Psalm 32 ~ shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Psalm 32

A Maskil^{[Probably a musical or liturgical term]}  of David.

  Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up^{[my vitality was changed]} as by the heat of summer. Selah

5 I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

6 Therefore let everyone who is godly
offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found;
surely in the rush of great waters,
they shall not reach him.
7 You are a hiding place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah

8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
9 Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
which must be curbed with bit and bridle,
or it will not stay near you.

10 Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.
11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,
and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

Saying "I'm very sorry." A very important component to forgiveness is the apology from the heart.

There is a huge blessing in forgiveness. Of course, there is peace in forgiveness. The blessing is also in - Believing. Believing that our lives have meaning to the LORD. We actually matter to Him.

Abraham is a believer. Not a saint without sin. Only Jesus is without sin. God was still talking about Abraham's faith three millenniums later.

Genesis 15:6
Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

Romans 4:3
What does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."











Last Night I had the first time I've ever had euphoric insomnia. For about 3 hours. Pneumonia has forgiven my mother - mostly.

On July 26th, my mother sold her rental property she bought with my father in the late 1970s and fell the floor of her den, not to return home really until today.

Why was I so euphoric? Hospice tried to gather my mother 3 times. She has been a fuss pot to the son, daughter, and 11 year boyfriend in recent years. She had begun to save records like her boss did. And as Hospice decided to lean in and take her along for the big hurray, Edward suddenly wept. And we were counseled for 30 minutes this was just us being fussy. We said. No. And the guilt arrived as Mother went suddenly stone cold deaf from the vast, plentiful and harsh treatments for the Pneumonia that would not end. And her reasoning departed. We decided we were really completely stupid people. The hearing aid did not even work. We had ruined Mother's good chance at a pleasant death. And we Mourned. Then we got a call from Deacon Dwight who said if it felt wrong, then we did correctly. And suddenly we all did agree it felt too easy, too inconsiderate, too cold, too calculated. She needed the opportunity to Fight and Fight Hard.

Mother's birthday came. At age 83, so very, very many of her same age first cousins showered her with their prayers, calls, cards and continued support. Her circle of close, dear friends has amazingly only been reduced (by the ones we Loved) by two dear, dear ones. No one goes to rehabilitation if they are old - it's scary - and for Mother - they did and did.

Euphoria? Well on Mother's Birthday, my brother wrote her between his very expensive plane rides, "Congratulations, you are alive. You are astonishing. You are a complete pain in the ass, but what amazing fortitude you have. When I grow up, I want to have all the audacity, tenacious, and overcoming qualities you have. You Lived !!!" I had the supreme, memorable, and complete joy to watch her, stone cold deaf, read my brother's text. Texas weather changes. Quickly. And she glanced over at me to see my joy and sincere appreciation of genuine love. Sunshine did reign.


Mother has become ... a collector. And we all began to not stay close to her - collections. And we did find a Person God Himself has blessed us with to come and live with Mother. For years, I have cajoled, showed beautiful house pictures of similar collections about the joys of simpler collections. And been blunt and had words. To no avail. I then got to say to Mother with my family, now you have to get the house looking like the magazine of earlier years for someone to find the house lovely. I was told no. And Edward and I damn near gleefully CLEANED HOUSE. MY Sister-in-law turned that Kitchen into Jaw Dropping Wow. We were renegades of box collections with fervor.

And Today, I was awake at 3,4,5 a.m. Telling Jesus of the Joy of Bringing Mother Home from July. And we got up at dawn and took an avalanche of Amazon door shoe containers to make collections go on the back of doors. And Mother? She told me in third person she was going home in the wheelchair. I told her the Rehab had decided since the oxygen tubing was not needed the wheelchair would stay in Rehab. And my mother stood up and her small frame suddenly realized she was a Giant.

Mother waved to her new friends as she left. Chortling. We got to the steep hill of her neighborhood and I said, "Fast, fast, put your arms up in a V!!!" She and I put our arms up in a V. "Anne is Going Home. Victory over Pneumonia. see Victory over Adversity. Onward and UPWARD in JESUS." And as the car went up the hill both women said, arms in the air! "THANK YOU JESUS!!!"


My flip flops went flat. Really. Edward went back and forth and so did our lovely new Person. And what did Unsinkable Molly say to all the changes? "You probably need to just go ahead and empty out the drawers for our new and lovely Person. I don't, om, need all that. Anyway." And then, and then. "Anne Laurel, can we go look at all the changes, again. That is just amazing. Look how good that looks. That is just amazing." So we did that at least a dozen times.

And we had visitors and laughter and much Joy. About 8:30 p.m. Mother asked for pajama help. And we asked her is this one of the best days of your life? And Mother stopped, looked around her new bedroom and dressing area and she said, "This really is." And we found her favorite pink robe in all the world.

Mother said, you know I don't get around so easily. And I said in a month this will be old hat. Mother said, not in a month, in a week, you watch.




Father God,

I thank You for length of days. When we all hang on to some civility with genuine discussions and love - eventually - with Your Good Blessings. With the habit You have of finding ways for the Holy Spirit to triumph - many, many memories are made.

We Bless Your Name Jesus. And Sing this house is Back to the 1980's Aggggaaaain.

Father God, You have given the blessing of life, of love and renewal. Thank You, Thank You, Jesus.

John 21. Jesus is going to show up. Thank God.

Father God with Joy, we lift our concerns to You. We get to lift those we Love to You. We are privileged to pray for our communities, our Churches, our State, Our NATION, and know with Joy that 2/3rd's of the World is going to pray in the Name of God's Only Son Jesus and ask Him to care for their cares. Thank You, Father God of how Good You Are. In Jesus. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

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Mark 9:33-37 ~ The Greatest +

Mark 9:33-35

33 And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. 

35 And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” 




Grousing. Jesus knew about grousing.
There is a whole lot of grousing in the world.

And where did Jesus say, "Feel free, sit down, tell me your judgments?" Jesus believed in seeing the GOOD.

And today, I am not going to discuss the Presidential Debate. There is too much to sift through.

Let's look at something Good. Let's do that.

Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.

Jesus said be salt. Salt adds to flavor to what is good. Salt preserves freshness. Salt is sprinkled lightly for goodness.

Today's news is about the passing of Arnold Palmer. A man unfailingly encouraging and gentlemanly in his ways. Not your typical celebrity. This man put together a hospital where a child was born almost the time the ribbon was cut. 200,000 children have arrived at this hospital. Known for Arnold's Army as well.

Who is in charge of this earth? God Himself. The earth and the fullness thereof belong to God. When you turned to the sports news, you could always look forward to Arnold Palmer. People felt glad in Arnold. Because? He told Wake Forest's Graduating Class in 2005, "You can always make a difference."

This is a fruit of the Spirit. What if we look for the Fruit of the Spirit instead of looking to find a flaws as a national past time.

1 Thessalonians 5:11
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up

The man encouraged a sport of sunshine, nature, confidence and effort. We never shook our heads over Arnold Palmer. Instead many people decided, with diligence this was doable. I say - Arnold Palmers for everyone !!!

The Greatest Century???

The quote below is a disambiguation of St Francis of Assisi. Francis chose never to be ordained a priest. I'm sure Jesus would say, "Close enough to the gist of the 14th Century language." And something else was a very positive aspect of the 1400's. People believed God was in charge. All circumstances were looked to see what God was doing - a very usual manner of conversation. Julian of Norwich was alive and was known to say, "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well."

Jesus would call this Luke 14 ~ The Parable of the Great Banquet 


Romans 14:18
For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

1 Peter 2:12
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.






Genuine care, refreshes a weary place - where God wants to save all in Jesus Christ. God who sees all of us as we truly are - His response? Desire to save us all.

I guarantee you, this photo is not going away anytime soon. What  is so  very earnest - this - this comes from the process of traveling the same road. A Prodigal experience. A Homecoming.

Romans 12:12
Rejoice in hope

A very young film enthusiast asked me why so many classic films have Christian structure. A very good reason. Jesus is our Pillar, our foundation. Wonderful Jesus.

Romans 5:2
5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.

Grab all the Joy you can find and hold on.

John 15   A Jesus Quote:

10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. 11 I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. 12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I loved you.

People who encourage each other. Have Joy. The same principal as smiling when you want to smile. Happier people bounce. Finding the Joy of the Lord is my strength. Jesus tells us the first two fruits of the Spirit are Love and Joy. Holding on to Jesus will uplift all who seek Him. Today.



Our Father God, of Love,

Gratitude does not come from having all sunshine in life. Gratitude comes from the diligence and earnestness of Jesus and His hope, faith and Love.

Ezekiel offered us some of the most profound blessings seeing the willingness of God to turn to the Lord. 34.

Our God. Our Father, Our Wonderful Jesus - He Will make His Children and the places surrounding His hill a blessing. He will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.

Our Very Own God. Our Father will make a covenant of peace with us and eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that we, the Children of God by His Will, may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.

Our very joy and strength from Our Lord Jesus is to yield fruit and the earth will yield its increase, and we will be secure on our land.

We will know in our soul, to have this Love, Peace and Joy dwelling in the hearth of our soul for Jesus is the LORD.

Our cares sometimes bend us. And lifting them up to Jesus, we find He will sustain us past any transitory care. Jesus is our Home and destination. Each day finding care and then the mercy of His Love. We discover the Joy of lifting those we love to His Willing and Loving hold. Feeling secure in placing them with Jesus. With Abba. To pray in expectation for our communities, Churches, States and Nation. Knowing around the world the many, many faithful saying with Love - Jesus is Lord. Amen and Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

Romans 12 ~ serve the Lord. Rejoice

Romans 12

9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.


1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers,a by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. 



I have a favorite movie, I just can't remember the title. It's very much a B budget film. A woman is invited to dinner, in our modern world, by Jesus. She decides that she will go - she hates fake Christians and finds out, in the movie, yes, this is Jesus Himself. And being Jesus He does Zacchaeus her, Nicodemus her, all the things we know Jesus draws from knowing our heart intimately.

The woman discovers that absolute goodness of Jesus. She discovers how much Jesus loves her as she is. Jesus knows all about her. Like the woman at the well. And she finds that the Love in Jesus cannot be left without loving with all her heart to Jesus.

1 John 4:19
We love because he first loved us.

 What it would be like to meet Jesus?

The Love unfolds tenderly. The response is allowed to bloom from her. This woman is never going to forget or dismay that Jesus is her destination.

What if ?

Suppose you were surprised to be invited to breakfast at the Beach. And when you got there, found out this was someone who you ran out on. And the breakfast is fish. You see a lot of fish, but you don't know what to say to the one you ran out on. And then you realize - in joy - forgiveness dwells here. An impossible reunion and forgiveness.

And you find out - you are being given a new name. Rock.

And you have a new job. Bring the Good News of this dead, now living Man to the world - which just killed Him. Terribly.

That's a very overwhelming job. 
So you start out and you are amazed the 36 acres of the Temples clear and multitudes who have seen Jesus are Joyous knowing He has returned not only to the disciples again and again for 40 days. Witnesses include 500 people who really know Jesus.

The multitudes go home, saved, they believe. 

And now you have to figure out how to bring this to the world. No pressure.

Well everyone decides they need administration. Good first step! Ok, accomplished! We can tell Peter is scratching his head. The rules people decide they see wavering and now is the time to start killing off the Disciples of Jesus! And put Peter in prison. The game of checkers is much more relaxing. Peter is so tense he thinks angelic help is a vision.

With God's help - even Josephus, a General of Judah - is astonished these men just don't quit. And began to be called Christians.

If you are Peter, you have to still be pretty overwhelmed. God helps. Pretty soon you have Paul. What are they going to do with... the world?

They decide with God that the really, really Jewish one is going to the Gentiles and the outskirts ex-thanks-to-God prison-sitter is going to the Jews. Whew, good deal the world is now divided into Jews and Gentiles. Only Half the world to go !!!

What happened? Life. God never flew the Children of Israel to the promised land. They were joined, rejoiced, honored, killed, raised, shipwrecked, cursed, feted, paraded, rioted, and joined Jesus.

God's Work Men Go Home and His Work Continues. To God goes the Victory. Peter and Paul with the Holy Spirit - did Mightily ! Glory to Jesus Christ !










What happened with so many believers for Two Millenniums. What was their purpose in this Life. The Purpose Driven, Chosen, Called, Fumble (Chorazin, Bethsaida, Antioch and Iconium, Asia), Bumble (his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall), Father God named you Ephesians 2 life.



The Scriptures are Vast.

When the Temple was thought of to be built. God said the Temple would not hold the edge of My Robe. And we wonder what was the mist in the Temple. This was the Vast Heavens displaying merely a glimpse. 

How Vast is our God. How far He reaches.

The creator, the Father of All, named you. And nothing you can do will repay Him for His Lavish Love.

John stayed with Jesus when only women - His Mother and her sisters and Salome would dare. John recognized Jesus. God of Love.

Let Love be genuine.

This is our Purpose Driven Life. John was not 'in love' as he stood with kill-you-dead- Centurions. There was a real possibility of death. Herod killed Jews all the time. John knew that this was Love, integrity and honor and he was not leaving. John said to himself if you've seen the Widow of Nain weep for impossible joy. If you've seen Jairus for his daughter's resurrection. If you've seen the 38 year waiting man at the Pool of Bethesda, If you've seen the life long blind man see. If you've seen Jesus walk on water. If you've seen Peter carried over water back to the ship. If you've seen multitudes of fish. You don't leave Jesus. This is Love.

There once was a man who was interested in what life was bringing him. He was the third of 10 children. Due to the times, his father's estate was divided among only 2 living children.

He took the high ground and began his home. Which fascinated him, until he decided that much, much more was available. He left his wife time and again. She was unwell and several times she bore children whom died and he never met. The only son died.  As she died, she asked him never to marry again because she did not want her two children raised by another woman. The man was so grief stricken in an era where grief was well known, people feared for him.

And his career continued. Eventually he thought to become President of the United States. Instead a very, very good friend became President and he became Vice-President. This did not seem fair. At all. The states knew him best. He had written the Declaration of Independence. He ruined the Presidency of his close friend. Humiliated him. Refused to be a solution, instead he was a mocking, cynic of what he had helped to create. From 1801 until 1809 President John Adams did not make public commentary. In 1803, John Adams went bankrupt. In 1809, John Adams began to correspond with two friends who encouraged him to contribute.

In 1812, John Adams began to revive his heart to Jefferson and write him. Not everyone wants to receive letters from someone they cast down. Jefferson had had conversations with a minister and had been looking at the Bible. In fact, Jefferson started cutting out portions of the Bible Jefferson said were pure gold.


Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

Thomas Jefferson did not take to every Word of God. God tells us that in our minds, we are not able to take in the size of the Universe, the scope of creation, the permanence of eternity. God says we are not build to understand all things.

This friendship was so astonishing to both men, that they died on July 4th, 1826 - together on the same day and same significant date to them. Thomas Jefferson passed on first. And John Adams went on to Heaven proclaiming "Thomas Jefferson Lives!"

My grandmother went to Heaven and for an entire day she greeted people she had missed for decades. One of whom had died 40 years prior with news of current events. You cannot tell me this coincidence and news of God is not absolutely a miracle of Father God Himself.

Romans 12

3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.




We are exactly Romans 12!  We are part of the Body of Christ. Finding Genuine Love. Living our lives to Abide in God and His Word.

If Thomas Jefferson did not fulfill all of the Vast Scriptures - he found the most beautiful of God's Promises. Jefferson's words are left to us of Jesus worship. The deeds of Thomas Jefferson.

Love.



I met a Bishop in Dallas, Bishop Sam, and he told me he could never ever attempt to understand all of the Scriptures, but one was his favorite.

His Banner over me is Love.








Dear Father God,

Our response to Your Vast Creation, the Promises we find in Jesus the Christ.

We rejoice to find we are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the Gospel.

Of this Gospel, I believe and speak, I was made a minister according to the gift of God’s grace, which was given me by the working of Your power.

To us, though we are the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to speak with Love, the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for all mankind, what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in our Father God.

Our God - You have created all things. We pray Your Love and Strength to the Jesus Christ honoring and Gospel believing Church - the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

This is the eternal purpose Christ Jesus our Lord spoke of.

We want to learn to be in Love, wisdom, opportunity and joy to have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in Him. We will not loose heart for the times we missed, we look forward to Your glory.

For Jesus. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father.

Knowing this infinite mystery, power, Love from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. According to the riches of His glory He may grant us to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in our inner being.

In partaking of Communion, we see ourselves again physically willing to have Jesus Live with in us. To see Him willing to be received. Honoring the New Covenant that the Holy Spirit dwells in us as the Light of Christ John 1 tells us.

Remembering Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith — that we, being rooted and grounded in love.

That we will in Jesus have strength to comprehend with all the saints
what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
we know the Love of Christ surpasses knowledge, (God Himself says so)
and we will be filled with all the fullness of God.

And in His fullness of Jesus, we rest, our lives, our cares, our loved ones, our communities, our Churches, our States, our Nation and the people of God in the world today and tomorrow who call on the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

John 14:12-18 ~ we will ask Jesus anything in the Name of Jesus.

John 14:12-18

12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.


15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you."




Deuteronomy 4:7
For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as is the LORD our God whenever we call on Him?

Psalm 34:17
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.


So the news is grim. And sensationalized and compelling to people of violent nature.

And God still says keep in the framework of His Commandments. Why? When we stay within God's parameters we are able to say, in safety, what God does is good. We are open hearted with willingness to have difficulties. Not the pride of feeling all troubles should pass us by.

In the Willingness of God, this is our Joy. Finding reasons as time goes by, that God truly is our Hope and Future.


Jesus said, always pray, always have Hope. Hebrews 7 says God does new things all the time. Lamentations is written by Jeremiah. Most people would lament landing in the prison pit of what King David never hoped for. Jeremiah was the messenger for finding Judah doing life their own way cut them off from the Glory and Joy God provides. And in his lament, Jeremiah finds God's Mercies renew each day. 





Beloved Father God,

We are still praying. For Troy. For our loved ones, for our cares and concerns. For this Nation. For the news - for the good news to be evident even today. For our gratitude in each day. For the 50% of Americans who say they are born anew in Jesus Christ.

We thank You, Life is a Journey and more will arrive here.

We thank You we are a Nation trusting in You. For this Nation, our elections, and the communities that will cover the planet - trusting, in faith, hope and Love in Jesus Christ - given His Love and Promises we are united in the Holy Spirit.

Amen in Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †

Acts 1:12-14 ~ All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer

 

 

Acts 1:12-14

12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. 13 And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. 14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.



We are missing a unity.

America may not have been this unified since 1776.
The riots of the 1960s do not reach the depths of the willingness of people to slant, mistakenly speak and act with the regrets of the people.


A unity - very seriously exists right now. Acts 1 has unity. Jesus is alive in the chapter and He tells the people not to be so concerned about government. A funny thing to point out when the photos on this post look like this:

Do we have two parties? Oddly the Democrats only gave up two people presenting themselves. That is just weird. Rubio is going home with 85 million dollars.

I was walking past a rock contest for a rapper here with 16,000 people gave the rapper a standing ovation for saying "Who can believe this utterly incredible media event that is unending and they have the gall to call this a Presidential Election." A standing ovation - not for music. For a good 5 minutes

So what do we have. We have 9% of the "United" States citizens are pleased with their choices to run the government. Ladies and Gentlemen - we have obtained Unity.

We have obtained a time where there is one solution. Pray. Vote and pray. When you listen to the National Conventions - you'd think we have obtained Nirvana. Let me tell you something, I think we have something here - I think we might have obtained the Sympathy of Almighty God.

Forget putting out these ugly signs. Do this instead:

Keep Hope.

Find Solutions.

Use times when trouble is present, riots, dissent, to keep peace and give God Authority. Lawbreaking. Confusion.

We have a general malaise. And this is the time to pray.

Jesus said when we need Father God to pray and not give up hope.

I'm praying everyday for the Nation and the world. I hope you are praying the Large Prayers.







1. There is no doubt our Father God has used powerful revivals as the major means of restoring the fortunes of a declining church and advancing the cause of the Gospel in the world. God regularly extends His kingdom, numerically and geographically.

2. Israel experienced this during the period of the Judges in the Old Testament. Every man decided what was right. The same cycle of sin and apathy, decline and defeat, desperate prayer for God's help and, finally, His powerful intervention, characterizes every revival.

Perhaps there is a time now for this.





Patrick Morley

1. TIMING: Revivals emerge during times of spiritual and moral decline, which leads to intense prayer.

2. PRAYER: God puts a longing into the hearts of many to pray for revival.

3. THE WORD: The preaching or reading of God's Word brings deep conviction and desire for Christ.

4. THE HOLY SPIRIT: The Holy Spirit takes people to a spiritual depth they could not achieve on their own.

5. CONVICTION: Affected sinners are inconsolable except in Christ.

6. GLORY FOR GOD: God receives praise, honor, and glory for bringing revival.

7. REFORMATION AND RENEWAL: Revival produces lasting fruit.

8. MANIFESTATIONS: Manifestations miracles vary by culture and denomination.

9. MESSY: Revivals are messy--controversies swirl about miracles, abuses, excesses, suspicions, and theological disputes (to name but a few)

10. CYCLICAL: Revivals inevitably crest and decline.

Is America Ripe for Revival Today?

A majority of Americans believe our country is going downhill. Yet church attendance as a percent of population has held relatively steady since 1990.

he number of born-again Christians has grown steadily to 46% of adults today.Given the state of moral and spiritual decay, how is that possible? People change life time denominations to find more about the Word of God.

The answer is simple. Today, Christianity is prevalent. We have the believers. We need our prayers to reach to be consistent.


We've not had an awakening in America of historic proportion for a long time. With such a great tradition of revival and awakening, a great base from which to start, and a great need to counteract the increasing moral and spiritual decline, our nation appears ripe for a fresh outpouring of God's Spirit.

History tells us that national revivals and awakenings cannot be manufactured. This is Good. We need God to do the work. We have to pray with consistency.

The earth and the fullness thereof belong to God.

God loves to respond to the prayers of His people (e.g., 2 Chronicles 7:14).





The Revival Library

In 1900 a revival broke out among South African Boer soldiers, who had been captured by the British and transported to various British colonies. At the conclusion of the war, in 1902, they returned to South Africa and the revival returned with them. Gypsy Smith reaped a great harvest there in 1904.

In Japan, during 1900, the church doubled in size as revival swept through many ailing churches.

In 1902, Torrey and Alexander conducted meetings in Melbourne, Australia, resulting in over 8,000 converts. This news spread like wild fire, igniting a passion for prayer and a fresh expectation for God to work in similar ways everywhere.

In 1904, Torrey and Alexandra were in Cardiff, Wales and, in the light of a minimal response to the Gospel, they called for a day of prayer and fasting. Suddenly things changed dramatically and thousands were converted during the next 12 months.

On the day of prayer and fasting (according to Torrey) Evan Roberts received an anointing of the Holy Spirit with great power, in a meeting conducted by Seth Joshua. Here the Welsh Revival began. It was Sept 22nd 1904.

However, the roots of the revival went back further. Young Evan Roberts had been praying for revival and an outpouring of the Holy Spirit for 11 years. Through a vision he received, Roberts believed that God was going to win 100,000 souls. In response to a further vision, he returned home in Loughor from Newcastle Emlyn where he had been enrolled in a Bible College.

During his first few meetings the heavens opened. God's presence seemed to fill the air. Many were prostrated with conviction, others cried for mercy and many were so filled with the Spirit they pleaded with the Lord to stay His hand.

Soon the revival spread to other places in South Wales. Teams of young people assisted preachers like Roberts, Sydney Evans, Seth Joshua, Joseph Jenkins and R. B. Jones. The revival then took hold in North Wales. Within six months 100,000 had come to Christ!

The Welsh Revival was soon the main topic of conversation throughout the Christian world. Wherever the news went it seemed to cause passionate prayer and began to ignite revival fires everywhere. Christians across Great Britain turned to prayer and church membership increased throughout the land.

In Scandinavia a current revival was fanned into a mighty blaze, as a result of the Welsh Revival. Germany was similarly affected as the flame spread across Europe. Austria, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, the Balkans and Russia experienced awakenings.

The United States felt the after-shock of the Welsh Revival in almost every place. Prayer, conviction and conversion spontaneously occurred, resulting in unusual church growth.

In 1906 the modern Pentecostal Movement was born in Azusa Street, in Los Angeles, after a succession of local revivals through 1905. News of the Welsh Revival encouraged more prayer and suddenly the Holy Spirit descended. Daily meetings were held for the next three years. Visitors flocked there to catch the power of the Spirit and they were not disappointed. No one could have imagined that this was the beginning of the greatest and most effective missionary movement that the world had ever seen. It marked the birth of what was once called 'the third force in Christendom.' Some would argue that, 100 years later, it has grown into the largest and most powerful force.

Almost no country in the world was excluded from the effects of this incredible revival. Almost every nation, on each continent, received new power from heaven, a new passion for prayer and for the lost. Hundreds of thousands came to the Lord.





D L Moody, whose ministry may be described as "highly successful crusade evangelism interspersed with periodic revivalism". Moody began his ministry in Chicago and entered full-time Christian work in 1860, concentrating on his Sunday school and YMCA work. He was God's chosen vessel to take the sparks of the 1857-60 revival to ignite a fresh passion for God

in 1882, a worldwide interdenominational student missionary movement began. Though the YMCA in the States and Christian Unions in the U.K. had their inception during the former revival (1857), Moody's influence transformed these works into powerful missionary movements. The 'Cambridge Seven', including C. T. Studd, were products of Moody's visit and they went to on evangelise China in 1885. By 1912 Studd founded W.E.C., a missionary movement which had great success in parts of Africa. Wilfred Grenfell, the renowned missionary to Labrador was converted at a tent mission led by Moody in 1885.

What was Moody's Message? Always Remember God Loves You.

Never let anyone take from you - God Loves You.




What other movement centered on - God Loves You. The Acts of the Apostles.



The Last Century saw great wars. And most of us can point to what our grandparents did to keep families together and praying. Revivals are needed.




Father God,

For this reason I kneel before the Father,from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.

pray that out of Your glorious riches, Father God may strengthen us with power through Your Holy Spirit in our inner being.

We invite Jesus Christ, that You, God, may dwell in our hearts through faith.

I pray, asking Jesus to pray with us, that we, being rooted and established in love, may have power,
together with all the Lord’s holy people,
daily grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Jesus Christ.

And to Know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Now to our Father God who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to God's power that is at work within us, to Jesus Christ be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!

We lift up those we Love. Our cares. Their difficulties and Prayers. Our Churches. Communities, States. This Nation and all of the believers of Jesus Christ across the world. Jesus has told us to pray and have hope. 

Yes, we are asking Father God, for more of Your Holy Spirit. Amen in Jesus.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves!  †