LUKE 2:14 ~ GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOODWILL TOWARD MEN!
WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE EXCITEMENT OF MARY AND JOSEPH WHEN JESUS WAS BORN THAT NITE …. THEY COULD SAY …. HE IS HERE! …. HE IS EMMANUEL! (WHICH MEANS GOD WITH US) …. WHAT A JOY FOR US AS CHRISTIANS TO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD! …. THAT IS THE TRUE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS! …. AND PRAISE BE TO GOD THAT IT IS A WORLDWIDE CELEBRATION! …. JOY TO THE WORLD, THE LORD HAS COME! …. JESUS WAS GOD’S GIFT TO MANKIND …. HE WAS SENT TO THIS EARTH AS A BABY, TO LIVE AMONG US …. HE WENT ABOUT DOING GOOD …. HE WOULD TAKE OUR PLACE AT CALVARY …. TO DIE ON THE CROSS …. WAS BURIED …. AND ON THE 3RD DAY MORNING HE AROSE FROM THAT TOMB AND AS A RESULT …. WE CAN BE REDEEMED FROM OUR SINS …. HE BROUGHT US SALVATION. AMEN!
JOHN 3:17 ~ FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO JUDGE AND CONDEMN THE WORLD, BUT THAT THE WORLD MIGHT BE SAVED THROUGH HIM.
IF YOU ARE LIKE ME …. YOU LOVE TO SEE THE LIGHTS FLUNG ON BUSHES AND HOUSES DECORATED …. THERE IS SOMETHING WARM AND COMFORTING ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS …. ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
THE POPULAR SONG SAYS, “IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR” AND I TRUST YOU HAD A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS DAY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AS YOU ENJOYED THE FELLOWSHIP, AND FOOD …. OPENING THE PRESENTS, ETC. HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY WHO EXPERIENCE SADNESS AND DEPRESSION DURING THE HOLIDAYS …. FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS. AND MY PRAYER ALWAYS IS THAT THEIR LIVES WILL BE TOUCHED WITH THE PEACE, LOVE AND JOY JESUS BRINGS …. AND THAT THEY WILL COME TO KNOW THIS …. THAT THE WONDER OF CHRISTMAS IS AVAILABLE TO EACH OF US YEAR ROUND! MAY WE KNOW THAT NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES …. NO MATTER THE SETBACKS OR DISAPPOINTMENTS …. WHEN WE RECEIVE THIS MOST IMPORTANT GIFT FROM GOD …. HIS ONLY SON JESUS CHRIST …. WE HAVE ALL WE WILL EVER NEED IN THIS LIFE!
JOHN 3:16 ~ FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
MY DECEMBER BEGAN WITH AN INCREDIBLE TIME OF MINISTRY IN CANADA …. WHERE IT WAS 31 DEGREES EACH NITE …. WENT UP TO 42 DURING THE DAY …. SO FOR THIS CALIFORNIA GIRL …. IT WAS COLD …. BRRRRRR!
I WAS PART OF A FANTASTIC CHRISTMAS PROGRAM ON A DECEMBER 1ST SATURDAY NITE …. I SO ENJOYED BEING THERE …. THE NEXT DAY, SUNDAY …. I MINISTERED AT SOMETHING CALLED “CANDLELIGHT DESSERTS” A WONDERFUL SENIOR ADULT EVENT …. WAS BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED …. AND MANY TOLD ME AS THEY LEFT …. HOW MUCH THEY WERE BLESSED …. I WAS GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR HIS FAITHFULNESS.
PSALM 89:1 ~ I WILL SING OF THE GOODNESS AND LOVINGKINDNESS OF THE LORD FOREVER; WITH MY MOUTH I WILL MAKE KNOWN YOUR FAITHFULNESS FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
THERE WAS A COUPLE, THE SCHMUNK’S IN ATTENDANCE WHO TOLD ME A CUTE STORY …. THAT IN 1979, WHEN I WAS MINISTERING IN CANADA AT THEIR CHURCH …. I WANTED TO GIVE AWAY ONE OF MY RECORDS (YES, RECORDS) …. I ALWAYS DID IT BY ASKING WHO HAD A BIRTHDAY THE SAME DAY AS MINE, APRIL 30 …. WELL, THEIR LITTLE 5-YEAR OLD GIRL RAISED HER HAND …. CAME ONSTAGE TO RECEIVE THE GIFT OF MY RECORD …. I REMEMBER SHE WAS SOOO CUTE. THEY INFORMED ME THAT SHE WAS IN THE “BIG CHURCH” THAT NITE PREPARING FOR THE SERVICE, AND THEY WOULD GO GET HER SO WE COULD BE REUNITED …. AGAIN! …. NOW! …. WELL, SHE IS STILL CUTE AND IS NOW THE WORSHIP LEADER AT THE CHURCH.
Ms. Lillie with Tania
I WAS SOOOO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SPEND 2 DAYS WITH A LONG TIME FRIEND AND HER HUSBAND …. I MET KRISTY IN 1981 WHEN I CAME TO MINISTER IN HER CHURCH …. WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE THAT TIME (IN FACT SHE AND HER MOM CAME WITH ME ON MY 70TH B’DAY CRUISE) SHE AND HUBBY BRUCE HAVE RECENTLY MOVED TO A FANTASTIC, GORGEOUS, END UNIT CONDO ON THE 11TH FLOOR, OVERLOOKING THE PACIFIC OCEAN …. THE VIEW IS AWESOME! …. OUR TIME OF FELLOWSHIP WAS SOOOO PRECIOUS …. YES, WE DID SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS OF THE WORLD …. CAUSE WE KNOW THAT JESUS IS THE ANSWER …. THEY ARE IN FULL-TIME MINISTRY AND GOD IS CERTAINLY USING THEM …. THEY DID SPEAK INTO MY LIFE, AND I AM GRATEFUL.
PSALM 133:1 ~ HOW GOOD AND PLEASANT IT IS WHEN GOD’S PEOPLE LIVE TOGETHER IN UNITY!
Ms. Lillie with Bruce and Kristy
Ocean View
Ms. Lillie wuth Kristy
I HAVE ANOTHER DEAR FRIEND WHOM I HAVE KNOWN ALSO FOR AT LEAST 40 YEARS …. SHE ARRANGED FOR ME TO COME MINISTER IN SONG AT THE SENIOR PLACE WHERE SHE LIVES …. IT WAS A FULL HOUSE …. WE SANG CAROLS AND GOD BLESSED THE PEOPLE AS I ALSO SANG FAMILIAR SONGS.
Ms. Lillie wuth Kristy Morris and Marie Maines
IT WAS GREAT TO RETURN HOME TO “NORMAL WEATHER” …. I BEGAN TO GET EXCITED ABOUT ALL THAT I WOULD BE DOING IN DECEMBER …. ONE I SHALL NOT EASILY FORGET …. MY DENTIST OF MANY YEARS INVITED HIS PATIENTS TO A CHRISTMAS PARTY AT HIS OFFICE.
Ms. Lillie with Dr. Kepic
Ms. Lillie with "who are they?"
WELL, THERE WAS A HUGE WHITE TENT IN THE PARKING LOT WHERE HIS OFFICE IS LOCATED …. THERE WERE 550 FOLK AND IT WAS PACKED. LUNCH CATERED BY SPAGGIS …. PROFESSIONAL DANCERS …. SUCH AS YOU MIGHT SEE ON “BALLROOM DANCING SHOWS”, THE EMCEE WAS EXCELLENT …. HE KEPT THINGS MOVING …. A CUTE GAME WAS PLAYED …. WAS SOOO MUCH FUN. AND I WAS ABLE TO SING A SONG …. I CHOSE “AMEN” AS THAT IS ONE FOLK REALLY ENJOY AND GET INTO …. AND OF COURSE, IT IS THE STORY ABOUT THE LIFE, CRUCIFIXION, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST …. SO THE MESSAGE OF JESUS WAS BEING HEARD …. THANK YOU LORD FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY YOU GIVE ME!
1 THESSALONIANS 5:24 ~ HE WHO CALLS YOU IS FAITHFUL, WHO ALSO WILL DO IT.
I LOVE THE PROGRAMS I PRESENT IN DECEMBER AS I LOVE SINGING THE WONDERFUL TIMELESS CAROLS …. ABOUT THE BIRTH OF JESUS AND HOW THE ANGELS ANNOUNCED HIS BIRTH …. WHAT A NITE OF JOY AS THE SHEPHERDS RAN TO SEE THIS “SWEET LITTLE JESUS BOY.” WE HAVE HEARD THAT DECEMBER 25 WAS NOT WHEN JESUS WAS BORN …. BUT, BECAUSE THAT DAY HAS BEEN SET ASIDE AS THE DAY WE, AS BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS GIVE PUBLIC EXPRESSION TO THE FACT THAT WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE …. HE WAS BORN! …. JUST AS THE ANGEL TOLD MARY!
MATTHEW 1:21 ~ AND SHE SHALL BRING FORTH A SON, AND THOU SHALL CALL HIS NAME JESUS: FOR HE SHALL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS.
I MUST TELL YOU ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY I WAS GIVEN TO BE A SMALL PART OF AN ANNUAL DINNER FOR THE HOMELESS IN RIVERSIDE CA. THE YOUNG MAN IN CHARGE, PASTOR JEFF WAS IN FACT HOMELESS AND ON DRUGS FOR MANY YEARS LIVING ON THE STREETS …. HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE TEEN CHALLENGE PROGRAM, MET JESUS, WHO CLEANED HIM UP …. AND I BELIEVE JESUS SAID, “I CAN USE HIM” …. HE GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM …. AND GOD HAS GIVEN HIM A REAL BURDEN FOR THE HOMELESS.
Pastor Jeff with Norma (his brother's mother-in-law)
MATTHEW 25: 37 & 40 ~ THEN THE RIGHTEOUS WILL ANSWER HIM, SAYING, LORD, WHEN DID WE SEE YOU HUNGRY AND FEED YOU, OR THIRSTY AND GIVE YOU DRINK? AND THE KING WILL ANSWER AND SAY TO THEM, ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, INASMUCH AS YOU DID IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN, YOU DID IT TO ME.
PASTOR JEFF HAS A MEAL AT HIS HOME EACH SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL HOMELESS WHO COME …. AND NOW FOR 11 YEARS, HE HAS BEEN BUSING, AT CHRISTMAS TIME, THE HOMELESS TO THIS LARGE CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL FOR THIS UNIQUE EVENING ….
…. FIRST CLASS DECORATIONS, A DELICIOUS TURKEY WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS MEAL …. PLUS A LARGE BEAUTIFULLY WRAPPED GIFT FOR EACH OF THEM.
Volunteers in line to receive food prepared by an excellent team of cooks, and delivering food to the tables
After the sermon, prayer was available for the homeless guests
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT THIS MINISTRY, YOU MAY GO ON FACEBOOK, “WHERE YOUR AT MINISTRIES.” HE HAS FOUR SUCH EVENTS PER YEAR AND THERE IS ALWAYS A NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP SERVE THE FOOD AND WELCOME THE HOMELESS GUESTS. I’M SURE THERE IS A PLACE ON FACEBOOK TO CONTRIBUTE IF YOU DESIRE FOR THIS NECESSARY MINISTRY. THERE WAS ALSO MUSIC, I WAS ASKED TO SING AS WELL AS THE TEEN CHALLENGE CHOIR …. PLUS THE INCREDIBLE “SWEET ADELINES” …. I LOVE THAT I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A PHOTO WITH THAT GROUP OF VERY TALENTED LADIES.
Teen Challenge Choir
Ms. Lillie with The Sweet Adelines
I ALSO ENJOYED AN EXCITING CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR THE RESIDENTS IN MY NEW HOME …. A FESTIVE EVENING OF DELICIOUS FOOD, FELLOWSHIP (AS EVERYONE AT THE MANOR SEEMS TO COME) AND MUSIC …. AGAIN, I WILL TELL YOU, WHAT A GIFT FROM GOD THIS PLACE IS TO ME! …. I LOVE BEING HERE AMONG CHRISTIANS.
IT WAS 75 DEGREES A FEW DAYS AGO …. BUT AT MY CHURCH FOLLOWING THE CHRISTMAS PRODUCTION …. WE WERE INVITED TO GO OUTSIDE TO SEE THE THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF SNOW ON THE GREEN GRASS …. WONDER WHERE THEY GOT IT? I JUST HAD TO TAKE A PHOTO.
IT IS VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS YEAR OF OUR LORD 2018 IS CLOSING AND A NEW YEAR 2019 IS UPON US …. I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PLANS GOD HAS FOR ME …. I WANT TO BE WILLING TO WAIT FOR HIM TO LEAD ME INTO HIS PLAN FOR MY LIFE THIS COMING 2019. WHAT ABOUT YOU? YES, BEFORE WE ATTEMPT TO DO ANYTHING, WE MUST “FIX OUR EYES UPON JESUS” …. AND ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO LEAD AND GUIDE US INTO ALL TRUTH …. AND AS WE ARE IN GOD’S PRESENCE DAILY …. HE WILL PREPARE US TO BE EXCITED TO “WALK WITH HIM” INTO 2019 AND BEYOND …. UNTIL HE CALLS US HOME.
IF YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF PLANNING AN EVENT FOR YOUR SENIORS …. A LADIES FUNCTION OR YOUR CHURCH AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ME COME …. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT 909-948-2448, AND WE’LL TALK ABOUT IT! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED! …. AS GOD WILL MAKE THE SONGS AND THE NUGGETS I WILL SHARE, BE A REAL BLESSING TO ALL IN ATTENDANCE. OH YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME!
TO HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL PARTNERS IS A REAL BLESSING TO ME …. SOME PARTNER BY PRAYING REGULARLY FOR ME …. OTHERS BY GIVING A FINANCIAL GIFT REGULARLY …. BELIEVE ME …. I NEED BOTH …. FINANCIAL GIFTS ARE EASY …. YOU MAY GO TO MY HOMEPAGE AT HTTP://MISSLILLIE.COM AND USE THE DONATE BUTTON …. OR GO TO PAYPAL …. USE MY NAME …. AND USE YOUR CREDIT CARD …. OR YOU CAN MAIL A CHECK TO P.O. BOX 994, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA 91729 …. ANY WAY YOU CHOOSE TO GIVE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND YOU WILL BE SENT A TAX DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT …. THEN, WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN …. A REWARD! EVERY GIFT MATTERS! PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCERE THANKS FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS AND KINDNESS AND PRAYERS FOR ME. AMEN! I LOVE YOU!
PHILIPPIANS 4:23 ~ THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU ALL. AMEN.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 ~ “BE THANKFUL IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR THIS IS GOD’S WILL FOR YOU WHO BELONG TO JESUS CHRIST.”
THE THANKFUL HEART HAS AN “ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE” IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, EVEN WHEN THINGS ARE NOT GOING AS WE THINK THEY SHOULD. NOTE, IT READS …. IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES …. NOT FOR ALL THINGS, WE ARE TO SIMPLY TRUST AND BELIEVE ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD. A THANKFUL HEART REALIZES THAT WHATEVER THE TRIAL …. GOD WALKS WITH US …. THRU IT ALL!
THERE ARE SO MANY SCRIPTURES THAT SUGGEST, ENCOURAGE, AND COMMAND US TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR ALL HE IS, ALL HE DOES AND ALL HE WILL DO.
PSALMS 100:4 ~ ENTER INTO HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING AND INTO HIS COURT WITH PRAISE …. BLESS HIM AND PRAISE HIS NAME.
THE MONTH BEGAN WITH A VERY SPECIAL CELEBRATION …. THE MINISTRY THAT I WRITE ABOUT FROM TIME TO TIME …. IT WAS STONECROFT MINISTRIES 80TH ANNIVERSARY. THE FOUNDER HELEN BAUGH BEGAN HAVING BIBLE STUDIES IN HER HOME IN SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA …. AS THEY GREW, SHE WOULD MOVE TO DIFFERENT PLACES TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH …. AFTER 80 YEARS …. THESE MEETINGS KNOWN AS CHRISTIAN WOMENS CONNECTIONS MEET ONCE A MONTH ALL OVER THE WORLD …. FOR ONE REASON …. TO HAVE WOMEN WHO DO NOT KNOW JESUS, (BE INVITED BY A FRIEND) TO COME HEAR A SINGER AND SPEAKER WHO SHARES THE STORY OF A LIFE BEFORE CHRIST AND NOW THAT SHE KNOWS JESUS AS MASTER, LORD AND SAVIOR …. SHE IS TRULY LIVING. AN INVITATION IS THEN GIVEN …. AND THRU THE YEARS MANY, MANY THOUSANDS HAVE COME TO A NEW LIFE IN CHRIST.
I MOVED TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN 1998 …. HEARD ABOUT THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION …. I WAS TOLD THEY ALWAYS HAVE A SINGER OFFER 2 SONGS …. ONE SECULAR AND ONE CHRISTIAN, BEFORE THE SPEAKER COMES TO GIVE HER TALK …. WHEN I ASKED AND WAS ACCEPTED, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO GO SING AND LISTEN TO MANY DIFFERENT SPEAKERS TALK OF THEIR CHANGED LIVES NOW …. ALL BECAUSE OF CHRIST.
AFTER 3 YEARS OF SINGING THE 2 SONGS IN MANY DIFFERENT MEETINGS (AS THERE ARE MEETINGS SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS), I WAS ASKED IF I WOULD LIKE TO BE A SPEAKER …. WELL, I HAD HEARD SOME HORRIFIC TESTIMONIES …. (ALWAYS A HAPPY ENDING, THO) SO I FELT MY LIFE STORY WOULD BE BORING …. WELL, IT WAS SUGGESTED I JUST TELL A STORY OF MY LIFE AS A SINGER, WORLD TRAVELER AND ABOUT THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD IN THE LIVES OF ALL WHO KNOW HIM.
I ASKED GOD WHAT I SHOULD WRITE …. WHEN I SUBMITTED IT TO THE MEMBER REVIEW TEAM …. IT DID COME BACK TO ME A FEW TIMES …. SAYING I WAS TOO “CHRISTIANESE” …. FOR MOST OF THE INVITEES DO NOT KNOW THE BIBLE, PERHAPS HAVE NO CLUE WHO MOSES, JONAH ARE. (SEE, I HAVE ALWAYS SPOKEN AND SUNG FOR PREDOMINANTLY “CHRISTIAN AUDIENCES”) …. WELL FINALLY, AFTER WORKING WITH ME, SUCH AS GIVING ME PHRASES TO USE THAT AN UNSAVED LADY COULD UNDERSTAND AND WOULD MEAN THE SAME THING AS THE PHRASES I WAS USING …. THE REVIEW TEAM SAID THE TALK WOULD BE UNDERSTOOD …. AND RECEIVED …. FINALLY, I WAS APPROVED AS A STONECROFT SPEAKER AND IN AUGUST 2004 …. I GAVE MY FIRST TALK …. ENTITLED “SONG OF SONGS” …. I NOW HAVE 5 DIFFERENT TALKS AND I LOVE TO GO SPEAK AND SING FOR THESE POWERFUL MEETINGS.
WHAT A JOY TO BE ASKED TO DO THE MUSIC FOR THIS FANTASTIC 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF STONECROFT (AS I AM NOW 80 YEARS OLD ALSO) …. WHAT A DAY, 9AM TO 3PM …. ALL OF THE SPEAKERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MEET IN THIS SETTING EVERY 2 YEARS …. TO BE INSTRUCTED AND UPDATED ON NEW INFO BY OUR CORPORATE LEADERS. THERE WAS SUCH WONDERFUL FELLOWSHIP, SPEAKERS AND OF COURSE GREAT FOOD!
Stonecroft Founder, Helen Baugh and Ms. Lillie
PSALMS 133:1 ~ BEHOLD HOW GOOD IT IS FOR (SISTERS) TO GATHER TOGETHER IN UNITY!
WHEN I MOVED FROM SEATTLE, WA TO SAN JOSE, CA …. IT WAS A TRANSFER THRU MY JOB AT THE TELEPHONE COMPANY …. MY BOSS, THE CUTEST LITTLE LADY, MS MARY, INVITED ALL OF HER DEPARTMENT GIRLS TO COME TO HER HOUSE FOR A CHRISTMAS PARTY …. I GOT TO KNOW HER VERY WELL AND HER ENTIRE WONDERFUL CHRISTIAN ITALIAN FAMILY …. (IN FACT, I WAS INVITED TO COME TO HER DAD AND MOM’S HOUSE TO EAT WITH THE ENTIRE FAMILY ON SUNDAYS) …. IT WAS A WONDERFUL TIME FOR ME AS I HAD JUST MOVED TO SAN JOSE AND HAD NO FAMILY IN THE AREA …. THEY BECAME MY FAMILY …. WELL, SHE PASSED ON TO GLORY IN HER SLEEP AND HER HUSBAND ASKED IF I COULD PLEASE COME TO SAN JOSE AND SING FOR THE MEMORIAL …. OF COURSE, I DID, AND IT DOES SEEM TO BE TRUE, THAT SOME FOLK YOU WILL ONLY SEE AT WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS …. I SAW SO MANY FRIENDS THAT I HAVE KNOWN THRU THE YEARS I LIVED THERE. HER SERVICE WAS A REAL CELEBRATION OF LIFE! NOW MARY IS “FINALLY HOME.”
Ms. Lillie at Memorial Service of Mary Intorre
1 THESSALONIANS 4:17 ~ THEN WE WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN [ON THE EARTH] WILL SIMULTANEOUSLY BE CAUGHT UP (RAPTURED) TOGETHER WITH THEM [THE RESURRECTED ONES] IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR, AND SO WE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH THE LORD!
I DO HOPE THAT YOU ALL VOTED …. WHAT A PRIVILEGE WE HAVE HERE IN AMERICA TO MAKE OUR DESIRES THAT GODLY MEN AND WOMEN WILL BE ELECTED …. I HAVE VOTED “ABSENTEE” FOR MANY YEARS AS I AM USUALLY TRAVELING AT THIS TIME …. HOWEVER, I WAS HOME …. AND GUESS WHAT? …. MY POLLING PLACE IS 6 BLOCKS DOWN THE STREET …. AT A CHURCH …. SO I JUST WALKED IN …. DROPPED MY BALLOT IN THE BOX AND TOOK A PHOTO …. THE MOST WONDERFUL THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL OF THIS WORLD …. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES …. AND WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO PRAY FOR ALL IN AUTHORITY. AMEN!
I WAS REFERRED AS A SINGER TO A WOMEN’S CLUB THAT MEETS ONCE A MONTH …. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN BASED GROUP …. BUT I KNEW GOD HAD OPENED THE DOOR FOR ME …. SO I WAS EXCITED WHEN I ARRIVED, TO MEET A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN WHO PRAYED WITH ME THAT I WOULD BE GIVEN THE RITE WORDS TO SAY …. SHE ADDED …. “I KNOW THEY WILL LOVE THE SINGING.” AND WHEN IT WAS OVER, AND AS THE LADIES WERE LEAVING THE BUILDING, I WAS TOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN “THAT WAS THE BEST PROGRAM THEY HAVE …. EVER HAD! SO I JUST HAD TO RAISE MY HANDS AND THANK GOD FOR HIS ANOINTING ON THE WORDS I SPOKE ABOUT JESUS …. AS WELL AS THE SONGS …. AND I KNOW BEYOND A SHADOW OR DOUBT THAT HEARTS AND LIVES WERE CHANGED FOR ETERNITY.
I WAS SOOOO HAPPY TO RECEIVE A CALL, ASKING IF I WOULD RETURN TO SPEAK/ SING FOR A SENIORS THANKSGIVING BRUNCH AT THE CHURCH PASTOR JACK HAYFORD FOUNDED …. CHURCH ON THE WAY …. WOW! IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL MEETING …. I WANTED THEM TO KNOW THAT WE MUST BE THANKFUL FOR ALL GOD DOES FOR US …. I TOLD ABOUT THE 10 LEPERS WHO WERE HEALED …. BUT ONLY 1 RETURNED TO GIVE THANKS TO JESUS. WE MUST ALWAYS GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR ALL HE DOES; REMEMBER WE ARE COMMANDED TO DO SO. PASTOR JIM NELSON IS A TERRIFIC SENIORS PASTOR.
Ms. Lillie with Pastor Jim Nelson
DON’T KNOW IF YOU HAVE EVER THOT ABOUT THIS …. “IF YOU BOUGHT IT …. A TRUCKER BROUGHT IT” …. SO I LOVE WHEN I AM ABLE TO GO TO THE HUGE TRUCK STOP NEAR ME …. AN AREA SO HUGE THAT 250 OF THOSE TRUCKS YOU SEE ON THE FREEWAY CAN BE PARKED AT ANY GIVEN TIME …. THERE ARE PLACES FOR THE TRUCKERS TO SHOWER, MACHINES TO WASH/DRY CLOTHES …. AND OF COURSE ALL KINDS OF FOOD CAN BE PURCHASED …. WELL, ONCE A YEAR, CHAPLAIN RUSS, WHO IS THERE ON THE GROUNDS TO MINISTER TO THE NEEDS OF THOSE MEN (AND ACTUALLY, I DID MEET MANY WOMEN WHO TRAVEL AND DRIVE ALSO), HE OFFERS WHAT IS CALLED “TRUCKERS APPRECIATION DAY.”
I HAVE BEEN BLESSED FOR YEARS TO SING AT THAT TRUCK STOP …. THERE IS A HUGE TRUCK CHAPEL …. LOOKS LIKE A CHURCH WHEN YOU WALK IN …. WITH CHAIRS ON BOTH SIDES AND A MIDDLE AISLE …. CHAPLAIN RUSS CONDUCTS BIBLE STUDIES DURING THE WEEK ON WEDNESDAYS …. SUNDAY MORNINGS IS A TIME FOR COUNSELING, AND INDIVIDUAL PRAYER …. IT IS A BLESSING TO SHARE WITH THOSE GUYS WHO ARE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO ATTEND A CHURCH ON SUNDAY, BUT CAN COME IN THE EVENING …. HEAR SINGING AND A GREAT MESSAGE. I ALWAYS LOVE TO MAKE MY CD’S AVAILABLE TO THEM …. FOR FREE! …. SO THEY CAN LISTEN TO THOSE ANOINTED SONGS AS THEY GO DOWN THE ROAD …. AND I HAVE GOTTEN PHONE CALLS FROM TRUCKERS WHO WANTED TO TELL ME HOW THANKFUL THEY ARE FOR THE CD …. PRAISE GOD!
I JUST LEARNED FROM CHAPLAIN RUSS THAT 80 TRUCKERS WHO HAD PULLED IN TO THE STOP THAT DAY …. WERE FED A DELICIOUS MEAL AND 3 DID ASK JESUS TO COME LIVE IN THEIR HEARTS …. PLEASE PRAY THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE IN THE THINGS OF THE LORD! I AM SOOO THANKFUL FOR THE MANY DIFFERENT MINISTRES I CAN BE A SMALL PART OF …. AMEN!
Cake donated for Truckers
Truck Stop Chaplain ~ Russ Goodwin
Ms. Lillie singing at the Truck Stop
Ms. Lillie and Kevin Bailey singing "Heavenly Blues"
Some of the truckers in line for food
JOHN 3:17 ~ FOR GOD DID NOT SEND THE SON INTO THE WORLD TO JUDGE AND CONDEMN THE WORLD [THAT IS, TO INITIATE THE FINAL JUDGMENT OF THE WORLD], BUT THAT THE WORLD MIGHT BE SAVED THROUGH HIM.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN DECLARED THE FINAL THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER AS A NATIONAL DAY OF THANKSGIVING …. THEN CONGRESS FINALLY MADE THAT HOLIDAY OFFICIAL IN 1941 …. BUT, WE AS CHRISTIANS SHOULD MAKE CERTAIN THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY IS A DAY WE CELEBRATE OUR BLESSINGS …. AND THANK GOD FOR THEM …. I BELIEVE HE LOVES TO HEAR US TELL HIM THAT!
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT WAS 2 YEARS AGO THAT I MOVED TO THIS WONDERFUL SENIOR CHRISTIAN LIVING PLACE! …. OH MY, DO I LOVE BEING HERE! THERE IS A DELICIOUS THANKSGIVING DINNER OFFERED TO THE RESIDENTS AND WE ARE ASKED TO INVITE FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY THAT IS …. AS WE GET TO MEET THE OTHER GUESTS. OF COURSE, IT WILL BE THE TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING MEAL …. WOW! I LOVE TURKEY …. WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND EVEN AS I GREW UP …. MY DEAR MOTHER WOULD SAY TO ME OFTEN …. “LILLIE, YOU CANNOT EAT TURKEY EVERY SINGLE DAY” …. BUT I WANTED TO! …. (DARK MEAT ONLY …. PREFERABLY THE DRUMSTICK) …. I REMEMBER WHEN I LIVED IN HAWAII, I WOULD GO TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT HOMES FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER …. AND THEY ALL SET ASIDE THE DRUMSTICK FOR ME, SO I WOULD JUST TAKE IT HOME …. (CAUSE I WOULD BE FULL FROM THE LAST PLACE I ATE) …. WOULD PUT IN FREEZER …. SO THEN, I WOULD HAVE SEVERAL ALL LINED UP IN THE FREEZER FOR LATER TIMES …. BY THE WAY, I ALSO KEEP A CONTAINER OF CRANBERRY SAUCE ALSO IN THE FREEZER …. SO WHENEVER I EAT TURKEY, I JUST TAKE A BIT OF THE SAUCE …. (LET IT THAW OUT) AND IT IS LIKE …. MY FAVORITE MEAL …. WELL, NEXT TO BAKED SALMON.
ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO, BEFORE I BECAME A STONECROFT SPEAKER, I SANG FOR A MEETING …. THE SPEAKER WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE …. SO MUCH SO THAT I ASKED HER TO PLEASE DO A FAVOR FOR ME …. THAT WHEN SHE WAS CALLED TO SPEAK …. WOULD SHE TELL THEM SHE KNEW A GOOD SINGER …. WELL, SHE DID AND I WAS ABLE TO HEAR HER SEVERAL TIMES …. ONE DAY AS WE TALKED …. SHE ASK IF I WOULD PLEASE SING FOR HER MEMORIAL SERVICE? …. I ASSURED HER I WOULD …. WELL, I GOT THE CALL A FEW DAYS AGO …. HER DAUGHTER INFORMED ME THAT HER MOM HAD PLANNED HER “CELEBRATION OF LIFE” SERVICE …. AND THERE WAS MY NAME AND TEL# …. WELL, GOD HAD ALREADY ARRANGED THAT I WOULD BE HOME …. SO I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT …. WHAT A SERVICE! …. SO MANY LIVES WERE TOUCHED THRU HER POWERFUL, ANOINTED TEACHING STYLE …. SHE WAS AN EXTREMELY GIFTED COMMUNICATOR. I DID LOVE MS. BARBARA BROWN …. AND SHE IS “FINALLY HOME!” ONE DAY WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN! …. AND FOREVER!
JOHN 11:25 ~ I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE …. ALL WHO BELIEVE IN ME WILL LIVE …. EVEN THO THEY DIE.
DURING THIS MONTH WE WILL HEAR A LOT ABOUT BEING GRATEFUL …. I MUST SAY A BIG THANKS FOR YOUR KINDNESS TO ME …. SOME OF YOU HAVE PRAYED FOR ME AND GIVEN TO THIS MINISTRY FOR YEARS …. AND I THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH. GOD HAS MADE YOU A BLESSING TO ME. WHATEVER FINANCIAL GIFT YOU GIVE THRU PAY-PAL, CHECK OR YOUR CREDIT CARD …. I SHALL SEND A TAX DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT TO YOU …. PLUS, YOU WILL RECEIVE A REWARD IN HEAVEN! AS THIS MINISTRY IS GOOD GROUND! …. SO PLANTING FINANCIAL SEEDS HERE WILL REAP YOU A GREAT HARVEST FOR THE LORD. I WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY THE “NEW NEWS” TO THIS HURTING WORLD. I KNOW THAT GOD WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO GIVE …. AMEN!
PLEASE CALL ME IF YOU WISH TO HAVE ME PRAY FOR YOU …. I WOULD LIKE THAT. CALL ME AT 909-948-2448 AND WE’LL TALK …. ALSO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ME COME MINISTER FOR A “SENIORS’ FUNCTION, A LADIES TEA, OR LUNCHEON, OR YOUR CHURCH …. CALL ME …. I AM HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU. THANKS, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AND YES! YOU CAN AFFORD ME.
WHERE DID 2018 GO? …. TO ME, IT FLEW BY AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL GOD HAS PLANNED FOR ME IN THE FUTURE …. ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT YOUR FUTURE? …. WELL, YOU CAN BE …. JUST KNOW THAT GOD HAS ONE FOR YOU. HE IS ALREADY THERE!
BECAUSE I ONLY WRITE THE BLOG THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH, CHRISTMAS WILL ALREADY BE PAST, SO I WILL LET YOU VIEW A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS SONG …. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON.
WELL, ONCE AGAIN …. FALL IS HERE …. FOR YOUR INFORMATION …. THE FIRST DAY OF FALL HAPPENS ON THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX …. IT IS THE ASTRONOMICAL BEGINNING OF FALL IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE …. AND IT DOES NOT HAPPEN ON THE EXACT DAY EACH SINGLE YEAR …. SO THERE! …. NOW YOU KNOW! …. I LOVE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN THE WEATHER BECOMES COOLER …. THE LEAVES ARE ALSO CHANGING COLORS AND A CRISPNESS IS IN THE AIR AT EVENING TIME …. EVEN THO, IT IS STILL IN THE HIGH 80’S DURING THE DAY HERE IN CALIFORNIA …. AT NITE IT DOES TEND TO DROP CONSIDERABLY …. SO THAT IS GREAT FOR SLEEPING WITH THE WINDOW OPEN …. THE ONLY THING I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO …. IS THE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME CHANGE …. (HAVING TO CHANGE THE CLOCKS 2 TIMES A YEAR) …. …. I REMEMBER WHAT MY DEAR MOTHER WOULD SAY …. “WHY DO THEY KEEP MESSING WITH THE TIME?” …. MY QUESTION ALSO! …. OF COURSE, I HAVE READ WHY …. BUT I STILL DISLIKE IT! …. OH WELL!
MINISTERING TO SENIOR ADULTS IS WHAT I DO A LOT OF …. NOW THAT I ARE ONE …. …. I RECENTLY SPOKE/SANG FOR MORE THAN 300 NEAR SEATTLE AREA WHO GATHER EACH MONTH FOR A WONDERFUL LUNCH …. (FREE) …. THE CHURCH PASTOR WANTS TO LET THE SENIORS KNOW THEY ARE APPRECIATED. SO A WONDERFUL TIME IS HAD BY ALL. …. ONE THING I LOVED ABOUT THE DAY …. (I HAVE BEEN THERE 4 TIMES NOW) …. I LOVE THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A MISSIONARY FAMILY WHO ARE HOME FOR THEIR SABBATICAL YEAR COME IN TO SHARE ABOUT THEIR FIELD OF MINISTRY …. THE OLDER FOLK LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES …. THEY PLEDGE TO PRAY AND SUPPORT THEM AS THEY RETURN TO THEIR ASSIGNMENT. IT IS A GREAT BLESSING FOR THE MISSIONARIES AS WELL AS THOSE PRECIOUS SENIOR ADULTS.
2 CORINTHIANS 9:6 ~ BUT THIS I SAY: HE WHO SOWS SPARINGLY WILL ALSO REAP SPARINGLY, AND HE WHO SOWS BOUNTIFULLY WILL ALSO REAP BOUNTIFULLY.
HERE WE ARE LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AWAY FROM THAT EXCITING TIME OF THE YEAR …. EVERYONE SEEMS TO LOVE CHRISTMAS …. EVEN THO, SOME ARE TRYING TO REMOVE CHRIST FROM CHRISTMAS …. NOT POSSIBLE! I WAS AT COSTCO TODAY …. AND THE STORE NOW HAS ALL THEIR DECORATIONS ON DISPLAY …. IN FACT, ONE GORGEOUS CHRISTMAS TREE WAS $599 …. AND IT LOOKED SOOO REAL …. (WELL, IT SHOULD HAVE …. FOR THAT KIND OF MONEY) …. BUT, I STILL LIKE CELEBRATING ONE HOLIDAY AT A TIME. …. HOW ABOUT YOU?
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE 12-DAY TOUR I HAD THIS MONTH …. IT BEGAN WITH ME BEING A PART OF 3 SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES …. SANG “O HAPPY DAY” WITH AN INCREDIBLE CHOIR …. MS. LORRAINE HAD TAUGHT THEM WELL . THEN A FULL CONCERT IN THE PM. WHAT A DAY! …. THE ENTIRE DAY WAS A BLESSING FOR ME …. AS I HAD NOT BEEN TO STOCKTON BEFORE …. THE DAY WAS ARRANGED BY A COUPLE I HAD MET YEARS AGO AT A CHURCH IN REDWOOD CITY, CA …. THEY RETIRED AND MOVED TO STOCKTON …. BECAME DIRECTOR TO SENIOR ADULTS THERE AND THOT I SHOULD COME FOR A DAY IN THEIR CHURCH …. GOD BLESSED EACH TIME I SANG. THANK YOU, LORD! I WAS SURPRISED TO RECEIVE A CALL FROM A REPORTER AT THE STOCKTON NEWSPAPER …. I WAS PLEASED WITH THE ARTICLE …. HERE IT IS IF YOU CARE TO READ IT ….
IT HAD BEEN 2 YEARS SINCE I HAD VISITED MY LONG TIME DEAR FRIEND BELLA IN RENO AND BECAUSE I WAS RELATIVELY CLOSE …. THOT I’D GO VISIT HER. WELL, I HAD DRIVEN SACRAMENTO TO RENO THE LAST TIME AND DID NOT WANT TO DO IT AGAIN. THOSE MOUNTAIN CURVES ARE NOT WHAT I ENJOY …. SO BECAUSE I HAD HEARD THAT IT WAS A GREAT TRAIN RIDE …. ONLY 5 HOURS TO RENO, I DECIDED TO TAKE THE AMTRAK CALIFORNIA ZEPHYER (WHICH ACTUALLY GOES FROM SEATTLE TO CHICAGO …. I BOARDED IN SACRAMENTO …. AND BECAUSE I HAD NOT BEEN ON A TRAIN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS …. I THINK NOT SINCE I WAS 13. MY DAD PASSED AWAY AND WE TOOK THAT SAME TRAIN ROUTE FOR THAT LONG RIDE FROM ARKANSAS TO SEATTLE IN 1951 …. SO I WAS LIKE A LITTLE GIRL AGAIN …. I HAD SUCH A RESTFUL RIDE …. (I TREATED MYSELF TO A SLEEPER CAR) AND I DID NEED IT AFTER THOSE 4 SERVICES ON SUNDAY …. MY! WHAT A MAGNIFICENT RIDE …. SEEING THE LEAVES CHANGING …. THE TALL MAJESTIC EVERGREENS …. I WAS IN AWE MOST OF THE WAY …. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT TO SEE DONNER LAKE …. WOW! …. I LOVED IT …. DECIDED TO GO TO THE DINING CAR …. HAD A GREAT MEAL …. GAVE MY CREDIT CARD TO THE WAITER …. AND WAS TOLD “ALL SLEEPER CAR GUESTS MEALS ARE FREE” …. WHAT A NICE PERK! …. BUT NO ONE TOLD ME …. A NICE SURPRISE …. THEN I THOT HOW GREAT FOR THE FOLK WHO HAVE A SLEEPER CAR SEATTLE TO CHICAGO …. THEY GET 3 DAYS OF MEALS …. BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNERS …. FREE …. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WONDERFUL!
IN RENO, I HAD 2 MEETINGS …. ONE IN THE MORNING FOR CHRISTIAN WOMENS CONNECTION …. I HAVE BEEN A SPEAKER FOR 14 YEARS …. AND AM ABLE TO SPEAK OFTEN AS THOSE CONNECTION CLUBS ARE BEING ATTENDED ALL OVER THE WORLD BY CHRISTIAN LADIES BRINGING AN UNSAVED PERSON TO HEAR A POWERFUL TESTIMONY …. IT WAS A GREAT MEETING …. THERE WAS AN AWESOME, FUN AUCTION FOR MANY ITEMS …. INCLUDING THIS HANDMADE GORGEOUS CHRISTMAS QUILT …. CHAIRPERSON DARILYN IS A SWEETHEART …. WAS SO KIND TO ME.
Ms. Lillie with Darilyn
Handmade gorgeous Christmas quilt
I RUSHED HOME TO REST A BIT BEFORE MY 7PM SERVICE AT AN EXCITING CHURCH …. I LOVED WHAT HAPPENED 30 MINS. BEFORE THE SERVICE BEGINS …. FOLK GATHER DOWN FRONT TO PRAY FOR THE WORLD SITUATION …. THE CHURCH SERVICE TO FOLLOW AND FOR ALL PRAYER REQUESTS THAT ARE SPOKEN OUT …. I WISH I WOULD SEE THAT EVERYWHERE I MINISTER.
PHILIPPIANS 4:6 ~ DO NOT BE ANXIOUS OR WORRIED ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT IN EVERYTHING [EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION] BY PRAYER AND PETITION WITH THANKSGIVING, CONTINUE TO MAKE YOUR [SPECIFIC] REQUESTS KNOWN TO GOD.
GOD GAVE ME 2 DAYS WITH MY DEAR FRIEND BELLA …. WE TALKED ABOUT OUR FRIENDSHIP OF 53 YEARS …. LOTS OF GREAT MEMORIES …. THEN BACK TO AMTRAK FOR MY RENO-SACRAMENTO RIDE …. AGAIN, AS BEAUTIFUL AS COULD BE.
Ms. Lillie with her long-time friend Bella
IN SACRAMENTO, I WAS PICKED UP BY A DEAR LADY WHO INVITED ME TO STAY WITH SHE AND HER HUSBAND IN THEIR HOME AS I WAS TO SING IN HER CHURCH ON SUNDAY …. I HAD LEARNED THAT MY FRIEND, COMEDIAN MICHAEL JR’S MOVIE …. “MORE THAN FUNNY” WAS BEING SHOWN IN A THEATER …. ONE NITE ONLY …. SO RITE FROM THE TRAIN STATION WE WENT TO PURCHASE OUR TICKETS FOR THE SHOWING THAT NITE …. IT WAS FANTASTIC! …. I AM CERTAIN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE DVD SOON …. PLEASE DO SO …. AS IT IS GREAT TO LAFF …. MY DOCTOR TOLD ME …. LAUGHTER MASSAGES OUR INSIDES …. AND OF COURSE, YOU MAY KNOW HOW WONDERFUL A MASSAGE FEELS …. WELL THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT LAUGHTER DOES. I REALLY LAFFED AS I ATTENDED MY FRIENDS “JAZZERCIZE CLASS” …. 2 TIMES …. HERE IS PHOTO WITH 70 YR OLD INSTRUCTOR AND US. IT MOVES TOO FAST FOR ME …. BUT I TRIED TO KEEP UP! HA HA HA HA
WHAT A LOVELY HOME MY NEW- FOUND FRIENDS HAVE …. HIGH ON A HILL WITH AN INCREDIBLE VIEW …. HE IS AREA DIRECTOR FOR AN ORGANIZATION I HAD NOT REALLY KNOWN ABOUT …. CALLED “VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA.” MR SHERMAN GAVE ME A BOOK ABOUT THE HISTORY …. THEY ARE SIMILAR TO THE SALVATION ARMY …. DOING GOOD HUMANITARIAN THINGS IN AMERICA …. FOR THE HOMELESS …. THOSE WITH ADDICTIONS …. AND THOSE IN CRISIS, ACTUALLY WHEREVER HELP IS NEEDED. OF COURSE, JESUS IS THE ONE WHO IS AT THE CENTER OF ALL THEY DO …. (THEY WANT TO MINISTER TO BOTH BODY AND SOUL!) PLEASE GOOGLE THEM! AND PRAY FOR THEM.
Ms. Lillie with Ms. Rita
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT ANOTHER FANTASTIC SENIORS MEETING …. THE SERVICE AT SUNRISE CHAPEL FOR SENIOR ADULTS IS HELD ON SUNDAY EVENINGS …. AND THE CHAPEL WAS PACKED …. THOSE PRECIOUS ONES ARE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SING THE OLD SONGS …. INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND I LEARNED THAT PASTOR DON DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF BEING THERE FOR THEM THRU THEIR ILLNESSES, PROBLEMS, ETC. HE IS A GOD-SEND! THIS SCRIPTURE IS ONE I ASK SENIORS TO MEMORIZE AS A PRAYER.
PSALM 71:17-18 ~ O GOD, YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME FROM MY YOUTH; AND TO THIS DAY I DECLARE YOUR WONDROUS WORKS. NOW ALSO WHEN I AM OLD AND GRAYHEADED, O GOD, DO NOT FORSAKE ME, UNTIL I DECLARE YOUR STRENGTH TO THIS GENERATION, YOUR POWER TO EVERYONE WHO IS TO COME.
MY FINAL MEETING WAS ON TUESDAY …. A HUGE GROUP AT THE ADVENTURE CHURCH IN ROSEVILLE …. THEY GATHER AT 1PM …. SING THE WONDERFUL HYMNS …. HAVE FELLOWSHIP AND HEAR THE SENIORS PASTOR TEACH THEM …. AND PASTOR JESSUP IS INCREDIBLE …. HE GAVE ME THE ENTIRE SERVICE …. I WAS TAKEN TO THE AIRPORT FOR MY FLIGHT HOME …. DISCOVERED MY FLIGHT WOULD HAVE A LATE DEPARTURE …. THUS LEAVING AT 8PM …. ARRIVING HOME AT 9:20PM …. AFTER COLLECTING MY BAGS …. HAVING THE DRIVER TAKE ME TO GET MY MAIL FROM POST OFFICE BOX, (REMEMBER, I WOULD HAVE 12 DAYS OF MAIL THERE) …. IT WAS 10PM WHEN I FINALLY GOT HOME …. BUT NO MATTER THE TIME I ARRIVE HOME FROM A TRIP …. I MUST TOTALLY UNPACK BEFORE I CAN GO TO BED …. CAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO DO IT THE NEXT DAY …. …. A GREAT FEELING TO AWAKEN THE NEXT DAY WITH THE SUITCASES BACK IN STORAGE …. EVERYTHING PUT AWAY AND IT IS AS IF I HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN AWAY …. ANYBODY LIKE ME? (PLEASE LET ME KNOW …. I AM NOT WEIRD)
I WAS BLESSED TO ATTEND THE MEMORIAL SERVICE OF A PASTOR I HAD KNOWN FOR OVER 40 YEARS …. I SANG AT HIS CHURCH IN SALEM OREGON NAZARENE CHURCH. GOD CALLED PASTOR H.B. LONDON TO HIS REWARD. THE SERVICE WAS WONDERFUL …. AS EVERYONE TOLD FUNNY STORIES ABOUT HIM …. WE LAFFED AND THEN THERE WERE SERIOUS MOMENTS …. WHAT A MAN OF GOD! HIS COUSIN, DR. JIM DOBSON, FOUNDER OF “FOCUS ON THE FAMILY” SHARED THAT HE BROUGHT PASTOR H.B. TO “FOCUS” TO BEGIN A MINISTRY TO HELP PASTORS WHO WERE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY …. HE WAS THERE FOR 20 YEARS AND HELPED MANY THOUSANDS OF PASTORS. SOME WERE THERE TO SAY THANKS!
Ms. Lillie with Mr. & Mrs. HB London
Ms. Lillie at HB London's Memorial Service
IT DOES SEEM THAT I AM MAILING OUT MANY MORE SYMPATHY CARDS NOW AS MY FRIENDS ARE GOING ON TO BE WITH JESUS …. PSALM 90:10 DOES READ THAT “SEVENTY YEARS ARE GIVEN US …. BUT SOON THEY ARE OVER AND WE FLY AWAY” …. AND BECAUSE I AM NOW 80 YRS OLD …. SO ARE MANY OF MY FRIENDS AND HOW WONDERFUL TO KNOW THAT WE GIVE OUR FRIENDS ONLY A TEMPORARY GOOD-BYE …. BECAUSE SOON, WE WILL ALL BE REUNITED AND WILL BE WITH THE LORD FOREVER AND EVER …. YES, SAYING GOOD-BYE CAN BE PAINFUL, BUT HOW COMFORTING TO KNOW THEY ARE IN GOD’S PRESENCE.
PSALM 116:15 ~ BLESSED IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF THE SAINTS.
I AM GRATEFUL TO GOD THAT HE KEEPS ME HEALTHY AND MY VOICE STRONG, SO THAT I AM ABLE TO CONTINUE TO TRAVEL WITH THE “GOOD NEWS” …. I AM THANKFUL FOR EACH DAY HE GIVES ME …. AS OUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED BY GOD HIMSELF …. AND I PLAN TO CONTINUE SINGING UNTIL GOD CALLS ME HOME
HOW ARE YOU DOING? …. ARE YOU NOW IN A DIFFICULT PLACE? GOING THRU A FIERY TRIAL? …. WELL, I CAN SAY TO YOU …. THAT GOD KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE FACING …. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE …. BUT WE DO KNOW WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE. LISTEN, GOD IS FOR YOU! …. HE CAN TURN THINGS AROUND …. HE HAS MORE LOVE, GRACE, FORGIVENESS, AND MERCY THAN YOU CAN EVEN IMAGINE. HE MAKES A WAY …. WHEN WE “GET OUT OF THE WAY” …. AND WHEN WE ARE WILLING TO DO THINGS “HIS WAY.” REMEMBER THAT GOD WANTS TO BE IN TOTAL CONTROL OF OUR LIVES …. HE KNOWS WHAT IS AHEAD …. AND WILL LEAD US THRU IT ALL.
ISAIAH 43:2 ~ WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE WATERS, I WILL BE WITH YOU; AND THROUGH THE RIVERS, THEY WILL NOT OVERWHELM YOU. WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH FIRE, YOU WILL NOT BE SCORCHED, NOR WILL THE FLAME BURN YOU.
"Through it All" by Ms. Lillie Knauls
ARE YOU IN CHARGE OF PLANNING A FUNCTION FOR YOUR SENIOR ADULTS, YOUR LADIES MEETING …. OR YOUR CHURCH? …. WELL, I AM EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO COME TO MINISTER IN WORD/SONG …. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AND YES! YOU CAN AFFORD ME. YOU MAY CALL ME AT 909-948-2448 AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
AS I CONTINUE TO DO THE “ASSIGNMENT” GOD HAS CALLED ME TO …. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH ME IN THIS MINISTRY FOR 40 YEARS …. YOUR FINANCIAL GIVING AND PRAYER SUPPORT HAS GREAT ETERNAL VALUE …. WHATEVER YOU GIVE …. YOU WILL RECEIVE A RECEIPT FROM ME PLUS A REWARD IN HEAVEN. YOU MAY GIVE THRU PAY PAL …. SIMPLY GIVE MY NAME, YOU MAY ALSO USE YOUR CREDIT CARD …. OR WRITE A CHECK AND MAIL TO PO BOX 994 RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA. 91729. I AM THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE …. GOD BLESS YOU!
PHILIPPIANS 4:23 ~ THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
I AM VERY SORRY THAT THIS YEAR I AM NOT IN AN AREA WHERE I CAN SEE THE BEAUTIFUL "CHANGING OF THE LEAVES" …. UGH! I LOVE THAT "TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY" SIGHT …. BUT IN MY AREA OF CALIFORNIA …. WE DO NOT HAVE "SEASONS." …. WHAT AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR ME IN PAST YEARS WHEN I HAVE SEEN THE MAGNIFICIENT "HANDIWORK OF GOD" …. AS ONLY HE COULD PAINT SOMETHING THAT WONDERFUL.
PSALM 96:12 ~ LET THE FIELD BE JOYFUL, AND ALL THAT IS IN IT. THEN ALL THE TREES OF THE WOODS WILL REJOICE.
I HAVE ASKED THE QUESTION OFTEN …. WHY DO WE NOT WORK ON LABOR DAY? THIS IS WHAT I READ …. IT WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A STRIKE BY WORKERS IN 1882 ORGANIZED BY THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT, WHO WAS FRUSTRATED BECAUSE MOST WORKERS HAD TO WORK 12 HOURS EACH DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK …. PERHAPS BECAUSE THE STRIKE DAY WAS AN ORDERLY PARADE …. IN 1884, PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND PROCLAIMED A DAY TO BE SET ASIDE TO HONOR THE LABOR MOVEMENT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE WORKERS TO STRENGTHEN THE PROSPERITY AND WELL-BEING OF THE UNITED STATES …. SO WE ALL GET A DAY OFF …. GO FIGURE! HOWEVER, I DID WORK ALL DAY AT MY DESK ON LABOR DAY …. BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE A SEC'Y …. I MUST DO EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE …. SUCH AS MAKING RESERVATIONS, ETC. …. SPEAKING WITH SOME PASTORS WHO HAVE INVITED ME …. I AM ON THE PHONE AND COMPUTER USUALLY 8-10 HRS A DAY WHEN I AM HOME. BUT I AM EXCITED THAT I HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY GOD WHO KEEPS MY VOICE STRONG, AS WELL AS MY BODY …. SO THAT I AM STILL ABLE (AT 80) TO TRAVEL AS MUCH AS I WANT. HE IS A GOOD GOD!
HOW EXCITED I WAS TO BE INVITED TO A CHURCH IN BRAWLEY, CA. FOR NATIONAL GRANDPARENTS DAY MORNING SERVICE …. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE ORIGIN OF THAT DAY. WELL, IT SEEMS THAT IN 1978, PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER SIGNED AND PROCLAIMED THAT THE SUNDAY AFTER LABOR DAY WOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS "GRANDPARENTS DAY" A HAPPY DAY!
IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR ME AS PASTOR GAVE ME THE ENTIRE SERVICE …. HE TOLD ME THAT IS THE SUNDAY, WHEN SENIOR ADULTS OF THE CHURCH ARE HONORED …. IN THE SERVICE AS WELL AS SERVED A DELICIOUS LUNCHEON AFTERWARD …. SAID THAT THE ENTIRE PRAISE AND WORSHIP TIME WOULD FEATURE THE OLD WONDERFUL HYMNS AND CHORUSES …. OH MY! I LOVED IT …. OF COURSE, I SANG SONGS THEY RECOGNIZED AND THEY SANG ALONG WITH ME …. I SPOKE A FEW WORDS TO THE YOUNG TEENS …. GAVE THEM TIPS ON HOW TO TREAT THE OLDER SENIORS. AND THEN SHARED A SHORT MESSAGE "LIVE UNTIL YOU DIE" FOR THE SENIORS. I KNOW HEARTS AND LIVES WERE CHALLENGED TO CONTINUE TO WORK FOR GOD IN THEIR OLDER YEARS …. SO THEY WILL HEAR JESUS SAY …. "WELL DONE" …. POWERFUL!
Ms. Lillie with Pastor Paul and Janice Tedesco
IT WAS AN EASY 3-HR DRIVE FOR ME THERE …. FREEWAY …. ALL THE WAY. I RECEIVED A VERY WARM RECEPTION AS IT WAS 113-114 THE 5 DAYS I WAS THERE …. WHEW! …. I WAS IN A GREAT CHURCH ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY IN THE EVENING (I WAS VERY HAPPY …. CAUSE SO FEW CHURCHES EVEN MEET ON SUNDAY NITES). THERE WERE AT LEAST 50 YOUNG MEN …. WELL-DRESSED …. WHO ARE IN AN 18 MONTH PROGRAM …. (SOME ARE COURT-ORDERED TO COME THERE) …. IT IS RUN LIKE TEEN CHALLENGE …. WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS …. I PERSONALLY KNOW MANY, MANY YOUNG MEN HAVE HAD THEIR LIVES TURNED AROUND BY GOD IN THAT SPECIAL ENVIRONMENT. THIS MINISTRY IS CALLED "TURNING POINT" …. THEY ARE AT THAT SUNDAY NITE SERVICE 3 SUNDAYS A MONTH …. (THE OTHER SUNDAY IS SPENT WITH THEIR PERSONAL FAMILIES) …. THEY ARRIVE IN A BUS …. COME IN AND DO NOT TALK …. THEY PRAY OR READ THEIR BIBLE TO PREPARE THEIR HEARTS FOR THE SERVICE. BOY! DID I LOVE SINGING THAT NITE! …. AS THEY WERE INTO THE MUSIC …. CLAPPING THEIR HANDS, STANDING UP AND REALLY HAPPY …. IT WAS A GREAT ANOINTED SERVICE …. THEY TOLD ME HOW THEIR HEARTS WERE TOUCHED …. WELL, THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT …. I ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE IT "ALL ABOUT JESUS!
Ms. Lillie with Turning Point Guys
Ms. Lillie with Pastor and Mrs. Moore
SINCE I WAS IN THE AREA …. AND I KNEW SEPT. 11 WAS COMING UP …. I WAS ABLE TO SING FOR A BREAKFAST OBSERVANCE IN EL CENTRO …. I SANG THAT WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY …. IT TALKS ABOUT THE STATUE IN NEW YORK HARBOR AND THEN THE CROSS ON GOLGATHA WHERE JESUS DIED …. BEING THE CHRISTIANS STATUE OF LIBERTY …. A SONG WITH A POWERFUL MESSAGE. OF COURSE, I ALSO SANG "GOD BLESS AMERICA" …. YES, HE HAS SOOOO BLESSED AMERICA. HOWEVER, WE MUST DO AS HE ASKED ISRAEL TO DO …. TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE HIS BLESSINGS.
2 CHRONICLES 7:14 ~ IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND.
I DID WRITE LAST MONTH ABOUT MY LONG-TIME FRIEND JAY JONES BEING CALLED TO HEAVEN IN HIS SLEEP. WELL, I WAS SO HAPPY I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE, HELD AT TBN STUDIOS. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO A VERY SPECIAL MAN …. INTERESTING HOW YOU GET TO HEAR SOOOO MANY WONDERFUL COMMENTS AND STORIES DURING ONE OF THESE SERVICES …. THERE WERE MANY LAFFS, AND TEARS. AT THE END, SOME OF US GATHERED AROUND THE PIANO TO SING SOME OF THE OLD SONGS …. HE WAS A GOOD SINGER …. AND A PART OF AUDREY MIEIR'S CHOIR FOR MANY YEARS.
Ms. Lillie with Gavin McLeod (Love Boat Captain)
Ms. Lillie with Laurie Crouch from TBN
Singing wonderful old hymns
FOUR YEARS AGO, I WAS PART OF A PRODUCTION CALLED “SILVER FOLLIES” HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA …. FEATURING PERFORMERS 65 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE. THAT YEAR I HAD A SMALL CHOIR AND SANG "O HAPPY DAY" …. IT WAS SOOOO MUCH FUN …. I TRY TO ATTEND EACH YEAR …. AND WHAT A GREAT DELIGHT TO SEE AND HEAR THESE TALENTED SENIORS WHO ARE STILL SINGING IN THEIR LATE 80’S …. AND THE TAP-DANCES ARE FANTASTIC! …. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED “TAPPING” …. ALWAYS WANTED TO LEARN …. BUT NEVER DID …. IS IT TOO LATE? I HAVE TOLD RIC THE DIRECTOR THAT WHEN I AM NOT TRAVELING ANYMORE …. I WILL COME BACK TO THE SHOW (THE REHEARSALS ARE EACH WEEK FOR MANY MONTHS …. TOO MUCH …. I'M TOO BUSY!
Ms. Lillie with Ric Morris, director of Silver Follies
Silver Follies Cast Finale
NORMALLY I LIKE TO GO TO SEATTLE TO SEE MY FAMILY IN JUNE/JULY AS IT MIGHT NOT RAIN THEN IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE THE CHANGING OF THE LEAVES .... AWESOME COLORS.
BECAUSE I WAS ASKED TO COME TO SING FOR A "5TH SUNDAY HYMN SING" …. THERE ARE FIFTEEN HUNDRED SEATS AND THEY ARE ALL FILLED EACH TIME …. WITH FOLK STANDING …. I GUESS THAT MEANS THAT FOLK LOVE THE HYMNS AND OLD SONGS ….
Ms. Lillie with Pastor Terry Ollar
Ms. Lillie with COGiC Choir
WHAT A JOY TO HAVE MEMBERS OF MY CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST CHURCH CHOIR WHEN I LIVED IN SEATTLE TO COME TO SING WITH ME. IT WAS EXCITING. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE 4TH TIME I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO COME …. I LOVE IT! …. PASTOR TERRY PRESENTS A GREAT PROGRAM …. HAS LOTS OF MUSICIANS AND IT IS QUITE A BLESSED EVENING!
SO WHILE I WAS IN THE AREA, I WAS ABLE TO HAVE SEVERAL OTHER SERVICES …. BEGINNING WITH PEOPLE'S CHURCH IN SALEM OREGON .... VERY EXCITED TO SING WITH CHOIR (WEARING ROBES)
I WAS SO GRATEFUL TO PASTOR DAN FOR GETTING THE CHOIR PREPARED TO SING WITH ME AND WAS BLESSED BY THE MESSAGE FROM PASTOR SCOTT. GOD USED EACH OF THEM TO BLESS THE MINISTRY …. AND THE FOLK WHO GATHER TO HEAR ME
Ms. Lillie with Pastor Dan
Ms. Lillie with Pastor Scott Erikson and another fine gentleman
MY MEETINGS IN TACOMA AT LIFE CENTER CHURCH WERE ALSO WONDERFUL. THE COUPLE IN CHARGE OF THE SENIOR ADULT MINISTRY BROUGHT ME IN ASKED ME TO STAY IN THEIR HOME .... THANKS, MR. AND MRS. KENT ISENBERG. THEY WERE VERY KIND TO ME AND PAMPERED ME WE CONTINUED TO SAY WE MUST GET A PICTURE TOGETHER, BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED :-( .... IT'S ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO SPEND TIME WITH OLD FRIENDS .... I WAS HOUSEGUEST FOR ONE, JOY BURCHETT, AN INCREDIBLE SINGER AND PIANIST. I LOVED SITTING IN THE DEN LISTENING AS SHE HAD STUDENTS COME IN AND OUT FOR VOCAL LESSONS. I CAN'T BELIEVE I DIDN'T GET A PHOTO WITH HER
COLOSSIANS 3:16 ~ LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY IN ALL WISDOM, TEACHING AND ADMONISHING ONE ANOTHER IN PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS, SINGING WITH GRACE IN YOUR HEARTS TO THE LORD.
ONLY 3 MONTHS LEFT BEFORE CHRISTMAS …. SAY WHAT? …. WHERE DID THIS YEAR GO? …. SEEMS LIKE I JUST PUT MY CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AWAY …. AND NOW IT IS TIME TO BRING THEM OUT AGAIN? …. I WONDER IF I SHOULD JUST LET THE DECORATIONS REMAIN ALL YEAR …. BUT WHY NOT? (WELL MAYBE NOT THE CHRISTMAS TREE)
IF YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF BOOKING A HOLIDAY FUNCTION AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ME COME MINISTER …. I WOULD LOVE THAT …. AND SO WILL YOU! YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED …. AND YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME! I DO LOTS OF SENIOR MEETINGS …. LADIES FUNCTIONS AND …. SO PLEASE CALL ME AT 909-948-2448 AND WE'LL TALK.
WITH ALL THE "BAD NEWS" AROUND US …. I AM SOOOO THANKFUL FOR THE WORD OF GOD …. THE "GOOD NEWS" …. DID YOU KNOW THAT READING THE BIBLE IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH? …. (IF YOU FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS) …. WELL, IT IS …. I AM CERTAIN THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES IN YOUR LIFE …. WHEN YOU READ A SCRIPTURE …. THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEEDED AT THAT TIME …. YOU KNEW THAT GOD WAS SPEAKING TO YOU …. ENCOURAGING YOU IN YOUR FRUSTRATION …. HEARTACHE. …. AND HOW TRUE PROV. 17:22 IS …. ABOUT LAUGHTER …. THERE IS SOUND ADVICE IN ALL THE PAGES …. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE WORD "BIBLE" STANDS FOR …. B..BASIC …. I..INSTRUCTIONS …. B..BEFORE …. L..LEAVING …. E...EARTH …. WOW!
PSALM 119:89 ~ FOREVER, O LORD, YOUR WORD IS SETTLED IN HEAVEN.
PSALM 119:105 ~ YOUR WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET AND A LIGHT TO MY PATH.
GOD GAVE ME A MESSAGE "DEALING WITH THE MESS OF STRESS" …. WHEN I WAS DOING THE RESEARCH FOR IT, I WAS AMAZED TO DISCOVER ALL THAT CHRONIC STRESS CAN LEAD TO IN OUR MINDS AND BODIES …. WOW! HOWEVER, NOT ALL STRESS IS BAD FOR US …. BUT YOU WILL KNOW WHEN IT IS TOO MUCH …. AND THAT IS WHEN WE HOLD ON TO 1 PETER 5:7 …. AND "JUST DO IT"
1 PETER 5:7 ~ CASTING ALL YOUR CARE UPON HIM, FOR HE CARES FOR YOU.
PSALM 55:22 ~ CAST YOUR BURDEN ON THE LORD, AND HE SHALL SUSTAIN YOU; HE SHALL NEVER PERMIT THE RIGHTEOUS TO BE MOVED.
I AM SOOO HAPPY TO KNOW THAT IN THIS CHRISTIAN LIFE …. THAT EVEN THO WE ARE TOLD BY THE EVIL ONE THAT WE ARE DEFEATED …. NOT TRUE! WE ARE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR THRU JESUS CHRIST WHO LOVES US …. WE ARE WINNERS …. NOT WHINERS AMEN!
ROMANS 8:37 ~ YET IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM WHO LOVED US.
PLEASE KNOW THAT I AM SOOOO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND GIFTS …. YOU HAVE COME ALONGSIDE ME SO THAT PRECIOUS FOLK CAN EXPERIENCE GOD'S ENCOURAGEMENT THRU THIS YIELDED VESSEL. YOU ARE HELPING ME BRING HOPE TO MANY …. THANKS …. THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THIS MINISTRY (WHICH IS GOOD GROUND) …. YOU MAY GO TO PAY-PAL …. JUST USE MY NAME …. USE YOUR CREDIT CARD …. ALSO A CHECK IN AN ENVELOPE WILL WORK …. (CALL ME FOR ADDRESS)
JOHN 2:3 ~ WHATEVER HE SAYS FOR YOU TO DO ..... DO IT!
HERE WE ARE AT THE CLOSE OF THE ONLY MONTH IN THE YEAR THAT DOES NOT HAVE A HOLIDAY .... DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THAT? ....
WOW! WE HAVE HAD AN EXCEPTIONALLY WARM SUMMER .... HAS BEEN OVER 100 DEGREES FOR MANY, MANY DAYS .... I EVEN HAD TO STOP WEARING MY VISOR HATS BECAUSE THE SUN WAS BEAMING DOWN ON THE TOP OF MY UNCOVERED HEAD AND I WAS PROBABLY GETTING A TAN THERE! I JUST KNOW THAT MY HEAD WOULD FEEL LIKE IT WAS BURNING.
MY AUGUST BEGAN WITH ME GOING TO NEW MEXICO TO MINISTER FOR 5 DAYS .... AS I ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT IN ALBUQUERQUE .... I SAW 3 BLACK GUYS WALKING BEHIND A LIMO DRIVER .... SO I SAID, "HEY, ARE YOU GUYS FAMOUS?" .... ONE GUY ANSWERED AND SAID .... WELL, WE ARE THE COMMODORES .... OF COURSE, I ASKED IF I MIGHT HAVE A PHOTO WITH THEM .... THEY WERE KIND AND DID! .... YEARS AGO IT WAS LIONEL RICHIE AND THE COMMODORES .... A 70'S POPULAR R&B GROUP .... THEY WERE APPEARING AT ONE OF THE MANY CASINOS IN THE AREA.
Ms. Lillie with The Commodores
LET ME SHARE WITH YOU HOW I EVEN GOT TO NEW MEXICO .... A LADY PHONED AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD COME SING .... IF SHE PLANNED EVERYTHING .... SO WHO WOULDN'T LIKE THAT? .... WELL SHE DID A FINE JOB .... MY FIRST TIME OF MINISTRY WAS FOR A LADIES TEA ON A SATURDAY MORNING .... I SPOKE ON "HATTITUDE OF JOY" .... I WANTED TO CONTRAST "JOY VS HAPPINESS" AND MANY TOLD ME THEY HAD NEVER HEARD IT PRESENTED IN THAT WAY .... THE LADIES WERE ALSO ASKED TO WEAR HATS. IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY TEA .... THE DECORATIONS WERE ELEGANT .... THE FOOD DELICIOUS .... AND THE FELLOWSHIP WONDERFUL! .... HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS!
SUNDAY MORNING FOUND ME IN A GREAT CHURCH IN ALBUQUERQUE .... I WAS SOOO HAPPY THAT I KNEW ALL OF THE SONGS SUNG DURING THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP TIME .... THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. THEN I WAS GIVEN THE ENTIRE SERVICE TO SPEAK AND SING .... IT WAS AN ANOINTED SERVICE! .... THE AUDIENCE WAS VERY RECEPTIVE TO THE WORDS AND SONGS .... THE PASTOR HAD REQUESTED THAT THE LADIES WEAR HATS IN MY HONOR. I LOVE THE SIGHT OF THOSE KIND LADIES WHO DID .... EVEN THE LITTLE GIRLS WORE THEM.
Ms. Lillie and Pastor and Mrs. Pennington
Pastor Tom's Pennington's granddaughters
ON SUNDAY NITE .... I SHARED THE PROGRAM WITH 3 LOVELY LADIES .... (THE LADY, MS. ELLEN WHO PLANNED EVERYTHING HAS A TRIO WHO SING IN THE AREA AS WELL AS WHEREVER GOD SENDS THEM) .... THEY ARE KNOWN AS "HEART TO HEART" .... BEAUTIFUL SONGS ALL WRITTEN BY MS. ELLEN .... SHE PLAYS BEAUTIFUL PIANO AND WRITES AWESOME LYRICS. THAT CONCERT WAS WELL ATTENDED AND ENJOYED BY ALL.
Ms. Shirley, Ms. Ellen, Ms Lillie and Ms. Barbi (Heart to Heart)
I FELT AT 80 YEARS OLD NOW, I SHOULD HAVE A DAY OFF .... AND MONDAY WAS THAT DAY .... (MY SABBATH) .... TO REST FOR THAT ALMOST 2 HRS RIDE TO MY TUESDAY NITE CONCERT .... OH MY! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DRIVE TO LINDRITH ....
Beautiful Scenery
I LOVED IT! .... THERE WAS ALMOST A PACKED HOUSE .... AND IT WAS A TUESDAY NITE! SO I WAS VERY THANKFUL TO GOD .... AND I WAS TOLD BY SO MANY THAT THEY WERE HAPPY I CAME. GOD DID BLESS THAT EVENING. A LOVELY LADY, THERESA HELPED PLAN THAT NITE .... SHE ALSO SANG A SONG DURING THE PROGRAM .... A GREAT VOICE!
I WAS IN NEW MEXICO 38 YRS AGO .... BUT REALLY DID NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THAT STATE .... WELL, I WAS MADE AWARE VERY QUICKLY .... AS THE ELEVATION IS JUST OVER 5700 FT. (RITE UP THERE WITH DENVER) .... AND ON THAT TUESDAY NITE .... GOING THOSE 2 HRS TOOK US UP EVEN HIGHER .... IT WAS 7200 FEET .... SO I WAS WALKING REAL SLOW AND DIDN'T MOVE AROUND THE STAGE AS MUCH .... ACTUALLY WHERE I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA .... THE ELEVATION IS ONLY 297 FT HIGH .... SO I WAS VERY AFFECTED BY THE ALTITUDE .... IN SPITE OF ME FEELING THE CHANGE .... I DID WELL AND GOD TOOK CARE OF ME. HE'S GOOD!
I CAME HOME LOOKING FORWARD TO VISITING WITH A LONG-TIME DEAR FRIEND WHO IS IN HOSPICE .... THE DOCTORS MAY GIVE US A TIME WHEN THEY THINK WE WILL PASS FROM THIS EARTH .... BUT OUR GOD HAS THE FINAL WORD .... DOESN'T HE? AND IT AIN'T OVER UNTIL GOD SAY "IT'S OVER." MS. JANE AND I HAVE BEEN VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS FOR 20 YEARS .... SHE IS A GREAT PIANIST AND HAS ACCOMPANIED ME MANY TIMES AS I WOULD SING .... I LOVE THE GIFT GOD GAVE HER AT AGE 4 AND SHE HAS USED IT ALL THESE YEARS TO GLORIFY HIM. WE HAD SUCH A SWEET TIME OF FELLOWSHIP AS WE GATHERED AROUND THE PIANO AND SANG ABOUT HEAVEN.
Ms. Lillie with Ms. Jane Lee Davis
THIS WAS MY 9TH YEAR TO ATTEND THE INCREDIBLE "PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS" IN LAGUNA BEACH .... AN AWESOME PRESENTATION OF "LIVE PEOPLE" ON STAGE REMAINING STILL FOR 90 SECONDS AS THE GREAT PAINTINGS OF THE WORLD ARE DUPLICATED .... HUNDREDS OF FOLK RESPOND TO A CAST CALL EACH JANUARY .... (FOR 85 YEARS NOW) .... THEY ARE NOT PAID .... ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS .... THE SHOWS ARE ONLY JULY AND AUGUST EACH YEAR .... OH WELL, I GUESS IT MUST LOOK GREAT ON THEIR RESUME' .... I HOPE THAT YOU WILL PLAN TO GO NEXT YEAR .... YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!
Ms. Lillie at 2018 Pageant of The Masters
WHAT A TREAT FOR ME TO BE ASKED TO SING AT MY NEPHEW'S WIFE, NAOMI'S RETIREMENT LUNCHEON AFTER 45 YEARS OF BEING AN EDUCATOR .... SHE HAS BEEN HONORED AND RECOGNIZED .... RECEIVING MANY AWARDS AND CITATIONS THRU THE YEARS .... IT WAS A WONDERFUL GATHERING OF HER SPECIAL FRIENDS AND FAMILY .... VIEWING THE VIDEO OF HER LIFE .... HEARING ALL OF THE HEARTFELT EXPRESSIONS .... AND OF COURSE FOOD FROM MAGGIANO'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT MADE FOR A GREAT DAY!
WHAT A SPECIAL TREAT TO HAVE THE PRESIDING BISHOP OF THE CHURCHES OF GOD IN CHRIST INTERNATIONAL, BISHOP CHARLES BLAKE AND LADY MAE WITH US .... THEY ARE A LOVELY COUPLE .... BOTH SOOO KIND!
Bishop Charles and Lady Mae Blake and Ms. Lillie
I SANG ONE OF NAOMI'S FAVORITE SONGS "HE GIVETH MORE GRACE" WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITES .... I THANK GOD FOR THE ANOINTING! .... BISHOP BLAKE ASKED IF I WOULD COME SING BEFORE HE PREACHED ON SUNDAY MORNING? .... WHAT A SURPRISE! OF COURSE, I WAS EXCITED! .... AND SANG THAT SAME SONG THE NEXT DAY .... IT WAS A DELIGHT FOR ME TO HAVE SO MANY FOLK TELL ME THEY WERE BLESSED BY IT ....
AND I BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT WITH ALL OF THE CRAZINESS GOING ON IN THE WORLD .... THERE SEEMS TO BE SO MUCH MORE WE MUST DEAL WITH. SO WHEN THE PROBLEMS OF LIFE SEEM MORE THAN WE CAN BEAR .... AND OUR NERVES ARE FRAYED, AS WELL AS OUR PATIENCE BEING TRIED .... JUST REMEMBER, THE GREATER THE BURDEN .... THE GREATER GOD'S GRACE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR ME SING IT?
2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 ~ BUT HE SAID TO ME, MY GRACE (MY FAVOR AND LOVING-KINDNESS AND MERCY) IS ENOUGH FOR YOU [SUFFICIENT AGAINST ANY DANGER AND ENABLES YOU TO BEAR THE TROUBLE MANFULLY]; FOR MY STRENGTH AND POWER ARE MADE PERFECT (FULFILLED AND COMPLETED) ....
IT SEEMS THAT FOR YEARS LADY MAE HAS 2 LADIES SIT WITH HER ON THE PLATFORM .... ONE ON BOTH SIDES .... AND I WAS HONORED THAT SHE WOULD ASK ME TO SIT THERE .... AS WELL AS NAOMI .... THEY READ A LITTLE ABOUT THE US AND THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL!
Ms. Lillie with Naomi Hammonds and Lady Mae
THE SENIOR CENTER IN MONTCLAIR HAS AN ANNUAL LUAU …. I WAS EXCITED TO BE ASKED TO SING. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, I HAD A LUAU A FEW MONTHS AGO FOR MY 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION …. MAHALO TO MS. PATTI AND THOSE WHO PLANNED THIS SPECIAL MONTCLAIR BIRTHDAY LUAU WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF RAFFLES, GIFTS AND FUN. THERE WAS A DELICIOUS HAWAIIAN MEAL, LOVELY DECORATIONS, AND LOTS OF GAMES AS 400 SENIORS GATHERED WEARING HAWAIIAN ATTIRE (INCLUDING LEIS).
Ms. Patti and Ms. Lillie
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART .... I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH FRIENDS I MET WHEN I LIVED THERE FOR TEN YEARS. OF COURSE, I HAVE BEEN PRAYING AND THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS THAT HAVE GONE UP TO GOD FOR THE FOLK IN THE ISLANDS REGARDING HURRICANE LANE .... WE SAW IT COME DOWN TO A LOWER CATEGORY BEFORE IT HIT THE ISLANDS .... GOD WAS GOOD! BUT STILL MANY HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED .... SO LET'S KEEP PRAYING!
PSALMS 33:20 ~ OUR INNER SELVES WAIT EARNESTLY FOR THE LORD; HE IS OUR HELP AND OUR SHIELD.
ANOTHER DEAR LONG-TIME FRIEND WAS CALLED HOME TO HEAVEN WHILE SLEEPING LAST WEEK .... I MET JAY JONES NEARLY 40 YEARS AGO .... WHEN I FIRST WENT TO SING ON TRINITY BROADCAST NETWORK .... HE WAS THE LIVELY, HAPPY ANNOUNCER FOR THE "PRAISE PROGRAM" (AND ALWAYS LOOKED SOOO YOUNG). RECENTLY I MET HIM AND WIFE MARALEE AT A RESTAURANT FOR A MEAL .... WE HAD SOOOO MUCH FUN TALKING ABOUT THE "OLDEN DAYS" AS WE WERE BOTH VERY CLOSE TO DEAR AUDREY MIEIR .... NOW HE HAS GONE TO HIS REWARD IN GLORY AND WE SHALL ALL SEE ONE ANOTHER AGAIN .... "WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN".
Jay and Maralee Jones with Ms. Lillie
1 THESSALONIANS 4:13 ~ NOW ALSO WE SHOULD NOT BE IGNORANT ABOUT THOSE WHO FALL ASLEEP (IN DEATH), THAT WE MAY NOT GRIEVE, AS THE REST DO, WHO HAVE NO HOPE.
WELL, ARE YOU IN CHARGE OF PLANNING THE MUSIC FOR YOUR SENIORS BANQUET, LADIES LUNCHEON, OR EVEN YOUR CHURCH? .... WELL, I AM EAGER TO COME MINISTER IN WORD/SONG. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AND YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME! PLEASE CALL ME AT 909-948-2448 AND WE'LL SET A DATE. GOD WILL BE GLORIFIED AND JESUS LIFTED UP!
DO YOU REALIZE THAT 3/4 OF THIS YEAR HAS ALREADY GONE? .... JUST THINK ABOUT IT .... CHRISTMAS IS ONLY 4 MONTHS AWAY. WHERE DID THE TIME GO? IT SEEMS TO BE GOING BY FASTER AND FASTER! .... COULD IT BE .... AS A FRIEND SAYS .... "THEY KEEP INCREASING THE INTERNET SPEEDS AND THAT MAKES OUR MINDS AND BODIES THINK WE MUST KEEP UP WITH IT" BUT WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ALERT AND WATCHFUL TIL JESUS COMES FOR US .... TO KEEP BUSY DOING WHAT HE HAS ASKED OF US .... SUCH AS INVITING THOSE INTO THE KINGDOM WHO DON'T KNOW HIM AS LORD AND SAVIOR .... WE MUST LOOK FOR DIVINE APPOINTMENTS EACH DAY TO SHARE GOD'S LOVE WITH THOSE WE COME IN CONTACT WITH. HEAVEN IS REAL AND SO IS HELL!
MARK 16:15 ~ JESUS SAID TO THEM, GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE ... THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE.
I MUST SAY AS OFTEN AS I CAN .... WHAT A BLESSING YOU ARE TO ME! .... THOSE OF YOU WHO PRAY REGULARLY FOR ME AND THOSE WHO GIVE TO THIS MINISTRY .... YOU HELP ME GO WITH THE "GOOD NEWS." BELIEVE ME, I NEED BOTH THANKS SOOO MUCH! .... YOU MAY GIVE THRU PAYPAL .... (JUST USE MY NAME) .... GIVE THRU YOUR CREDIT CARD OR YOU CAN WRITE A CHECK AND MAIL TO ME (CALL ME AT 909-948-2448 FOR ADDRESS). THIS MINISTRY IS "GOOD GROUND" AND YOU WILL RECEIVE A TAX- DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT FOR YOUR GIFT DOWN HERE AND A REWARD IN HEAVEN. THANK YOU!
JUDE 1:20 ~ BUT YOU BELOVED, BUILD YOURSELVES UP ON YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH, RISE AS AN EDIFICE HIGHER AND BRIGHTER ... PRAYING IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.
WE BECAME AN INDEPENDENT NATION IN 1776 .... WHEN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS SIGNED .... STATING OUR INDEPENDENCE FROM GREAT BRITAIN AND THE BIRTH OF THE UNITED STATES .... THAT MEANS WE ARE 242 YEARS OLD. THUS EXPLAINING THE REASON FOR THE FIREWORKS DISPLAYS WHEN THIS INCREDIBLE DOCUMENT WAS SIGNED BY 56 BRAVE MAN .... (I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL) .... BUT I AM GRATEFUL TO THOSE 56 SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE .... LET'S LISTEN TO PAUL HARVEY TELL US ABOUT THESE MEN....
I REALLY THINK THIS SAYS IT ALL!
MY MONTH BEGAN WITH ME DOING AN INCREDIBLE PATRIOTIC BANQUET .... WELL, I HAD FOUND A FLOWING VEST OF FLAG MATERIAL .... AND WORE IT WITH A WHITE TOP AND WHITE PANTS .... AS WELL AS A WHITE COWBOY HAT WITH A PATRIOTIC SCARF .... I EVEN HAD GUYS SALUTING ME AS I WALKED AROUND THE ROOM BEFORE IT BEGAN .... .... I TOLD THEM HOW I HAD GOOGLED TO ASK IF IT WAS DISRESPECTFUL TO WEAR GARMENTS MADE FROM FLAG FABRIC. WELL, I READ THAT .... AT ONE TIME .... IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN .... BUT NOW IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO WEAR IT .... SO I ASKED THEY NOT BE OFFENDED WITH ME .... .... OF COURSE, I DID THE TRADITIONAL SONGS .... EVERYONE LOVES "GOD BLESS AMERICA" .... HERE IT IS FROM MY "CLASSIC CD".
I, OF COURSE PRAY FOR AMERICA EACH DAY .... FOR OUR PRESIDENT HIS CABINET AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO MAKE OUR LAWS .... THAT GOOD WILL BEGIN TO PREVAIL .... THERE ARE A LOT OF US WHO ARE PROUD TO BE AMERICANS .... EVEN THO WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY THINGS WRONG IN OUR COUNTRY .... WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO LIVE HERE .... TO BE ABLE TO WORSHIP GOD .... WE ARE FREE! WE ALSO KNOW WHAT GOD TOLD ISRAEL THEY MUST DO .... TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE HIS BLESSINGS .... AND HE IS SAYING TO US TODAY....
2 CHRONICLES 7:14 ~ IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND.
I ALSO SANG AN AMERICANA SONG .... THAT WAS VERY APPROPRIATE .... CAUSE IT IS A REAL PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY "ROUTE 66" .... I TOLD THEM THE STORY OF THE SONG, WHICH MANY FOLK DIDN'T KNOW, THAT ROUTE 66 WAS FINALLY COMPLETED THE YEAR I WAS BORN .... 1938 .... .... LET'S LISTEN TO IT ALSO .... ENJOY ....
WELL, I AM ALMOST AT THE END OF GETTING MY INCOME TAXES DONE .... AND WHAT A DAY OF REJOICING THAT WILL BE! .... IT HAS BEEN A REAL ORDEAL .... BUT THE WORST IS OVER....
THERE ARE SOOOOO MANY FOLK I HAVE MET IN MY LIFETIME OF TRAVELING THESE 40 YEARS OF FULL-TIME MINISTRY .... AND ONE WAS WARREN DUFFY......
MS. LILLIE WITH WARREN DUFFEY
DUFFY AS HE WAS CALLED .... WAS ON THE AIR ON KKLA FOR THE DRIVE TIME 4-7PM EACH DAY FOR AN ASTOUNDING 10 YEARS! .... WHAT A GUY! .... WHAT A VOICE! .... WHAT A LAUGH! .... HE HAD IT ALL AND WAS USED BY GOD TO TOUCH SOOOO MANY LIVES AND HEARTS. I WAS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM....
I MET DUFFY WHEN I LIVED THOSE 10 YEARS IN BEAUTIFUL HAWAII .... 1983-1993 .... HE AND WIFE TERRI WERE PASTORING A CHURCH ON KAUAI .... AND I WOULD FLY OVER AND SING .... I HAD NEVER MET ANYONE LIKE HIM! .... AND WHEN I MOVED TO THE LA AREA .... I BEGAN TO LISTEN TO HIM ON THE RADIO .... A FABULOUS, FANTASTIC SHOW .... HE WAS SOOO VIVACIOUS .... HAPPY .... EACH DAY!
AT THE BEGINNING OF 2017, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM DAVE DENO .... THE SIDEKICK OF DUFFY'S ON THE RADIO SHOW .... DUFFY TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN AND LUNG CANCER .... HAD NO IDEA HOW LONG HE WOULD LIVE .... BUT HE ASKED DAVE IF HE WOULD PLEASE EMCEE HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE .... AND ASKED HIM TO FIND LILLIE KNAULS (HE HAD LOST TRACK OF ME) .... .... SAID HE WANTED ME TO SING AT HIS SERVICE .... WELL, I DID SPEAK WITH DUFFY, AND WE KEPT IN TOUCH TILL THE END .... HE WAS VERY SPECIFIC .... ASKED ME TO SING "SOON AND VERY SOON" .... AND "O HAPPY DAY" .... AND TO TELL THE FOLK THAT ON APRIL 27, 1980 WHEN HE ASKED JESUS TO COME LIVE IN HIS HEART .... THAT WAS A "HAPPY DAY" .... AND WHEN HE SEES JESUS FACE TO FACE .... THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE A "HAPPY DAY" .... .... SO WHEN I GOT THE CALL THAT DUFFY HAD GONE TO BE WITH JESUS .... I KNEW HE WAS FREE OF THE CANCER. AMEN!
REVELATION 21:4 ~ AND GOD WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES; THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DEATH, NOR SORROW, NOR CRYING. THERE SHALL BE NO MORE PAIN, FOR THE FORMER THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY.
THE SERVICE ON JULY 13 WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL AS DUFFY HAD ASKED THAT IT BE A CELEBRATION AND A "FUN--E--RAL" .... AND IT WAS LOTS OF LAUGHTER .... AS WELL AS HAPPY TEARS .... BECAUSE I HAD FIRST MET DUFFEY IN HAWAII, I DECIDED TO WEAR HAWAIIAN MUU .... I SANG THE 2 SONGS HE REQUESTED .... THE FOLK CLAPPED AND SANG ALONG AND IT WAS AWESOME! .... OH, WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE WHEN WE ARE ALL TOGETHER AGAIN.
MS. LILLIE AT DUFFY'S CASKET
BEING AT A SERVICE LIKE THAT CERTAINLY CAUSES ONE TO THINK ABOUT OUR OWN LIVES .... ARE WE DOING ALL WE CAN FOR THE KINGDOM? WE ARE INSTRUCTED TO GO INTO ALL THE WORLD .... PERHAPS WE CANNOT PHYSICALLY GO .... BUT WE CAN GIVE TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO CAN GO.... BUT, EACH OF US CAN GO THRU OUR DAYS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AT WORK, ETC .... PREPARED TO WITNESS TO THOSE AROUND US ABOUT JESUS THE SAVIOR. .... AS THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT HEAVEN IS A REAL PLACE .... AND SO IS HELL! .... WE CAN SWEETLY ASK THEM .... WHERE WOULD THEY RATHER SPEND ETERNITY? WE GOTTA TELL THEM! .... THEY ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM US!
JOHN 9:4 ~ I MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM WHO SENT ME WHILE IT IS DAY; THE NIGHT IS COMING WHEN NO ONE CAN WORK.
WELL, IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN .... WHEN I HAVE MY ANNUAL PHYSICAL .... I AM SOOOO THANKFUL THAT GOD HAS KEPT ME HEALTHY AND MY VOICE STRONG .... SO I AM PRAYING FOR A "GOOD REPORT."
ISAIAH 40:31 ~ THEY THAT WAIT UPON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS AS EAGLES; THEY SHALL RUN, AND NOT BE WEARY; THEY SHALL WALK, AND NOT FAINT.
THERE ARE FOUR 5TH SUNDAYS EACH YEAR .... AND THE ONE IN JULY FOUND ME AT A CHURCH IN PAHRUMP, NEVADA .... ENROUTE I CAME OFF THE FREEWAY IN BAKER, CA. TO SEE THE TEMPERATURE ON THE WORLD'S TALLEST THERMOMETER (134-FT) .... AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TEMP WAS 108 (AND THAT WAS 9:30AM)
MS. LILLIE AT THE POPULAR THERMOMETER IN BAKER, CA
I LOVE WHEN I'M ASKED TO SING IN PAHRUMP. I HAD SUNG THERE BEFORE .... IT IS ALWAYS AN INTERESTING PROGRAM .... MY FRIEND, MS GERI BEGAN THIS 5TH SUNDAY SING MANY YEARS AGO.
MS. LILLIE WITH MS. GERI
IT IS WHEN SEVERAL CHURCHES COME TOGETHER .... GROUPS/CHOIRS/PRAISE SINGERS/MUSICIANS FROM EACH CHURCH WILL SING 1 SONG .... I WAS THE GUEST SINGER ....
IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL EVENING! .... SO MANY DIFFERENT STYLES, ETC. MADE FOR A "HAPPY" SERVICE FOR ALL IN ATTENDANCE .... I JUST HAD TO SHOW YOU 2 PHOTOS .... ONE OF AN 86 YR OLD MAN WHO PLAYS THE MOST INCREDIBLE SAX. HE HAS A PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND IN MUSIC .... HE PLAYED A LOVELY MEDLEY OF SONGS ABOUT THE BLOOD! .... THE OTHER IS AN 89 YR OLD FEISTY LADY WHO SANG A HAPPY, CLAPPY SONG ENTITLED "LET'S HAVE CHURCH".... WOW AND WE DID!
MS. LILLIE WITH SAX PLAYER MR. NICKY G.
SINGER MS. MADELINE
IT DOES NOT SEEM TO MATTER YOUR AGE AT THIS 5TH SUNDAY SING. THAT SUNDAY MORNING I SANG IN A GREAT CHURCH .... WHAT A MEETING! .... PASTOR GARY ASKED ME TO TAKE THE ENTIRE SERVICE, I DID! AND GOD WAS CERTAINLY PRESENT THERE IN OUR MIDST ....
MS. LILLIE WITH PASTOR GARY AND JULIANN SENF
I WILL BE HOME FROM PAHRUMP FOR JUST A FEW DAYS THEN I LEAVE FOR 5 DAYS TO NEW MEXICO .... AM EXCITED AS I HAVE NEVER SUNG IN THOSE PLACES .... I LOVE IT WHEN GOD OPENS DOORS FOR ME IN SOME DIFFERENT PLACES.
SPEAKING OF PLACES WHERE I HAVE NOT SUNG .... HAVE I BEEN IN YOUR CHURCH? .... .... WELL, IF I HAVE NOT AND YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO COME FOR YOUR SENIORS FUNCTION, LADIES MEETING OR YOUR CHURCH .... PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL AT 909-948-2448 AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT .... IF JESUS DOES NOT RETURN .... THE HOLIDAYS WILL BE HERE .... AND IF YOU ARE PLANNING SOMETHING SPECIAL .... AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ME COME .... YIPPPPEEEEE! .... .... YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AND YES!, YOU CAN AFFORD ME!
PSALMS 71:8 ~ LET MY MOUTH BE FILLED WITH THY PRAISE AND WITH THY HONOR ALL THE DAY.
I AM GRATEFUL FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO PRAY FOR ME .... BELIEVE ME, YOUR PRAYERS ARE CRUCIAL TO THE MINISTRY GOD HAS GIVEN ME .... I DO FEEL THEM .... AND FOR THE GIFTS OF LOVE TO THE MINISTRY GOD HAS CALLED ME TO .... I SAY ANOTHER BIG "THANKS" FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT BOTH PRAYFULLY AND FINANCIALLY .... YOU WILL BE BLESSED IN 2 WAYS WHEN YOU GIVE AN OFFERING .... TAX DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT HERE ON EARTH AND A REWARD IN HEAVEN. YOU MAY GIVE THRU PAYPAL, (JUST GIVE MY NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS: SINGER@MISSLILLIE.COM THAT'S ALL) OR A CHECK CAN BE MAILED TO PO BOX 994 RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA. 91729 THANKS AGAIN!
WE CAN HAVE A BLESSED ASSURANCE TODAY BECAUSE JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD, HE IS ALIVE AND LIVING IN US .... WHICH MEANS WHATEVER SITUATION WE ARE FACING, HE IS ALSO BY OUR SIDE .... AND WHEN WE FIND OURSELVES IN AWFUL SITUATIONS, WE CAN KNOW HE WALKS AND TALKS WITH US .... AND TELLS US WE ARE HIS OWN .... HE WILL EVEN CARRY US IN HIS ARMS WHEN WE ARE NEEDING TO BE CARRIED .... REMEMBER, HE IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD! AMEN!
THE AMERICAN FLAG IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE AND INSPIRATION …. FOR ME. A REMINDER TO APPRECIATE WHAT I HAVE HERE IN AMERICA …. I GREW UP ADMIRING THE FLAG …. WE WERE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL THAT BETSY ROSS SEWED THE FIRST FLAG …. HOWEVER IN MY SEARCH …. I DISCOVERED THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO LETTERS, NO DIARY ENTRIES, NO NEWSPAPER STORIES, NO EVIDENCE THAT SHE WAS IN ANY WAY INVOLVED IN MAKING THE FLAG …. I WONDER WHO MADE IT?
I READ THAT THE FIRST FLAG IN 1777 HAD 13 STRIPES AND 13 STARS TO REPRESENT THE FIRST COLONIES …. THEN AS STATES WERE ADDED, MORE STARS WERE ADDED …. BUT BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY CONTINUED TO GROW …. THE 13 STRIPES REMAINED AS MORE AND MORE STARS WERE ADDED WHICH NOW TOTAL 50. THE COLORS OF THE FLAG …. RED, STANDS FOR HARDINESS AND VALOR …. THE WHITE, FOR PURITY …. AND THE BLUE, FOR VIGILANCE AND JUSTICE.
IN 1949, THRU AN ACT OF CONGRESS, PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN PROCLAIMED AND ESTABLISHED JUNE 14 AS NATIONAL FLAG DAY …. BUT WE NEED NOT WAIT TIL JUNE 14 TO DISPLAY THE FLAG …. LET IT WAVE EACH AND EVERY DAY AND FEEL PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!
EACH HOUSE WHERE I HAVE EVER LIVED …. HAS HAD AT LEAST A 3 FT FLAG FLYING …. AND USUALLY, MY HOUSE WAS THE ONLY ONE ON THAT STREET WITH A FLAG …. MANY OF THEM WOULD WEAR OUT …. AND I LEARNED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO THAT YOU NEVER TOSS AN OLD FLAG IN THE TRASH …. RATHER I WAS TOLD TO DROP IT OFF AT A FIRE STATION TO BE PROPERLY DISPOSED OF IN A DIGNIFIED MANNER …. IN FACT THERE IS USUALLY A BOX IN FRONT OF THE STATION HOUSE THAT SAYS “FLAG DISPOSAL” …. VERY CONVENIENT AND RESPECTFUL.
I MUST TELL YOU …. THAT IN THE 40 YEARS OF FULL TIME MINISTRY …. WITH MY TRAVELS TO 52 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD …. I HAVE ALWAYS CARRIED A SMALL AMERICAN FLAG WITH ME …. AND WHEN I AM DRIVING IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND PASS THE AMERICAN EMBASSY …. WHERE I SEE “OLD GLORY” WAVING …. I ALWAYS START TO CRY …. I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN CHRISTIAN! HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS SPECIAL VIDEO.
PSALMS 33:12 ~ BLESSED [FORTUNATE, PROSPEROUS, AND FAVORED BY GOD] IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD, THE PEOPLE WHOM HE HAS CHOSEN AS HIS OWN INHERITANCE.
ROBIN WILLIAMS AND THE FLAG
I AM PART OF AN EARLY MORNING PRAYER LINE CALL GROUP …. WE FERVENTLY AND FAITHFULLY PRAY FOR OUR AMERICA, OUR PRESIDENT, ALL THOSE IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH STATE WHO MAKE OUR LAWS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS PROCLAIMED OFTEN ON THE PRAYER LINE, IS THAT FOR THE CHRISTIAN, WE BELIEVE WHAT THE FLAG TO US REPRESENTS. THE STARS REPRESENT THE COVENANT GOD PROMISED TO ABRAHAM …. WE ARE THE SEED OF THAT COVENANT. RED REMINDS US OF JESUS’ BLOOD THAT WAS SHED WHEN HE DIED ON THE CROSS FOR OUR SINS. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS, “WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS.” (HEBREWS 9:22) …. WHITE REMINDS US THAT WHEN WE GIVE OUR HEART TO JESUS, HE WASHES US AND WE BECOME AS “WHITE AS SNOW.” (ISAIAH 1:18) THE BIBLE SAYS, “YOU WERE WASHED, YOU WERE SANCTIFIED, YOU WERE JUSTIFIED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.” (1 CORINTHIANS 6:10) …. BLUE REMINDS US OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT “IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST AND WILL FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND MAKE US CLEAN.” (1 JOHN 1:9) GOD IS FAITHFUL TO KEEP HIS PROMISES. RED, WHITE, AND BLUE; YES, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR OUR GREAT COUNTRY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR GREAT SAVIOR, JESUS.
THIS HAS BEEN, WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS …. “JUNE GLOOM” …. MEANING THE MORNING SEEMS TO BE OVERCAST AND USUALLY ABOUT NOON, THE SUN WILL COME OUT …. THEN IT IS STILL NOT AS WARM AS IT COULD BE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR BUT WE LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT.
I THOT I HAD THE ENTIRE MONTH OFF …. (MEANING NO MINISTRY) …. BUT I WAS ASKED TO COME SING ON FATHERS’ DAY …. AND I LOVED IT! …. A GOOD CHURCH! …. PASTOR TONY HAD AN INCREDIBLE MESSAGE …. ENCOURAGING FATHERS TO LET THEIR CHILDREN SEE “FATHER GOD” IN THEIR LIVES. A POWERFUL WORD! MY DAD PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS JUST A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL …. THE TIME WHEN A GIRL NEEDS A DAD! ….
MS. LILLIE’S DAD, GOVENOR KNAULS
SO MY FAVORITE SONG BECAME ….
“I TRUST IN GOD …. I KNOW HE CARES FOR ME ….
ON MOUNTAINS BLEAK OR ON THE STORMY SEA…..
THO BILLOWS ROLL, HE KEEPS MY SOUL…..
MY HEAVENLY FATHER WATCHES OVER ME.”
AND HE CERTAINLY HAS …. AND ALWAYS WILL! …. MY EARTHLY FATHER WAS CALLED HOME TO HEAVEN …. BUT GOD PROMISED HE WOULD “NEVER LEAVE ME NOR FORSAKE ME.”
ISAIAH 63:16 ~ LORD YOU WILL STILL BE MY FATHER …. YOU ARE MY REDEEMER FROM AGES PAST.
I DID GET AN EXTENSION ON MY INCOME TAX …. SO I AM MORE THAN HALF WAY THRU THAT HUGE JOB …. I SAY EVERY YEAR THAT I WILL TRY AT THE END OF EACH MONTH TO “TAKE CARE OF THAT MONTH” …. BUT IT DOESN’T SEEM TO HAPPEN …. WHY OH WHY? …. …. WELL, IT COULD BE BECAUSE I AM SOOO BUSY …. REMEMBER, I DO NOT HAVE A SEC’Y, I MUST DO EVERYTHING REGARDING THE MINISTRY …. BUT THANK GOD, THAT AT AGE 80, I AM STILL BEING ASKED TO COME AND MINISTER SO THAT’S GOOD!
BY THE WAY, SPEAKING OF ME STILL MINISTERING …. I WOULD LOVE TO COME TO YOUR SENIOR GROUP, LADIES LUNCHEON OR YOUR CHURCH …. WE WILL HAVE A GREAT TIME! …. JESUS WILL BE LIFTED UP AND GOD GLORIFIED. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AND YES! YOU CAN AFFORD ME …. …. SO AS YOU BEGIN TO LOOK AT YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE FALL AND THE HOLIDAYS …. CALL ME 909-948-2448 …. AND WE CAN TALK!
IT WAS TIME FOR ANOTHER “DEEP CLEANING” FROM MY DENTAL OFFICE …. OH, I SO DREAD THAT VISIT …. BUT IS THERE ANY ONE WHO LIKES TO GO TO THE DENTIST …. PROBABLY NOT! ….
I HAVE SOME EXCITING TIMES OF MINISTRY COMING UP THAT I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO …. SO KEEP UP WITH MY “TOUR SCHEDULE” ON MY WEBSITE …. MISSLILLIE.COM …. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE I’LL BE …. I MIGHT BE IN YOUR AREA …. IF SO PLEASE COME SEE ME ….
OVER 40 YEARS AGO, GOD GAVE ME AN “ASSIGNMENT” TO CARRY THE GOOD NEWS THRU SONG WHEREVER HE OPENS A DOOR …. AND THAT IS WHAT I HAVE DONE! …. AND AM STILL DOING IT! …. AND LOVIN’ IT! I MUST THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO HELP ME “GO” TELL FOLK HOW THEY ARE LOVED BY GOD. I AM ASKED OFTEN ‘WHEN ARE YOU RETIRING?” …. MY ANSWER IS THERE IS NO RETIREMENT IN GOD’S KINGDOM …. …. SURE, OFTEN OUR PLACES/TYPES OF MINISTRY CHANGES, BUT THE COMMAND FROM GOD IS STILL THERE …. AND I LOVE TO TELL SENIORS AS I SPEAK …. “IF YOU’RE NOT DEAD …. YOU’RE NOT DONE” I THINK THAT SAYS IT ALL ….
PSALMS 71:18 ~ AND EVEN WHEN I AM OLD AND GRAY-HEADED, O GOD, DO NOT ABANDON ME, UNTIL I DECLARE YOUR [MIGHTY] STRENGTH TO THIS GENERATION, YOUR POWER TO ALL WHO ARE TO COME.
SO, THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT BOTH PRAYFULLY AND FINANCIALLY …. BELIEVE ME, I CAN NOT MAKE IT WITHOUT THEM. THANKS SOOO MUCH FOR COMING ALONGSIDE ME AS I SHARE CHRIST IN MY MUSIC AND SPOKEN WORDS …. (WHICH DOES NOT RETURN EMPTY) …. YOU WILL RECEIVE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT FOR WHATEVER YOU GIVE …. AND A REWARD IN HEAVEN ….
ISAIAH 55:11 ~ SO WILL MY WORD BE WHICH GOES OUT OF MY MOUTH; IT WILL NOT RETURN TO ME VOID (USELESS, WITHOUT RESULT), WITHOUT ACCOMPLISHING WHAT I DESIRE, AND WITHOUT SUCCEEDING IN THE MATTER FOR WHICH I SENT IT.
THERE ARE TREMENDOUS CHALLENGES EACH AND EVERY DAY SOME OF US ARE FACING …. BUT WE MUST BELIEVE THAT GOD IS THE GIVER OF ALL THAT WE NEED AS WE FACE DIFFICULTIES …. HE IS THE ONE WHO GIVES US JOY WHEN WE ARE SAD …. PEACE WHEN WE ARE STRESSED AND STRUGGLING …. AND STRENGTH TO THE WEAK, WHEN WE THINK WE CAN’T GO ON …. WE ARE ASKED TO STAND FIRM AND HAVE COURAGE …. AND TRUST THE ONE WHO OFFERS US HIS UNCHANGING HAND …. AND PROMISES.
PSALMS 119:89 ~ FOREVER, O LORD, YOUR WORD IS SETTLED IN HEAVEN [STANDING FIRM AND UNCHANGEABLE].
THERE WAS MUCH EXCITEMENT IN MY LIFE FOLLOWING MY BIG 80TH B’DAY LUAU …. WHAT A DAY! HAVING 125 FRIENDS COME TO HELP ME CELEBRATE MY “ENTRANCE INTO THIS NEXT DECADE” AS WELL AS 40 YEARS OF FULL-TIME MINISTRY. IT WAS VERY SPECIAL TO HAVE SO MANY OF MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY PRESENT FOR THE LUAU …. ESPECIALLY, MY ONLY BROTHER PAUL …. AND SISTER GLADINE. WHAT A WHIRLWIND I HAVE EXPERIENCED SINCE THEN …. THE LUAU WAS SUNDAY, APRIL 29 …. I HAD 2 DAYS TO “WRAP UP” THINGS …. AND PACK FOR MY TIME OF MINISTRY AT THE WESTCOAST QUARTET CONVENTION (FANFEST) …. (DO I LOOK LIKE A QUARTET?) IT IS HELD EACH YEAR IN VISALIA, CA …. (4 HOURS FROM MY HOUSE) …. I HAVE A LONGTIME FRIEND WHO SAID I COULD RIDE UP WITH HER …. I WAS SOOO HAPPY TO DO THAT, AS IT WOULD GIVE ME TIME TO OPEN THE 130 B’DAY CARDS I RECEIVED …. NORMALLY, I NEVER, EVER OPEN A B’DAY CARD I RECEIVE …. TIL THE ACTUAL B’DAY) …. I LOVE DOING THAT! …. AS I AM ABLE TO RELAX, READ CAREFULLY EACH CARD …. CRY A LOT ABOUT THE MESSAGES INSIDE …. IT IS A VERY SPECIAL TIME …. BUT BECAUSE I ONLY HAD 2 DAYS TO GET READY FOR VISALIA …. I CAME UP WITH A BRILLIANT IDEA …. WITH MY FRIEND, CAROLYN DRIVING, I COULD SPEND THE 4 HOURS OPENING THOSE CARDS …. IT WAS WONDERFUL TO READ AND ENJOY THE CARD MESSAGES …. AS WELL AS THE PERSONAL WRITTEN ONES …. IT WORKED! …. AS I WAS READING THE LAST CARD, SHE DROPPED ME OFF AT MY HOTEL …. SO I WENT INTO THE HOTEL WITH SOOOO MUCH JOY IN MY HEART FOR GOD’S FAITHFULNESS TO ME …. AND FOR THE 40 YEARS OF MINISTRY HE HAS GIVEN ME.
Great attendance of family and friends who came to celebrate!
Just a couple of the photo displays
Family from Seattle: Brother Paul and Sister Gladine and Pastor Gray
Great Entertainment: Polynesian Dancers
Ms. Lillie’s Birthday Cake: 8-0 Pineapple Upside Down Cakes
Beautiful Fruit and Veggie displays
OF COURSE, THE QUARTET CONVENTION WAS INCREDIBLE! …. AS I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE …. IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO ATTEND, AND YOU ENJOY SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSIC, YOU WILL LOVE SEEING AND HEARING ALL THOSE TOP-NOTCH QUARTETS …. AND ME. YOU WILL WANT TO RETURN YEAR AFTER YEAR! IT IS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN MAY …. HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
This is where singers entertain as we are eating
The Herb Henry Family backs up Ms. Lillie
A great choir from Riverdale Assembly of God in Riverdale, CA backs up Ms. Lillie
ARRIVING BACK HOME …. I KNEW I HAD ONLY A COUPLE OF DAYS TO PREPARE FOR MY NEXT TRIP …. SO I HIT THE GROUND RUNNING …. I WAS VERY BUSY …. BUT SOON, I WOULD ENJOY 3 WEEKS IN BEAUTIFUL HAWAII …. I LOVE HAWAII!
If you notice closely that I am wearing three hats …. as it is easier to wear them all than to carry them.
…. HAVING LIVED THERE FOR 10 YEARS, I TRY TO RETURN OFTEN TO MEET WITH FRIENDS AND HAVE TIMES OF MINISTRY ….
Ms. Lillie with Pastor and Mrs. Ko, First Assembly of God
Ms. Lillie with long-time friends, The Glaza’s, The Naso’s and daughter Zoe
THIS IS WHAT I LIKE TO DO …. MEET 2-3 FRIENDS AT THE SAME RESTAURANT …. ONE AT A TIME EVERY 2 HOURS …. THEN I CAN GO HOME, AND RELAX THE NEXT DAY …. NOT HAVING TO LEAVE THE CONDO …. IT WORKS SOOO WELL. I SANG ON EACH OF THE 3 SUNDAYS I WAS THERE …. EVEN FLEW OVER TO MAUI FOR A MIDWEEK SERVICE …. WHAT A GREAT TIME I EXPERIENCED IN BEAUTIFUL HAWAII. I DID RECEIVE LOTS OF PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS INQUIRING ABOUT THE VOLCANO …. AND THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN …. I WAS 3 ISLANDS AWAY, SO THINGS WERE NORMAL …. IN WAIKIKI WHERE I WAS.
SPEAKING OF WAIKIKI …. I HAVE DEAR FRIENDS OF NEARLY 40 YEARS WHO ALLOWED ME TO STAY IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL CONDO IN WAIKIKI …. ON THE 35TH FLOOR …. AND THE MOST REMARKABLE THING IS THAT WITH ALL OF THE MANY HIGH RISE APARTMENTS IN WAIKIKI …. IT IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO HAVE AN UNOBSCURED VIEW OF THAT UNMISTAKABLE HAWAII LANDMARK …. “DIAMOND HEAD,” BUT THIS CONDO DOES! IT IS ON ONE SIDE AND THEN …. STRAIGHT AHEAD …. IS THE OCEAN …. WOW! …. GOD IS GOOD TO ME! I REALLY DID NEED SOME TIME AWAY …. AFTER ALL I HAVE BEEN DOING …. SO, THOSE 3 WEEKS IN HAWAII WERE SOOO GOOD FOR ME …. I LOVE TO SIT ON THE PORCH OF THE MOANA HOTEL IN THE ROCKING CHAIR. AND I CAN’T WAIT TO RETURN! (YES, I DO PLAY THE TOURIST …. AND SEE A COUPLE OF SHOWS) …. EVEN GOT A KISS FROM “ELVIS” AND SAW A GREAT POLYNESIAN DANCE SHOW ALSO! …. FUN!
View from Hotel
I love to sit on the porch of the Moana Hotel
Ms. Lillie with the current reigning Miss Hawaii
I celebrated my birthday at every restaurant I visited
Ms Lillie at statue of King Kamehameha
Ms. Lillie with Senior Adult Voices of Aloha concert
This place is the McDonald’s of Hawaii …. they’re everywhere …. I only go there once when I am in the Islands
I READ THAT THERE WERE 2 PLACES …. 95% OF ALL TOURISTS TO HONOLULU WOULD VISIT …. THE KODAK SHOW AND THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET PLACE. WELL, BOTH ARE GONE …. THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET PLACE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A FANTABULOUS …. HIGH-END SHOPPING AREA …. I VISITED IT …. COULD NOT PURCHASE ANYTHING THERE …. BUT DID VISIT THE AREA WHERE IT LOOKS LIKES THE OLD MARKET PLACE …. THE VENDORS ARE A BLOCK DOWN THE WAY CALLED DUKES ALLEY …. SAME “STUFF” FOR SALE THAT WAS IN THE OLD INTERNATIONAL MARKET PLACE …. I DID PURCHASE SOME THINGS THERE.
Ms. Lillie with statue of her friend, Don Ho, in the New International Marketplace
I MUST TELL YOU ABOUT MY RENTAL CAR …. BECAUSE OF MY 2 KNEE REPLACEMENTS …. I DRIVE A HONDA HRV …. A SMALL SUV …. SO WHEN I TRAVEL, BECAUSE OF THE COST …. I USUALLY END UP GETTING THE CHEAPEST CAR …. ECONOMY OR COMPACT …. OF COURSE THAT MEANS THEY ARE SMALLER AND CLOSER TO THE GROUND …. AND MY KNEES TAKE A REAL BEATING …. BUT GOD! …. WHEN I WAS OFFERED AT THE COUNTER A CAR I HAD NEVER HEARD OF …. A FORD C-MAX …. BUT WAS TOLD I WOULD LIKE IT AS IT WAS A HYBRID. WELL, WHEN I APPROACHED THE STALL AND SAW IT WAS A SMALL SUV …. I BEGAN TO THANK GOD …. FOR MY KNEES WOULD BE “HAPPY” …. OH MY!, I LOVE IT …. NOW LISTEN TO THIS, I DROVE IT FOR THE 3 WEEKS …. AND THERE WAS STILL 1/2 TANK OF GAS IN IT …. (AND I HAD BEEN DRIVING ALL OVER EVEN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ISLAND) …. SO NOT ONLY DID GOD GIVE ME A CAR THAT WAS EASY FOR ME TO GET IN AND OUT OF …. GOD ALSO GAVE ME ONE THAT USES LESS GAS …. NOW, I AM SERIOUSLY THINKING OF GETTING A HYBRID. THE GOD WE SERVE KNOWS ABOUT OUR SITUATION …. HE KNOWS WHAT WE NEED AND WHEN WE NEED IT …. AND CAN TAKE CARE OF IT FOR US! …. AMEN!
FOR SOME REASON, I HAD NOT THOT ABOUT WINDOWS IN THOSE HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS NEEDED TO BE WASHED/CLEANED …. SO WHEN I CAME INTO THE ROOM THE OTHER DAY …. THERE WAS A GUY OUTSIDE MY WINDOW …. DOING JUST THAT! …. I COULD NOT RESIST TAKING A PHOTO OF HIM. DO YOU THINK HE GETS HAZARDOUS PAY! …. I HOPE SO!
I AM SOOO GRATEFUL THAT GOD IS FAITHFUL TO KEEP MY VOICE STRONG …. AND MY HEALTH GOOD, SO THAT I CAN CONTINUE WITH THE ASSIGNMENT HE GAVE MY 40 YEARS AGO! …. WHAT A REAL BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO PROCLAIM THRU MUSIC …. THAT “JESUS IS LORD.”
Eccl. 5:20 ~ For “(Lillie) will not dwell unduly on the days of her life, because God keeps her busy with the Joy of His Heart.
WELL, I MADE SURE I PLANNED ONLY A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE …. SO I AM ABLE TO GET MY INCOME TAX RETURN DONE …. (I HAD TO GET AN EXTENSION) BECAUSE OF THE LUAU …. BUT IT WILL ALL BE DONE SOON …. I STILL CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE TAX STRUCTURE IS SOOOO COMPLICATED …. ISN’T THERE AN EASIER WAY? …. I THINK THERE IS. AND OF COURSE, I SHALL SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS I NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CARDS, GIFTS (EVEN THO I ASKED THAT NONE BE GIVEN TO ME), E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS AND GORGEOUS FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS.
DO YOU REALIZE THAT THE YEAR 2018 IS HALF OVER? …. THE TIME CERTAINLY DOES FLY BY …. WE ARE CLOSER TO THE RETURN OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST …. WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE! THE ASSIGNMENT I WAS GIVEN 40 YEARS AGO TO TAKE THE “GOOD NEWS” …. IS WHAT I AM ENDEAVORING TO DO DAILY …. I WANT TO TELL PEOPLE THAT HEAVEN IS REAL AND SO IS HELL …. AMEN!
John 9:4 ~ I must work the works of Him who sent me, for when night comes, no man (Lillie) can work.
I AM HAPPY THAT PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON DECLARED IN 1966 THAT THE LAST MONDAY IN MAY WOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS THE OFFICIAL DAY TO REMEMBER AND HONOR THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE …. THEIR LIVES …. FOR OUR FREEDOM …. LET’S RESOLVE THAT THEIR SACRIFICES WILL NOT BE IN VAIN …. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS AMERICA …. AND MAY OUR TRUST ALWAYS BE IN GOD!
THERE ARE OFTEN GRIM REMINDERS EACH DAY …. ON THE NEWS …. THOSE CASKETS BEING BROUGHT HOME FROM WAR-TORN AREAS …. WE KNOW THAT “FREEDOM IS NOT FREE” …. WE MUST PAUSE TO REMEMBER THOSE OF OUR NATION WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO DEFEND THIS COUNTRY …. SO WE MAY LIVE/WORSHIP WITHOUT FEAR.
IF YOU ARE BEGINNING TO PLAN YOUR FALL SCHEDULE …. PLEASE CONSIDER HAVING ME COME SPEAK AND SING …. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED! AND YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME! …. WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING …. I KNOW I WILL BE A BLESSING FOR YOUR LADIES FUNCTION …. SENIORS MEETING …. AND YOUR CHURCH …. CALL ME AT 909-948-2448 AND WE’LL TALK!
AS ALWAYS, I MUST SAY A BIG THANKS TO YOU WHO PARTNER WITH ME IN THIS MINISTRY GOD HAS CALLED ME TO …. I SO APPRECIATE BOTH YOUR GIVING FINANCIALLY …. AND YOUR PRAYERS ARE WHAT I NEED TO KEEP ME LIFTED UP TO GOD …. FOR HIS JOY TO BE SEEN IN ME …. AND I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE LOVE YOU SHOW TO ME! GOD MAKES YOU A BLESSING TO ME.
IF YOU ARE FACING A SITUATION TODAY …. THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY OUT …. WELL, HOW ABOUT “GOING THRU IT” …. WITH JESUS BY YOUR SIDE? …. HE DOES ASSURE US THAT HE WILL NOT …. HEAR THIS …. WILL NOT FORSAKE US …. HE ONLY ASKS US TO TRUST HIM COMPLETELY …. I HAVE LEARNED THAT THE LIFE VERSE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IS PROV. 3: 5-6 …. (I KNOW IT IS MINE) …. WHAT A VERSE TO LIVE BY …. ONE CANNOT GO WRONG WHEN THAT VERSE IS LIVED OUT EACH AND EVERY DAY! MAY YOU BEGIN TODAY.
Proverbs 3:5-6 ~ Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
HE IS RISEN! HE IS RISEN INDEED! .... THAT IS THE GREETING I SPEAK TO FOLK WHO SAY "HAPPY EASTER" TO ME. AND A FEW YEARS AGO I BEGAN REFERRING TO EASTER AS "RESURRECTION DAY" .... BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT IS TO ME! .... THE DAY JESUS WALKED OUT OF THAT TOMB (THAT COULDN'T HOLD HIM) .... AND HE LIVES TODAY!
I READ ABOUT A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER WHO ASKED HER CLASS .... WHO LOVES GOD? .... ALL RESPONDED I DO! I DO! EXCEPT BILLY, WHO SAID "I LOVE JESUS!" A LITTLE GIRL PROTESTED .... BY SAYING, "JESUS DIED! THE BOY QUICKLY REPLIED .... "YES, BUT EVERY EASTER HE RISES FROM THE DEAD!" OBVIOUSLY, THAT LITTLE KID HAD A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT THE MEANING OF THE RESURRECTION! .... OF COURSE, AS BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS, WE KNOW THAT HE AROSE ONCE OVER 2000 YEARS AGO .... AND IS NOT DEAD! .... BUT ALIVE FOREVERMORE! THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST CHANGED EVERYTHING!
IT SEEMED WEIRD THAT EASTER AND APRIL FOOL'S DAY FELL ON THE SAME DAY .... SINCE 1900, IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED 4 TIMES 1923-34-45-AND 56 .... AND YOU KNOW WHAT? .... IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN TIL 2029
JESUS WAS WILLING TO BE MOCKED, BEATEN, CRUCIFIED AND BURIED, BUT, THE RESURRECTION WAS WHAT LET SATAN KNOW HOW HE WAS FOOLED THAT MORNING!
YOU ASK ME HOW I KNOW HE LIVES .... WELL HE LIVES WITHIN MY HEART .... AND I AM SOOOO GRATEFUL FOR HIS ABIDING PRESENCE IN ME! YES, HE IS ALIVE!
GALATIANS 2:20 ~ I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST [THAT IS, IN HIM I HAVE SHARED HIS CRUCIFIXION]; IT IS NO LONGER I WHO LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I NOW LIVE IN THE BODY I LIVE BY FAITH [BY ADHERING TO, RELYING ON, AND COMPLETELY TRUSTING] IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR ME.
WHAT A WONDERFUL RESURRECTION DAY WEEKEND I HAD .... WAS ASKED TO SING FOR A GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE .... WHAT SWEET FELLOWSHIP AS WE OBSERVED THE LORDS' SUPPER .... I AM ALWAYS BLESSED TO PARTAKE OF COMMUNION. THEN ON RESURRECTION SUNDAY, I WAS PART OF A POWERFUL EASTER PRODUCTION .... AT 11AM .... AND SANG FOR ANOTHER SERVICE AT 4PM .... IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR ME TO CELEBRATE JESUS!
I LOVE MINISTRY TO SENIOR GROUPS .... NOW THAT I ARE ONE .... I WAS ASKED TO COME FOR A MONTHLY POTLUCK LUNCHEON .... AND I WAS SOOO BLESSED AS THE SENIORS SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME .... PRAYING FOR THOSE PRESENT .... THOSE ILL WHO COULD NOT ATTEND, THE CHURCH, PASTORS, THE WORLD, OUR PRESIDENT TRUMP, FAMILIES, GRANDS, GREAT GRANDS .... OH MY, IT WAS POWERFUL! .... I MUST SAY THAT I HAD NEVER BEEN IN SUCH A MEETING .... IT WAS OBVIOUS, THEY KNOW PRAYER IS THE KEY .... I WAS REMINDED THAT WE AS SENIORS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO ALL THE THINGS WE ONCE DID .... BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PRAY .... AND THAT IS WHAT THEY DID THAT DAY .... AND I AM TOLD, IT HAPPENS EACH TIME THEY GATHER .... PRAISE GOD!
EPHESIANS 6:18 ~ WITH ALL PRAYER AND PETITION PRAY [WITH SPECIFIC REQUESTS] AT ALL TIMES [ON EVERY OCCASION AND IN EVERY SEASON] IN THE SPIRIT, AND WITH THIS IN VIEW, STAY ALERT WITH ALL PERSEVERANCE AND PETITION [INTERCEDING IN PRAYER] FOR ALL GOD’S PEOPLE.
THE WONDERFUL PLACE WHERE I HAVE MOVED TO .... A SENIOR LIVING HOME .... HAS ONCE A MONTH AT LUNCH TIME A CELEBRATION FOR ALL PERSONS BORN THAT MONTH .... SO WE ARE CALLED UP FRONT AND PRESENTED WITH A HUGE CUPCAKE, A PIECE OF CAKE, ETC .... WELL, THE CHEF KNOWS THAT I DON'T EAT SWEETS .... SO, I WAS GIVEN A VERY SPECIAL TREAT .... A DISH OF HUGE STRAWBERRIES, (WITH A CANDLE) .... GRAPES, AND BLUEBERRIES .... I LOVED IT .... THAT MADE ME HAPPY!
BECAUSE I LIVED 10 YEARS IN HAWAII, I WANTED TO HAVE FOR MY BIG 80 .... A HAWAIIAN LUAU .... (WHEREVER I WAS LIVING AT THAT TIME) .... SO I BEGAN PLANNING .... AFTER I RECENTLY MOVED, I WANTED IT TO BE HERE .... WE COULD ACCOMODATE 70 FOLK .... WELL, AFTER THE RSVP'S WERE COMING IN SO QUICKLY, I REALIZED I WOULD HAVE TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION ....
.... BUT THANK GOD! I ONLY HAD TO MOVE IT 3 BLOCKS DOWN THE STREET .... PRAISE GOD, A CHURCH WAS ABLE TO LET ME COME TO THEIR FELLOWSHIP HALL .... I AM GRATEFUL TO GOD THAT IS WAS EVEN AVAILABLE .... SO, WHAT A WONDERFUL LUAU! I WANTED THE FOLK WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO HAWAII TO SEE WHAT GOES ON ALMOST EACH WEEKEND AT A HOME SOMEWHERE IN THE ISLANDS .... AND TELL THEM .... IF THEY WALKED UP TO ONE OF THOSE TRUCK LUNCH WAGONS ALL OVER THE ISLANDS .... THE FOOD THEY COULD ORDER WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD SERVE .... TERIYAKI CHICKEN .... WHITE RICE (BUT, I SERVED BROWN RICE) AND MACARONI SALAD .... (I REMEMBER WHEN I LIVED THERE, I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHY THEY SERVED 2 STARCHES TOGETHER .... WITH NO GREEN VEGGIES) .... WELL, ANYHOW, I HAD A HUGE VEGGIE DISPLAY FOR THOSE WHO WANTED SOME. FOR MY B'DAY CAKE, WE HAD PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE .... KINGS' HAWAIIAN BREAD .... AND OF COURSE HAWAIIAN PUNCH. THE FOOD WAS ENJOYED BY ALL .... AND WHAT IS A LUAU WITHOUT THE POLYNESIAN DANCERS? I BROT THEM IN FOR A FUN TIME, AND WHAT A FUN TIME IT WAS .... AS MY GUESTS WERE INVITED ON STAGE TO TRY TO LEARN THE HULA AND THE OTHER DANCES .... FUN! FUN!
WHAT A DAY TO CELEBRATE THESE 80 YEARS GOD HAS GIVEN ME ON THIS EARTH AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL IN FULL-TIME MINISTRY FOR THESE 40 YEARS .... I AM TRULY GRATEFUL THAT HE IS FAITHFUL!
ECCLESIASTES 5:20 ~ (LILLIE) DOES NOT DWELL ON THE DAYS OF HER LIFE, BECAUSE GOD KEEPS HER BUSY WITH HIS JOY IN HER HEART.
SO MANY WONDERFUL, LONG TIME FRIENDS AND FAMILY CAME FROM FAR AND NEAR TO HELP ME CELEBRATE THIS 80TH B'DAY .... AS WELL AS MY 40TH YEAR IN FULL TIME MINISTRY! .... I WILL BE SHOWING YOU PHOTOS NEXT MONTH.
WELL, IT IS FANFEST TIME, THE TIME WHEN MANY POPULAR QUARTETS GATHER IN VISALIA CA. TO SING FOR 3 DAYS TO A CROWD OF 4000+ OF .... AS THEY ARE CALLED ("FANS OR GROUPIES") WHO ARE WILLING TO SIT FROM 10AM TO 10PM LISTENING TO THEIR FAVORITE GROUPS SING .... AND OCCASIONALLY, I GET TO GO ON STAGE TO SING A SONG .... IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE THE FIRST WEEKEND OF MAY EACH YEAR. OH YES, WHEN THE FANS HAVE TO GO OUT TO EAT, ETC .... THEY JUST GO, BUT RUSH RITE BACK IN .... SO AS NOT TO MISS ANYTHING YOU MIGHT THINK OF COMING NEXT YEAR (SEE: http://fanfestivals.com)!
IF YOU ARE ALREADY PLANNING YOUR SUMMER, FALL OR EVEN WINTER SCHEDULE, AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ME COME MINISTER FOR YOUR SENIOR GROUP, LADIES FUNCTION, PLEASE CALL ME AND WE CAN TALK .... 909 948-2448. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AND YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME!
SPECIAL THANKS FOR ALL MY "PARTNERS IN PRAYER AND GIVING" .... I CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR HELP .... YOUR PRAYER OR FINANCIAL GIVING! .... WHEN YOU CAN HELP, I AM SO GRATEFUL .... AND OF COURSE, YOUR PRAYERS ARE SOOO NEEDED BY ME .... THANKS! SOME OF YOU DO CONTRIBUTE TO THE MINISTRY GOD HAS CALLED ME TO AND I AM BLESSED TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT GOD HAD CALLED ME TO DO .... WHEN YOU GIVE .... YOU WILL BE SENT A TAX DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT FOR YOUR GIFT OF LOVE DOWN HERE PLUS A REWARD IN HEAVEN
HEBREWS 6:10 ~ FOR GOD IS NOT UNJUST SO AS TO FORGET YOUR WORK AND THE LOVE WHICH YOU HAVE SHOWN FOR HIS NAME IN MINISTERING TO [THE NEEDS OF] THE SAINTS (GOD’S PEOPLE), AS YOU DO.
NOW, WHAT ABOUT YOU? .... DOES IT SEEM THAT YOU ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME CRYING OUT IN DEEP DISTRESS BECAUSE YOU ARE WONDERING WHERE GOD IS? .... WELL, HE IS WATCHING YOU AND DOES KNOW ALL THAT YOU ARE FACING .... HE KNOWS HOW MUCH YOU CAN BEAR .... AND NO MORE THAN THAT WILL HE PLACE UPON YOU .... HE IS WITH US THRU EVERY STRUGGLE .... HE GIVES GRACE TO US .... AND IT IS SUFFICIENT FOR THE LOAD! THE GREATER THE BURDEN, THE GREATER HIS GRACE! .... WANTA HEAR ME SING THAT .... HERE IS MY MOST FAVORITE SONG, "HE GIVETH MORE GRACE" ~ https://youtu.be/uvDCuN68XlM AMEN!
2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 ~ BUT HE HAS SAID TO ME, “MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU [MY LOVING KINDNESS AND MY MERCY ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH—ALWAYS AVAILABLE—REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION]; FOR [MY] POWER IS BEING PERFECTED [AND IS COMPLETED AND SHOWS ITSELF MOST EFFECTIVELY] IN [YOUR] WEAKNESS.” THEREFORE, I WILL ALL THE MORE GLADLY BOAST IN MY WEAKNESSES, SO THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST [MAY COMPLETELY ENFOLD ME AND] MAY DWELL IN ME.
MAY THE PEACE OF GOD SURROUND YOU DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME AS YOU LINGER IN THE TENDER, LOVING EMBRACE OF JESUS WOW! WHAT A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE!
1 PETER 5:10 ~ AFTER YOU HAVE SUFFERED FOR A LITTLE WHILE, THE GOD OF ALL GRACE [WHO IMPARTS HIS BLESSING AND FAVOR], WHO CALLED YOU TO HIS OWN ETERNAL GLORY IN CHRIST, WILL HIMSELF COMPLETE, CONFIRM, STRENGTHEN, AND ESTABLISH YOU [MAKING YOU WHAT YOU OUGHT TO BE].
I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD .... IT IS "THE LUCK OF THE IRISH" .... BUT I WOULD RATHER SAY .... NO, ACTUALLY, IT IS "THE GRACE OF GOD!" IF WE KNOW JESUS AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR .... WE ARE RECIPIENTS OF HIS "AMAZING GRACE."
HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF MARCH .... AND THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH .... WE COULD SEE ALL THE ST. PATRICK'S DECORATIONS .... I DO LOVE THAT COLOR GREEN .... IN FACT A DEAR FRIEND MADE A TOP FOR ME YEARS AGO FOR A ST. PATRICKS DAY BRUNCH .... I LOVE THAT COLOR GREEN!
I HAVE HEARD MANY STORIES ABOUT THE MAN, ST. PATRICK .... SO I WENT ON GOOGLE, (OF COURSE, YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS BELIEVE EVERYTHING POSTED ON THERE RITE?) .... SO HERE IT GOES ....
IT SEEMS THAT ST. PATRICK WAS BORN INTO A WEALTHY FAMILY IN ROMANO-BRITAIN. HIS FATHER WAS A DEACON AND HIS GRANDFATHER, A PRIEST IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. AT AGE 16, HE WAS KIDNAPPED BY IRISH RAIDERS AND TAKEN TO BE A SLAVE IN IRELAND. HIS JOB FOR 6 YEARS WAS THAT OF A SHEPHERD, IT WAS DURING THAT TIME HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN. ONE DAY, GOD TOLD HIM TO FLEE TO THE COAST WHERE A SHIP WOULD BE WAITING TO TAKE HIM HOME .... RETURNING TO BRITAIN, HE BECAME A PRIEST AND THEN FELT A CALL TO RETURN TO IRELAND TO CONVERT THE PAGANS TO CHRISTIANITY. HE SPENT MANY YEARS EVANGELIZING THE NORTHERN HALF OF IRELAND AND THOUSANDS WERE CONVERTED .... THE RECORDS SHOW THAT HIS DEATH WAS ON MARCH 17 AND HE BECAME IRELAND'S FOREMOST SAINT BECAUSE OF ALL THE GOOD HE HAD DONE. HERE IS SOMETHING INTERESTING ....IN PAGAN IRELAND, IT SEEMS THAT THE NUMBER 3 WAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER AND THERE MANY TRIPLE GODS/DEITIES. SO, ST PATRICK WAS HELPED BY THIS IN HIS EVANGELISTIC EFFORT .... HE USED THE 3-LEAF SHAMROCK TO EXPLAIN THE HOLY TRINITY TO THEM. AFTER HIS DEATH, AT ABOUT THE 9TH AND 10TH CENTURY .... HE BECAME KNOWN AS THE PATRON SAINT OF IRELAND .... SO IN OUR DAY .... THERE ARE PARADES, PARTIES .... (GET THIS .... EVEN THE LENT SEASON IS INTERRUPTED) .... SO ALL CAN DRINK THAT "ONE DAY." I LOVE WHAT FATHER VINCENT TWOMEY SAID IN AN ARTICLE .... "IT IS TIME TO RECLAIM ST. PATRICKS DAY AS A CHURCH FESTIVAL" .... HE HAS QUESTIONED THE REAL REASON FOR THE MINDLESS ALCOHOL-FUELED REVERLY .... AND AS MOST OF US CAN SEE ON THAT DAY, IT JUST SEEMS TO BE A DAY TO DRINK .... AND TOOOOOO MUCH! BUT THIS IS WHAT ST. PATRICK REALLY DID .... HE BROUGHT CHRISTIANITY TO A PAGAN PLACE. PRAISE BE TO GOD!
JOHN 3:17 ~ FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THEM .... BUT THAT WORLD MIGHT FIND SALVATION AND BE SAFE THRU HIM.
WE ARE JUST A MONTH AWAY FROM MY 80TH B'DAY CELEBRATION .... YIPPPPEEEEE! BUT, HOW COULD THAT BE? FOLK ASK ME .... MY ANSWER? .... WELL, JUST KEEP LIVING .... I'LL SHARE WITH YOU ALL ABOUT IT NEXT BLOG.
I WAS INVITED TO SPEAK/SING FOR A LADIES GROUP WITH AN INTERESTING NAME .... G.A.L.S. (GET A LIFE SISTER) .... HOW CUTE, HUH? .... WELL, WHAT A VERY SPECIAL GROUP .... IT WAS A "HAT THING" .... (I LOVE TO SEE LADIES WEARING THEM) AND SOOO MUCH FUN. I AM THANKFUL HOW GOD GIVES ME OPPORTUNITIES TO MINISTER IN ALL TYPES OF SETTINGS.
FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO SING AT A GREAT CHURCH IN THIS AREA CALLED ECHOS OF FAITH .... (THE LOCATION AND NAME JUST CHANGED TO FAITH LIFE .... NOW IN EASTVALE, CA) THE PASTORS JIM AND IRETA HAVE BEEN DEAR FRIENDS .... AND VERY SPECIAL TO ME .... WELL, WHAT A SURPRISE TO RECEIVE A CALL FROM PASTOR JIM .... TELLING ME HIS WIFE .... MY FRIEND, IRETA HAD SUFFERED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND HAD GONE TO BE WITH JESUS .... WOW! I WAS SHOCKED! .... I AM SOOO HAPPY I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE SERVICE .... AND WHAT A SERVICE! .... FIRST OFF, THE BUILDING WAS PACKED .... AS WELL AS 2 OVERFLOW ROOMS, THE SERVICE WAS INSPIRATIONAL, FUNNY AND A REAL TRIBUTE TO THIS INCREDIBLE LADY .... EVERYONE WHO SPOKE TOUCHED OUR HEARTS .... WELL, AS I ALWAYS SAY .... SHE IS "FINALLY HOME" .... AND SOON WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER AGAIN. WHAT A DAY OF REJOICING THAT WILL BE! .... I SHALL CERTAINLY MISS HER!
Pastor Jim & Ireta Willoughby and Ms. Lillie
PSALMS 116:15 ~ BLESSED IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS ..... HIS LOVING ONES.
I SHALL NEVER FORGET THE PHONE CALL .... AS I SAT AT MY DESK AT THE TELEPHONE COMPANY .... MY SUPERVISOR APPROACHED MY DESK AND SAID .... "THERE IS SOMEONE ON THE PHONE FOR YOU .... HIS NAME IS BILL GAITHER" .... WELL, THAT WAS 1976 .... SO IT WAS KINDA LIKE SOMEONE SAYING THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WAS ON THE PHONE TO TALK TO ME .... AS I NERVOUSLY APPROACHED THE PHONE .... MR. BILL SAID, "HE HAD BEEN SENT MY FIRST "RECORD" BY HIS FRIEND, DOUG OLDHAM .... THEY BOTH WERE IMPRESSED WITH IT" .... HE THEN MENTIONED THAT HE AND HIS WIFE, GLORIA WERE STARTING A RECORD COMPANY IN NASHVILLE .... AND ASKED IF I WOULD LIKE TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST ARTISTS TO BE SIGNED? .... DUH! .... WELL, OFF I WENT TO NASHVILLE .... MET MY PRODUCERS, ARRANGERS, AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WORK TOGETHER TO "MAKE" A "RECORD" .... I WAS SIGNED TO A 2 RECORD CONTRACT WITH PARAGON .... AND WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME I HAD AT PARAGON RELEASE FUNCTIONS .... THEN WAS ASKED TO TRAVEL WITH THE BILL GAITHER TRIO CONCERTS .... (IT WAS BILL, DANNY AND GLORIA) .... AND LATER, GARY MCSPADDEN JOINED THE TRIO ..... I ALWAYS SANG THE SAME SONG .... EACH NITE .... CAUSE THAT WAS THE SONG EVERYONE SEEMED TO LOVE .... "THE COMFORTER HAS COME" .... BY THE WAY, I STILL AM ASKED TO SING IT .... 42 YEARS AFTER THE RELEASE .... WOW!
NOW ON TO THE 2ND "RECORD" .... IN 1977 .... I WAS SOOO VERY EXCITED THAT I COULD HAVE THE SONG ON THE PROJECT THAT STILL IS A FAVORITE OF MANY .... "HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW." I KNEW I WOULD BE ABLE TO SING IT AS LONG AS I COULD SING, AS THOSE LYRICS ALWAYS ENCOURAGE AND INSPIRE. I MUST TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY KNOW ABOUT .... THE PRODUCER FOR MY CHRISTMAS CD .... SAID "YOU REALLY NEED STRINGS ON YOUR SONG "HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS." WELL, I KNEW I COULD NOT AFFORD TO DO IT .... HE THEN TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO EUROPE .... TAKING SEVERAL PROJECTS FROM DIFFERENT ARTISTS TO USE THE HUGE ORCHESTRAS OVERSEAS TO ADD TO THEIR UPCOMING RELEASES. WELL, I THEN REMEMBERED THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH ME MANY YEARS AGO .... I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD GO TO LONDON WITH A SMALL TEAM, ONE OF THEM WAS AN INCREDIBLE ARRANGER RONN HUFF TO RECORD "SPARROW" AND 4 MORE OF MY SONGS .... AND I DID .... I REMEMBER AS I ENTERED THAT GIANT HALL WITH AT LEAST 50 OF THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC .... CONDUCTOR RONN HUFF ASKED ME TO "STAND CLOSE TO HIM .... SO HE COULD HEAR HOW I WOULD BE SINGING IT .... TOLD ME TO TAKE MY TIME .... JUST SING IT THE WAY I WANTED TO WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID! .... AS HE CONDUCTED THAT INCREDIBLE ORCHESTRA .... AND FOLK, I AM STILL USING THAT SAME SOUND TRACK HERE 42 YEAR LATER .... AND IT SEEMS TO BE MY MOST REQUESTED SONG AS I TRAVEL .... I USUALLY SING IT IN EACH OF MY CONCERT .... WHAT A MESSAGE IN THAT SONG! .... AND GOD ALWAYS USES IT TO CONFIRM HIS WORD! WELL, I LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT MY FRIEND AND ARRANGER RONN HUFF PASSED AWAY .... HE WENT TO BE WITH JESUS .... WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT GOD GAVE HIM .... I USUALLY KNOW IF AN ARRANGEMENT I AM LISTENING TO WAS DONE BY RONN AS HE ALWAYS USED "FRENCH HORNS" IN A BEAUTIFUL WAY .... I AM HAPPY I KNEW HIM AND WOULD TELL HIM OFTEN HOW THANKFUL I WAS FOR THOSE AMAZING ARRANGEMENTS WE RECORDED IN LONDON.
Donna & Ron Huff and Ms. Lillie
REV. 14:13 ~ BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD .... THAT THEY MAY REST FROM THEIR WORKS AND DEEDS.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS PLACED ME HERE "FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS" TO ENCOURAGE THE BODY OF CHRIST. THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT TIMES .... OFTEN WE CANNOT SEEM TO BELIEVE WHAT IS HAPPENING .... "RITE UNDER OUR NOSES" .... YES, WE ARE IN A WAR .... BUT BECAUSE JESUS IS OUR COMMANDER .... WE WIN! WE MUST USE ALL THE POWER AVAILABLE TO US THRU JESUS CHRIST .... TO STAND AGAINST SATAN .... HE IS A THIEF AND WILL STEAL FROM US .... OUR JOY AND PEACE .... BUT JESUS HAS COME INTO OUR LIVES TO GIVE US LIFE AND THAT MORE ABUNDANTLY .... WHAT A PROMISE! .... SO LET'S KEEP OUR EYES FOCUSED ON JESUS .... THE ONE WHO IS WANTING TO LEAD US ALL THE WAY TO VICTORY. AMEN!
I CORINTHIANS 15:57 ~ THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO GIVES US THE VICTORY .... MAKING US CONQUERORS THRU OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
I WANTED TO SHARE PHOTOS OF THE QUARTERLY BAPTISM AT MY CHURCH .... IT IS AWESOME! .... THERE ARE USUALLY OVER 200 EACH TIME! .... THERE IS A HUGE TANK BROUGHT INTO THE CHURCH .... AND THOSE WHO WILL BE BAPTIZED HAVE A CLASS ON "WHAT THEY ARE DOING" .... AND THEY ARE SOOOO EXCITED TO ENTER THE POOL .... IT IS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD! .... THERE ARE SEVERAL PASTORS BAPTIZING .... AND WHAT JOY ON THE FACES OF THE CANDIDATES AFTER THEY ARE SUBMERGED AND COME OUT OF THE WATER .... HAVING BEEN BURIED WITH CHRIST IN BAPTISM.
OH, HOW I HATE JUNK MAIL! .... WHICH IS WHAT I GET A LOT OF .... (I AM CERTAIN YOU DO ALSO) I DO LIKE TO SHRED THINGS THAT HAVE MY NAME AND ADDRESS INFO .... SO IT CAN REALLY ADD UP TO A LOT OF SHREDDING FOR ME TO DO ON MY OFFICE SHREDDER .... (REMEMBER, I DO ALL OF MY OWN SEC'Y WORK) .... SO I HAVE LOTS TO DO .... NO TIME FOR SHREDDING THAT IS WHY I WAS SOOOO HAPPY TO LEARN THAT NEARBY THERE IS A SENIOR CENTER .... THAT DOES SHREDDING FOR US ONCE A MONTH .... THE TRUCK COMES BY AND YOU ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE IT DONE .... OR YOU CAN JUST DROP IT OFF .... I PREFER TO SEE IT DONE WHY, OH WHY DO WE HAVE SO MUCH PAPER TO DISCARD? .... I DO NOT REMEMBER THIS PROBLEM WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
SEEMS THAT EASTER IS COMING SOOOO SOON THIS YEAR .... WITH PALM SUNDAY BEING IN MARCH .... THIS IS THE TIME TO REFLECT ON THE TRIUMPHANT ENTRY OF JESUS INTO JERUSALEM RIDING ON A COLT .... THERE WERE SHOUTS OF HOSANNA .... PALM LEAVES WERE BEING WAVED .... BUT JUST A FEW DAYS LATER .... PERHAPS SOME OF THOSE SAME FOLK .... WOULD TURN ON HIM AND THEN CRY "CRUCIFY HIM." JESUS KNEW WHY HE CAME TO THIS EARTH .... AND HE WAS WILLING TO TAKE ON THE SINS OF THE WORLD SO THAT WE MAY BE SAVED .... THANK YOU LORD! I AM GLAD YOU DID!
LUKE 19:38 ~ THE WHOLE CROWD BEGAN TO CRY OUT .... BLESSED BE THE KING WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.
HALLELUJAH, I AM COMING UP ON 40 YEARS OF FULL-TIME MINISTRY GOD HAS CALLED ME TO .... AND I LOVE IT! .... I DO NOT PLAN TO RETIRE .... SOME OF YOU I HAVE KNOWN FOR THOSE 40 YEARS .... YOU HAVE PRAYED FOR ME .... ENCOURAGED ME .... AND BEEN THERE FOR ME .... OTHERS OF YOU, I HAVE NOT KNOWN AS LONG PERHAPS .... BUT, BE ASSURED, I AM GRATEFUL THAT GOD PLACED YOU IN MY LIFE. THANKS FOR YOUR GIFTS OF LOVE TO THIS MINISTRY THAT GOD CALLED ME TO. (IT IS GOOD GROUND) I DO APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT .... AND WHATEVER YOU GIVE, YOU WILL RECEIVE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT DOWN HERE PLUS A REWARD IN HEAVEN. THANK YOU!
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE MESSAGE I HEARD FROM MY PASTOR LAST NITE .... HE TALKED ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES A DAY WE "SHARE" SOMETHING THAT COMES TO US VIA CELL PHONE .... OR WE SEE ON "YOU-TUBE" THE STATS SAY .... AN AVERAGE OF 16 TIMES A DAY. HE EXHORTED US TO "SHARE JESUS" AT LEAST THAT MANY TIMES AND SEE HOW DIFFERENT THE WORLD WOULD BE .... AMEN! I AM NOT ON FACEBOOK (HOWEVER, I DO HAVE A FACEBOOK FAN PAGE) .... BUT I DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING LIKE TALK WITH FOLK .... INTERACT AT ALL .... AND DO NOT HAVE A CLUE AS TO HOW TO EVEN GET ON AND "SHARE" ANYTHING BUT AS I HAVE PERSONAL CONTACT WITH FOLK AS I MOVE ABOUT THE DAY .... I WANT TO .... AND AM TRYING TO "SHARE JESUS" .... FOR YEARS I HAVE BEEN LEAVING A GREAT TRACT WITH FOLK THAT HAS A $2 BILL IN IT .... SO THEY MAY BE MORE APT TO READ IT .... WE CAN ALL BE CREATIVE! AMEN!
MATTHEW 5:16 ~ LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY WILL SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS AND GLORIFY AND PRAISE YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN.
ROMANS 1:16 ~ FOR I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, FOR IT IS GOD'S POWER WORKING UNTO SALVATION TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES.
IT WILL BE A JOY TO HEAR FROM YOU WHEN YOU WANT ME TO COME TO MINISTER IN WORD/SONG FOR YOUR SENIOR MINISTRY .... LADIES FUNCTION .... OR YOUR CHURCH .... WE'LL HAVE A GOOD TIME .... YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME AND YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. PLEASE CALL ME AT 909 948-2448 AND WE'LL TALK!
ROMANS 15:13 ~ MAY THE GOD OF HOPE SO FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING .... THRU THE EXPERIENCE OF YOUR FAITH .... THAT BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT YOU MAY ABOUND AND BE OVERFLOWING WITH HOPE.
THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE .... WE WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT! ~ PSALM 118:24
MY, THIS "NEW YEAR" IS ALREADY PASSING QUICKLY .... AND SOME OF OUR CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HAVE GONE ON TO GLORY TO BE WITH JESUS, I WILL WRITE MORE ABOUT THEM LATER ....
FEBRUARY BEGAN WITH THE "SUPER BOWL" .... AND BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SAN JOSE AREA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6/7 MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR EDWIN HAWKINS .... I DECIDED TO GO UP EARLIER AND SING IN A CHURCH ON THE SUNDAY .... I CONTACTED AN OLD FRIEND WHO HAS PASTORED FOR 37 YEARS TO TELL HIM WHY I WOULD BE IN THE AREA .... AND .... ASKED IF I COME BY AND SING "O HAPPY DAY?" .... WELL, HE INFORMED ME THAT IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SERVICE BECAUSE OF SUPER BOWL .... THEY WOULD BE HAVING A VIDEO WITH INTERVIEWS AND TESTIMONIES FROM NFL PLAYERS WHO ARE COMMITTED CHRISTIANS .... BUT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ME CLOSE EACH OF THE SERVICES WITH THAT SONG .... WOW! EACH WAS AN INCREDIBLE SERVICE .... AND THAT VIDEO WAS AWESOME! .... IT WAS A BLESSING TO SEE AND HEAR THOSE GUYS SPEAK FERVENTLY ABOUT THEIR FAITH IN GOD. I LOVED BEING REUNITED WITH PASTOR BUCHHOLZ AT HIS EXCITING CHURCH ....
PASTOR BILL & MELODY BUCHHOLZ WITH MS. LILLIE
THE CHURCH WOULD SEAT 2500 .... AND IT WAS PACKED BOTH NITES AS WE GATHERED FOR A CELEBRATION OF LIFE .... THE LIFE OF EDWIN HAWKINS .... A FRIEND OF MANY .... A TALENTED MAN BORN TO PLAY THE PIANO .... TO WRITE SONGS .... TO REARRANGE MANY SONGS .... AS HE DID WITH THE HYMN WRITTEN IN THE 17TH CENTURY .... “O HAPPY DAY” .... WHICH HE TAUGHT TO HIS CHOIR .... (I WAS A MEMBER OF THAT CHOIR) .... WE RECORDED THE SONG .... AND IT ENDED UP BEING THE FIRST GOSPEL SONG TO CROSS OVER TO THE BILLBOARD CHARTS .... IN FACT, THE ORIGINAL EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS WERE ASKED TO COME SING .... AND WE DID! .... HE WAS MY KIND, GENTLE FRIEND AND I SHALL MISS HIM .... BUT WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN .... THAT WILL BE A “HAPPY DAY” AMEN!
THE ORIGINAL EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS
THE EXCITING 100+ CELEBRATION CHOIR WHO ALSO SANG
PASTOR DONNIE MCCLURKIN SANG AS ONLY HE CAN!
IF YOU HAVE EVER WATCHED TBN, WELL, FOR 40 + YEARS, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THIS ANOINTED MAN TEACH, PREACH, OR JUST "BE THERE" ON STAGE LISTENING WHEN OTHERS WERE. HE HAS BEEN A VITAL PART OF THAT NETWORK .... AND IS NOW THE SENIOR PASTOR AT THE TRINITY BROADCAST CHURCH IN IRVINE .... I HAVE KNOWN HIM ALL THOSE YEARS AND WAS SO HONORED TO BE INVITED TO HIS 90TH B'DAY CELEBRATION .... HE IS A REAL MAN OF GOD AND STILL AN ANOINTED PREACHER, TEACHER. WHAT A LIFE GOD HAS GIVEN HIM. I AM HAPPY HE IS MY FRIEND .... HIS WIFE, MS. HILDE, IS A DEAR PARTNER TO HIM.
WHAT A JOY FOR ME TO SEE AT THE PARTY, MY "OLD FRIENDS" WHOM I HAVE KNOWN ALSO FOR THOSE 40+ YEARS .... (HIS WAS THE VOICE YOU HEARD FOR YEARS INTRODUCING THE "PRAISE PROGRAM") .... JAY JONES ..... I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
JAY & MARILEE JONES WITH MS. LILLIE
WE DO HEAR THE WORD “LOVE” OFTEN THIS TIME OF THE YEAR ....THE 14TH OF FEBRUARY .... VALENTINES’ DAY .... IT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE TO TELL THOSE CLOSE TO US THAT WE DO LOVE THEM .... THE GREETING CARD COMPANIES DO A BOOMING BUSINESS .... THE LINES ARE LONG AT SEE’S CANDY STORES .... .... THERE ARE HUGGY BEARS .... AND OF COURSE, HOW COULD I FAIL TO MENTION THE LOVELY BOUQUETS DELIVERED OR EVEN PURCHASED AT THE LAST MINUTE. I LEARNED THAT THE ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IS NOW KNOWN AS THE “LOVE MONTH” .... SO I THOT I WOULD WRITE SOMETHING EVEN AFTER VALENTINES’ DAY. FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS .... THE BANQUETS I HAVE SING/SPOKEN FOR HAVE BEEN CALLED SOMETHING LIKE “FRIENDS” OR “LOVE” FEASTS .... BECAUSE THERE ARE SOOO MANY FOLK WHO ARE ALONE AND SHOULD NOT BE REMINDED THAT THEIR MATES HAVE PASSED AWAY .... OR THOSE WHO ARE SINGLE (AS I AM) AND HAVE NO ONE IN OUR LIVES TO SHARE THAT DAY WITH. SO MY MESSAGE IS ALWAYS TO TALK AND SING ABOUT GOD’S LOVE FOR US. (THAT OLD HYMN .... “THE LOVE OF GOD” .... IS A FAVORITE ONE I SING). LOVE IS AN ACTION VERB .... SO, AS PERHAPS THE MOST WELL-KNOWN SCRIPTURE IN THE BIBLE STATES .... “FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON .... AND WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT PERISH .... BUT WILL HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.” GOD KNEW WHAT WE NEEDED AND SENT “HIM” .... BECAUSE LOVE IS AN ACTION VERB, HE SAW THE NEED AND FILLED IT IN A “PERFECT WAY” .... AND WE TOO, MUST SHOW LOVE HOWEVER AND WHENEVER WE CAN .... AS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURES STATES .... WHEN YOU VISITED THOSE IN PRISON, FED THE HUNGRY .... CARED FOR THE ORPHANS AND WIDOWS .... (YOU MAY HAVE THOT YOU WERE DOING IT FOR THOSE WHO NEEDED IT) .... BUT WE ARE REALLY DOING IT AS UNTO THE LORD .... MATTHEW 25:40 .... WHEN JESUS IS IN OUR HEARTS .... HE BRINGS “REAL LOVE” .... CAUSE “GOD IS LOVE.”
WHAT A JOY FOR ME TO MINISTER TO 100+ LADIES ON VALENTINES' DAY .... THEY WERE ALL WIDOWS AND WHAT A LUNCHEON! .... THERE WERE MANY, MANY GIFTS GIVEN TO THEM .... THEY WERE MADE TO FEEL SOOO SPECIAL (AS THEY ARE) .... THERE WAS LOTS OF LOVE IN THAT ROOM .... I FELT IT AND WAS HAPPY TO BE THERE. AND IT WAS EVIDENT THAT GOD WAS SPEAKING TO THEIR HEARTS AS I SPOKE AND SANG! LET ME SHARE WHAT THE GREAT MAN OF GOD CHARLES SPURGEON WROTE .... "NOTHING CAN SATISFY THE ENTIRE MAN BUT THE LORD'S LOVE AND THE LORD HIMSELF" AMEN!
MATTHEW 11:28 ~ COME TO ME, ALL YOU WHO LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.
PSALM 55:22 ~ CAST YOUR BURDEN ON THE LORD, AND HE SHALL SUSTAIN YOU; HE SHALL NEVER PERMIT THE RIGHTEOUS TO BE MOVED.
I AM CERTAIN THAT AS OFTEN AS BILLY GRAHAM TRAVELED THE WORLD .... HE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY TO RETURN HOME .... AS THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME! .... WELL, NOW HE IS “FINALLY HOME” .... IT'S THE PLACE HE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT FOR MANY DECADES TO LITERALLY MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD .... INVITING THEM TO COME AND “GO WITH HIM” TO LIVE WITH JESUS FOREVER AND EVER. WHAT A MAN! .... HE WAS CALLED AND SENT BY GOD TO THE WORLD WITH “GOOD NEWS” .... I SHALL NEVER FORGET THE NITE .... IN 1982 .... HE CAME TO SAN JOSE FOR A CRUSADE .... OF COURSE, I WANTED TO SING IN THE CHOIR AND DID! .... WHAT INCREDIBLE SERVICES! .... MANY CAME FORWARD TO RECEIVE JESUS AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR .... THE HUSBAND OF MY DEAR FRIEND WAS IN CHARGE OF HIS SECURITY DETAIL .... AND EXCITED TO HAVE THAT JOB AND RESPONSIBILITY .... WHEN JIM CALLED AND ASKED IF I WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET BILLY GRAHAM? .... DUH! .... IS WHAT I THOT .... AND WAS SOOOO VERY HAPPY WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT JUST AS DR. GRAHAM WAS LEAVING .... I WAS TO BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS AS HE CAME DOWN .... AND OF COURSE, I WAS THERE! .... SO MY FRIEND SIMPLY SAID “DR GRAHAM, THIS IS MY FRIEND, LILLIE KNAULS .... A GREAT SINGER .... AND SHE WANTS TO MEET YOU” .... WELL, HE REACHED OUT HIS HAND .... TOLD ME HOW HAPPY HE WAS TO MEET ME .... I SHOOK IT AS I THANKED HIM FOR COMING TO SAN JOSE .... HE SMILED THAT KIND SMILE AND GOT INTO THE VEHICLE .... WHAT A NITE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SHAKE HANDS AND SPEAK THOSE FEW WORDS TO THIS MAN OF GOD. MANY YEARS LATER, I WAS VERY EXCITED TO BE ASKED TO COME FOR A BILL GAITHER VIDEO TAPING AT THE BILLY GRAHAM LIBRARY .... WHAT A PLACE! .... IT IS INCREDIBLE! THERE IS SOOOO MUCH TO SEE AND DO .... AND FOLLOWING THE LIVES OF RUTH AND BILLY GRAHAM THROUGHOUT THE PLACE IS WONDERFUL! .... I LOVE THE BUILDING WITH THE HUGE CROSS AS A DOOR .... (SO ALL MUST COME IN AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS) .... THAT IS POWERFUL! I THANK GOD FOR THE LIFE OF BILLY GRAHAM AND THE MESSAGE HE ALWAYS PROCLAIMED! AMEN!
THE WORLD HEARD THE NEWS ON FEBRUARY 21, 2018 THAT ONE WHO HAS BEEN CALLED "AMERICA'S PASTOR" WAS CALLED HOME TO GLORY .... OUR BELOVED DR. BILLY GRAHAM. WE ALL KNEW HE WOULD BE LEAVING THIS EARTH ONE DAY .... BUT WE ALL STILL FELT A LOSS .... (EVEN IF WE HAD NEVER MET HIM OR SPOKEN WITH HIM) .... BUT OH MY! HE CERTAINLY SPOKE TO OUR HEARTS .... EACH TIME WE HEARD A MESSAGE FROM HIM .... OR SAW AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM ON A POPULAR TALK SHOW .... WE KNEW, "IT WAS ALL ABOUT JESUS" .... WHAT A CALLING FROM FATHER GOD HE RECEIVED AND WAS SENT AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE "GOOD NEWS" .... HE WENT .... AND AS A RESULT, MANY SOULS ARE SAVED! .... HE FINISHED HIS WORK!
WELCOME BILLY, COME ON IN! WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT!
I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT 2018 .... AND WHAT GOD HAS PLANNED FOR ME .... HE IS OPENING NEW DOORS FOR MINISTRY .... AND I AM HAPPY TO WALK THRU THEM. SO, IF YOU ARE PLANNING A SENIOR ADULT FUNCTION .... A LADIES LUNCHEON/TEA .... AND EVEN FOR A CHURCH SERVICE .... PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN I CAN COME .... YOU CAN CALL ME AT 909-949-2448 .... REMEMBER, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED! AND YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME!
I AM TRULY THANKFUL AND APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU WHO PRAY FOR THIS MINISTRY AND GIVE FINANCIALLY .... THANKS FOR BEING MY PARTNER .... YOU HELP ME TO DO THE WORK GOD HAS CALLED ME TO DO .... WHAT AN "ASSIGNMENT" HE GAVE ME. ALSO, PLEASE, LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN PRAY FOR YOU .... CALL 909-948-2448 AND WE CAN AGREE TOGETHER. AMEN!
ACTS 20:24 ~ MY LIFE (LILLIE'S LIFE) IS WORTH NOTHING UNLESS I USE IT FOR DOING THE WORK ASSIGNED ME .... TELLING OTHERS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT GOD'S MIGHTY KINDNESS AND LOVE.
ANOTHER DEAR FRIEND OF MINE WENT TO BE WITH JESUS .... HAL SPENCER WHO PRODUCED MY VERY FIRST RECORD BACK IN 1975 .... I WANT TO SHARE A BIT ABOUT HIM .... I MET HIM IN 1974 AFTER I HAD BEEN GIVEN MONEY TO HELP WITH THE COST OF A RECORDING. HIS COMPANY, THE WELL KNOWN "MANNA MUSIC" PRODUCED THAT ALBUM .... AND IN 1975 I HAD IT IN MY HANDS .... WOW! HAL WAS A DEAR FRIEND AS WAS HIS WIFE, JUDY WHO IS STILL TODAY ONE OF MY DEAREST FRIENDS .... I SPOKE WITH HIM JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN I LEARNED THAT HE WAS VERY ILL, WE LAUGHED AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE PAST AND I THANKED HIM FOR HIS GIANT CONTRIBUTION TO WHO I AM TODAY .... I REMEMBERED THAT EACH TIME WE SPOKE ON THE PHONE HE WAS ALWAYS AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME AND SEEMED HAPPY WITH HOW MY LIFE WAS GOING .... I ALWAYS REMINDED HIM THAT GOD USED HIM TO "START" WHAT GOD IS NOW DOING IN MY LIFE." .... I SHALL MISS HIM BUT WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER AGAIN SOON .... FOREVER!
MS. LILLIE WITH HAL SPENCER
I AM THANKFUL TO GOD, THAT FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS I HAVE "READ THRU THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR" .... WHAT A REAL BLESSING IT HAS BEEN! ACTUALLY, I HAVE USED THE SAME DEVOTIONAL BOOK .... IT TAKES ME THRU THE ENTIRE BIBLE .... THRU THE PROVERBS .... (READING 1 A DAY) .... AND A PSALM EACH DAY .... THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE WORD OF GOD! .... PLEASE LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN GOD'S WORD! .... EACH DAY THIS YEAR AND EVERY YEAR YOU ARE ALIVE! .... HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN WHEN WE DO.
PSALM 119:133 ~ DIRECT MY STEPS BY YOUR WORD, AND LET NO INIQUITY HAVE DOMINION OVER ME.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET'S REMEMBER, WE ARE HEARING FROM THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE .... THE BIBLE IS HIS VOICE .... IT IS HIS LOVE LETTER TO US .... WHICH DOES ALSO INCLUDE WARNINGS IF WE DO NOT OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS .... AND WHEN WE HIDE IN OUR HEARTS WHAT WE READ .... WE RECEIVE HIS WISDOM ..... MAY GOD GIVE EACH OF US A HUNGER FOR HIS WORD!
HEBREWS 4:12 ~ FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL, AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD, PIERCING EVEN TO THE DIVISION OF SOUL AND SPIRIT, AND OF JOINTS AND MARROW, AND IS A DISCERNER OF THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTS OF THE HEART.
I LOVE YOU SOOOOO MUCH .... THANKS FOR BEING MY FRIEND!
ONE YEAR CLOSER TO THE RETURN OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST …. HAPPY NEW YEAR! …. THE NUMBER 8 MEANS “NEW BEGINNINGS” …. LET’S ALL EMBRACE THIS “FRESH START” …. OPPORTUNITY TO DO “NEW THINGS” …. TO RENEW OUR DEDICATION TO JESUS …. AS WE REMEMBER ALL THE THINGS WE KNOW HE HAS ASKED US TO DO …. AND SAY …. AS WE AWAKEN EACH DAY THIS YEAR …. LET IT BE ANOTHER “NEW BEGINNING” …. A “FRESH START” …. I HAVE HEARD THIS FOR YEARS …. AM NOT SURE WHO SAID IT …. “TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF OUR LIVES.”
ISAIAH 43:19 ~ FOR I’M GOING TO DO A BRAND-NEW THING. SEE, I HAVE ALREADY BEGUN! DON’T YOU SEE IT? I WILL MAKE A ROAD THROUGH THE WILDERNESS OF THE WORLD FOR MY PEOPLE TO GO HOME, AND CREATE RIVERS FOR THEM IN THE DESERT!
I EXPERIENCED SOMETHING WONDERFUL ON NEW YEARS EVE NITE …. I VISITED WEST ANGELES CHURCH IN LOS ANGELES …. PASTORED BY BISHOP CHARLES BLAKE …. IT IS HUGE! …. SEATS AT LEAST 5,000 …. AND WAS PACKED …. IT BEGAN AT 9PM …. WITH A TIME OF PRAYER …. MANY DIFFERENT FOLK CAME TO THE MICROPHONE TO PRAY SPECIFICALLY FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, SUCH AS OUR PRESIDENT AND ALL THE POLITICIANS, (OUR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR AND LAWMAKERS), OUR FAMILIES, FIRST RESPONDERS, THE YOUTH, THE CALAMITIES (THE WILD FIRES, TORNADOES, HURRICANES, FLOODS) …. AS WELL AS MANY MORE NEEDS. WHAT A POWERFUL TIME OF PRAYER! …. MANY ON THEIR KNEES, CRYING OUT TO THE ONE WHO IS THE ONLY ANSWER FOR ALL THAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS WORLD …. WE KNOW HIM AS “JESUS” …. AND I DO WISH, THAT EVERYONE KNEW HIM. AS I SAT IN THAT ATMOSPHERE …. THE SERVICE WAS GLORIOUS …. THE HUGE CHOIR SINGING …. FANTASTIC MUSICIANS …. (ONE BEING A MULTI-TALENTED KEYBOARD PLAYER …. EDDIE BROWN) …. WOW! HE IS FANTASTIC …. OF COURSE, I ASKED FOR A PHOTO WITH HIM …. …. IF YOU GO ON YOU-TUBE …. HE’S THERE!
Ms. Lillie with the talented Eddie Brown
THE MESSAGE WAS MOST ANOINTED AND THE CORPORATE PRAYER AT THE END OF THE SERVICE WAS LED BY BISHOP BLAKE …. HE ASKED GOD FOR DIRECTION IN EACH OF OUR LIVES AS WE ENTERED INTO 2018 …. IT WAS AWESOME! …. AT THE END OF THE SERVICE AT ABOUT 12:45 AM …. BISHOP BLAKE STOOD TO GREET THE FOLK ON ONE SIDE OF THE STAGE AND HIS DARLING WIFE, LADY MAE ON THE OTHER SIDE …. I WAS EXCITED TO GET A PHOTO WITH EACH OF THEM
Ms. Lillie with Bishop Charles Blake
Ms. Lillie with Lady Mae Blake
FOR 47 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO SPONSORED BY MORRIS CERRULLO …. IT IS ALWAYS THE 2ND TUESDAY OF JANUARY FOR 5 DAYS, IT IS LIKE “HEAVEN ON EARTH” …. THE BEST SINGERS AND SPEAKERS ARE THERE. BROTHER CERRULLO IS A TRUE WORLD EVANGELIST …. AND HAS TRAVELED FOR MANY YEARS BRINGING JESUS TO THE WORLD …. SOME YEARS AGO, I SANG IN HIS CONFERENCES AND CRUSADES …. AND I WAS SOOOO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SING THIS YEAR …. WHAT A CONFERENCE! ONE OF THE TREMENDOUS SPEAKER WAS THE SINGER/PREACHER MARVIN SAPP.
Ms. Lillie with Pastor Marvin Sapp
WHAT A BLESSING FOR ME TO ATTEND MY SISTERS 90TH B’DAY IN LAS VEGAS. TO MAKE IT EASIER ON EVERYONE, IT WAS HELD AT OLIVE GARDEN. WE HAD THE CHOICE OF 4 ENTREES AS WELL AS THE FAMOUS SALADS AND THE BREAD STIX (WHICH I DID NOT EAT EVEN ONE) …. THE ROOM HELD 50 FOLK AND WAS PACKED WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS …. SHE DID LOOK SOOO CUTE …. WEARING A TIARA …. AS WE TALKED ON THE PHONE DURING THE WEEKS AND DAYS BEFORE …. SHE WAS VERY EXCITED AND WHEN THE DAY ARRIVED, SHE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT …. SO NOW, SHE IS EXACTLY 10 YEARS OLDER THAN ME.
Ms. Lillie’s Sister Nell’s 90th Birthday Party
I WAS ABLE TO SING AT A GREAT CHURCH THAT WEEKEND IN VEGAS WHERE I HAVE MINISTERED FOR MANY YEARS AND A SPECIAL FRIEND IS ON STAFF …. HE IS AN EXTREMELY TALENTED SINGER …. WANT TO BE BLESSED? …. GOOGLE LARRY WAYNE MORBITT SINGING “DOWN FROM HIM GLORY” …. WOW!
Ms. Lillie with Larry Wayne Morbitt
WHEN I MOVED TO HAWAII IN 1983 AS A MISSIONARY …. YEA RITE? …. (THAT IS WHAT FOLK WERE SAYING) …. BUT IT IS TRUE …. GOD GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN HAWAII FOR 10 YEARS …. AND WORK WITH A WONDERFUL MINISTRY CALLED THE WAIKIKI BEACH CHAPLAINCY …. WE CONDUCTED CHURCH SERVICES ON SUNDAY MORNINGS RITE ON THE BEACH …. ON THE SAND AT THE HAWAIIAN HILTON HOTEL …. WHAT A CHURCH SETTING …. I DID LOVE BEING A SMALL PART OF THAT MINISTRY …. AND OF COURSE, I LOVED LIVING IN HAWAII …. TO ME THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PART OF GOD’S WORLD!
I DID MEET SO MANY DEAR FRIENDS, AND WE ARE STILL CONNECTED …. AS I HAVE VISITED THE ISLANDS FOR R/R ALMOST YEARLY SINCE I LEFT THERE …. I DO TRY TO STAY AT LEAST 3 WEEKS …. AND AM LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING THIS MAY …. WHAT I HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IS INTERESTING …. I MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET FRIENDS A COUPLE TIMES A WEEK …. THIS IS HOW I DO IT AND IT DOES WORK SOOOO WELL …. I INVITE A FRIEND TO MEET ME AT THE RESTAURANT …. SAY AT 9AM …. I TELL THEM I HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT AT 11AM …. WHEN THEY LEAVE, THE NEXT FRIEND ARRIVES AND WE SPEND 2 HOURS TOGETHER …. THEN I AM READY FOR MY LAST FRIEND TO ARRIVE AND I AM THERE ANOTHER 2 HOURS …. IT DOES WORK WELL …. I GET TO HAVE TIME WITH MY SPECIAL FRIENDS AS I STAY IN ONE PLACE …. AND YES, I DO TIP WISELY …. YIPPEEEEE!
I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE DEAR FRIENDS COME SPEND 5 DAYS WITH ME AT MY NEW SENIOR LIVING HOME …. SHE HAD BEEN VISITING THE MAINLAND …. SO ENROUTE BACK TO THE ISLANDS, SHE STOPPED BY …. AND DID WE HAVE A GREAT TIME! …. DID MANY FUN THINGS …. BECAUSE I NOW HAVE ONLY A 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT …. SHE WAS ABLE TO STAY IN THE GUEST ROOM AVAILABLE TO ANY OF OUR GUESTS …. SO THAT DOES WORK WELL, AS WE EACH HAVE OUR “SPACE.”
Ms. Lillie with long-time Hawaii friend, Maile
WE WENT TO A VERY SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING …. THE MAN WHO PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN OUR COUNTRY …. HE ASKED US TO SHOW LOVE WHEN THERE IS HATE! I AM GRATEFUL THAT GOD HAD A MAN HE COULD USE …. AND DID! IT WAS IN A LOVELY PARK …. LOTS OF FOLK IN ATTENDANCE …. A GREAT CHOIR SANG …. AND THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER WAS A DARLING YOUNG LADY NAMED KIMBERLY ANYADIKE …. WHAT A STORY! SHE IS KNOWN AS THE YOUNGEST BLACK WOMAN TO COMPLETE A FLIGHT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES …. FLYING FROM COAST TO COAST IN A SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA 172 …. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? …. SHE WAS THEN ONLY 15 YEARS OLD …. AND BECAUSE YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 16 YEARS OLD …. SHE NEVER SOLO-ED …. DURING THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT SHE COMPLETED IN 2009, SHE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A SAFETY PILOT AS WELL AS A TUSKEGEE AIRMAN …. WHAT AN ENTOURAGE …. SHE IS AN INCREDIBLE SPEAKER …. AND AS A CHRISTIAN …. SHE CHALLENGED EACH OF US TO “SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS.”
PHILIPPIANS 4:13 ~ FOR I CAN DO EVERYTHING GOD ASKS ME TO WITH THE HELP OF CHRIST WHO GIVES ME THE STRENGTH AND POWER.
(above photo courtesy of Flamecolor Media)
Ms. Lillie with Kimberly
I SPENT ANOTHER WEEK SINGING IN SAN DIEGO FOR A CONFERENCE …. I WAS VERY BLESSED AND ENCOURAGED …. GOD IS GOOD TO LET ME HEAR MANY WONDERFUL SPEAKERS AS I TRAVEL …. ALL VERY ANOINTED! HERE IS SOMETHING THAT WAS SHARED …. THAT AS WE CLOSE THE DOOR ON 2017 …. WE CAN LOOK BACK AND REALIZE HOW GOOD GOD HAS BEEN TO EACH OF US …. GOD’S COMPASSIONS AND MERCY HAS NEVER FAILED US …. RITE? HE DOES HAVE A PLAN FOR EACH OF US …. AND GOD’S LOVE WILL FOLLOW US INTO THIS NEW YEAR! IT IS TRUE THAT WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS …. BUT PRAISE GOD, WE DO KNOW THE ONE WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE …. AND WE ARE ALL “IN HIS HANDS.”
LAMENTATIONS 3: 23 – 25 ~ GREAT IS HIS FAITHFULNESS; HIS LOVING-KINDNESS BEGINS AFRESH EACH DAY. MY SOUL CLAIMS THE LORD AS MY INHERITANCE; THEREFORE I WILL HOPE IN HIM. THE LORD IS WONDERFULLY GOOD TO THOSE WHO WAIT FOR HIM, TO THOSE WHO SEEK FOR HIM.
WHAT A DYNAMIC CONCERT I ATTENDED LAST WEEK …. THEY ARE KNOWN AS THE GARY BONNER SINGERS …. ORGANIZED IN 1995 …. (GOOGLE THEM AND SEE WHEN THEY MIGHT BE IN YOUR AREA) …. YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY ENJOY THEM …. THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE PIANIST WITH 100 TALENTED SINGERS …. I LOVED HEARING THEM …. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SANG A CAPELLA …. WOW! I WAS HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO GET A PHOTO WITH THE BONNERS. HE IS 80 YEARS….
Ms. Lillie with Dr. & Mrs. Gary Bonner
AS YOU ARE PREPARING A SCHEDULE FOR YOUR CHURCH, YOUR GROUP? …. PLEASE LET ME COME AND MINISTER. I LOVE TO SPEAK/SING FOR LADIES GROUPS …. SENIOR ADULTS …. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AND YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME! YOU CAN REACH ME AT 909-948-2448 …. WE CAN TALK ABOUT A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO COME.
I AM SOOO GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROCLAIM THE “GOOD NEWS” THRU WORD/SONG …. IT HAS BEEN OVER 40 YEARS SINCE I “HUNG UP” ON “MA BELL” AND HAVE BEEN TRAVELING. GOD DOES KEEP MY VOICE STRONG …. AND HEARTFELT THANKS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE A VITAL PART OF THIS MINISTRY …. I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP …. WE ARE A POWERFUL TEAM FOR GOD! THIS MINISTRY IS “GOOD GROUND” …. AND WHATEVER YOU GIVE WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR ACCOUNT IN GLORY PLUS YOU WILL RECEIVE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT HERE ON EARTH …. YOU MAY CONTRIBUTE THRU PAYPAL, CREDIT CARD OR MAIL A CHECK …. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
ON DR. KINGS’ BIRTHDAY, I RECEIVED A CALL TELLING ME THAT EDWIN HAWKINS HAD PASSED AWAY …. MY, WHAT A SURPRISE! …. WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE WHEN I WRITE NEXT TIME …. YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT I WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS WHEN WE RECORDED THE SONG “OH HAPPY DAY” AND IT BECAME THE NO. 1 HIT AROUND THE WORLD …. WELL, THEY REQUESTED THAT THE ORIGINAL GROUP WEAR BLACK AND SING FOR HIS MEMORIAL SERVICE …. I AM SOOO THANKFUL THAT I AM ABLE TO ATTEND….WHAT A GIFT GOD GAVE EDWIN AND HE USED IT TO “BLESS THE WORLD.”
I AM EXCITED TO ALL GOD HAS PLANNED FOR ME …. AND YOU IN 2018 …. AND I PRAY THAT YOU ARE ALSO …. AS HE HAS PROMISED TO GIVE US A FUTURE AND A HOPE …. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO NOT LOSE HOPE …. WILLIAM BARCLAY SAYS IT BEST …. “A MAN CAN FACE ANYTHING AS LONG AS HE HAS HOPE, FOR THEN HE IS NOT WALKING TO THE NITE, BUT TO THE DAWN” …. LET’S MARCH ON WITH OUR EYES ON OUR LEADER …. JESUS!
JEREMIAH 29:11 ~ FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD YOU, SAYS THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE.
…. SO FOR THIS CALIFORNIA GIRL …. IT WAS COLD …. BRRRRRR!
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