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TONGUE IN CHEEK CHURCH CRITIQUE
Oh, dear, January is half over and nobody has asked my advice for a 2021 theme for their church. I so much wanted to be consulted! I was all ready to say – let’s blaze new trails and go to … Continue reading
2021 PRAYER
Dry, parched, and thirsty And bound to the drought of earth Seeking your presence. Pour down upon me Dancing and swaying in rain Eager arms open. ************ Written for ronovan’s weekly haiku challenge using words “bound” and “sway” https://ronovanwrites.com/2020/12/28/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-338-bound-and-sway/ Image: … Continue reading
Posted in haiku, New Year, revival, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, Uncategorized
Tagged haiku, revival, Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge, seeking God
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I HAVE A LONGING
The following section was from 2014 (a Face Book status). Still timely for me. Churches are still into Live Big, Love Long, You’re Blessed, Friendship Avenue, Unity Forever, We’re the Loudest. And especially “You gotta love yourself first!” *********** Oh, … Continue reading
Posted in church, Holy Spirit, me, Uncategorized
Tagged church, holiness, Jesus, me, Pentecostal Holiness, revival, traditional church, worship styles
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OH, LORD, SEND A REVIVAL
AND SEND ONE RIGHT NOW! I, with most Christians, want one. But how much price are we willing to pay. Many of us are going to give a couple hours today since it is Sunday. What things happened to bring … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, church, revival, singing, Uncategorized
Tagged bowing, church, church methods, fasting, revival, singing, victory, worship
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CATHEDRAL vs upper room
“Not by might, not by power, but by my Spirit,” says the Lord. How we sometimes knock ourselves out to be the biggest, richest, friendliest, most talented, most caring, most influential and most effective voice for Jesus! And … Continue reading
Posted in manifestations of the Spirit, revival, Uncategorized
Tagged holiness, Holy Spirit, humility, revival, sanctification, upper room
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Meeting the Lord in the Broom-corn Field
In a blog I wrote the other day, https://onetahayes.com/2015/11/02/jay-do-you-remember/ I mentioned my granddad and his brother. I referred to them as two gangster brothers who became two preachers. Let me clarify. I do not know that they were law breakers. I … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, repentance, salvation
Tagged Bible, blessed life, change, character study, Christianity, country life, heritage, late 1920s, repentance, revival, salvation, saved, women preachers
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