Weekend Reflection

We were blessed with a wonderful and powerful celebration on "Revival Sunday" at New River Worship Center in Radcliff, Kentucky.  These special services had been covered in prayer for several weeks and the Spirit of God manifested Himself in a life-changing manner.  Can I interject this thought once more, "Prayer does make a difference."  The present day church must reach this conclusion that we will only make the spiritual progress that we need according to the serious intent and practice of prayer in each community of believers.  We must STOP waiting on everyone else to pray and take up the standard of intercession and begin to cry out for our families, our communities, and our nation.  We witnessed the effect of prayer as people responded to the call for prayer and they enjoyed the freedom to bring their "needs" to God.  We prayed for the sick, we prayed for the overwhelmed, we prayed for the discouraged, and we prayed for those with spiritual needs and desires in their lives.  I truly believe that needs were met and lives were changed as we encountered the presence of the Holy Spirit in our Sunday services. 

I am thankful for the opportunity to witness for the Glory of God.  I believe that this is the time for the church to come alive and "get loud" with our praise for God.  The evil that is present in our culture is "loud, proud, and very boisterous."  The message of the Kingdom of God does not have to take a back seat to any message that is being shared in our world today.  The old song declares, "I am glad to be a part of the family of God..."  I am thankful to be a part of the family of God and I am not embarrassed to make that declaration today.