Sunday, November 3, 2024

View Out The Front Window of The BoggsMobile 11/3/24

Sunday Morning Sanity
Someone may disagree with you.
Someone may vote differently than you. 
Someone may have completely divergent values and worldview than you. 
But they are not the enemy we are fighting against. 
We wrestle not against flesh and blood

Our view out the front window in Wichita, Kansas.


I hope you have a super great Sunday.

Davy

Saturday, November 2, 2024

Gods Glory and Handiwork On Display

Hey Friends,

This is Odie checking in on this first Saturday of the month. I am thrilled you stopped by to visit today. 

Here is a friendly reminder that may make your day better. For most of us, our clocks fall back by one hour! Tonight is a wonderful night for those of us who value our sleep. I plan to enjoy every possible second of sleep tonight!

Can you believe the Holiday season is approaching? 2024 is speeding by in a flash. November causes my mind to turn to Thanksgiving. 

I have often said I strive to be thankful on a daily basis. November’s Thanksgiving season is an extra reminder to be thankful for all things. 

Today, I am thankful for the magnificent creation. God created too many amazing things to name them all. 
 
I love looking up at the sky. The beauty of the skies baffles my little human mind. I enjoy seeing the world from 30,000 feet in the air. 

On a recent flight, I was reminded of the awesomeness of our creator God! I was humbled that I get to experience His magnificent creation. I snapped this picture while flying above the clouds. 


The photograph reminded me of a verse of scripture. Psalm 19:1 says it like this. 

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament sheweth his handywork.

I love seeing the Heavens declare His handiwork! Each flight I take I am left in awe of God! It is hard for me to believe people can doubt that God is real. Sights like the one above amaze me. I hope you enjoy the beauty too!

God, thank you for allowing me to experience and explore your world! I am thankful to be a tiny part of it!

Thank you for reading! See you next time.
Odie

Friday, November 1, 2024

Revival In Pictures - Wichita, Kansas

Last Monday we unhooked the bus from utilities at Crosslight Ministries in Moore, Oklahoma cranked it up and backed the bus into the street. Then Kelly pulled forward in the street and we hooked up the Jeep. 


We pulled into Bethany Revival Center in Wichita, Kansas three hours and 50 minutes later. The total drive was 172 miles, which included about 2 miles of detour around a completely stopped train on 21st St.

We only made one stop and that was at Loves in Tonkawa, Oklahoma to do the work of the evangelist and eat a quick bite of supper. The rest of the drive was smooth with light traffic and great weather, just the way we like it. 



Tuesday evening we unloaded our sound equipment and rolled it into the church with help from some of the church folks that were there. Wednesday morning we set it up and got a good sound check.



Wednesday night was the first night of revival, our 22nd revival at Bethany Revival Center in Wichita. We have been in revival at Bethany every year beginning in August 2003. We are happy to return and love being here each year.

We captured some great pictures during the first part of the revival and I am sure you will enjoy them. Thank you for dropping in today.

Davy



































Thursday, October 31, 2024

A Year of Contrasts

The last ten months have been quite a ride. It was ten months Tuesday since I suffered a brainstem stroke as my brother and I were loading the bus so we could leave for our first revival of 2024. 

December 29, 2023 to October 29, 2024.

It has been a year of contrasts.

There are moments when it seems like years have passed since the moment of the stroke. 
Most of the time it seems like it was yesterday.

The last ten months have been the most physically challenging I have ever experienced. 
But each week has been spiritually new and God's presence has been so near every step.

KJo and I have felt alone some days like we were adrift through the far reaches of the universe. 
Yet we have never been more loved by people and churches in our entire lives. There have been other challenging times when we were much more alone in our despair, but not this year. We have been encouraged, uplifted and physically and spiritually carried undeniably and miraculously.

For eight solid months I was completely content to be at home, preaching weekends and concentrating on healing (Those of you who know me, know that is a miracle)
We have been on the road preaching revivals for two months and it has simultaneously been the most difficult thing I have ever done and the most joyous thing I have ever experienced.

Each time I stand to preach I know that I am going to expend 100% of my stored energy and I am going to feel like mud when I am finished.
But I know I am about to step into God's presence and the joy of being an instrument of revival in a church and in someone's life will be more than worth the physical revenge my body will extract from me.

And the year of contrasts goes on and on, but you get the idea. The path has been challenging, but God has blessed it all. I can live with that.

Thank you for stopping in.

Davy

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

A Word For Wednesday, A Perfect Prayer For Perilous Times, Boggs Family Ministries

We are happy to bring you Word For Wednesday. A few moments ago I posted A Word for Wednesday on our YouTube Channel. Please watch and leave us a comment here or on YouTube.


Jude gives us a horrific picture of the apostasy of the last days. But first, he offers a prayer for those of us who live in that apostasy. This prayer is perfect for our perilous times. Jude 1:2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. Wow! What an amazing prayer! May God grant us mercy that we desperately need and peace that passes all understanding and wrap us in the love of God that never fails! And the key to that prayer is for God to multiply all of that! God does not add to us, He multiplies His goodness and His attributes in our lives! Praise God!

Thank you for stopping by today.

Davy
 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

A Quick Trip With Great Purpose

Our mobile lifestyle comes with a lot of things that we think of as advantages. If you live your life in one place, you might think otherwise and that is Okay. There are many things about our mobile life that we adore.

There are some disadvantages too. If it was all sunshine and roses then everyone would be doing it and they would be doing it much better than me. I would have to stay home.

We go so many places and we know so many people. We often experience the joys in their lives as well as the pain. Because we are always moving on to another place, we are often not in the right place to help celebrate the joys or help carry the pain when it happens.

We do not like that part at all. 

But, if we canceled revival every time one of our friends was seriously ill or even died, we would probably preach less than twenty weeks a year. It is impossible for us to be with most of our friends when we would love to be.

That grieves us. We talk about it a lot. If we lived in one place and had public jobs, we would not be free to go because of work. I suppose we would know less people and not have as many friends, but that certainly does not work.

So most of the time we grieve and offer comfort the best way we can and we miss way too many weddings, birthdays and even funerals, unfortunately.

Because we were not preaching revivals this year due to the stroke recovery, we were able to visit Bro. Alan and Sis. Tammy Harris a few times after Sis. Tammy's accident. We were thankful for the time we were able to spend with our dear friends during the summer.

When Sis, Tammy passed suddenly last week, we felt compelled to be there if we could. The distance almost completely ruled out driving, but the flight schedule worked perfectly. We caught non-stop flights from Dallas to Evansville, Indiana for a great price and drive less than 90 minutes to the funeral. 

Pastor Lendell Birdsong was gracious to us and we were able to make the trip while only missing one service. We appreciate them very much. They took a huge weight from our shoulders.

We were able to be there for the viewing and funeral and we are thankful for that. We saw dozens and dozens of friends from all over the country and embraced them all tightly because of the heightened sense of life's brevity.

The funeral was beautiful and excellently done. Each preacher spoke perfectly and Bro. Alan asked us to sing three songs. We were honored to participate in our dear friend's funeral. It was a sad but spiritual day that we will long remember.

As is appropriate, we did not take pictures during the visitation or funeral. I wish we had pictures of all of our friends, but we do have wonderful memories.

We snapped a few along the route.

Odie with a new friend.


We rented a Toyota Camry or similar car but when we arrived in Evansville, they offered an upgrade.


Instead of a Camry, they gave us the new minivan behind the Corvette.



Please pray for our dear friend, Pastor Alan Harris, his family and the Trinity Pentecostal Church in Central City, Kentucky. Thank you.

Davy

Monday, October 28, 2024

The Weekend Dispatch. 10/28/24

Our Weekend Dispatch might be more aptly named the Sunday Dispatch this week. This is all about Sunday and I will try to write tomorrow about the rest.

Both Sunday services were spent with our friends at Crosslight Ministries in Moore, Oklahoma and it was as wonderful as we expected it to be. We love the outreach work that Bro. Lendell and Sis. Cindy do along with their merry band of workers at Crosslight.

This is one of our very favorite stops along the way and we look forward to being here every single time. The Birdsongs and their people have such an amazing love for folks who need Christ and each service shows it. We love joining together with them.

I can not tell you how much I enjoyed preaching Sunday morning and Sunday night. What an amazing joy it is to tell people that God loves them and wants to help them and bring victory into their lives. Praise God for His power and provision.

I loved it even more when people responded in the altar and God began to help them one by one. It was a wonderful day.

I hope you enjoy the pictures from our Sunday.

Davy