Dear First Family,
“I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I but Christ lives in me.” That is what Paul wrote in Galatians 2:20. What is the crucified life? Does your life and mine reflect it?
Beginning this Sunday through the next Wednesday is the time of our scheduled revival. Will it be a genuine, God-sent revival or just a series of Gospel meetings? The answer will depend on whether we live a crucified life.
You see, God wants us to be revived people. But God will not force a crucified, revived life upon us. He waits patiently for us to respond to His call on our lives to die to self and to live to Him.
As your pastor, let me ask you to yield yourself to the Lord. Will you ask Him who to bring with you to the revival meetings? Will you pray for the revival efforts? Will you commit yourself to attend, expecting God to do great things as we gather to worship Him?
William Carey, the father of modern missions wrote, “Attempt great things for God, Expect great things of God.”
Love in Him,
Bill Patterson
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
by Erica Sutphin