View Out The Front Window February 14, 2016

Check out our posts from the last week at the links below.

Odie's Saturday Post

Bibles and Travel Day

Revival In Pictures - Gainesville, Texas

Gratitude From GoodNews Christian School

2015 In The Rear View Mirror Part 5

Weekend Woundup and Weview

This morning's view out the front door in Watauga, Texas.

And this is the view out the front window.

Here is a very important view this morning. This is the temperature a few minutes ago right here.

This is the temperature at home a few minutes ago!

Ouch!

We plan to be in service here with Pastor JJ Stephens and all of his folks today and tonight. Then we will move back north to pick up the tent trailer in Gainesville. We hope to be in Sapupla, Oklahoma by noon on Monday to begin transferring all the tent and equipment to Bro. Jimmie Radcliffe's trailer.

I hope you have a great Sunday!

Davy

The Amazing Love of God

Hello Dear Friends, 

Thank you for taking a little bit of time out of your day to check in with us. This is Odie reporting in for another Saturday. I wish all of you could have been with us in Gainesville, Texas. We had a precious move of God in every service at House of Prayer. It was great to have several of our friends visit us. As always, Pastor Dennis King and his congregation treated us like we were family. 

Last night we were privileged to be a part of youth rally at Victory Holiness Tabernacle. God moved in the altar and the young folks really responded. It is great to be back in Watauga, Texas with Pastor J.J. Stevens. We are looking forward to a good day of services tomorrow here at Victory as well.

I want to take a moment to personally say thank you for your prayers for City Reach. Dad shoulders the brunt of the City Reach burden and work load. Your prayers are a tremendous boost to Dad and our family. I appreciate all of you who let us know you are supporting us in prayer!  This week a lot of preparation will be going into City Reach. We need guidance in several areas and protection as we travel and work. 

I have thought a lot this week about the love of God. It is truly amazing to realize God wants us to experience real love. God sent His only son, Jesus, to Earth. Jesus willingly He left His Heavenly home and His place at His Father's side. He became flesh and dwelt among men. Jesus knew all along He would give His life on a cross so we could have salvation. It is humbling to think God did all that for me and you. 

I am so grateful to know true love in my life. That Love is from an awesome God. 

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

If you have never experienced our Savior's love or maybe you have strayed away; I want to encourage you to call upon the name of Jesus today. 

Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Dad often says the world has cheapened what we think of as love. I am thankful I have the love of family and friends but nothing compares to the love of my Heavenly Father. 

Are you wondering what triggered my thinking of God's amazing love for us? I was listening to wonderful lyrics penned years ago by Dottie Rambo, "If That Isn't Love". She started writing songs at 8 years old. I have heard in the past that this song was her first song but I have not been able to confirm it. Whenever Dottie wrote these words they definitely captured a timeless message. 

Dottie Rambo is credited with penning somewhere around 2,500 songs in her lifetime. This one has to be one of the best. She definitely had a way with words. 

He left the splendor of heaven

Knowing His destiny

Was the lonely hill of Golgotha

There to lay down His life for me

If that isn't Love

The ocean is dry

There's no stars in the sky

And the sparrow can't fly

If that isn't Love

Then heaven's a myth

There's no feeling like this

If that isn't love

Even in death He remembered

The thief hanging by His side

He spoke with love and compassion

Then He took him to paradise

If that isn't Love

The ocean is dry

There's no stars in the sky

And the sparrow can't fly

If that isn't Love

Then heaven's a myth

There's no feeling like this

If that isn't love

If you would like to hear "If That Isn't Love" I listed a couple of links to clips of the Isaacs singing it as only they can. The first is a studio version with Bill Gaither. 

The second clip was recorded at a concert in Tennessee last year.

I hope you have a fantastic weekend. 

Odie 

Bibles and Travel Day

Bibles

Bro. Larry Landress came across a good deal on KJV presentation Bibles back in December and I had him order five cases for City Reach. I had already sent him the money and yesterday was my chance to run up to Wynnewood, Oklahoma and get them. It is only about an hour and 15 minutes from Gainesville so it was a nice drive in the morning.

Bro. Larry had the Bibles stored at his Bible warehouse and that was my first visit there. Holiness in Mexico has been involved in distributing Bibles for many years and God has opened doors the last few years to print a good version of the Spanish Bible. They have now been instrumental in the printing and distribution of many thousands of good quality Spanish Bibles in many countries. I first wrote about it HERE.

If you would like more information on the great work God is doing through Bro. and Sis. Landress and Holiness In Mexico, I would be very glad to put you in touch with them. I wholeheartedly endorse their mission work and their desire to make good Bibles available in the Spanish speaking world.

I was back in Gainesville by lunch and Kelly Jo went to the Taqueria for some wonderful tacos! Wow!

I had more work to do in the trailer and in the bays of the BoggsMobile so I busied myself with those tasks most of the afternoon. I finished up a big bus project by completing a few minor details as well. I hope to tell you about that in the future. 

Travel Day

Kelly Jo and Odie took the Green Machine to the Ft. Worth area to visit some stores and then I followed after dark. Dallas/Ft. Worth traffic can be a mess and I wanted to avoid it as much as possible. Traffic was still heavy from Gainesville all the way down, but it was much better than it would have been even 45 minutes earlier.

There is construction on I-35 near the Ft. Worth loop but I was able to exit north of there and dodge most of the really bad stuff. I arrived at Victory Tabernacle about 8:45 and Kelly Jo and Odie were there to help me get in and parked.

We glad to be back at Victory for Youth Rally tonight and both services Sunday. We will also be looking at City Reach sites the next two days so we should be busy. Please ask God to guide us. I would appreciate it.

Thanks for reading.

Davy

Revival In Pictures - Gainesville, Texas

Wow! What a great revival we have had the last few nights. We have had near 100% participation in the altar every night and God has been meeting with us every time. It was so good that we hated to close out and move on down the road. Praise God for His wonderful help.

Pastor Dennis King, his wife Sis. Judy and all the folks at House of Prayer have been so very good to us this week and that is a continuation of their good treatment for over 13 years. We appreciate our friends here in Gainesville and we are asking God to bless them abundantly for their kindness.

Today is a very busy day so pictures are about all your going to get in this Revival in Pictures post, but of course that is the whole idea. I do hope you enjoy the pictures of the folks from House of Prayer in Gainesville and the friends that came from other churches to be with us.

Thank you for reading.

Davy

Davy and Pastor Dennis King

Gratitude From GoodNews Christian School

By the help of God's people we have been helping Pastor Shobanke with the GoodNews Christian School from the very beginning. When Bro. Shobanke shared his vision (Actually, his wife, who has been in Heaven many years, first had the vision 25 years before) of starting a Christian school, we pledged to help support it financially right from the beginning. Boggs Family Ministries gave an offering right then and we committed to giving the same amount the next three years.

Several more years have passed and we are committed more than ever. It is a tremendous blessing for the young folks in their city to have an opportunity at a good education AND and Godly education. We are very glad to be a small part of it.

Most of our offerings the last three years have went toward supplementing the salaries of Sis. Ruth and Sis. Rebecca as they run the school and to providing a suitcase full of school supplies each year. You can read more about that HERE. When we are there late this year (By God's Grace) I hope to sit down with them and find out what else we can do to come along side them in their work for Christ.

We have been blessed to visit the school and we are always overwhelmed by the kindness of the staff and the love of the children. I really wish we could spend more time with the children and maybe God will allow that in future.

Bro. Shobanke, Sis. Ruth, Sis. Rebecca, the staff and the children have shown their appreciation in various ways through the years and it always brings us to tears. This year they went way over the top and sent us a tremendous care package.

They sent a large package of towels, bags and shirts with the school name on them

Here is the back of the shirts.

We shared some of the gifts with individuals and churches that have purposefully supported the GoodNews Christian School but we also wanted to share their thanks and appreciation with you. God bless you for helping. God bless you for giving. God bless you for praying. Your help and your prayers are making a difference in the lives of children in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, West Africa and only eternity will reveal the depth of that difference.

Thank you and God bless you.

Davy