Month: February 2023

GET TOGETHER- YOU CAN’T STAY THERE

 

 

Ac 2:1 4 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Wow!  J.J. and I had such a blessed time when we visited the Asbury Outpouring last week  in Wilmore Kentucky. It was the first time that I had been back to Wilmore since graduating from Asbury Seminary in 2002.  Time won’t allow me to say everything that I would like to say about our trip. But this is what I will say. It was such a beautiful time in the presence of the Lord. 

As a matter of fact, I have wanted to go back. But the Holy Spirit said that the time of refreshing was to go back home and to offer Jesus Christ to a lost and hurting world. 

I thought about the 120 who were in the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost. Don’t you think that they would have loved to have just stayed in that moment as the wind of the Holy Spirit was blowing and the fire of God was falling in the room?   But they didn’t praise God! They took the Gospel out in the streets. Three thousand were saved on that first day. And billions have been saved since that day. 

I am sure that many of you reading this have had those special times in the presence of the Lord and you didn’t want to leave. But remember why Jesus told the disciples to go to Jerusalem : Ac 1:8 “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Has there ever been a more desperate time than now for Spirit filled followers of Jesus Christ to take the Gospel to a lost and hurting world? Those special times of refreshing are to empower us to go and to be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ to others.  

 Yes, last week there were some times while we were there that in so many ways it was like Heaven on earth.  And yes, I believe that the Holy Spirit wants and desires to move that way in lots of places.  And He wants to do it to refresh and empower a church to serve Him faithfully in these last days. It wasn’t popular to be a follower of Christ then. And it isn’t popular to be a Christian in a lot of places now. Isaiah had a special time in the Lord’s presence: 

Isa 6:5 -8 So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The LORD of hosts.” Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar.And he touched my mouth with it, and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.”Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

    May we as the prophet  say “here I am Lord send me”. 

 

Let Us Pray

Lord, we thank you that You are pouring out Your Holy Spirit in various places and in various ways at this time. May you continue to do that all across our, communities, our state, our nation, and throughout the world.  May we all be filled afresh so that we can take the gospel to a world that needs it so badly

In Jesus Name

Amen

Love you all

Your Friend /Kinfolk

 

Preston 

 

 

PS   For those in Northwest Alabama our Broadcast Redeeming the Time comes on at 9:30 A.M. AND 9:30 P.M. on Sunday morning and Sunday night.  That is on Spectrum Channel 10. In Jasper,  it is on TV 16.

Please pray for the Lord to reach the lost through these broadcasts, and to encourage the faithful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preston Headrick 

Evangelist 

Real Party Ministry 

P O Box 2302

Hamilton, Alabama  35570

 

GET TOGETHER-   We Win!

 

Eph 6:10 -12 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

 

I love Christian music. Some days I listen to Bethel and other contemporary worship groups.  J.J and I went to a Southern Gospel concert a couple of weeks ago and it was a wonderful night. There was such a sweet spirit in the place and as the song goes we knew that it was the Spirit of the Lord. If the Holy Spirit gave someone the song, I like it. So, I see no need for so called worship wars.

One of my favorite things that the Lord lets me do is to go to Life House in Winfield every Monday. One of the residents there plays the piano. And she likes to play a lot of the traditional hymns. I am a joyful noise singer. I love to sing in worship. I like to share with the residents there that there were some times I wanted to get on the stage at some nightclubs and sing with the band, but I knew the bouncer would throw me out. When I started singing in the choir I thought that I might get thrown out, but the Holy Spirit said that is where I should have been in the first place.

Well back to my main point. The resident that likes to play the piano picked out a song for me to sing this past Monday. The song was Stand Up Stand Up for Jesus by George Duffield Jr.  !  I couldn’t remember the last time that I had sung that song. As she was playing, and I was singing tears began to form in my eyes. 

Let’s look at the verses in that song:

1. Till every foe is vanquished, and Christ is Lord indeed. Stand up, stand up for Jesus! ye soldiers of the cross;
   Lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss:
   From vict’ry unto vict’ry, His army shall He lead,
   

Isn’t it an honor to be a soldier of the cross? Isn’t it a blessings to know that every foe of the Lord Jesus Christ will be vanquished one day? It  helps me to recall these passages in Re 19:20 “Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.

And  Re 20:10 “The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”  Every foe of the Lord Jesus Christ vanquished!

The following line from verse two says: “Let courage rise with danger, and strength to strength oppose.” That reminds me that there are times specially in the season that we live in that we need to ask the lord for courage and strength . We are told in Jos 1:9 “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”  He is with us, and He will give us the courage and the strength  that we need.

 In verse 3 we are reminded that we can’t walk in the flesh:

“Stand up, stand up for Jesus! Stand in His strength alone,
The arm of flesh will fail you, ye dare not trust your own;
Put on the gospel armor, and watching unto prayer,
Where calls the voice of duty, be never wanting there.”

Putting of the full armor of God is the Scriptural backbone of this song. We are instructed in Ephesians 6:11-18 on how to put on the  Full Armor of God. My friend and Brother in Christ Jackie Isom first told me about that in 1991. Jackie has now gone to be with the Lord. But everyday to the best of my knowledge since he told me that I put it on every day. I wouldn’t want to try to walk out this journey with Jesus Christ without doing it. 

In verse four we are encouraged to continue faithful in this battle which is not against flesh and blood: 

“Stand up, stand up for Jesus! the strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle, the next the victor’s song;
To him that overcometh a crown of life shall be;
He with the King of glory shall reign eternally.”

One day we will get a crown. Jas 1:12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.  The battle is raging, but it will be worth it, Col 3:23,24 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.  We will live and reign with Him forever and ever :

Re 22:3-5 And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.

  The battle gets challenging and sometimes the fleshly   scoreboard might look like we are losing.  But we are not bound by the world’s scoreboard. We are marching to Zion! And what a victory lies ahead for us! 

Let Us Pray

 

Lord we thank You that You have given us the Full Armor of God to put on daily. We thank You that You have paid the price and sent the Holy Spirit to help us to walk in victory as the battle rages. Lord we thank You for the songs from all of the Christian writers old ones, and new ones. Thank You for the encouragement that they give us. Help us to walk in victory today.

In Jesus Name 

Amen

J.J.  and I thank you for your prayers, support, and encouragement in the ministry that God has called us to. 

Your Friend/Kinfolk

Preston

 

PS   For those in Northwest Alabama our Broadcast Redeeming the Time comes on at 9:30 A.M. AND 9:30 P.M. on Sunday morning and Sunday night.  That is on Spectrum Channel 10. In Jasper,  it is on TV 16.

Please pray for the Lord to reach the lost through these broadcasts, and to encourage the faithful.

 

 

 

 

 

Preston Headrick 

Evangelist 

Real Party Ministry 

P O Box 2302

Hamilton, Alabama  35570

GET TOGETHER -REVIVE AND AWAKEN 

 

Hab 3:2 O LORD, I have heard your speech and was afraid; O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy. (NKJV)

  For the last several weeks the Holy Spirit has had me praying for an Awakening on college campuses across our nation. Sometimes He will have me to also pray for the cities and states that these schools are in. As we pray for an Awakening in our nation it is also good to pray for revival in our churches. 

As I was reading a commentary on Habakkuk the author of the commentary pointed out that the first place that we need to pray for revival is in our own lives. Habakkuk lived at a time when the Southern Kingdom of Judah had become very wicked. They were facing the threat of being conquered by the Babylonians sometimes referred to as the Chaldeans. They were eventually conquered, and the Temple and Jerusalem was razed to the ground.   The nation did not heed the warning of the Prophet. 

We can look around in our communities and in our nation and see that if we do not have revival in the church and an Awakening in our nation we face some very serious threats to our nation.   God’s design for marriage and human sexuality has come under an attack that is demonic and filled with witchcraft and comes from the pits of Hell.  Killing and drug use are rampant in our nation. And the list could go on and on.  

This nation has not always been perfect. On the other hand, the God that this nation was founded on has forever and will forever be perfect. He is the answer to every problem that this nation, or any nation has. The Apostle Paul warned about the dangers of vain philosophies in Col 2:8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. (NKJV)   None of man’s philosophies can save a nation. Only God can do it. God’s plan is an eternal plan.  Jesus said to pray  “thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.”

If we had an Awakening in our nation, do we have enough people that are willing to sacrifice our time to disciple those that will turn to the Lord. That is another good reason for us needing revival in our own lives and in the church.    

When praying for personal revival in our own lives David Guzick in his commentary Enduring  Word  on Habakkuk says this  :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

      Pray for personal revival and diligently search yourself:

· Check your conduct – does your walk glorify the LORD as it should? How about your private conduct, which only the LORD sees?

· Check your conversation – is your speech profane or impure? Do you talk about Jesus with others?

· Check your communion – are you living a growing, abiding life with Jesus?

            That one stepped on my toes a few times. If the Holy Spirit steps on our toes it is because the father loves us and wants to help us  : Heb 12:6 For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.”

(NKJV)

            This coming Wednesday my good friend brother Jeff Fleming and I will be leading a prayer meeting from 11:30-12:30 at Christ Community Fellowship. We invite our brothers and sister’s clergy and lay to come and join us to cry out for a Revival in the church and an Awakening in our nation. If you live somewhere else and you are not doing so now perhaps God is calling you to lead a group in your city to cry out for Revival in the church and for an Awakening in our nation. 

            In the Book of Revelation  Jesus told the church at Ephesus Re 2:4 “Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.”  They were doing some good things, but they had left their first love. He told the church at Laodicea that they were lukewarm: Re 3:15 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. “So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.”  We don’t have time to be lukewarm.  Should the Lord not return first what kind of culture will our children and grandchildren live in?  Let us all pray for Revival in the church and an Awakening in our land.

 

Let us Pray

Lord stir in us a desire to pray and seek Your face. Help us not to be lukewarm. We repent of leaving our first love. God we ask You to send revival to Your church and an Awakening in not only this nation, but in the nations that may hate us and seek to destroy us. Lord, we pray for those that are in drug cartels that they would have Damascus Road experiences.

In Jesus Name

Amen 

 

                   

Love you all!

Your Friend/Kinfolk

Preston 

PS   For those in Northwest Alabama our Broadcast Redeeming the Time comes on at 9:30 A.M. AND 9:30 P.M. on Sunday morning and Sunday night.  That is on Spectrum Channel 10. In Jasper, it is on TV 16.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preston Headrick 

Evangelist 

Real Party Ministry 

P O Box 2302

Hamilton, Alabama  35570