I don’t know about you, but the Lord has really challenged me through an awesome message from Psalm 85, to ask the Lord to revive me in my circle. Dr. Smith shared with us about drawing a circle, standing on it and asking God to bring revival inside the circle. Well, I got my hymnal out and started looking at songs about revival. Here are a few of the lines. From “Lord Send A Revival” by B.B. McKinney: Send a revival, O Christ, my Lord, let it go over the land and sea, send it according to Thy dear Word, and let it begin with me. Lord, send a revival, Lord send a … [Read more...]

“To our darkened world a light has come; to our broken hearts a day of hope has dawned. The mountains and the valleys lift their song, declaring the arrival of the Holy One. On the earth His love has shown we are not alone. God is with us, He has come to save us; Mercy lights the darkness; Christ is here. God is with us Healer of the broken; work of heaven spoken, Christ is here.” These words taken from the song, “Christ Is Here” by Todd Fields, Seth Condrey and Eddie Kirkland, one of the songs we sang at our Christmas concert, so powerfully speak to us today. How we need light in a … [Read more...]

Proverbs 13:12 says “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” Disappointments come to all of us in our lives, yet God can use disappointments for His appointments. Many times God helps us to re-focus on Him, to build our faith, and sometimes divert us to other opportunities. That was the situation that led to the writing of this great invitational hymn. Adelaide A.Pollard was born in Iowa during the Civil War. Her parents named her Sarah, but she did not like the name Sarah, and changed it to Adelaide. After attending the Boston School of … [Read more...]