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After we went home I tossed on the bed before going to sleep and wondered why God did not do for me what he had done for mother and what he was doing in that meeting for those young people at the altar. I could not understand it. But I resolved to keep on trying, and so dropped off to sleep. The...

And... Remembering the spirit of the old Methodist church as told by George Clark Rankin... "Grandfather was kind to me and considerate of me, yet he was strict with me. I worked along with him in the field when the weather was agreeable and when it was inclement I helped him in his hatter's...

Attended an old fashion Methodist Camp meeting this week where they.... 1. Had wonderful singing 2. Took time to pray for the sick 3. Good preaching 4. Altar service after the sermon The Robert Sheffey Methodist Camp Meeting, Giles County, Virginia.

I heard someone say… My mom was always on me when I went to church wearing baggy clothes, she always would tell me you need to like nice when you go to church, I believe she gets it from being raised up in a Catholic school. She told me those nuns could be mean and strict. My granny, though not...

I believe the churches were birthed in the ages. As I believe all these churches are Christian churches I do not mind to visit or read into them... Ephesus - Messianic Smyna - Martyr - Foxes has the persecutions as ten. Pregamos - Orthodox - Pergos is a tower, needed in the dark ages Thyatira...

I have used the material from this devotional to put together a video entitled, "Saved, sanctified, and filled the Holy Ghost."

And… 15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the...

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. - 1 Thessalonians 5:3-4 In other words Paul is saying here…...

I do not believe Revelation and end time prophecies are written where no two can read into and come up with the same conclusions, therefore the Lord says… Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. - Revelation...

So what am I talking about here? Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. - 1 Corinthians 15:32 The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For...

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations(discernings). - Romans 14:1 I was born again into a church with a wonderfully spiritual people. If I could go back in time I would have avoided the, “what’s wrong with the church” crowd, especially those of my...

I get banned there all the time and am on my second warning. I hope they realize that their actions can be hurtful. Not much in the way of mercy and compassion!

And while we are in Galatians.... Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. - Galatians 6:1-2 As a moderator...

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you...

I have designed this devotional to be four pdf pages. I may print off up to 100 pages and share with others. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_y3gJiBcaHUtdtZJ_L8xCtDacJ7slnOm/view?usp=sharing Feedback is appreciated as I can still edit this document.

The last words of Robert Sayers Sheffey... 1902... Who departed this world in great sorrow. The Methodist were abandoning the camp meetings and revivals meetings of the 1800's and Robert fought the apathy of the times until they burnt his beloved Wabash Camp grounds to the ground and never...

Camp Meeting in Virginia! I passed my examinations and that year I was sent to the Wytheville Station and Circuit. That was adjoining my former charge. We reached the old parsonage on the pike just out of Wytheville as Rev. B. W. S. Bishop moved out. Charley Bishop was then a little tow-headed...

As we drove home I did not have much to say, but I listened attentively to the conversation between my uncle and his wife. They were greatly impressed with the meeting, and they spoke first of this one and that one who had "come through" and what a change it would make in the community, as many...

I am a child of the Methodist like revivals and received it Pentecostal Holiness like the Methodist before me. I plan on sharing this story with many this year, calling into remembrance the revivals of yore, and seeking to revive the spirit of the previous age. The Story of George Clark Rankin…...

I must say that marriage may not be for everybody... But patience is! In your patience possess ye your souls. - Luke 21:19 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. -...