Share 2013 is almost here! All week long we have been setting up phones and computers, gathering snacks, and making other final preparations for the studio to face an influx of volunteers, talent, and visitors that will cycle through next week. We would like to make a very special THANK YOU to those who have already given your "Pre-Share" gift. We are currently at 25% of our goal through Pre-Share giving, and this will help us kick off a successful campaign!
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| Moody Radio Share 2013 "Phone Zone" |
Our Share 2013 theme is "Together We." Moody Radio South cannot continue in the ministry God has given us without joining together with YOU, our listeners, in service, prayer, and giving. It is together that we can inspire our community with the teaching of Scripture, and it is together that we can dream ideas for how to make the maximum impact for Christ upon future generations. In short, Moody Radio cannot move forward without our listeners, so we are inviting you to join us during Share 2013 through your financial donations so that "Together We" can make a difference!
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| Water for Life Water Filter |
We also have an exciting new addition to Share 2013. Moody Radio has partnered with Compassion International's Water for Life Campaign. For every $30 or more auto-gift given during Share, Compassion International will donate one water filter to a village without clean drinking water. Each filter can provide clean water for LIFE for up to 60 people! Imagine the lives that can be saved from disease and sickness through each water filter. We ask that you pray whether God would have you make this $30 or more auto-gift donation to partner with us and Compassion International in this effort.
This week on New Day Cafe we celebrated our almighty and miraculous God! Specifically, we took a deep look at God's miraculous power as revealed in the Old Testament - Elijah, Elisha, Gideon, Nehemiah, Beneniah, and Ezekiel's vision of the Valley of Dry Bones were all included. Many of us grow up learning these timeless stories of God's miracles, yet we never fully understand how the principles behind the stories can apply to us. It is not every day that we see fire fall from heaven, giants slain, and skeletons come to life!
In our interview with Pastor John Kearns of Christ Harbor United Methodist in Northport, Pastor Kearns shared that God often uses miraculous displays of power in order to instill confidence in His people to remain obedient to the Word of the Lord for their life. Miracles may also serve to open the eyes of those who are currently blinded to the truth of God's sovereignty and love. When faced with a situation that seems entirely irreconcilable through human intervention (terminal illness, financial ruin, among others) God's miraculous provision or healing can soften a hardened heart when no human words can comfort.
Our Station Manager, Rob Moore, joined the morning show LIVE this past Thursday to share a message from Ezekiel 37: The Valley of Dry Bones. In this story we see the prophet Ezekiel "brought up by the Spirit" and set in a valley full of dry bones. God proceeded to ask Ezekiel, "Son of man, can these bones live?" Now this situation seems completely hopeless to human reasoning. How could piles and piles of mangled, barren bones ever come back to life? Like with Lazarus' resurrection in the John 11, these bones were beyond dead. But God!
As Ezekiel was obedient to prophecy over these dry bones, limb by limb the bones began to connect together, forming human bodies with tendons, flesh, and skin. However, the Bible tells us that "there was no breath in them." Ezekiel again obeyed God and prophesied God then breathed the breath of life into those bones! Soon there stood an entire army ready for battle. God's final words in verses 12-14 reveal the message of this vision:
"This is what the Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.’”
What does this story mean for us? We each have areas of our lives that seem as "dry bones." Our marriage may seem destroyed and without hope of reconciliation We may be facing a terminal diagnosis and the doctors tell us there is no path towards healing. Our bank account may be at $0 and we have no hope of moving forward. However, God can breathe life into even the most "dead" of situations!
Rob shared seven principles from this vision that we can apply to our lives when we feel like we are standing in the valley of dry bones and need a miraculous intervention:
1. The Spirit Guides Us - The Lord led Ezekiel to the valley (vs.1)
2. God is Omniscient - While Ezekiel did not know how the dry bones could live, God did! (vs. 3)
3. Listen Carefully to the Word of the Lord - We must hearken our ears to God more attentively when it seems all hope is lost. Only He has the answers! (vs. 4)
4. Only God Breathes Life - We are incapable of restoring life to dead areas of our lives, but nothing is impossible with God. (vs. 5)
5. Be Obedient - Only through Ezekiel's obedience to God's command could the breath of life go forth. (vs. 7)
6. God is a Restorer - Our God is for us and desires to restore hope and healing to the brokenness of our lives. (vs. 12)
7. God is Faithful - God always follows through on His word. We can trust Him to provide, to heal, to restore. (vs. 14)
We pray that you will gain strength from the testimonies of God's miraculous faithfulness throughout the Old Testament. God's word promises us that our God is the same "yesterday, today, and forever!" (Hebrews 13:8) That means that the same God that rescued a nation from an army of hundreds of thousands with just 300 men can rescue you. The God that can provide oil day after day for a family living off their final penny can provide for your greatest needs. The God that can rebuild the walls of a broken, dis-unified city in just 52 days can rebuild your family! Our miraculous God is faithful!
Interview Recap
- Pastor Thad Harless, Coker Baptist Church - Elisha - http://www.ccconline.info/
- Dr. Chad Keck - Gideon: Ordinarily Faithful - http://bookstore.crossbooks.com/Products/SKU-000501009/Default.aspx
- Gracie and J.B. Mancil - Wells for Africa Ministry Outreach
- Pastor Bart Brookins, Fullness Christian Fellowship - Miraculous God - http://www.fullnesscf.org/
- Dr. Brad Allen - Spiritual Awakening Conference - http://bradallen.faithweb.com/
- Rob Moore, Station Manager - Valley of the Dry Bones
- Dr. Scott Fortenberry, Forest Baptist Church - Shamgar of Judges 3:31 - http://www.forestbaptistchurch.com
- Kelly Minter - Nehemiah - http://kellyminter.com/
- Pastor John Kearns, Christ Harbor UMC - Elijah - http://christharbor.org/
- Pastor Martin Houston, The Empowerment Center for Leadership and Mentoring - Benaniah of 1 Chronicles 11 - http://martinhouston.org/
Key Scriptures
2 Kings 4:3-6 - Elisha said, “Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don’t ask for just a few. Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.” She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another one.”
Judges 6:11-12 - The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.”
Ezekiel 37:10 - So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
1 Chronicles 11:22 - Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, who performed great exploits. He struck down two of Moab's best men. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.
1 Chronicles 16:12 - Earnestly remember His marvelous deeds which He has done, His miracles, and the judgements He has uttered.
1 Corinthians 1:9 - God, who has called you into fellowship with His son Jesus Christ, is faithful.
Ezekiel 37:10 - So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
1 Chronicles 11:22 - Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, who performed great exploits. He struck down two of Moab's best men. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.
1 Chronicles 16:12 - Earnestly remember His marvelous deeds which He has done, His miracles, and the judgements He has uttered.
1 Corinthians 1:9 - God, who has called you into fellowship with His son Jesus Christ, is faithful.
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