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EDITOR'S
LETTER
We are in the season of "Thanksgiving". So
many when that word is heard, think of
food. LOL, I know I do, but not just food, but
family...Memories with friends and families.
The smells of Thanksgiving. The colors of
Thanksgiving. The spirit of Thanksgiving.
The Bible says: "Give thanks in all
circumstances; for this is the will of God in
Christ Jesus for you." "This is the day that
the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be
glad in it." "And let the peace of Christ rule
in your hearts, to which indeed you were
called in one body. And be thankful."
For some of us, saying thank you to God
before a meal is a common ritual—so
common, perhaps, that we don’t think
about why we do it. But we learn this
practice from Jesus; in the Gospels He often
gives thanks before He eats or feeds
someone else. He even gives thanks for the
bread and wine that symbolize His body
and blood at the last supper with His
disciples.
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TABLE
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EDITOR'S LETTER
07 13
COOKING WITH THE
CAJUN CROONER
GREG SULLIVAN
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HEARTSONG BY
AMY RICHARDSON
"FOR GOD SO LOVED"
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TOP 30 FOR OCTOBER
SHOCK OF CHANGE
ELISE INGLE
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WAVE YOUR HANKY FOR
THE LORD
CHARLIE SEXTON
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TOP 30 FOR SEPTEMBER
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IREFLECTIONS OF MAYBERRY
DONNA JOURNEY
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Wishing you and your
family a safe and wonderful
Holiday Season!
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Greg
Sullivan
Ministries
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I Know
He Can

For God
AMY
So Loved
RICHARDSON
"For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son that
whosoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life." John
3:16
Have you ever thought about that verse
in depth? It's a verse we learn at an
early age and it comes to the point
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where we can just repeat it from
memory, but have we taken time to
really study it?
Let's start by breaking down the
verse. "For God." Let's look at the
word "for". When you see the word
"for" in a sentence, it talks about a

purpose or reason
for something. In the
first verse it states
"For God". God giving
His son to the world
was first FOR Him.
We were created to
worship God. We
belong to Him. We
are FOR God.
"For God SO loved" ...
The word "SO"
means to such a
great extent. God
had such a great love
for us that He gave
His only Son to
become SIN for us so
that we could have
everlasting life.
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Believing in Jesus
Christ give us access
to God for us to
spend eternity with
our Heavenly Father.
He had such a love
for us that He gave up
something. We think
it was FOR us, but in
all reality it was FOR
Him.
Our worship to God is
all that He wants. We
worship so many
things in this world.
We were created to
worship so we will
worship something.
It could be your
career, your family, or
your ministry, but you
will worship
something!
Everyday our focus,
our worship, should
be on the one who is
FOR us and loves us
like no other.
Our mind has a hard
time comprehending
that love from
someone that we
can't touch, but He
touches our lives
everyday by the
people He puts in our
path. If we, the
world, could only
learn to love to that
extent, we would
begin to see how
much for God so
loved.
/Amy Richardson

O C T O B E R
1 The Kramers - Sing Me There
2 Collingswoth Family - Another Noah
3 Gaither Vocal Band - There is a Mountain
4 The Old Paths -Music to Your Ears
5 Jordan Family Band - B-L-E-S-S-E-D
6 Phillips & Banks - Find My Hallelujah
7 Southbound - No Better Than That
8 Mercy's Well - Bless the Waves
9 Cheri Taylor - Comin' Out Singin'
10 The Nelons - Scars In Heaven
11 Brian Free & Assurance - Liar, Liar
12 Shona Bright - For Such a Time as This
13 The Perry's - Tell the Grave
14 Masters Voice - Whose Hand You're In
15 Todd Tilghman - Home Wasn't Built in a Day
16 Don Stiles - It's Not So Hard to Praise Him
17 Galloway & Company - Just Sing
18 The Sound - Never Not God
19 The Journey's - Grace Said Yes
20 Karen Peck & New River - The Keepers
21 McBride Famiy - Hammer On
22 The Dunnams - What Mercy Did For Me
23 Greater Vision - Older People
24 Billy Walker - He's Still Here
25 Joy Holden - Carry It All
26 Derrick Loudermilk Band - Bigger Than Jesus
27 High Road - Faith, Hope, and Love
28 The Yates Family - I Held On
29 Dixie Revival - Beautiful Messes
30 Porter Family - This Ain't That Song
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SHOCK
OF
CHANGE
I have a special
talent for
killing plants.
My husband
calls it “the
touch of
death.” For
this reason, I
typically avoid
messing with
any of the
greenery in
our home.
However, a recent
discovery of a lovely white
planter made me brave
enough to try.
I found it shoved in a dark
corner in one of the kitchen
cabinets. Pristine and
porcelain, the planter was
obviously made for display.
It seemed a waste to keep
it out of sight and out of
use. Surely there was a
plant this vase was made
for…I eyeballed the peace
lily that has been happily
thriving beside the kitchen
sink since Easter. The
crinkled wrapper it came in
is well worn out and faded.
It would be an instant
upgrade to swap the old
wrapper for the new. I’m
not supposed to touch the
plants, but this change
seemed completely
harmless, so I carefully
removed the peace lily
from its grocery store
trappings and gently
redeposited it into the
planter. Perfect.
I was proud of myself.
Until it wilted. And not a
little wilted…but a lot
wilted. Like, Looked dead,
wilted.
“The plant-killer strikes
again!” my husband joked,
but I felt like crying.
Literally, all I did was pick
the thing up out of an old
wrapper and put it in a
different pot. I didn’t
change the soil, touch the
roots, or even water it. But
less than 24 hours later,
the poor plant was hanging
over the edge of its new
container just as limp and
listless as if I’d poisoned it.
Apparently, change is just
as hard on plants as it is on
people.
This year has been fraught
with change. In the spring,
my husband and I sold the
home we loved and prayed
for most, after spending
nearly three years trying to
renovate it so we could live
in it again. Shortly
thereafter, my husband
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started his own
business, and it has
had its own set of
unfamiliar ups and
downs. This summer,
God led me through a
challenging season of
healing through an
intensive eight-week
Bible study, and I had
to let go of beliefs I’ve
been holding onto for
seventeen years. And
lastly, I made the
tough decision to
come off the road
with Fields of Grace,
to devote much
needed time to
obeying God’s call to
write.
All these changes
have been good, but
I’m wilting. I’ve been
overwhelmed with
loss from one
transition to the next.
God has been
incredibly gentle, but
I’m worn out from all
the goodbyes and the
new. Body and mind,
heart and soul, I. Am.
Tired. Like my peace
lily, I’m in a shiny new
place, but I’m not
thriving like I’d
thought.
My husband was
ready to toss the lily,
but I wasn’t ready to
give up on it. I
thought, maybe it
just needs a little
more time…and
some water. Against
all my inner warnings
(I really do have a
knack for killing
plants), I gave the lily
a nice reservoir of
water to soak its
roots in, and simply
left it alone. If it was
already dead, extra
water couldn’t make
anything worse. But
if it was thirsty,
perhaps it would
revive.
Within a few hours,
the peace lily
stretched its leaves
up and out, into a fullbodied,
emerald
spectacle of beauty. I
marveled at its rapid
recovery, and
thanked God we
didn’t throw it away.
The deep green and
ivory compliment
each other well.
Standing tall and
thriving, it is
incredibly lovely in its
new white shell.
Perhaps you’re
reeling from change
and feeling as wilted
as I am. Unfamiliarity
and loss have a way
of emptying our days
of hours and our
arms of strength.
Thankfully, there is a
remedy for this: Time,
and a nice long soak
in the Holy Spirit.
Our bodies and
minds are limited.
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We must give
ourselves time to
adjust. But we must
spend that time
wisely. God gave us
the gift of the Holy
Spirit; a piece of
Himself that is
everlasting. And when
all the world feels
strangely different, we
must return to the
wellspring of our
souls. It is from these
healing waters that
we must drink in, and
draw, and rest.
We may find
ourselves in uncertain
dwellings, but God is
our constant dwelling
place. And if God is
our portion, we can
thrive anywhere. Even
in the midst of
change.
Elise
Ingle
“Blessed is the man that trusteth in
the LORD, and whose hope the LORD
is. For he shall be as a tree planted
by the waters, and that spreadeth
out her roots by the river, and shall
not see when heat cometh, but her
leaf shall be green; and shall not be
careful in the year of drought,
neither shall cease from yielding
fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8
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Often I'm asked about interesting
things that have happened to me
over the past twenty or so years of
performing Southern Gospel Music. I
want to share this one with you this
month. I promise it is true. " With my
hand up ", as Brother Wendy Bagwell
used to say.
Back in the 80's, I played piano for
"The Saxons", a very popular
Pentecostal family from Gainesville,
Georgia. We were privileged to sing
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in campmeetings all over the
Southeast. I fondly recall those as
being some of the best times I've ever
spent anytime, anywhere. Who
wouldn't love the fellowship of a
week or more of almost constant
worship services? And the food. Let
me just say this. I don't know
everything that Heaven will hold, but
I do know from experience that
campmeeting cafeteria workers
should help prepare the Marriage
Supper Of The Lamb. I've never had
such wonderful food in all my born
days.

One year, in North Carolina, we were
also in charge of the combined choir
music for a particular campmeeting.
We chose some high energy tunes
that was sure to get everyone on
shoutin' ground. The first night, after
about the third song, someone
hollered out " Let Brother Doug sing
one !" We called for him to come to the
podium, and this gently, elderly little
man of about 85 years old slowly made
his way up to the microphone. I knew
we were in for a Heaven-Sent revival.
I was at the piano, and he turned to
me and said "Page 71, Sonny Boy ".
Anyone even remotely familiar with
the old redback Church Of God
"Church Hymnal" songbook knows
that page 71 is "Sweet Hour Of Prayer".
I kicked it off, and here we went. I've
never seen a slow song move an
audience like that before. They were
shoutin' and runnin' and fallin' out and
brother, did Glory forever more come
down.
At the end of the second verse,
Brother Doug stopped me and sweetly
and tearfully said, "You know, Children,
sometimes I just wanna humble
myself down, and just wave my hanky
before the Lord. Just wave my hanky
for the Lord." He reached in the back
pocket of his Duckhead bib overalls,
and pulled out a perfectly pressed silk
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hanky and flew it high above his
head. I tell you, there was not a dry
eye in the place. It was precious.
The next night, about the third song,
the same thing took place. The next
night it happened again. Every night
the same thing. Long about Friday
night, there was about 2000 people
in attendance, and definitely the
biggest crowd of the entire series of
meetings. A few minutes into the
service, somebody called out, "Let
Brother Doug sing one!" As every
night before, this precious old man
went through the same repartee.
But this night was slightly different.
He stopped me at the beginning of
the second verse, and started into his
familiar speech. "You know, Children,
sometimes I just wanna humble
myself, and wave my hanky before
the Lord! Just wave my hanky for the
Lord."
When he reached into his back
pocket, instead of his silk hanky, he
produced a pair of white Fruit Of The
Loom underwear and began waving
them high over his head, saying
"Come on, Children, don't be
ashamed. Wave 'em high before the
Lord!" Needless to say everyone
totally cracked up, and we never
made it through the next verse of
"Sweet Hour of Prayer."

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S E P T E M B E R
1 Southbound - No Better Than That
2 The Taylors - God, Do It Again
3 The Griffins - Fly Away Jesus
4 Collingsworth Family -Another Noah
5 The Old Paths - Music to Your Ears
6 The Steeles -The Journey
7 The Dunnams - What Mercy Did For Me
8 Joseph Habedank - Child of the King
9 The Kramers - Sing Me There
10 Gaither Vocal Band - There Is a Mountain
11 LeFevre Quartet - All the Praise
12 CherI Taylor -Comin’ Out Singing
13 Hebron Road - Beauty of the Cross
14 The Nelons - Scars in Heaven
15 Shona Bright - For Such a Time as This
16 McBride Family - Hammer On
17 Jordan Family Band - B-L-E-S-S-E-D
18 Mercy’s Well -Bless the Waves
19 The Joneses - Morning Mercies and Daily Grace
20 Don Stiles - It’s Not So Hard to Praise Him
21 Derrick Loudermilk Band - Bigger Than Jesus
22 Karen Peck and New River - The Keepers
23 The Perry’s - Tell the Grave
24 Phillips and Banks - Find My Hallelujah
25 Justified Quartet - Homeland
26 Siler Family -House of the Lord
27 Todd Tilghman -Home Wasn’t Built in a Day
28 Wisecarvers - All I Got, All I Need
29 Master’s Voice - Whose Hands You’re In
30 Brian Free - Liar, Liar
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If He took the time to turn His every friend who loves us, every
Editor
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heart to God and thank Him for
the simplest of meals, isn’t He
teaching us to practice gratitude
and thankfulness for every gift in
meal, every good night’s sleep—
every bit of it is a gift. If we remain
ungrateful or anxious, we miss the
joy of them all.
our lives?
But if we open our eyes wide in
Paul supports this in his letters.
“Give thanks in all circumstances,”
he says, “for this is the will of God
in Christ Jesus for us.” He says we
wonder and thankfulness, our joy
multiples and our intimacy with
God grows exponentially.
We can draw close to God only
are to be “giving thanks always and though adoration, appreciation,
for everything to God the Father.” and gratitude. This is how we bond
with Him.
So why is practicing gratitude so
important?
So God exhorts us to always give
thanks not because God is a
Gratitude is important because it
aligns us with the beauty and
goodness of reality, with God’s
person and His world. God is
generous and good. His creation,
His word, His son, and every single
narcissist who demands praise
before He will let us close,
but because He made our hearts
and brains to be delighted by His
beauty and goodness,
and we tap into this joy and
good, pleasing, necessary, or intimacy with Him only by the
helpful thing in our lives are His practice of gratitude. We “enter His
gifts to us. He is constantly gates with thanksgiving and His
pouring out these gifts. Every courts with praise!”
sunset we see, every flower or
falling leaf that is beautiful to us,
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Reflections from
Mayberry
/ by Greg & Donna Journey
We all have so much to be thankful
for. November should not be the
only time we stop and think about
what we are blessed with. Every day
that the Lord blesses us to wake up
and gives us another day to serve
Him we should be thankful.
Rejoice evermore. Pray without
ceasing. In everything give thanks
for this is the will of God in Christ
Jesus concerning you.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Be careful for nothing; but in every
thing by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests
be made known unto God. And the
peace of God, which passeth all
understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ
Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7
But thanks be to God, which giveth
us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57
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These verses encourage us to be
thankful, to pray without ceasing,
and in everything to give thanks.
It’s easy to give thanks and be
happy when all things are going
well but the real test comes when
things are not going so well. Keep
in mind that no matter what you
are going through there is an ever
present friend who is always right
beside you that loves you and
knows exactly what you are going
through and with one sweep of His
hand can fix it. Or ….. He may
choose to take the battle you are
facing and use it to help you grow.
Either way we are commanded to
give thanks and if you are a child
of the King you already have the
victory. Do in this season of
thanksgiving let’s all just praise
His name and thank Him for the
good times and the hard times. We
WIN!
/ Donna Journey

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