A WORD FROM THE PASTOR:A.W. TOZER, A PASTOR, WRITER, AND MAN OF GOD, HAD KEEN INSIGHT INTO THE SPIRITUAL CONDITION OF THE CHURCH OF HIS DAY. JUST A FEW YEARS AGO HE WROTE, "ALMOST EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE I AM PRAYING THAT A JUBILANT PINING AND LONGING FOR GOD MIGHT COME BACK ON THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES. WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE OUR DOCTRINE STRAIGHTENED OUT; WE ARE AS ORTHODOX AS THE PHARISEES OF OLD. BUT THIS LONGING FOR GOD THAT BRINGS SPIRITUAL TORRENTS AND WHIRLWINDS OF SEEKING AND SELF-DENIAL -- THIS IS ALMOST GONE FROM OUR MIDST" (A.W. TOZER, MAN, THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD). SINCE TOZER PENNED THESE WORDS THE CHURCH COMMUNITY HAS MOVED EVEN FARTHER FROM THE HUNGER AND THIRST FOR GOD THAT ONCE GRIPPED HEARTS, THAT RESULTED IN SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND ADDITION TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD. WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE IT WILL TAKE TO GET BELIEVERS BACK TO THE PLACE WHERE WE ONCE WERE? ARE WE THIRSTY FOR THE WATER OF THE SPIRIT TO SATURATE EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES? DO WE HUNGER FOR GOD'S WORD, WITH HE EXPRESS INTENTION OF OBEYING WHAT HE SAYS? PERSONAL AND CORPORATE REVEIVAL IS NEEDED. PRAY FOR REVIVAL. ~PASTOR MELVIN C. LAWSON SR. "Three Kinds of People" July 8th PODCAST