January 2025 – PreachersNotebook

Revive us again

Psalms 85:6 says, “Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” God is in the reviving business. If something is dying or dead, God can breathe life it back to life. Remember in Genesis that when “God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life” Adam became a living soul.

I’ve heard this hymn a lot lately and I wanted to pass it along…

1 We praise thee, O God, for the Son of thy love,
For Jesus who died and is now gone above.

Refrain:
Hallelujah, thine the glory!
Hallelujah, Amen!
Hallelujah, thine the glory!
Revive us again.

If you’d like to read more about this hymn make the jump here.

Faith quote by Dr. King

Monday is Martin Luther King Day and I’m reflecting on the first term Donald Trump and his cronies. We’ll need to redouble our efforts to combat white supremacy, Christian nationalism, and the wave of anti-democracy alive and well in our country. We have a long road to travel and a lot of work to do if we are going to keep our country headed in a better direction.

Ships, sailing, and dead weight

Any ship, sailing anywhere, anytime will get to where it’s going faster without dead weight. We all have extra baggage, whether it be emotional, or psychological, or spiritual. Extra baggage can even be physical weight. If we are not careful this extra baggage can weigh us down and slow us down on our journey.

Let’s consider what Paul said in the book of Hebrews…

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,”
Hebrews 12:1 KJV

Notice that Paul warns to set aside “every weight, and the sin”. Obviously, sin will drag us down and do us harm on our journey. Sometimes though it’s not black and white blatant sin that hinders us. Anything that slows us down, or drags on our energy and momentum, we need to be diligent and vigilant about.

Dead weight can come in the form of keeping the wrong company. Maybe not getting enough rest, or sleep, setting aside enough time to read and pray can act like a headwind. Remember: any ship, sailing anywhere, anytime will get there faster without DEAD WEIGHT!