Video from Revival

Here's a video of a trio at the Revival service we attended Tuesday night. They are from Brother Brown's church in North Augusta.

Farther Along....

Revival With Brother Larry Brown

The kids and I were happy to attend a revival meeting at a sister church to hear Brother Larry Brown last night. He's a friend of our Pastor and a great preacher. We love to hear him. So we were pretty excited to go.

It was good to see sweet people that we know.

The adult choir sang first.

There were faces in the choir that we know and love!

The children's choir sang when the adults came down.

This little one sang out with his little heart.

A men's trio sang and they were good. I really enjoyed them. The 1611 Boys were there too, but I didn't get a picture of them. I did get a video which I'll share at another time.

Pastor Goodman was being blessed too! :)


It's always good to attend local services and see "old" friends.

And then Brother Brown preached. He knows how to get on your level when he's preaching. I think that's what I like about him. He knows. You know?

His sermon was titled:

How To Know When You Have Left Your First Love

*When your salvation no longer consumes you.

~It no longer matters to you that your sins have been erased, blood covered, and gone!

~You use every little excuse you can think of to stay home from the house of God because your salvation doesn't depend on it anyway.

~Have you been saved so long that you're used to it? How long has it been since you've been so excited about doing something for God that you've asked your Pastor, "What can I do?"

~Will you say NO to God?

*When souls don't concern you any longer.

~people who are saved know others need to be saved.

~If someone you know says the world can go to Hell, chances are...they're going there with 'em. Saved people don't want to see others go to Hell.

*When sin doesn't convict you.

~When it's easier to do what pleases yourself instead of what pleases Him, you've lost your first love.

*When the second coming doesn't challenge you.

~You know he's coming and yet you're doing nothing to get ready for Him.

Revival with Larry Brown II

We wrapped up our revival with Brother Larry Brown last night with a packed auditorium.

Tradition (out of our church) sang.

My baby boy lol

Gary...MEOW! (inside joke)

The front porch boys.

Voices of Faith (out of our church)

Pastor Goodman preaching...before the preaching started. LOL

Brother Brown

The text was Job 1:10 and 42:10. His sermon was on building the protective hedge of God, which is something I've always known is important to do when you pray. We need to pray a hedge around our spouses, ourselves, our children, our families, our home, our friends, etc. Here were Brother Brown's points:

When Job prayed a hedge, he prayed...

*A personal hedge

*A property hedge

*A prosperous hedge

*A hedge that Satan could not penetrate

*A heart that Satan could not provoke

*A harvest that Satan could not prevent

Through all of his losses, Job worshipped. What gave him a strong relationship with God before his losses, got him through his losses.

Brother Brown was pointing out how God brought Job up to Satan. Which when you think about it, said a great deal about Job. God had great confidence in Job. I wonder what kind of confidence God has in me.

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Saying Goodbye

Last night was Brother Jeff's last service with us before leaving for boot camp today. We'll miss him while he's gone, but not near as much as his wife Michelle and their three children. Please pray for him and his family these next few months. They're all going to need it!

Revival with Larry Brown

We're in revival with Brother Larry Brown. Tonight will be his last night and we always hate to see him go. He's a riot, but he's also one of the best preachers you'll ever hear. What a blessing to be able to sit under the preaching of such a man!

Yesterday before church, Harrison told me he wanted Brother Brown to sign his Bible. I told him all he had to do was ask and I was sure Brother Brown would do that for him. So last night after church, I noticed him walking to the car with a bewildered look on his face. I asked him what was wrong and he said that he didn't get his Bible signed because he forgot to bring a pen. So I gave him a pen and he ran back inside the church, this time returning with a huge grin on his face. He crawled into the back seat of the car, buckled up, opened his Bible to look at the signature and said, "I am one happy little boy tonight."