Jill & Irvin Benge

Memorial Day 2023!

Good Morning, Everyone, What a beautiful Memorial Day morning it is here in Central Indiana. We hope you all will have a safe and a great memory making day!

We know and recognize this day was set aside to honor all Military members who lost their lives fighting for our country. It was first established in 1868, after the Civil War, and made into a National Holiday in 1971. I never really thought about this until today, that it took almost 100 years for this to become a 3 day weekend! I remember in the early 1960’s my family would celebrate this day with a cook-out and get together. I don’t remember much about decorating graves since my grandfathers who served, were buried in Ohio. I am not really sure how it became a custom to decorate everyone’s graves, whether they died serving our country, or not.

Today, we want to talk about our Sunday Sermon on Memorial Stones! What an awesome and encouraging message it was! Our Preacher and Pastor, Irvin, spoke about how the Lord told Moses in Exodus Chapter 3, that He, God Is “I AM WHO I AM”! He told Moses in Verse 15 that “This is My name forever and this is My memorial to all generations.” In Chapters 3 & 4 in the Book of Joshua, God told Joshua to lay “memorial stones” at specific places to mark some of the marvelous things God had done, so the generations to come would also know of God’s Greatness! Folks, we are here to tell you that our God, the same I AM WHO I AM, hasn’t changed! He is still the same miracle working God as He was for the Prophets in the Bible! He hasn’t changed!

We know many people do not believe in healings and miracles, but we always have, still do, and always will, because we believe God’s Holy Bible from the first “In the beginning to the last amen”! How about you? Do you really believe in God? If you can believe that you have been saved and have a home in Heaven when this life is over, why is it so hard to believe in God’s Power? Why are so many confessing Christians so bound up by the works of satan if Jesus is really living inside? Can you imagine what this ol’ world would be like if more people who say they believe would truly believe in God? Folks, this would change things over night! True revival would come and more souls would be saved! It can start with anyone who is willing to come to the end of themselves and believe in GOD and show and tell others instead of keeping what God has done for them a “top secret”!

Our Heavenly Father, God, has been so good to us that we can’t help but share His Love with others. He Is Always Faithful and True! And we know the best is yet to come for all of His children.

Will anyone join us in praying for God to send “Revival” across this Land we call, the great United States of America, one more time? We definitely need more “memorial stones” to share with the generations to come after we are gone.

We’ll be back soon! Have a super week ahead!

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