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A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Saturday, February 13^th, 2016. Today is the 44^th Day of 2016.

There are only 322 days left in this year; and, there are only 57 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!

Psalm 80:3-7

³ “Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
⁴ O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?
⁵ You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in full measure.
⁶ You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.
⁷ Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved!”

I know that it has gone on forever, but especially over the past few years I continually hear about “restoration.”

“American Pickers” and “American Restoration” have brought this to the forefront of the current batch of “reality” shows.

More than that, home restoration and “House Flipper” shows have become among the most popular on television.

One of my favorite things on earth is to look at restored cars from the 1950’s and 1960’s.

I really love seeing the furniture that Misty and Sam (and others) are doing. I purchased a buffet and mirror that Misty had restored and repainted and I absolutely love them!

Maybe this is just a fad like so many things become, but I think this is an idea whose time has come.

“Restore” is a metaphor we all understand.

In Psalm 80, Asaph pictures the people of God as a “lilly” among the thorns of the world. In many ways, this is certainly true of HIS people today.

The psalmist sees the problem they face. They are no longer “light” in the darkness, or “salt” in a saltless world; they are not what they once were – they are not what God has called them to be.

This is certainly the overall reality of the people of God today. Asaph knows that God is displeased. He states that God is even angry with their prayers!

His cry is for restoration. God’s people need to be restored in their relationship with God.

Don’t miss the simple fact that being restored makes the subject of that restoration both “beautiful” and “useful” again.

That is what we must desire! We want to be “beautiful” and “useful” in the eyes of our LORD.

Always!

We can be, but, from time to time in our life this will require a time of restoration.

This is one of the purposes and the promises of revival.

I would love to be more “beautiful” and more “useful” to God than I have ever been before!

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

We will soon see!

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Friday, February 12^th, 2016. Today is the 43^rd Day of 2016.

There are only 323 days left in this year; and, there are only 58 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!

Ephesians 4:22-24
²² “to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
²³ and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
²⁴ and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.”

For several days, I have been posting daily devotions about our upcoming revival meetings and how the LORD can use this time in our lives to bring about real and much-needed change!

By the way, save yourself some time, if you do not need to be changed from who you are and what your life is you do not need revival.

I certainly need revival and I think many others do as well.

Paul is pointing out to the Ephesians how easy it is for those who are “New Creations” to behave like their old self. It is really easy to fall back.

Before we knew Jesus, we lived a certain way. Now that we do know the LORD, God is in the process of changing us; but, old habits and lifestyles are hard to overcome.

Boy, do I know that for sure!

So, how does this change come about? Paul tells them to, “be renewed in the spirit of your minds.”

Simple. We need to change our minds.

Simple.

You don’t think you need revival. You need to change your mind about that.

You don’t think being renewed is worth giving up four evenings for. You need to change your mind about that.

You don’t think being what God desires you to be is worth the sacrifices it takes to be transformed by God’s Word and HIS Spirit. You need to change your mind about that.

“Putting off the old man” and “putting on the new man” are clear metaphors for spiritual growth.

How?

Simple.

Change your mind.

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

We will soon see!

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Thursday, February 11^th, 2016. Today is the 42^nd Day of 2016.

Today is Carolyn Greek’s Birthday!

There are only 324 days left in this year; and, there are only 59 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 Corinthians 4:16

“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.”

One of the obvious realities of revival, (or at least what should be an obvious reality of revival) is that most of us are “too busy and too tired” to give up FOUR EVENINGS IN A ROW to attend a series of “Revival Meetings.”

Young people will have gotten up early; rushed off to school; done school all day; rushed home; then, gotten a quick meal; and then you have to get to Church.

And what about homework?

Young adults have gotten up early; many have gotten the kids off to school; got ready to work; got to work; worked hard all day; rushed home and fed everyone; then, you have to get to Church; knowing that dishes and laundry are still waiting for you.

Middle adults have gotten up early; gotten ready for work; got to work; worked hard all day; rushed home to get a quick bite of something to eat; then you have to get over to Church; knowing that dishes and laundry are still waiting for you!

Older adults have tried to get up; finally made it; crept down the hall; gone to the bathroom; made and drank a few cups of coffee; made the beds; went back to the bathroom; picked up the grandkids; drove them to school; hurried back home to go back to the bathroom; cleaned the house; did the shopping; had lunch; took a short nap; went back to the bathroom; picked up the grandkids at school; grabbed a bite of left-overs from Sunday; and then you still have to get over to Church!

Four nights in a row!

I get it! Believe me; I get it!

BUT, just yesterday, we read, “those who wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength…”

And today, we just read, “our inner self is being renewed day by day.”

It is God WHO renews us; it is God WHO blesses us; and, it is God WHO calls us to gather for times of “solemn assembly.”

The God WHO commands us will renew our strength! HE will refresh our spirit, i.e., our “inner being.”

Bobby Boyles is the most spiritually gifted preacher and pastor that I have ever personally known.

God can use him; has greatly used him; is using him; and, I believe HE will use him to bless us for these four amazing and happy days!

Revival, Refreshing, and all Spiritual Growth are all a result of sacrifice!

God will bless our sacrifice and we will be renewed through the worship, fellowship, sacrifice, and PROTRACTED exposure to HIS Word!

I hope you will make a personal and sincere commitment to set aside April 9^th through the 12^th to be at every service seeking to personally experience the amazing blessings of Revival!

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

We will soon see!

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Wednesday, February 10^th, 2016. Today is the 41^st Day of 2016.

There are only 326 days left in this year; and, there are only 60 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!

Isaiah 40:31

“but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”

This is certainly one of the best known and most often quoted verses in the Bible. And, it should be!

What a great promise!

As I have shared before in this series of devotions, to be “renewed” is what is means to be “refreshed” or, literally, to be “revived.”

As long as God is alive, revival is a possibility!

Here, of course, is the hard part. Waiting on the LORD!

Jesus Christ is the One, True, Almighty, and Sovereign God and HE will revive whom HE chooses when HE chooses!

“To wait on the LORD” means more than merely passively waiting for HIM to show up. It means to “expectantly” anticipate HIS return.

Jesus declares in Matthew 25 that we must continue to serve HIM as faithful servants until HE comes.

Here is the bottom line. ““but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”

That is an awfully clear picture of a “revived” Believer!

Will we really have revival?

We will soon see!

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Tuesday, February 9^th, 2016. Today is the 40^th Day of 2016.

There are only 326 days left in this year; and, there are only 61 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!

Lamentations 5:19-21

¹⁹ “But you, O LORD, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations.
²⁰ Why do you forget us forever, why do you forsake us for so many days?
²¹ Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old…”

“Lamentations” is a book of funeral dirges written by the Prophet Jeremiah.

He had gone into captivity in Babylon with most of the remaining people of the Southern Kingdom of Judah around 586 BC.

In this Book, he “laments” the destruction of Israel and the sorrow and suffering that has come upon his people because of their rebellion against GOD.

He harkens back to the “old” days when they had been faithful and lived under the blessings and protection of almighty God.

He prays that GOD will restore them to faithfulness and end their captivity.

One of the few benefits I enjoy as an old man is the ability to look back on the “old” days before the cultural rot of our culture had gone too far to escape the judgment of God; back before the majority of the American people (including many who profess to be Christians) continually voted into office politicians (of all political parties) whose one great passion appears to be the murder of pre-born babies.

These “professing” Christians have now enabled the slaughter over 55,000,000 children in America since Roe vs. Wade.

I remember the days when even school kids knew what “Marriage” meant.

I remember hearing the Bible read in public school and teachers praying for their students and our families.

Those days are almost completely over in America; and maybe forever.

Oh, that God would renew our Nation and restore us to being a people with Biblical morals and a love for children and families!

Even if it is too late for America… it is never too late for Americans!

God will still save anyone anywhere and everyone everywhere who, after hearing the gospel, will repent of their sins and believe in Jesus as their Savoir and LORD!

God will still revive HIS people who repent of our sins and turn back to HIM!

I wonder…

Will we really have revival?

We will soon see!

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Monday, February 8^th, 2016. Today is the 39^th Day of 2016.

There are only 327 days left in this year; and, there are only 62 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!

Habakkuk 3:2

“O LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O LORD, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.”

Habakkuk does not tell us much about himself, but, he was clearly a Prophet to the Southern Kingdom of Judah and most likely lived and prophesied around 650 – 600 BC. This would be shortly before Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem in 606 BC.

He knew that God had poured out HIS judgment on the Northern Kingdom of Israel by allowing them to be conquered by the Assyrians about 100 years before.

He knew that God, even when pouring out HIS wrath on HIS rebellious people, was still merciful and saved a remnant of HIS people.

Chapter 3 records the Prophet’s great prayer to God for mercy, even though HIS divine judgment appeared sure.

It was; and HE did.

Habakkuk prays about God’s work in the world. He prays that HE will revive HIS work, even if HE waits for years to come.

We ought to be equally concerned for God’s work in the world.

Even if God continues to pour out HIS wrath on this rebellious Nation, let us pray that HE will ultimately will restore and revive HIS Kingdom work!

We have an advantage that Habakkuk did not… we have the rest of the Bible. We know that ultimately – in HIS own good time – God will return and set up HIS Kingdom on earth.

HE will revive HIS work!

However, it is certainly possible that HE will revive HIS work though us and our Church here and now!

That is our prayer and the reason for the revival meetings we have planned.

Please join your Church in praying that “even in the midst of wrath” God will show us mercy!

Pray that God will revive us again!

Will we really have revival?

We will soon see!

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Sunday, February 7^th, 2016. Today is the 38^th Day of 2016.

There are only 328 days left in this year; and, there are only 63 Days Left until Our Spring Revival Begins!

Today is Karen Dietderich’s Birthday!

Today is the LORD’s Day!

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!

Hosea 6:1-2

¹ “Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
² After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.”

One of the things that is the most difficult for us to admit is that the cultural collapse we see in our Nation is not happening because God cannot prevent it, or stop it.

It is not happening because our Nation is so godly that the Devil is throwing all of his might against us.

Listen to the Prophet Hosea carefully as he speaks to Israel, (God’s Chosen People)…

“HE has torn us… HE has struck us down…”

Why? “so heal may heal us… HE will bind us up… HE will raise us up.”

God clearly allows trouble to come upon HIS people in order to DRIVE US BACK TO HIM!

God will not stand idly by watch us walk away from HIM. HE will act!

Here is the way to revival… “Return to the LORD.”

Return to the LORD and HE will heal us; HE will bind us up; HE will revive us; HE will raise us up…”

Return to the LORD!

Will we really have revival?

We will soon see!

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Saturday, February 6^th, 2016. Today is the 37^th Day of 2016.

There are only 329 days left in this year; and, there are only 64 Days Left until Our Spring Revival Begins!

Today is Timothy Walker’s and Courtney McBay’s WEDDING DAY!

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!

Psalm 119:154 (New King James Version)

“Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word.”

“The work of the Word in Revival!”

Again and again we are confronted with this undeniable truth – the means by which God revives HIS people is HIS Word!

Every time someone speaks with me about revival… and every time I speak with someone about revival, sooner or later, one of us will say that “revival” is a different thing than just a series of “revival meetings.”

And, indeed, that is true.

But, as I wrote to you recently, one cannot separate the experience of real revival form the work of the Word of God in your life!

THAT IS WHY we schedule “revival meetings!”

THAT IS WHY I am pleading with you to clear your schedule now – prioritize your attendance to these meetings, and begin READING GOD’S WORD now!

“SATURATION; SATURATION; SATURATION!”

Being saturated in the Word of God is (again) how God revives HIS people!

Here is the question…

Will we really have revival?

Will YOU?

We will soon see!

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Friday, February 5^th, 2016. Today is the 36^th Day of 2016.

There are only 330 days left in this year; and, there are only 65 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!

Isaiah 57:15

“For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.”

The immediate impact of God reviving the spirit of a Christian is a deep sense of conviction about our sins.

In this verse, we see again that God revives the “contrite” and “lowly of spirit.” In other words, pride is the main thing that keeps God from sending us revival.

Pride tells us that, “I’m OK; I don’t need to be revived. I’m doing better than most people.”

God tells us that we are NOT OK. We are continual sinners and we are therefore continually in need of God’s mercy and forgiveness.

The idea that we do not need revival should alarm us and make us see how very much WE DO NEED REVIVAL.

All of us are busy, but the reality is that if we are too busy to set aside time for God to speak to us through a protracted series of sermons, we are too busy to be revived.

ONE MORE THING. God does not revive Churches; HE revives Christians!

If enough Christians in a Church are revived, it will result in a great move of God upon that Church.

That is what we hope for… that is what we pray for… I hope you will determine that if only one person in our Church is revived, that one person will be you!

Will we really have revival?

We will soon see!

Carpe Diem!

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Thursday, February 4^th, 2016. Today is the 35^th Day of 2016.

There are only 331 days left in this year; and, there are only 66 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!

Psalm 19:7a

“The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple…”

The Source of Real Revival!

THE great problem facing true churches today is antinomianism!

Anta what?

Antinomianism simply means “against law.”

It is the godless, unbiblical, and wildly popular idea that one can be right with God without being changed from…

A person who hates God and loves sin into

A person who loves God and hates sin!

This is a biblical description of spiritual growth.

This is a picture of what God does in the life of a saved person…

The THING God uses as HIS means in the process of “reviving the soul…” is the Law of the LORD.

The Law of the LORD is the Word of God!

The fastest route to revival is to repent of our disobedience then beginning again to strive at all times to OBEY the Law of the LORD!

Let me say as a general observation that many faithful church people in the dozens and dozens of church with which I am familiar have fallen into this trap.

And, YES, I am an expert in this area because I often fall into this trap.

Disobedience forfeits the blessings of God!

Obedience brings the blessings of God!

REVIVAL comes to the child of God when we realize that we are living careless and disobedient lives; and, we then turn to God in repentance asking forgiveness and renewal.

A return to reading and heeding God’s Word will bring a renewed and refreshed walk with Jesus!

aka: Revival!

It IS the Law of the LORD that revives the soul!

Will we really have revival?

We will soon see!

Carpe Diem!