Members Popular Post ScottM84 Posted May 24, 2016 Members Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2016 About a year ago, we had a period in our church that lasted for several weeks during which I feel safe in saying that my church experienced revival. We had a number of people saved, we had several people join the church, and had quite a few services that saw the altars full. A revival meeting was part of that, but in reality, the movement of the Spirit that we experienced began a couple of weeks before the "official" meeting, and lasted for a few weeks beyond that. Despite the fact that the revival meeting was a key part of what happened, I'd say that a message that my pastor preached entitled "Jesus Is Precious" was the most enduring sermon of that period. The week he preached that message, his wife and kids also sang a song with that same title. Some of you might be familiar with it, as the Blackwood Brothers recorded it back in the 1970s. The morning on which they sang that song featured a particularly memorable service. As my pastor stood up to preach, a lady who was a longtime member of the church stepped out of her pew, walked up to him, and told him that she needed to be saved. As she explained to him, she was afraid that if she waited until after the message, she'd talk herself out of it. The thing that made her realize that she wasn't saved was the realization that Jesus wasn't precious to her. After that morning, He became precious to her. There was no formal message that morning, but after she got saved, our pastor spoke more about how Jesus should be precious in our lives as people flooded the altars. Somewhere near that time, we had a service on a Sunday night in which a spontaneous testimony service broke out with people testifying right and left about why Jesus was precious to them. Some of you may be wondering at this point why I'm telling the story of something that happened a year ago. Well, that's because it's happening again. We seem to be in another period of revival recently. Again, we've seen several people saved. We've seen people join the church. We've seen services in which the altars filled up. I'd like to tell you about what happened last night. On Wednesday night, I had to make an adjustment to our special music list. One of the older ladies at the church (who has one of the most beautiful soprano voices you can imagine) was on the list for last night, but due to some health issues she's been dealing with lately, she let me know earlier in the week that she wouldn't be able to sing. Wednesday night, I asked my pastor's wife if she could fill in, and she agreed. Yesterday, she asked me to meet with her and the kids to practice. She had decided to sing "Jesus Is Precious" again, and since I had played the piano for them to sing it previously, she asked me to do so again. We met and ran over the song, and it went well. As we walked out of the practice room, I asked her if she remembered what happened the last time they had sung it, and observed that we seemed to be in a similar period. Last night, after she and her kids sang that song, another spontaneous testimony service broke out. Once again, people were stirred to tell why Jesus was so precious to them. After a couple of people testified, our pastor began encouraging people to share what was on their hearts. The movement of the Spirit was very obvious. People spoke of why the Lord meant so much to them, of why the church did, of why the pastor and his family did, and why one another did. Again, the altars were full, and several people stayed for a while after the service was dismissed. I don't want to give the impression that my church frequently skips the preaching of the word, because that's simply not true. But, every once in a while, hearts are stirred, and people simply can't hold in their stories of what the Lord has done for them. As our pastor reminded us last night, the Bible says to "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so." Most of the time, the Lord speaks to us through the preaching of His word, but sometimes - like last night - He seems to do so through the praise of His people. It's great to have a God so wonderful that sometimes you just have to make your feelings for Him known! WellWithMySoul, swathdiver, Alan and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alan Posted May 26, 2016 Members Share Posted May 26, 2016 Wonderful testimony. Thank you very much for relating to us the revival at your church. The whole testimony was a blessing to my heart. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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