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Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Saturday, February 20^th, 2016. Today is the 51^st Day of 2016.

There are only 315 days left in this year; and, there are only 50 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 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!

Matthew 6:7-13
⁷ “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
⁸ Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
⁹ Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
¹⁰ Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread,
¹² and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

Now and Not Yet

One of the hardest thing about God’s Kingdom for people to grasp is the fact that HIS Kingdom is both “Now, and Not Yet.”

Jesus prays that HIS Kingdom might come; and HIS will be done “on earth as it is in heaven.”

We Americans do not like Kings. We fought the Revolution to get rid of George.

We laugh at the imagery of Kings or we relegate them to Fairy Tales.

BUT, Jesus is “King of Kings and LORD of Lords.” Right now! This is not something that HE will become when HE returns; HE is King now.

And, HE will be physically here as King on the physical Throne of HIS father David when HE returns and sets up HIS millennial Kingdom.

HE will rule and reign in Jerusalem for 1,000 years and then over the Universe forever.

“Now and Not Yet.”

A pretty good definition of revival would be, “HIS people, who do not live as if HE is their King, begin to live as if HE is their King here and now.”

Revival means renewal. A renewal of this awareness in our life is essential for righteous living.

When we think of HIS will versus our will; remembering WHO is King will make all of the difference in our walk with HIM and our witness for HIM.

HIS Kingdom, “on earth as it is in heaven.”

That is 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 Friday, February 19^th, 2016. Today is the 50^th Day of 2016.

There are only 316 days left in this year; and, there are only 51 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 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!

Matthew 6:7-13
⁷ “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
⁸ Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
⁹ Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
¹⁰ Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread,
¹² and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

THE Hardest Thing about Revival

The third request in the model prayer of Jesus is HIS simple request, “YOUR will be done…”

Boom!

If you had a lot of time to spend listening to me, I could tell you exactly what “my” will is about our Church; and me, and my family, and my Country, and my….”

OK, I’ll stop.

I am sure that if I had lots of time, you could do exactly the same thing about “your” will.

Humans are like that.

All of us.

If we knew that our upcoming revival meetings would produce the changes we would like to see, we would be ready to start now! Each of us likely have a vision of what things would look like if our Church was a perfect Church.

I have often heard that there are no perfect Churches and that is a good thing; because if a Church were perfect I could not go there. If I started going there, it would no longer be perfect.

More than selfishness and more than control; our vision for the future of our Church is based on what we think would be best for us and for our community.

But, we must remember that we are fallen and we simply do not know what God knows about what is best for us and for them.

God has a will for us. HE will bring it to pass. Our highest aspiration is to be used by the LORD to accomplish HIS will. The issue is… can we pray with Jesus, “YOUR will be done?”

Facing the cross in Gethsemane, Jesus again prayed, “Not as I will, but as YOU will…” (Matthew 26:39)

As we pray for revival both publicly and privately, let us pray like that! Amen.

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 18^th, 2016. Today is the 49^th Day of 2016.

Today is Dianna Reinhart’s Birthday!

There are only 317 days left in this year; and, there are only 52 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 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!

Matthew 6:7-13
⁷ “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
⁸ Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
⁹ Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
¹⁰ Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread,
¹² and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

First Things First!

Jesus’ second request in the Model Prayer is “YOUR Kingdom come.” Is that a priority in our life – and, is that the real priority of the Revival we seek?

It is easy for me to think of revival as being a time when all of the things “I hope to see” come to pass actually come to pass!

BUT, a real revival would be when the things GOD desires to see come to pass actually come to pass. In other words, “YOUR Kingdom come.”

We hear a lot in ministry about Kingdom Builders. Unfortunately, the Kingdom being built is often the Pastor’s, or the Church’s, or the Denomination’s Kingdom rather than the Kingdom of God.

Everything we do – including this series of Revival meetings – must be done for the good of God’s Kingdom. Of course, all of us long to see real blessings for our Church.

But, what if God wants to use these efforts for some other part of His Kingdom work?

Real revival in the heart of God’s people will always produce a passion to see HIS Kingdom expanded and HIS work done.

So we pray, as I say above…

“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!”

Revival for the good of HIS Kingdom may look different than we expect; in fact, it may cost us.

I think I know my heart… at least, I hope I know my heart; and, if I do know my heart my desire to see HIS Kingdom work done in the world.

My sincere prayer is that HE will choose to do HIS Kingdom work though us and our Church!

We see the need for revival everywhere… but, we certainly see the need for revival here and nearby. This is a spiritually needy area.

Let’s pray that God will send revival here and soon!

We can do nothing to determine whom God will choose to use in the near future; but, we can determine that we are going to seek to be useable in HIS Kingdom!

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 17^th, 2016. Today is the 48^th Day of 2016.

Today is Carolyn and Gene Greek’s Anniversary!

Today is Tim Walker’s Birthday!

There are only 318 days left in this year; and, there are only 53 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 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!

Matthew 6:7-13
⁷ “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
⁸ Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
⁹ Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
¹⁰ Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread,
¹² and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
¹³ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

What do we want to see God do?

As we think about praying for revival, I think it will be a good investment of our time to think about that for which we are praying.

Using the model prayer as an outline, let’s focus first of all where Jesus focused first…

Let’s pray that as a result of the upcoming revival, we will hallow God’s Name!

OK… just what does that mean?

John Piper writes, “The word “hallow” means sanctify. The same Greek word stands behind both English words. Jesus tells us to pray, “Let your name be sanctified.”

Sanctify can mean make holy or treat as holy. When God sanctifies us, it means that he makes us holy. But when we sanctify God, it means that we treat him as holy.

So Jesus is teaching us to pray that God would cause his name to be treated as holy. And our question becomes, what does it mean to treat God as holy?

What are we asking God to do when we pray that he cause his name to be treated as holy?”

Some time ago, we gave out lots of copies of R. C. Sproul’s life-changing book, “The Holiness of God.”

We did that to help us remember WHO it is that we serve and that HE, and HIS Name, and HIS Kingdom work ought to be holy to us!

An evidence of our need for revival is how we feel about God and HIS Name.

I would never think of God as “my celestial bellhop” – never, never, never; but, I must admit to my shame that I do sometimes treat HIM that way.

I remember a former White House Usher talking about a certain President who only spoke to him when he wanted something from him. When I heard that, my first thought was, “what a jerk.”

When I think of the fact that I often treat God the same way, I look at myself and think “what a jerk.”

I hear sometimes people speaking of God and HIS Name in a very casual, or even callous, way; but, that is for another time.

For now, let us focus on how we see God and the place HE holds and the role HE plays in our life.

If HE is not breath-takingly special to us, if HE is not more to us than merely a source of blessings or a “fire escape out of hell”; Beloved, we need revival!

May God revive us and grant us a spiritual awakening over these days that will bring us to the place where the very thought of HIM fills us with awe and wonder.

May God and HIS Name be held as holy by us. May others also see that in us!

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

We will soon see!

Carpe Diem!

Ephesians 2:4 “But God”

As I have mentioned to you earlier in these studies, Ephesians 2 is one of the best known and most often used passages in all of the Bible.

And, that is true for good reasons.

The first two words of verse 4, “But God” are a perfect picture of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Mankind is a mess, a fallen and broken mess; but God, will not allow that to be the end of the story.

In these verses, I hope to point out to you God’s intention for mankind from HIS decree of creation all the way to the cross of Christ.

In ways that are still difficult for me to understand, God allowed mankind’s insurrection against HIM to work against HIS original plan for us.

But God did not leave us there. God intervened in the life of HIS people to end our insurrection and bring us in humble repentance and faith to become followers of HIS Only Begotten Son.

“All have sinned…” But God!

“There is none righteous…” But God!

“The wages of sin is death…” But God!

No one; no one; absolutely no one deserves the forgiveness of God and a home in Heaven… But God!

Little wonder this passage is so well-known and so loved.

Paul begins this passage with a clear presentation of our problem.

Mankind is spiritually dead; walking according to the leading of the godless world; following the pathway of the Devil; carrying out the desires of our flesh and our mind; and, because of this we literally are “children of wrath.”

News never gets any worse than that!

BUT then… Paul gives us God’s solution to our problem.

Jesus comes to earth and dies in our place!

Paul goes on to tell us why and how God brought this to pass.

Paul closes the passage with a sober reminder that serves as a profound warning…

God’s solution comes as a gift from God. We are saved by grace and not by works. The very faith itself (which we must have to be saved) is a gift of God.

Mankind has tried to figure out something to “do” to appease God ever since Adam and Eve made fig leaf aprons to cover up their nakedness in the garden.

There is much to get from these verses. Pray that the LORD will allow me to understand what we need and how to best present it this coming LORD’s Day.

As always… “I hope to see you Sunday with your Bible in your hand, a smile on your face, and your family and friends by your side!”

A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Tuesday, February 16^th, 2016. Today is the 47^th Day of 2016.

There are only 319 days left in this year; and, there are only 54 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!

Jeremiah 8:22                                                            

“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?”

I have not come up with many great pieces of advice in my life, but the best I have done may be “Never deny the obvious.”

No one likes painful truth, but when the truth is obvious we are wise to confront it and deal with it.

It is obvious that we need revival!

The Prophet Jeremiah cried out to God about the horrific condition of his (and God’s) people. Things had gone about as bad as it could for them.

They were God’s chosen people; they had the promises of God; yet, they were broken and near to the point of destruction.

Clearly, we are not at that point. Thank YOU LORD!

But, as we take an honest look at the fruit of our ministry we can see that we are not nearly as healthy as we would love to be.

Why are we not seeing more people saved?

Why is the LORD not adding more people to our Church?

Why is the LORD not calling out our people for ministry and missionary work?

Why is our weekly absence rate so high?

We are God’s people! We have the promises of God?

Why? “Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?

Why?

Rule #1 – there is nothing wrong with God!

Rule #2 – there are no exceptions to Rule #1.

Therefore, WE must be the problem.

Therefore, we MUST need revival!

Needing revival is not the same thing as wanting revival; but, knowing we need revival is the first step to having revival.

I need revival. We need revival. May God grant us the grace to see our need and to so hunger for revival that we will commit ourselves to making the most of this upcoming opportunity to experience this protracted time of saturation in the Word of God!

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 Monday, February 15^th, 2016. Today is the 46^th Day of 2016.

Today is Bill Kleiss’ Birthday!

There are only 320 days left in this year; and, there are only 55 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 126:1-3

 ¹ “When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
² Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
³ The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad.”

This passage has everything!

“laughter”

“joy”

Thankfulness “the LORD has done great things…”

“glad”

Of course, each of these things are a result of something!

The “something” of which they are the result is “when the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion…”

Do not miss this simple formula: when God restores HIS people, the result is laughter, joy, thankfulness, and gladness!

I don’t know about everyone; but speaking for myself, I would love for these emotions to dominate my life.

I have all of these feelings from time to time, but there is an overflowing joy that comes with real revival in the life of God’s people.

John Piper is famous for saying, “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in HIM.”

Let me encourage you again… set aside the time, guard your schedule, attend every meeting – let’s see what God does!

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 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!