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Christian Servant Magazine - December, 2015 - Page 1
December, 2015Christian Servant Outreach Ministry, Inc.
www.christianservantmagazine.com
America's Leading Online Country Gospel Music News Magazine
For unto you is born this day in thecity of David a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord.Luke 2:11 KJV
This month featuring…
Rodney Morss Judy Bailey
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Congratulationson your #1 chart topping song
“Praise Jesus”on the Christian Servant
Country For The Good Life Top 100December, 2015
You can purchase Jimmy’s music at CDBaby, the best independent music store on the web.And visit Jimmy’s Website at www.jimmyrprice.com!
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TABLE OF CONTENTSPage 1 CoverPage 2 Number 1 Song Christian Servant Country For The Good Life Top 100Page 3 Table of ContentsPage 4 Just A Thought by Gayla EarlenePage 5 A-Way In A Manger by Pastor Dr. Doug DeRamusPage 7 On Time and On Target by Jimmy R. PricePage 8 Country Gospel Christian Country Radio GuidePage 9 Christian Servant Country For The Good Life Top 100 ChartPage 12 Rodney Morss - Born In America by Tommy SmithPage 13 Super Anointed, Super Star - Judy Bailey by Tommy SmithPage 14 His Name Is Jesus by Marty SmithPage 15 “Freedom in Christ” & “A Hoped For Righteousness” by Terry DavisPage 17 The Way I See It by John PenneyPage 18 Joy, Joy, Joy Down In My Heart by Roger Barkley, Jr.Page 19 What Can We Give To The King by Randy GunnPage 20 What A Wonderful Life by Brad WilsonPage 22 Tim Livingston: God’s Called, God’s Anointed by Tommy Smith
From The Staff OfChristian Servant Magazine
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"Just A Thought"with Gayla Earlene
Visit Gayla Earlene at https://www.facebook.com/gayla.earlene
The Little Bitty Cross
Recently Gene & I went out to eat supper in a smalltown. While he let me out to go on in, he parked thetruck. I was walking toward the door when an elderlyman hollered at me. I turned to acknowledge him ashe said "Ma'am, Ma'am I'd like to give you some-thing." I could tell he was genuine as he reached out tohand me a very small, rugged looking cross.
I said, "Oh thank you so much sir that's so nice of you." He said, "Well it's not perfect but I enjoymaking these and giving them to people." I replied, "Well sir you know when our Jesus was crucified,that cross wasn't perfect either, but the man was."
"Yep you're right & he died for our sins," I agreed. He said "Well Ma'am I won't take up any more of yourtime." I told him, "Thank you again for sharing Jesus."
I love that little bitty cross & I’ll never forget our conversation and the love it was made with.
You see your ministry doesn't have to be a big production, it just has to be genuine. Even the smallestacts of kindness and love please God and we can change lives through Jesus, one by one. Neverunderestimate the power of the cross no matter what the size, it's the meaning that matters.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Yearfrom the Whites
Grateful thanks to radio for playing andcharting our latest release
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by Pastor Dr. Doug DeRamusYou can visit Doug DeRamus at: www.facebook.com/dougderamus
A-Way In A Manger
Luke 2:1-7(1) And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decreefrom Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.(2) (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governorof Syria.)(3) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.(4) And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city ofNazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is calledBethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)(5) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
(6) And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.(7) And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in amanger; because there was no room for them in the inn. KJV
Luke 2:5 says that “Mary being great with child”.The word “great” here is the only place in the New Testament that word is used. This “great with child”has a meaning of “swelling inside”. Pat your tummy and say, with “Christ In Me” there is a state ofexpectancy.
Luke 2:7 says that Mary laid him in a manger. Greek word says, “laid him back in a posture of rest“.
The Word “MANGER” is only mentioned 3 times in scripture. In Luke 2:7, 12, 16.The Greek renders To eat, a crib for fodder. Now in Luke 13:15 it is translated a stall.
THE MAIN THOUGHT HERE:A Manger was a feed trough, crib or open box in a stable designed to hold “fodder” for live-stock.
I am not going to tell you that when man fell in the Garden that he went from being clothed with theimage of God to being clothed with an animal skin. I am not going to tell you that man fell to the levelof the animals that he once named. I am not going to tell you that Jesus came as food for fallen manthat was now on the level of the beast of the field.
However, if I did tell you that, and you comprehend it, it would totally change your understanding ofbeing born again and receiving a NEW NATURE. You would never go around saying that “we are allchildren of God” and “we are all just sinners saved by GRACE”. To understand that you are saved byGRACE is to understand that you are NO LONGER a sinner. You might say you WERE a sinner.However, there was A-way in a Manger and you were born again and became a part of a NEWCREATION. The first CREATION had it’s Adam-race, The NEW CREATION has it’s Christ-race.
JESUS was LAID in a MANGER. The LIFE of the MANGER is a LIFE of LOVE.A life WILLFULLY and UNSELFISHLY laid down for others. The MANGER is the PLACE of theFATHER’S WILL.
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A-WAY IN THE MANGER
He went AWAY from Heaven, was lowered into the place where He condescended to men of lowerestate. It was a place of small beginnings and a place of humiliation.It was also a place of Hope.
Christ was in the Manger. Pat your heart and say “THIS IS A MANGER”. Say, “CHRIST, IS IN THEMANGER”, “CHRIST, IS IN ME. And HE is the HOPE of Glory” (Col.1:27).
HERE IS THE QUESTION???Are you in the Manger of the Father’s choosing? Are you in the will of God?
IF YOU ARE…, It’s a PLACE of SMALL BEGINNINGS.It’s a PLACE of HUMILIATION. It’s a PLACE of HOPE. ( It’s the world’s ONLY HOPE).
Acts 2:36 …that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord andChrist. KJV
WOW - Christ in the manger, Christ in you. The HOPE of GLORY. He is your Hope and Christ in youbecomes the Hope of others.
What lay in the Manger? THE IMAGE of the INVISIBLE GOD (Col.1:15).In the Manger was the first time the angels ever seen God. There He lay, 8 pounds of MANIFESTEDLOVE. The one who flung the universe, moon, stars and sun out of the ends of His fingers.
The FULLNESS of GOD laid in the Manger. In Col. 1:19 it reads, “it pleased the Father that inHim all fullness dwell….” The fullness of God laid in a Manger. It was a small beginning, however,it grew. When you received Christ, it is just a small beginning but the fullness of God dwells in you. InChrist, in the small beginning, God created a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH. The FATHER andthe SON THROUGH the HOLY GHOST are IN YOU.
Christ in me. A - WAY in the Manger. ALL this has one purpose. THAT MY LIFE MIGHT BECOME AMANGER (A place of feeding). Welcome to the Manger, It’s SAFE.
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A big thank you to DJ’s for charting my newsong on Canyon Creek Records Volume 33,
“Just The Way I Am”
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by Jimmy R. Pricewww.jimmyrprice.com
On Time and On Target
I am always excited this time of year as we get ready tocelebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Christmasto many folks is just a Happy Holiday in which we lookforward to receiving the “stuff” we think we need.
For some, Christmas is no more than a shopping-frenzy month-long season beginning on “BlackFriday” and continuing through Christmas Eve. People spend money they don’t really have, on thingsthey don’t really need. Many times the “true meaning” of Christmas is lost in the commercialism andpageantry of the society we now are a part of. Some retail companies want to make tons of money offthe holiday but tell their employees not to say “Merry Christmas.” The Apostle Paul described the First Christmas in Galatians 4:4-7, “But when the fullness of thetime was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them thatwere under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hathsent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more aservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God, through Christ.” NOW, THAT’S THE REALMEANING OF CHRISTMAS!!!
Here Paul answers these questions:WHEN? “The fullness of the time was come (vs. 4).” At the exact perfect moment in history, Jesus was born! About 400 years had gone by since the Old Testament prophets spoke about the messiah who would come to save his people. Then John the Baptist came to “prepare the way of the Lord.” Finally, Immanuel (God with us) was born in Bethlehem, wrapped in rags, placed in a food trough, in a barn. No other place would be humble enough! No other time in the history of humanity would be right! God’s timing is never early, never late, but always RIGHT ON TIME!HOW? “God sent forth His Son (vs.4).”
Jesus the Son, was sent by God the Father, conceived by the Holy Spirit. Mary was the mother ofJesus, but Joseph was not the biological father of Jesus. “The Word was made flesh and dweltamong us” (John 1:14). God came down to us because we couldn’t reach up to him. Deity andhumanity came together in the virgin-birth of Christ our Lord!
WHY? “To redeem them that were under the law (vs. 5).” A price had to be paid for the debt of the sin of man. Jesus’ substitutionary death on the cross, paid that price for us. “He paid a debt, He did not owe, I owed a debt, I could not pay!” “For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him (2 Cor. 5:21).” “For God so loved the world (that’s us), that He gave His only begotten Son (that’s Jesus), that whosoever believeth in Him (anyone who will), Should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).”WHAT? “That we might receive the adoption of sons (vs. 5) We are adopted children of God! God has put His Spirit in our hearts! We now call Him, Abba, Father (daddy)! We are now Heirs, not just servants! All this is possible only through CHRIST!
God is ON TIME and ON TARGET!!!Do we have something to celebrate or what?
Merry Christmas!
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Terry is proud to announce the release of his brand newCD, "Sweet Child Of Mine". This CD is filled with lovesongs for Christ, family and friends. Terry has two guestartists included on this project, his grand-daughterLizzie Harris and his close friend Ronnie Weiss, leadsinger and lead guitar player of the group Mouse andThe Traps, one of RCA Victor's hottest rock groups inthe 60's. The "Sweet Child Of Mine" CD is dedicated toTerry and Lynne's son who went home to be with theLord after a tragic accident. This is a must have CD youcan order from Terry's website or it will soon be avail-able on CD Baby, Amazon.com, CD Universe or you cansimply pick up the phone and order it from Terry at903-520-6120 or 903-566-4366. Terry's website can befound at www.TerryDavisMusic.com. You can also visithim on facebook.
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# SONG TITLE ARTIST1 Praise Jesus Jimmy R. Price2 Love Is A Cross John Berry3 Was That You Lord Lonnie King4 I’m Gonna Fly Away Kelton French5 On Angels Wings Russ Murphy6 The Way Cindy Hughlett7 Clean Slate Arkin Terrell8 Take Me Away From You Mary James9 They Wouldn’t Forgive Me The McCray Dove Band
10 Jesus I Believe Chuck Hancock11 Didn’t I Walk On Water Kenny Gardner12 Lean On The Lord CrossFire Gospel Band13 Hills Of Glory The Waymasters14 Bring Jesus Back To School Tommy Smith15 I Know Terry & Debra Luna16 House Of Good News Mike Leichner17 I Know He Hear’s Me Steve Richard & Laura Dodd18 They Know Me Hear Kristi Miller19 He’s Coming Kevin Rowe & Prodigal Sons20 Cowboy Church Marlon Sharp21 Loving Arms Terry Davis22 Take This Bible Dan Duncan23 Heaven Come Down Kenzie24 Better Man Bruce Hedrick25 The Promiseland James Payne26 Ten Thousand Angels Cried Again Gena Roberts Hamilton27 Prescripted Addiction The Parish Family with Marty Raybon28 Who Loves Me More Jamie Lynn Flanakin29 Love Held My Savior To A Tree Del Way30 Crayola Skies Cindy Lee Alden31 The Work Of A Carpenter Greg McDougal32 I Will Bless Him Tina Wakefield33 A Different Light Chris Golden with The Freemans34 Trophy Of Grace Mike Manuel35 Remember The Day Brandon Poole36 Kids Kali Rose featuring Gary Chapman37 Born In America Rodney Morss38 Sweet By & By Gina & Jimmy White39 The Wheel In The Middle Of The Wheel Rusty Gilliam40 I’m From The U.S. Of A. Roger Barkley, Jr.
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# SONG TITLE ARTIST41 Your Word Will Be The Last Word Tammy Norris42 Heart That Will Never Break Again Kim Pike43 Every Step Of The Way Mary Fay Jackson44 WWJD-Good Nough For Me John Penney45 Let Your Rain Fall Jan Harbuck46 44 Crazy World Reed Brothers47 Hell Bound USA David Lemons48 Down On Your Knees Judy Bailey49 New Again Jim Sheldon with Rachel Taylor50 Broken Tommy Brandt51 Just Might Be Going Home Today Psalm 10052 Shall We Gather At The River Joan Gregory53 Raise Up Your Hands Kelly Southerland54 Don’t Give Up On Me Julie Reese55 Out The Window Kinfolk56 Fly On Kathy Treat57 When I Pray Jimmy Jack Whitaker58 Butterflies And Hummingbirds Lawana Blevins59 My Jesus Saves Ron Hughes60 Gideon Robert Upton61 Walk To Him Randy Gunn62 The Truth Is Johnny Rowlett63 Not Another Day David Livingston64 What’s Still Left Of Me Lance Stone65 He Knows The Way Home Ashlen Jackson66 I Know That Jesus Loves Me Carla Jones67 On The Other Side Of This Weston & Christy Hinson68 Be With You Tom Dolan69 Entertaining Angels Unaware Dennise Dittman70 I’ve Got A Mansion Dallas West71 That’s Him Paul Winchester72 Let The Light Shine On John Henry Harvey73 When Tribulation Enters, I’ll Be Gone Walt Mills74 Wake Me Up When It’s Over Vanessa Feltner75 I Choose Now John Randolph76 I Choose To Be A Christian Micki Farington77 It’s In Your Hands Lord Glorya Wilson78 Bread Of Life Betty Jean Robinson79 Carry Me Ladonna Capps80 Stand Up Chuck Day
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# SONG TITLE ARTIST81 Are You Ready Shelia Arnold82 Glimpses Keith Irwin83 Calvary Gina West84 Nail Scarred Hands Tamatha Hurst85 Only Christian Country Marvell86 It’s Gonna Be Alright David House87 Tougher Than Nails Bridge Of Faith88 If It Satisfies You Lord Wyatt Nations89 Don’t Forget To Pray Wade Hammond90 Governor Of Mercy Terry & Teresa Baker91 Detour Mike & Doris Merritt92 Jesus Is My Rock Joy Roberts93 When I Got Saved Charles Scarlette94 This Old Church Freddie Hart95 Stimulus Package Johnny Jones96 Bread And Water John Conlee97 Just The Way I Am Gina Marie98 I Found It All In The Cross Pam Blackstock99 Don’t Forget To Thank The Lord John Anderson
100 Jesus I Love You, I Really Do Darlene Jennusa
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Born In Americaby Tommy Smith
Rodney Morss has a new release on Canyon Creek Records titled “Born In America”. It is one of the bestmessage songs released this year. Like a lot of other DJ’s, I quit playing so many patriotic songs. Therehad been hundreds released since 911 and most of them with the same message.
Rodney’s song is not only about the good America but also the America that has lost sight that God hasblessed this country for years with great wealth, prosperity and most importantly protected ourfreedom. Our forefathers were not afraid to honor and give Him his due glory as they established ourConstitution and built it around the Judeo-Christian faith. Our country has always lived by thecommandment to love one another and be your brother’s keeper. It guaranteed the right to life, libertyand happiness. We believed and honored God’s Ten Commandments. We put His name above all whenwe said in God we trust and God bless America.
Our Government is trying to wipe out “In God We Trust” from our constitution. They have removed theright to have the Ten Commandments posted in schools. We do not believe in the right to life anymore.We kill millions of babies in their mother’s womb just because many American’s think it is wrong for ababy to be born into poverty or out of wedlock. I am so glad that Jesus was not put to death in Hismother’s womb. The world would have lost the greatest gift it would ever receive, “Grace.”
Rodney talks about being born in the America when it’s people were kind and loving. They lived a lifeof faith, and were satisfied with what God blessed them with and not always asking for more but givingthanks for the plenty they had already been given. They worked hard for what they had, but they wereblessed for that. I thank God everyday that I was raised as a child in that kind of America, not theAmerica we have today. I am ashamed sometimes of the fact I now live in an America that teaches theyoung should not listen to their elders for they are old and don’t know anything, that it is alright to livebeyond your means and be in bondage for the rest of your life because you are never satisfied with whatyou have.
Rodney Morss I congratulate you for reminding us of what a blessing andhonor it is to be born in America and at the same time noting the curse’s wecan expect if we continue to remove God from our way of life. We can nolonger afford to straddle the fence. Rodney sings this song from his heartand everywhere he sings he gets multiple standing ovations. DJ’s if youdon’t have a copy of “Born In America” by Rodney Morss please go toCanyon Creek Records website and let us know. We will make sure you geta copy. This should be the song of the year, it speaks out for all God lovingAmericans. After all isn’t that what Christian radio is about?
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Super Anointed, Super StarJudy Bailey
by Tommy Smith
Once again God has placed another extremely talented and anointed female Country Gospel artist inmy path. Her name is Judy Bailey and I’d like to start off by telling you all about where she came from,where she’s been and where she is headed. First, let’s talk about her roots. Judy was one of twelve kidsborn to Floyd and Nelly Martin in Winchester, Kentucky. She was raised in a low-income housingproject known to the tenants as “Hungry Holler”. Judy grew up listening to her mother sing and playguitar to those old-time country songs and Hymns, as well as many of her own original compositions.Soon Judy started singing to the neighborhood kids on her front porch making up songs and using aspoon to pose as a microphone. Judy recalls her desire and dream to be a singing star started in thosefront porch concerts. She would tell her friends that someday she would be a Country star and theywould hear her songs on the radio and see her perform on TV.
When she was sixteen years old her father and mother packed up their family and things and moved toLacoochee, Florida. It was there in Lacoocche in 1971 that Judy got her first singing “Gig” performingat the Lacoochee Fire Station. It didn’t take long for the word to get around about the talented JudyBailey. She started fronting for artists like Mason Dixon, who at that time was the house band for alarge club in Tampa, Florida. There she became acquainted with Country stars like Narvel Felts andHank Williams Jr. Judy went to a well known recording studio in the area and cut two songs that shehad written. The songs were “I Never Stopped Lovin’ You” and “Life Is What You Make It”. That wasback in 1978 and back then everything was released to radio on 45’s and if the songs were good, youcould still get airplay on local and regional radio and she did, lot’s of it. When Nashville Country Musicproducer Ray Baker heard Judy, he knew she had that special voice that he had been looking for to teamup with Moe Bandy to cut a duo on the song “Following The Feeling”. He made the right choice. Thesong was released in 1980 on Columbia records and soon charted at number 10 in Billboards NovemberTop 80 Country chart. Soon Ray Baker and Darrell Glenn, one of Judy’s mentors and friends, talkedColumbia into signing Judy to a personal recording contract. Her first single release to radio “SlowCountry Dancing” charted at number 60 in Billboard Magazine. Judy was nominated by the AcademyOf Country Music as one of the Top 5 “New Female Vocalists of the Year” in 1981. The show wasbroadcast on a major Television network all over the world and Judy’s name became a household wordin Country Music. When Judy told her childhood friends on her front porch that one day they wouldhear her on the radio and see her on TV, she wasn’t kidding. Her childhood dream did come true.
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She became a frequent guest on Ralph Emery’s “ Nashville Now” television show, a must see each andevery week, if you were a true Country Music fan. Now, that being said about her tremendous Countrymusic career, Judy also loved God and loved to hear the Gospel songs her mother used to sing. She alsospoke to God as a young girl and told him that someday she would sing and write songs for His glory.She kept that promise and now has a new Country Gospel release to radio called “Down On Your Knees”released on Canyon Creek Records. The song has already charted at number 48 for December in theCashbox Magazine “Country Christian Top 100” and at number 48 for December’s Christian ServantMagazine “Country For The Good Life Top 100”. The response to radio has been great and it looks likethis song is headed for the Top 10.
The first time I talked to Judy she told me she was proud that God hadgiven her the gift to be able to write and sing. Judy said that He hadlooked after her the whole time she was in Country Music and that Hewas the reason she had not fallen into the same trap as many others haddone, by getting mixed up in drugs and alcohol. He allowed me to meetpeople of all walks of life and gave me the heart to love them all. I havealways known that Jesus walked by my side daily. It is my hearts desireto spread the good news through my music that Jesus loves you. He didnot come to condemn the world but to set us free from the bondage ofsin. She said, “I have spent my time living for the world and by theworld’s standards, but now and forever I want to live for HIM in all thatI do”.
You can reach Judy and learn more about her on her facebook page.
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By Marty SmithHis name is Jesus
Christmas is here! I’m so excited! It’s my favorite time of the year.This is the time of year when hearts change, people give from theheart and there is hope. But it’s even bigger than that. This is thetime of year that we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
You see, without Him, there would be no Christmas. Without Him, there is no hope. As I sit herereflecting on the events from the past year and listening to Heaven’s Country on the radio, I’m remindedthat without Christ, we are nothing. I am so thankful for a Savior who died for you and me even thoughwe didn’t deserve it. You see, He loves you so much He died for you. Don’t let the cares and worries ofthis world consume you. Don’t think about the bills and wonder how you’re going to make ends meet.Let us focus on the Reason for the Season. His name is Jesus.Merry Christmas.
Marty Smith is the morning host of Heaven’s Country (www.heavenscountry.com) and host of the internationally syndicatedradio show, “Todays’ Cross Country (www.todayscrosscountry.com). You can email him at: [email protected]
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by Terry Daviswww.terrydavismusic.com
“Freedom in Christ” &“A Hoped For Righteousness”
(Galatians 5:1-6 (NIV))
▪ It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then,and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
▪ Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves becircumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
▪ Again, I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcisedthat he is obligated to obey the whole law.
▪ You who are trying to be justified by the law have beenalienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
▪ For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith therighteousness for which we hope.
▪ For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcisionhas any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressingitself through love.
“Young’s Literal Translation – In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free – stand ye,and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude.”
Friends, we have been liberated! We have been set free!
Matthew Henry’s commentary says it well (Galatians 5:1-6).“Christ will not be the Savior of any who will not own and rely upon him as their only Savior. Let ustake heed to the warnings and persuasions of the apostle to steadfastness in the doctrine and libertyof the gospel. All true Christians, being taught by the Holy Spirit, wait for eternal life, the reward ofrighteousness, and the object of their hope, as the gift of God by faith in Christ; and not for the sake oftheir own works. The Jewish convert might observe the ceremonies or assert his liberty, the Gentilemight disregard them or might attend to them, provided he did not depend upon them. No outwardprivileges or profession will avail to acceptance with God, without sincere faith in our Lord Jesus.True faith is a working grace; it works by love to God, and to our brethren. May we be of the numberof those who, through the Spirit, wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. The danger of old was notin things of no consequence in themselves, as many forms and observances now are. But without faithworking by love, all else is worthless, and compared with it other things are of small value.”
Trust & Obey
Verses 4 & 5 contrast the difference between trying and trusting. “For we through the Spirit”, TheSpirit replaces the law in the life of the Christian. The function of the Holy Spirit is to:
● Blow conviction upon the heart
● Regenerate or give life
● Indwell in the believer
● Guide the believer into all truth
● Protect the believer from things which are not pleasing to the cord.
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“For we through the Spirit, on the ground of Faith.” It is on the ground of faith, not on the ground of thelaw or works.
We are “eagerly awaiting a hoped for righteousness.” Those who observe the law, cannot await a hopedfor righteousness. They would be weighed in the balances and might be found waiting in the end. Thosewho walk in grace as a result of their relationship in Jesus Christ have a righteous standing before Godthat never changes. Therefore, Paul states those who are on the ground of faith are eagerly awaiting ahoped for righteousness.
I’m reminded of the wonderful hymn “The Solid Rock”.
“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness, I dare not trust the sweetestframe, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name. On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; all other ground is sinkingsand, all other ground is sinking sand.”
It’s all because of Him! Thank you Lord Jesus for your love and grace!
Watch for Sheree Gailey’s new release to radio onCanyon Creek Southern Country Gospel Volume 34,
“COME TO JESUS”
Luke 2:14 KJV
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…the way I see itby John Penney
The Christian Outlawwww.johnpenneymusic.com
It seems almost like Christmas now, the tree is up, got a fewpresents under it and the weather here is beginning to cool off just a littlebit. I wonder if any of my friends and neighbors have started to feel thechange in the air here in South Georgia?
There is just an exhilarating fresh feel good feeling going on around my house as Carlene and thegirls are decorating and laughing at absolutely anything that crosses their minds. Yes, there are a lot ofthings going on in this old world. A good bit of it is not really good at all. When you turn on the radioor television and listen to the news of the day, it seems like it is all bad. Yes I too, worry about what isgoing on and I`m not too happy about the direction or the path that our country seems to be headed in.Yet, here I am Lord, and most of the time just in the nick of time I remember all of the good news thatis still here in our lives today. Jesus is the one that has control of our lives in whatever comes our way.I choose Jesus. Just like the old time hymn says “Trust and Obey “. Well, I am guilty of trying to do itall by myself and so much of my life has been about me not trusting in Jesus. My friends, the only waythat we, as Christians can live our lives and face the earthly trials before us is to trust in Jesus and obeywhat He has proclaimed. Not to say that we should live in fear from anything or anyone. I say all of thisin the spirit of love and in sharing what I believe to be the way to keep our Christian wits about us in thecoming times.
I performed this past week at a Christmas Concert and had the opportunity to sing a good manyof the Christmas songs that we all cherish and love so much. It was such a wonderful thing for me andit touched me in a very special way. As I was singing the song “ Silent Night “ I was struck by the thoughtof not having Christmas. It really had me thinking all of a sudden that, what if we all lived in a worldwhere we did not celebrate the birth of Jesus? It would mean that we, as Christians who proclaim thatChrist was born of a virgin and lived among us as a man, and that He told us this wonderful truth aboutHis Father and the Kingdom of Heaven and also was crucified and died upon a bloody cross, only to riseagain three days after death to give us eternal life, would mean nothing to us. Nothing at all. So, as thetime draws near to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ I am so glad that Mary heldJesus and the Angels rejoiced at the sight.
Take the time to say I love you to someone.Merry Christmas!That`s the way I see it.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son isgiven: and the government shall be upon his
shoulder: and his name shall be calledWonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The
everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.Isaiah 9:6 King James Version
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by Roger Barkley, Jr.www.rogerbarkleyjr.com
JOY, JOY, JOY DOWN IN MY HEART
A young lady was attending an event where I was performing a service.She made a remark that I had heard before but never really took the timeto address in a public forum.
She said, “You guys have way too much fun doing what you do to beChristians.” I rebutted by telling her the usual thing you will hear mostpreachers say; Christians oughta be the happiest people on the face ofthe earth!
I know it sounds very cliché but it is the truth. However, I will have to go a few steps farther in thatthere is a difference in happiness and joy. You can be happy about a team winning a game. You can behappy about the sale at the local market and the list goes on. Happiness is a state of mind. Joy is a stateof your heart.
It is a very simple realization. Jesus first. (J) Others second. (O) Yourself last (Y).
JOY – The true fullness of what is inside you has to show outward. If you have things inside you or havepeople around you that make you unhappy, negative, derogatory, and condemning in nature mostlikely they will pull you down rather than you pull them up.
So yes. I probably have more fun in some of the weirdest places because of a joy inside me that cannottruly be explained but rather experienced. The joy of a person coming to know Christ for the first time,the feeling inside when your child witnesses to the person that everyone else would shy away from, thedepth of emotion cannot be imagined and yet cannot even compare to the joy in knowing Jesus as mybest friend.
So once again, Yes, in my sad times there is still Joy, in my happy times there is Joy and when I amaround other people that are as joyful as me because of Him….. you better watch out.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Yearfrom the Gregory Family!
Thank you radio for playing my latest release onCanyon Creek Records Volume 32,
“Shall We Gather At The River”Web: www.joangregory.net
Email: [email protected]
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GunnPointWhat Can We Give To The King
by Randy Gunn
You can contact Randy Gunn at: [email protected]
As we approach this wonderful time of the year, whenwe celebrate the birth of the only Lord and Savior of theworld, Jesus Christ; we should always try to rememberto seek His desire in what it is that He would like toreceive from us. We make sure each of our loved onesreceive gifts and we seem to be willing to do whatever ittakes to bring that smile to their face on Christmasmorning, but too often we forget to bring somethingfrom our heart to the One who is the reason for theseason.
When my children were little, I used to play them a song from a children’s Christmas album. It seemedso simple to me then, but the more I listened to it the more it got into me…maybe even more than them.I have sung this song at many Christmas concerts. It is a reminder to us and to the audience, that wecan’t forget Jesus during all the giving and receiving. It is because of Him that we even have anythingto give.
My Christmas message to all of us this year, are the words to a song that will hopefully cause us toreflect, and at some point, take a moment during this Christmas season and be alone with Jesus and askHim what He would like to receive from us this year.
WHAT CAN I GIVE TO THE KINGWords written by Barry McGuire
What can I give to the King? Give to the One who has everythingWhat can I give? What gift can I bring? What can I give to the King?
Give Him a heart that’s opened up wide. Give Him a life that has nothing to hide.Give Him a love that is tender and true, and He’ll give it all back to you.
Give Him all glory, His people on earth. Give Him all praises this day of His birth.Give Him all honor in all that we do, as He’s given His life for you.
What can I give to the King?What can I give to the King?
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What a Wonderful Life!by Brad Wilson
On a young man’s high school graduation night he is excited about his lifethat lies ahead. He discusses his dreams to build things and travel.Suddenly, he is told that his father had a stroke which leads to his death.Following his father's death, the young man had to postpone his plans inorder to sort out his father’s business affairs. He talks the board ofdirectors into rejecting a proposal to dissolve the company, but they agreeonly on the condition that the young man run it. Instead of going to collegeand following his dreams the young man gives his college money to hisyounger brother for his education.The younger brother, brings home a wife after college. The wife’s fatherhas offered him a job. Although the young man vows to decline the offerfor his brother's sake, the older brother cannot deny him such a greatopportunity and keeps running his father’s family business.
He marries, and is forced to use the money saved for their honeymoon toweather a recession of sort.The young man starts an affordable housing project. Meanwhile he is offereda job by an unsavory man and at only 28 years old to take a huge salary and thepromise of business trips to Europe, appealing to his yearning to travel, adream he never got to live out. He follows his instincts and rejects the offer.On Christmas Eve morning the town prepares a hero's welcome home for theyounger brother who had been off defending his country. Meanwhile a familyUncle who has been working for the older brother goes the bank to deposit$8,000 for the housing project. He absentmindedly leaves the money behind.
When the Uncle remembers, he and the young man frantically search for the money. After berating hisuncle for endangering the housing project, the young man goes home and destroys his corner of theliving room. He apologizes to his frightened wife and children, then leaves.Desperate, the young man appeals unsuccessfully to the local banker for a loan. The banker tells himhis life insurance policy makes him worth more dead than alive. He then gets drunk, gets into a barfight, and crashes his car into a tree. He staggers to a nearby bridge to commit suicide. Unbeknownst,to him a guardian angel has been watching him.Before he can jump, the guardian angel jumps in the river and pretends to be drowning. The young manrescues him, but does not believe his claim of being his guardian angel. When the young man wisheshe had never been born, the angel shows him what life would have been like without him. The townwould have been filled with cocktail bars, casinos, and gentlemen's clubs. The old druggist went toprison for manslaughter (because the young man was not there to catch his mistake), and his father'sbusiness had failed due to the Uncle’s incompetence.The young man then attracts police attention and flees to his embittered mother's home, now aboarding house. She reveals that his Uncle was institutionalized after the stock market crash. In thecemetery where the park would have been, the young man discovers the grave of his brother, whodrowned without his intervention. Consequently, the hundreds of servicemen his younger brotherwould have saved are also dead. His wife is a timid spinster working at the library.The young man runs back to the bridge and begs for another chance. His prayer is answered, and heruns home joyously, but the authorities are waiting there to arrest him.
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His wife and Uncle Billy rally the townspeople, who donate more than enough to cover the loss of themoney. His younger brother toasts "the richest man in town." A bell on the Christmas tree rings, andhis daughter recalls the story that it means an angel has just earned his wings.Wow! What a story! Sounds like it could happen just today although it all happened in 1946! Wouldn’tthat be a GREAT movie to see now at Christmas time? Many of you know the film has already beenmade. Many don’t know. Do yourself a favor and find “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE” which starsJimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. It’s a true classic that never gets old. Watch it with your family andpeople you love and have a very blessed Christmas and a wonderful new year!
Merry Christmas!Happy New Year!God Bless You!
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"If It Satisfies You Lord"and now my newest release
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Movers and Shakers of the Country Gospel Industryby Tommy Smith
Tim Livingston: God’s Called, God’s Anointed
I often write about God’s anointing and God’s calling on those He chooses to use in ministry. I willalways stick to my guns when I say few are truly called by God but millions are self called. You may sayhow do you know the difference? It’s easy, Christ tells us to judge a tree by the fruit it bears. Aself-called ministry will only think of its self and what it can gain out of working for God instead of whatit can give to God.
When God calls you, you will be willing to work day and night not for yourself but for others. When youstrive to help others you are doing what God called you to do. Be a good Shepherd over your flock.Make sure none are lost and always strive to bring in the strays. Never telling God no. He will lay a loton you, but not more than you can handle.
When I think of someone who works day and night for God and never seems to complain about theworkload I think of Tim Livingston and his entire family. My first conversation with the Livingston’swas about fifteen years ago. I called their radio station WGNZ in Dayton, Ohio promoting my firstrelease to radio. I spoke with Tim’s dad first, Norman Livingston, who was founder of WGNZ. He wasvery kind and easy to talk to. You could tell he had a heart for God.
I was promoting a song that I had written called “Preacher Man” and it was my lucky day. Norman toldme not only was he owner of a radio station but he was also minister of a church in Dayton and that“Preacher Man” reminded him of himself. While we were talking Tim got on another line and joined inthe conversation and told me, though the station played a lot of Southern Gospel, he loved CountryGospel also.
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Tim told me way back then that Christ had been giving him songs and also the voice to sing them. Hehad a vision to release his songs to radio as an artist himself one day. Since they were playing my song,I’d call to see how it was doing and Tim and I would talk about his desire to be a Gospel recording artist.
I stopped calling the station for a long time because God had laid it on my heart not only to be a CountryGospel recording artist but also to use my knowledge of God’s music and become a Country Gospel DJon a Country station here in Tyler, Texas. I lost contact with Norman and Tim and had not spoken tothem in years. Then one day I get a song in on Double E records by Tim Livingston called “Here’s AMiracle” and I loved the message to that song and the voice that sang it. He had what I call a trueCountry sound and style. I then remembered Tim telling me years ago that someday he would releasethe songs God had given him to radio and share them with the world. I picked up the phone and calledand congratulated him and told him how much I loved the song and I was sure it would climb up to theTop of the charts and it did. In December of 2012 the song charted #1 in the Christian Voice CountryGospel Top 100 and #1 in Cashbox Magazine Country Christian Top 100. Since then he has had sixchart topping releases most #1’s and all of them charting not only in all Country Gospel charts but alsoall Southern Gospel charts including the Singing News.
As I was talking with Tim I asked him how his dad was doing and his voiced cracked as he told me hisdad had gone on to be with the Lord. Tim said, “There is not a greater man on this earth that I’ve knownand I miss him. He was truly called and worked so hard to lead souls to Christ. I have taken over thechurch and radio station and now I am singing for the Lord and God has put plenty on my plate. I havemy wife, kids and now my mother to take care of but God is faithful and makes a way for us to handle itall and we feel it is an honor and blessing to do so.”
Tim and I have once again become good friends. I will call the station sometimes on a Saturday and hewill be at the station working. I have called many times during the week and he is there working latehours. He ministers at his church on Sunday, which has now grown to twice the size it was. He isconstantly out performing his songs every chance he gets. He told me the other day, while everyone inradio is losing advertisers because of the economy, he has no advertising time left to sell, and he feelsso blessed to have the sponsors he has. He is adding on to the church and it will be twice the size it is.His music ministry is greater than he ever dreamed it would be.
So you see when I say you judge the tree by the fruit it bears and if God called the ministry and put hisanointing on the ministry it will bear not only good fruit but also bountiful fruit. Such is the case of TimLivingston and his family. The King called them and they said, “I will” and they did.
You can purchase Tim’s music at:
Visit Tim at: www.timlivingstonmusic.com
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Merry Christmas From Chuck and Cynthia Hancock.We would like to express our deep gratitude to allthe fans, friends, & radio - TV personality's for makingthis such a blessed year for our ministry. It is myfamily's desire and prayers that God will bless eachand every one of you abundantly this 2016. DJ's thankyou so much for playing and making "Jesus I Believe"the fastest charting song we’ve ever had. Thank youJesus for my gifts of talent but most of all your grace.
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