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Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Monday, April 11^th, 2016. Today is the 102^nd Day of 2016.

TODAY IS MITIKU APPLEBY’S BIRTHDAY

TODAY IS DOUG WALK’S BIRTHDAY

There are only 264 days left in this year; and, Our Spring Revival Meetings Continue Tonight and Tomorrow at 7pm!

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 are your Attendance and your Attention!”

Please be in prayer for Dr. Bobby and Sandra Boyles as they travel back on Wednesday.

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!

BIG WORDS “Depraved”

1 Timothy 6:3-5
³ “If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,
⁴ he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,
⁵ and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.”

As I begin a new series of lessons for our Daily Devotions, I want to take a few of these to share with you the meaning of a few Theological “Big Words” that many Christians like to avoid and that many of today’s “Church Growth Gurus” tell us to avoid using at all cost.

These are Bible words, and the few that I will highlight are very important to understanding God, Mankind, Lostness, and God’s way of saving sinners.

The word for today is “depraved.”

Bobby would tell us that “depraved” in the Greek is, “dia – phi – thi – ro” which means:

“dia” = thoroughly with “phithiro” = to corrupt

Or, as we would say, “thoroughly corrupted.”

The spirit (mind); the soul (being or personhood); and the body of mankind, before God awakens one to the truth and grants repentance and saving faith) are depraved, or totally corrupted.

The doctrine of total depravity does not mean that a person is a bad as they can be, (God does restrain evil even in the most wicked of people) but it does mean that every part of humans – our mind, our being, and our body – is completely corrupted by sin.

This is why humans desperately need a Savior and this is why God devised such a radical plan of salvation.

God, HIMSELF, came to this earth in the Person of Jesus of Nazareth. HE lived a sinless life in perfect obedience to the laws of God. HE died an atoning death which paid the debt owed to God by everyone who would repent of their sins and believe in Jesus as their Savior and LORD.

Man’s lostness is total. God’s remedy is radical.

Everyone you and I know who does not yet know Jesus as Savior and LORD desperately need to come to know HIM.

Our work is to tell them the “Good News.” God’s work is to convict, regenerate, and transform them. HE is always working… The question is, will we?

I am praying for personal and Church-wide revival. I am praying that you will be part of what God is going to do.

I hope that you will sacrifice whatever it takes to be present at every service.

As Pastor Tom Rains, one of my dearest friends, loves to say… “I hope to see you there with a smile on your face, your Bible in your hand, and your family and friends by your side.”

REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings continue TONIGHT at 7:00pm!

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

Will you?

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Saturday, April 9^th, 2016. Today is the 100^thDay of 2016.

TODAY IS DAVID FLEMING’S BIRTHDAY!

There are only 266 days left in this year; and, Our Spring Revival Meetings Begin Tonight!

We will begin the Revival Meetings TONIGHT with a Banquet and Sermon at 6pm.

TOMORROW, 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 are 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!

Romans 10:17

“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”

Our Spring Revival begins tonight, but I have nothing “new” for today.

Rather, I want to re-focus on the single most important aspect of these revival meetings… “faith comes by hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”

The single, solitary source of faith is exposure to God’s Word.

I first heard about Bobby Boyles in 1987 when he accepted the call to serve as the Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Moore, Oklahoma where Lin’s parents had attended for several years.

Lin’s parents were certainly Christians, but I had never seen any particular excitement about their Church or even the LORD in their life.

Suddenly, the LORD, their Church, and their “young Preacher” were about all of which they could speak.

When Bobby went there, the Church was running about 800 and had just built the first phase of a new facility on the North side of Moore.

Within a couple of years, the Church was running over 2,000 and by the time Bobby had been there four years they were running nearly 4,000 every week; they had built millions of dollars of new facilities; and Bobby was becoming one of the most-used speakers in the Southern Baptist Convention.

I found out later that he had seen similar growth everywhere he had served.

Early in his ministry AT FBC Moore I asked him to come up to Waukegan to help us with a Bible Conference we were putting together. He did so, and he and Dr. “Wild Bill” Oakley did a great job.

Here is my point: On a couple of occasions I asked him to what he attributed such ministry success. I had witnessed a tremendous turn around in the life of Lin’s parents and the tremendous numerical growth of FBC Moore.

His answer surprised me; it should not have; but, it did.

He said, all I do is study and pray and preach the Bible.

That’s it.

The spiritual growth of individual Christians, and the blessings of God upon Churches comes from the Word of God.

For over thirty years, God has used the preaching ministry of Bobby Boyles to grow Christians and Churches. I do not want us to miss this opportunity to grow in the knowledge of God.

I am praying for personal and Church-wide revival. I am praying that you will be part of what God is going to do.

I hope that you will sacrifice whatever it takes to be present at every service.

As Pastor Tom Rains, one of my dearest friends, loves to say… “I hope to see you there with a smile on your face, your Bible in your hand, and your family and friends by your side.”

REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings begin TONIGHT!

TONIGHT, SATURDAY, APRIL 6^TH AT 6PM WE KICK OFF THE MEETINGS WITH “A MEAL AND A MESSAGE”

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

Will you?

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Friday, April 8^th, 2016. Today is the 99^th Day of 2016.

TODAY IS BRENDA BIALESCHKI’S BIRTHDAY

TODAY IS TIM AND TONYA SHADWELL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

There are only 267 days left in this year; and, there are only 1 Day Left until Our Spring Revival Meetings Begin!

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 are 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!

Acts 4:35-37 (KJV)
³⁵ “And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
³⁶ And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
³⁷ Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.”

Barnabas is certainly one of my favorite men in the New Testament.

When I preached through the Book of Acts, I preached a sermon about him that I called “Barney the Blessing.” This good man is a blessing every time he is seen in the New Testament.

God used him to do a lot of good for a lot of people.

Our Revival Meetings begin tomorrow. I have shared with you dozens of times reasons why I believe that it is important for you and all of us together to be part of these meetings.

Here is another one; and a key one at that.

We all need encouragement. “The Son of Consolation” means “an encourager.” Barnabas is more famous for encouraging others than anyone else in the New Testament.

I can promise you two things:

You are going to hear some of the most encouraging preaching ever…

And, you will be with some of the most encouraging people ever…

Church does not get much better than that.

I pray that you will sacrifice whatever it takes to be present at every service.

As Pastor Tom Rains, one of my dearest friends, loves to say… “I hope to see you there with a smile on your face, your Bible in your hand, and your family and friends by your side.”

REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings begin in only ONE day!

TOMORROW – SATURDAY, APRIL 6^TH AT 6PM WE KICK OFF THE MEETINGS WITH “A MEAL AND A MESSAGE”

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

Will you?

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Thursday, April 7^th, 2016. Today is the 98^th Day of 2016.

There are only 268 days left in this year; and, there are only 2 Days Left until Our Spring Revival Meetings Begin!

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 are 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!

Psalm 150:1-6
¹ “Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!
² Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!
³ Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!
⁴ Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
⁵ Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!”

It is impossible to underestimate the power of music in worship. God created us to worship and that is exactly why HE created music and singing.

Throughout the Word of God, and especially in the Psalms, we see over and over again that GOD is glorified in music and singing.

We are BLESSED with a godly man who is a GREAT worship leader.

We are BLESSED with MANY gifted musicians and singers among our Church Family.

Week after week we are BLESSED by their musical ministry to us.

You will be BLESSED by the music and singing at all 5 of these revival meetings.

We are going to worship in WORD and in MUSIC and with SINGING.

BUT, BUT, BUT… YOU have to be there to be BLESSED.

FIVE opportunities in FOUR days to be BLESSED.

I pray that you will sacrifice whatever it takes to be present at every service.

As Pastor Tom Rains, one of my dearest friends, loves to say… “I hope to see you there with a smile on your face, your Bible in your hand, and your family and friends by your side.”

REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings begin in only TWO days!

TWO DAYS FROM TODAY – SATURDAY, APRIL 6^TH AT 6PM WE KICK OFF THE MEETINGS WITH “A MEAL AND A MESSAGE”

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

Will you?

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Wednesday, April 6^th, 2016. Today is the 97^th Day of 2016.

There are only 269 days left in this year; and, there are only 3 Days Left until Our Spring Revival Meetings Begin!

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 are 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!

Philippians 3:7-11
⁷ “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
⁸ Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
⁹ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—
¹⁰ that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
¹¹ that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.”

Another simple question.

“What would give to know Jesus better?”

In this well-known and well-loved passage, Paul states clearly that all that he has given up (family, possessions, wealth, esteem, and even his health and safety) is a small price to pay or really knowing Jesus.

Paul is not speaking of casually knowing Jesus. HE met HIM face to face on the Damascus Road and then spent three years with HIM in the Desert.

Paul knew Jesus but he wanted to REALLY KNOW Jesus. Deeply, fully, completely. Paul wanted to know Jesus more and more and more.

Attending 5 meetings over 4 consecutive days is not an easy thing to do; but, this will be an opportunity to come to know more and more and more about Jesus and to come to know HIM more closely than ever before.

If you do not hunger for that, please check your heart rate… you may be dead.

Bobby will doubtless speak to us about many different things; but, in one way or another everything he will say to us will be about Jesus.

Do you want to know Jesus better, more closely, and more deeply?

5 meetings over 4 consecutive days.

Here is your opportunity.

I pray that you will sacrifice whatever it takes to be present at every service.

REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings begin in only THREE days!

THREE DAYS FROM TODAY – SATURDAY, APRIL 6^TH AT 6PM WE KICK OFF THE MEETINGS WITH “A MEAL AND A MESSAGE”

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

Will you?

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Tuesday, April 5^th, 2016. Today is the 96^th Day of 2016.

TODAY IS BECKIE RHOADES’ BIRTHDAY!

There are only 270 days left in this year; and, there are only 4 Days Left until Our Spring Revival Meetings Begin!

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 are 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!

Luke 10:25-27
²⁵ “And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
²⁶ He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
²⁷ And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”

I am absolutely convinced that there is no clearer indication of our need for revival than simply asking ourselves two simple questions:

Every Sunday we publicly confess that, “We exist to live out the Great Commandments…”

The two simple questions we face are…

Do we love the LORD our God with all of our heart and all of our soul and with all of our strength and with all of our mind?

And, do we love our neighbor as we love ourselves?

I believe that even a casual examination of my life as well as the lives of many of us will show that we are, in fact, not “Carrying out the Great Commandments.”

If we are indeed blessed by a refreshing spirit of revival in our Church, this is the first area where the change will be seen.

Revival brings a new and deeper love for God and for others. Revival is simply moving back to where we should have always been and where we once were.

Again, every LORD’s Day we publicly confess that we live out the Great Commandments and carry out the Great Commission by loving God, loving People, and Sharing the Good News.”

Do we really love God with all of our heart, soul, strength, and mind?

Do we love other people?

Are we faithfully sharing the Good News?

If not, I (and we) need revival.

Revival CAN happen, but, it will not happen if we are not present to be revived.

I pray that you will sacrifice whatever it takes to be present at every service.

REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings begin in only FOUR days!

FOUR DAYS FROM TODAY – SATURDAY, APRIL 6^TH AT 6PM WE KICK OFF THE MEETINGS WITH “A MEAL AND A MESSAGE”

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

Will you?

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Monday, April 4^th 2016. Today is the 95^th Day of 2016.

There are only 271 days left in this year; and, there are only 5 Days Left until Our Spring Revival Meetings Begin!

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 are 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!

The effects of being “REVIVED” are exactly the same as being “Vived” (made alive) since the word “re-vive” simply means to “vive again.”

So, if we want to see the anticipated effects of revival, think back at what happened when the Church was new and fresh and fully alive in the Spirit…

Acts 2:42-47
⁴² “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
⁴³ And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.
⁴⁴ And all who believed were together and had all things in common.
⁴⁵ And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.
⁴⁶ And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,
⁴⁷ praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.”

The NINTH thing that happens when God revives HIS people is the salvation of unsaved people.

“And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.”

I certainly agree that technically speaking, “Revival” is for believers, not unbelievers.

BUT, it is clear in this passage and in all of our Christian experience that when the people of God are refreshed and renewed unsaved family members and friends are impacted by that and God uses this to bring many of faith.

The salvation of the lost is the inescapable consequence of the reviving of the saved.

All of us have family and friends who do not know the LORD as their personal Savior and LORD. All of us who love the LORD desperately want to see them saved. One of the best ways to see that come to pass is for them to see God moving in our life.

People hunger for a real experience with a real God. When they see HIM at work in the lives of HIS people, they often realize that if HE is at work in them; HE can also work in them.

Don’t miss these opportunities for God to work in your life. Who knows how God may use you in HIS continuing Kingdom work.

REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings begin in only FIVE days!

FIVE DAYS FROM TODAY – SATURDAY, APRIL 6^TH AT 6PM WE KICK OFF THE MEETINGS WITH “A MEAL AND A MESSAGE”

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

Will you?

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Saturday, April 2^nd 2016. Today is the 93^rd Day of 2016.

There are only 273 days left in this year; and, there are only 7 Days Left until Our Spring Revival Meetings Begin!

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 are 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!

The effects of being “REVIVED” are exactly the same as being “Vived” (made alive) since the word “re-vive” simply means to “vive again.”

So, if we want to see the anticipated effects of revival, think back at what happened when the Church was new and fresh and fully alive in the Spirit…

Acts 2:42-47
⁴² “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
⁴³ And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.
⁴⁴ And all who believed were together and had all things in common.
⁴⁵ And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.
⁴⁶ And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,
⁴⁷ praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.”

The EIGHTH thing that happens when God revives HIS people is that HIS people find favor with those outside the Kingdom.

Contrary to what many church folk seem to think, it is not a mark of spirituality to be hated by non-believers.

When the non-believers saw the joy, the change, the oneness, and the selfless sacrifice demonstrated in the lives of God’s people, the Bible says they had favor with all of the people.

Favor.

We are commanded to love our neighbors. Our neighbors know if we love them or not.

If we love others, they will know it and they will have a favorable impression of us and the LORD we say we follow.

I don’t think I could ever summon the nerve to do it, but I would love to read an honest evaluation of our Church by the unchurched people in our area.

Note that I said “unchurched”. It is a sad fact – but true – that the people who dislike church people most are the people who attend “other” churches in our area.

I am thankful that I have not heard many ugly things said about our church over the nine years I have served here; but, I have heard some from a handful of people. AND, as I said, every time I heard real ugliness it was spoken by someone in one of the other churches in our area.

I realize that one of the things that happens when a church is growing is that some people move to one church from another church. That almost always causes hard feelings in the church they left.

BUT, that is only a few people.

If we do experience revival and the people in our area see the moving of God in our lives and see our genuine love for them, they will esteem us highly.

Favor. It will open many doors to share the gospel.

REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings begin in only SEVEN days!

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY – SATURDAY, APRIL 6^TH AT 6PM WE KICK OFF THE MEETINGS WITH “A MEAL AND A MESSAGE”

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

Will you?

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Friday, April 1^st 2016. Today is the 92^nd Day of 2016.

TODAY IS CORY & LESLIE SCHULTZ’s ANNIVERSARY

There are only 274 days left in this year; and, there are only 8 Days Left until Our Spring Revival Meetings Begin!

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 are 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!

The effects of being “REVIVED” are exactly the same as being “Vived” (made alive) since the word “re-vive” simply means to “vive again.”

So, if we want to see the anticipated effects of revival, think back at what happened when the Church was new and fresh and fully alive in the Spirit…

Acts 2:42-47
⁴² “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
⁴³ And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.
⁴⁴ And all who believed were together and had all things in common.
⁴⁵ And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.
⁴⁶ And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,
⁴⁷ praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.”

The SEVENTH thing that happens when God revives HIS people is that God is praised.

For those of us who love the LORD will all of our heart, mind, strength, and soul, there is nothing we desire more than to see God glorified in our life, our family, and our Church.

When these newly “vived” believers in Jerusalem were being transformed by the power of the HOLY SPIRIT living within them, God was glorified both among them and among outsiders who witnessed what was going on in their lives.

I believe the exact same thing will be true of newly “revived” believers. I know that a sense of refreshing and renewal in our lives will bring a new sense of the glory of God to us. That renewed sense of the glory of God – in and of itself – will bring a great change in our attitudes, desires, and lifestyle.

God is glorious. HE desires that we demonstrate HIS glory in our life; for our good, and for the good of others who have not yet come to know him.

Revival can happen; it really can happen; BOTH to and for the glory of God.

REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings begin in only EIGHT days!

ONE WEEK FROM TOMORROW – SATURDAY, APRIL 6^TH AT 6PM WE KICK OFF THE MEETINGS WITH “A MEAL AND A MESSAGE”

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

Will you?

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Thursday, March 31^st 2016. Today is the 91^st Day of 2016.

There are only 275 days left in this year; and, there are only 9 Days Left until Our Spring Revival Meetings Begin!

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 are 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!

The effects of being “REVIVED” are exactly the same as being “Vived” (made alive) since the word “re-vive” simply means to “vive again.”

So, if we want to see the anticipated effects of revival, think back at what happened when the Church was new and fresh and fully alive in the Spirit…

Acts 2:42-47
⁴² “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
⁴³ And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.
⁴⁴ And all who believed were together and had all things in common.
⁴⁵ And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.
⁴⁶ And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,
⁴⁷ praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.”

The sixth thing that happens when God revives HIS people is sacrificial living.

This is not a model for “communal” living. They were under sever persecution and they were about to be driven from Jerusalem. God led them to sell what they had which enabled them to survive the dispersion they suffered within months of these events.

But, in spite of the fact that we do not need to sell everything we have, we do need to be willing to sacrifice what we have for the LORD’s work and for HIS people when HE leads us to do so.

This is, of course, what a family does for one another. And God’s church is HIS Faith Family on earth.

Sacrificial love for one another is a result of genuine love and genuine love is rekindled by God’s Spirit when HE is not merely present in a believer but when HE is preeminent in the believer.

As amazing as this seems, this can be the normal life of a Spirit-filled, refreshed and revived Christian.

Revival can happen.

REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings begin in only NINE days!

Get ready now… set aside the time now… Start praying now… DO NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY to experience a great moving of God!

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

Will you?

Carpe Diem!