Resurrection Update

What a wonderful Resurrection Day this was at Tabernacle of Praise in Bedford Indiana!

I had sensed all week this was going to be an unusual Resurrection Weekend; different than anything we have experienced in our lifetime! I appreciate every pastor who has ever given me the opportunity to preach for them on Easter Sunday. Not many men of God want to give up the chance to preach to the lost on the most important day of the year! (And I don't blame them!) Thanks Pastor Gary Thomas for letting me preach in Bedford today!!!!

While I have many wonderful memories of Easter Dramas, Easter Revivals, Sunrise services, in my spirit I felt like something was going to be different this year!

I preached on Hope and what the Resurrection means to me…while many who raised their hands for prayer at the altar call didn't respond; many of them did! And those who did came into a fresh encounter with the Lord!

But something has shifted today! And from all the different reports I have gotten from around the country, there were more people in churches all across the country today than have been in many Easter Sundays!

In spite of what the news tells us that the church has lost its relevance; and in spite of Newsweek magazine publishing an article on the Decline of the Church, I HAVE a bulletin:

The church is not dead, because Jesus is not dead! HE IS RISEN!!!!!

Get ready folks! God is getting us ready for the next Great Awakening!!!