Monday, July 28, 2008

God is in control-

Good morning. My eyes are heavy this morning and I really want to go back to bed, since I can't do that I'll just go ahead and give God some PRAISE that He is so worthy of.
We had a good weekend...we sang at Blake's church yesterday (Young's Grove) and had a great service. There was such a sweet spirit in the service and the alter was used. There are so many churches out there that rarely use the alter. I know there is nothing special about the kneeling bench at the front of the church...but there is something awesome about how you can go there and turn everything over to God and get up feeling much lighter and restored.

On our way home from the church we had a flat tire on our trailer. Regardless of it being 100 degrees outside (so it seemed), I thought I would jump out and change the tire really quickly and we would be on our way. Well... you know our bunch- of course we wouldn't think of making sure we had a good spare tire before we leave home- HA. We had a really nice "Dry-rotted" spare tire. We made a few trips to town and finally found a place open that had a tire to fit our trailer. God kept us safe and we even made it to Cracker Barrel for a nice lunch with our nice waitress Laura.

This week is a busy one, but I am looking forward to it. Dedra and Jesse's church is in revival through Wednesday night. I am singing with my dad and two brothers tonight at revival at my parents church. Blake will be preaching at Dedra and Jesse's church tomorrow night along with Young's Grove Drama team doing drama. Friday night and Saturday morning is the Beth Moore satellite feed at Glenloch Baptist Church where we will be singing in Franklin, GA and then we head to North Carolina Saturday afternoon for service there Sunday morning.
Keep us in your prayers!

2 Corinthians 10:3-6:
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.


Until Everyone has Heard the GOOD NEWS-

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Exciting Beginnings

Wow!!! It's amazing how God works. I can remember a few years ago at The Shadrix Homecoming at Mt. Holly Church of God, looking at these guys like they were super heroes. Now, here I find myself singing right beside them. I am excited about the things God is going to do with this ministry, and i'm glad I have the oppurtunity to be a part of it. Feel free to e-mail me anytime, and I will try to reply as soon as possible.

With his blessing
Blake Dodd

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

1/2 way there!

Can you believe it? We are half way through 2008. This year is flying by. I pray that each of you had a wonderful 4th of July weekend. We did not sing this past weekend, but we were able to spend some quality time with our families. I have to admit that I grilled out more this weekend more than I have in the past year! Friday night we watched a fireworks show just near where Jill and I live. Saturday night we went to Dedra's neck of the woods and watched fireworks there. The celebration there was neat because they had funnel cakes! We stood in line for about 30 mins waiting on a funnel cake and it began to pour rain! I was determined to get a funnel cake, so Me, Jill and Dedra remained in the line in spite of the rain and finally enjoyed our funnel cake, even though we were soaking wet...

God is so amazing and all of us should be so thankful for the Independence that we have in our country but most of all the freedom that God has blessed us with in HIM.

There are times when God begins to work in our lives and we start to wonder what He is doing or we wonder why He is taking us in a certian direction, but when HIS glory is revealed through it all I truly stand amazed. I am a very blessed man and I always want to be found giving GOD the praise HE is so worthy of!

Until Everyone has Heard the GOOD NEWS!
Barry