London First Pentecostal - Revival In Pictures

We have had a wonderful time with Pastor Vernon Jarvis and his folks at First Pentecostal in London, Kentucky. The time has flown by but we have enjoyed the services and the fellowship very much. As I said before we had preached here a few times including a Christmas service in 2013 but this was our first revival. It has been our happy privilege to preach revival here this week.

First Pentecostal Church dates back to 1907 so it has been a functioning church for 108 years. Praise God for their long history in London, Kentucky touching many lives and spreading the Gospel faithfully in this city.

It was great to get to know Pastor Jarvis, his wife Sis.Marsha and his folks a little better. We love God's people and it is a blessing to be among them and be loved by them. We were also blessed to have several visitors from the area that we have been friends with for years. You will see several pictures of them below as well.

We traveled last night after church so we hooked up to the trailer Wednesday about noon and then parked the whole rig over to the side so it would be easy to pull out after church.



We loaded up and headed out after the last "Amen." Why the big hurry to leave since our next revival does not start until Sunday in Evansville, Indiana?

The hurry is all about home. London is only 200 miles from home and Acapulco opens at 11:00 AM. That should explain everything!

Our intention when we brought the trailer from Richton, Mississippi a few weeks ago was to drop it at the Lazy OD Ranch this week so it will be in place for our next tent revival. It is nice to be finished pulling it for a while.

We made pretty good time coming home especially considering all of the construction and we were pulling the trailer. We pulled into the Dodds church at 1:10 and dropped the trailer there. I will pull it from Dodds next door to the Ranch today with Dad's truck.

Kelly Jo backed the bus into the barn by 1:40 and I was set up and inside by 1:50. It is nice to be home. In fact, it is nice to have a home to come home to. I think I enjoy that more than I thought I would.

That brings you up to date.

Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoy the Revival In Pictures.

Davy

The First Pentecostal Church building is beautiful.

Pastor Vernon and Sis. Marsha Jarvis

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Odie with the 3rd and 4th grade Class

Ready to pull out Wednesday night.

What I Am Reading Lately

What have I been reading lately? I hope it will not surprise you to discover that I have been reading the Bible a lot lately. Not only reading it, but listening to it being read as I read it. I love that. I have been listening to Alexander Scourby read the King James Version on an iPhone app that Bro. Darius Templeton told me about when we were preaching for him in January. I am absolutely loving it and have told several people about it.

In this app you can go directly to the book and chapter you want and listen at regular speed, slow it down or speed it up. I listen most of the time at a slightly increased speed but listening to Scourby read at regular speed is an absolute joy. I listen while I walk. I listen while I am driving long distances and I listen as I read along for my morning devotions.

Alexander Scourby was the first to record the whole Bible. He first recorded it for the American Foundation For the Blind in the early 1950's. It took nearly four years to complete it. He finished it in 1953 and it was known as The Talking Bible. It consisted of 169 records and was over 84 hours long! Wow! What a set of records!

I first bought the Bible on cassette tape in the mid 1980's and it was Alexander Scourby's voice reading the Bible to me. I wore that set out years ago. I have owned other sets since then but nobody could read it like Scourby.

Our friend, Sis. Esther from Boston purchased a set of MP3's for me a few years ago with Scourby reading it. I have listened to that on my computer a lot since then but I could never successfully transfer those files to my iPhone. I mentioned that to Bro Darius and he told me about this app.

Bible KJV (Book and Audio)   - PalReader

I think that link will take you to iTunes. The app is $3.99 for iPhone, iPad and iPod and it is well worth it in my opinion. Several friends and acquaintances have downloaded it and are using it and are very pleased. I think you will like it too.

Think about this. The whole Bible on my iPhone. That is the equivalent of 169 long play record albums on my phone and constantly at my finger tips and my phone has enough room on it for the same information to be on there 12-13 times! Incredible. 

The Bible is my life. I happily make my living preaching from the Bible. I must be familiar with it. I  could, should and must know it better. But long before I was a preacher I realized there was life within the pages of the Bible. It is the Word of God. It is powerful. I need to consume the Word of God not so that I can have something to say in the pulpit but I must hunger and thirst after God's Word because my soul needs the life and nourishment it contains.

David said, Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Psalm 119:11 Oh, God, help me do that! Happy is the Christian that will hide the Word of God in his heart.

Are you consuming the Word of God? Do you struggle as you read it to keep your mind focused? Does that cause you to get discouraged and then feel guilty because you are not reading the Bible? Maybe hearing it spoken while you read it will help you hide its truth deep within your very being.

God bless you all today.

Davy