PATIENCE: Not my strongest virtue. And you? The following word I recently read by Henri J. M. Nouwen was a reminder to me that, after all, as we read in Galatians 5:22, one of the fruits of the Spirit is patience. “Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something happens over […]

Puritan Prayer: ‘Give me Summer Weather in my Heart” Heavenly Father, My faith is in Thee, -my expectation is from Thee, -my love goes out toward Thee. -I believe Thee, -I rely on Thy promises, I trust Thy providence. I do not need signs and wonders to believe, for Thy Word is sure truth. I […]

BEHIND THE SONG LORD, DO IT AGAIN “Revival is God’s work in the lives of His people that transforms them into what He has called them to be. It is the returning to spiritual vitality of someone who has become stale, dormant and dry.” The year was 1988 and the event was the National Conference […]

GOD, ALL SUFFICIENT (A paraphrase of a Puritan’s prayer for 2017) O Lord of Grace 2017 is before me and in my weakness, I look to you for strength. If I venture forth alone I will stumble and fall, but on my Beloved’s arms I am as firm as the eternal hills. If left to […]

Far above the mountain peaks of history, Reaching from what’s been to what shall be Stands the cross, the symbol of Redemption Where Christ Jesus died for you and me. On that cross He purchased my salvation; From that cross the blood of God’s own Son Flowed in mighty power for my cleansing, For a […]

IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME In the fullness of time God poured Himself into flesh and blood, visiting the earth as a man, walking among us— a King in disguise, the Creator among His creatures. While the Jews were waiting for a Messiah triumphantly riding on a white horse, who would deliver them from the […]

We are among the blessed to have had our paths cross with Cliff on several occasions. If you were to go to the www.BillyGraham.org website you would find thousands upon thousands of tributes from around the world to this very special humble, kind, gracious, caring, encouraging, friend and godly servant of the LORD. Of the […]

REMEMBERING BROTHER MANLEY God Has No Insignificant Children Someone has observed that it seems that God delights to use some folks that most people would consider least likely to succeed in order to “showcase” His wisdom and greatness. Such would have been and WAS the conclusion of many who knew the boy, Manley Beasley. For […]

“Sing to the Lord a new song. Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Sing to the Lord and bless His name: (Psalm 96:1-3). I will sing to the Lord as long as I live, I will praise my God while I have my being. I will bless the Lord with all of my heart […]

What do you do when the pastor has a hard time bringing a sermon in for a landing? Well, Elvina Hall, seated in the choir loft of the Monument Methodist Church in Baltimore, made use of such an occasion by writing the following hymn. Since she had no paper, she wrote the words on the […]