devotions, but, let me remind us of some key truths about prayer I shared last Saturday…)

I often say that “Revival is not ‘talked up’ it is ‘prayed down!’”

I am not always right; but, I am right about that!

George Mueller, the famous English Pastor, used to often say, “Prayer can do anything that God can do; and, God can do anything!”

Amen, Dr. Mueller!

Another famous quote about which I often think is this… “Preaching moves the hearts of men, but prayer moves the heart of God.”

Finally, I think the effect of experiencing a focused and protracted period of time being “saturated” in God’s Word is another key to an unusual outpouring of God’s Spirit upon HIS people.

Prayer… Being focused on and saturated in the Word… I think these are the keys to why “Revival” meetings are often used of God to actually bring revival!

Will we really have revival? We will soon see!

Carpe Diem!