TWO UNUSUAL VISITORS Zech. 10:1 Ask the LORD for rain In the time of the latter rain. The LORD will make flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain, Grass in the field for everyone. It was November of 1740 and to Jonathan Edwards, the revival fires of 1734-1735 seemed like a faint, distant …
“Lost stars in outer space”- Merry Monday by Parris Bailey “Puffs of smoke pushed by gusts of wind, late autumn trees stripped clean of leaf and fruit, doubly dead, pulled up by the roots.” (Jude 12-Message) I like to surf church websites, but in the end I come up nauseated. There seems to be a …
SINGING A NEW SONG Eph. 5:18-19 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. David was all about the new song. He had tasted the …
LET THE GAMES BEGIN! Merry Saturday! Parris Bailey Phil 3:12 “Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting …
SPIRIT AND THE WORD Matt. 6:9-10 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. It’s funny how some things can have a long lasting, life changing impact on our lives. Years ago, in the very beginning …
SPIRITUAL SENSE Heb.5:13,14 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised. Our natural senses come to us, well, naturally. No one …
PIERCING THE DARKNESS 2Tim. 3:1 ¶ This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. We are obviously experiencing a melt down in our society. Our Christian, Protestant heritage in our country has been eroded in my life time. We would never imagine the horrors that have crept in among us. Columbine …
JOKER’S WILD Rom. 6:12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. I haven’t seen the new Batman movie but we all know the story and all know the wacky bad guys. I guess the Joker is the most famous, or infamous, of the bizarre …
THE MOVIE FROM HELL! Merry Monday by Parris Bailey- I think all of us were shocked and grieved to hear about the shootings in Colorado at a movie theater this past week. I listened to the many accounts of the victims that were in that theater. The latest interview was of some Baton Rouge girls …
CHASING SHADOWS Heb. 3:14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end… When I was in high school I had a Spanish teacher who was consumed with Don Quixote. When I say consumed, this guy was eaten up. He talked about Don Quixote every …
