BRI AUNNA NANCE/CBN 07-29-2026 A Georgia church group for young athletes is reporting a powerful move of God after more than 100 students gave their lives to Jesus Christ at a recent gathering. First Baptist Church of Hazlehurst (FBC) partnered with Strength of a Champion Ministries and held the "Night of Champions" event where 120 students chose to follow Christ. Philip Worthington, the executive pastor of administration and missions at FBC, through the Strength of a Champion Ministry, invited coaches from six counties to the church for a tailgate-inspired block party with hamburger meals, games, and a chance to hear the gospel. Middle and high school teams were invited. Worthington said in a report from The Christian Index that FBC prepared for 500 students and 65 to 70 coaches. Craig Whitt, who leads Strength of a Champion Ministries, described the "Night of Champions" event as an evangelistic outreach that focuses on helping local churches reach student-athletes in their communities. Throughout the event, coaches and other attendees shared their own testimonies and their impact on their young athletes. Jake Fromm, a former NFL quarterback, encouraged the coaches in attendance to not discount their influence on the youth they coach. "Don't underestimate ... See GA CHURCH - Page 16 “ How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! Romans 10:15 OCTOBER 2026 VOLUME 28 NO 5 FREE Glad Tidings DAVID DUNNING............................4 DUTCH SHEETS...........................12 GARY TOOLE...............................11 GREATER THINGS.......................15 KINGS KIDS...................................8 MARK HANKINS............................3 NAMES OF JEHOVAH.................13 NEW EYE MIRACLE.......................5 PEGGY CLARK..............................6 POP STAR SURRENDERS..........11 SALVATION PRAYER ..................14 SIGNS OF LIFE..............................7 SUPERBOOK OPEN DOOR........10 TEXAS METEOROLOGIST............9 THE KEEN AGERS........................9 YOUR WORSHIP............................9 IN THIS ISSUE vvvvv To check out our Web-Site: www. GladTidings.news or use the QR code below LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK YOUR CAR! STOP – LOOK – LOCK Never leave kids or pets in unattended vehicles during hot summer days. Temperatures inside your car can rise 20 degrees within the first 10 minutes of turning the engine off. On a 70 degree day, the interior of a vehicle can exceed 100 degrees in a matter of minutes. 120 Student Athletes Commit to Christ During (Hazlehurst Georgia) Church Event CARDIAC SURGEON INVITES JESUS BEFORE EVERY OPERATION Cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon Orlando López de Victoria has drawn attention for the way he brings medicine and faith together in the operating room. With nearly 30 years of experience, he says that before every surgery, he invites Jesus to be present. For him, his work is not limited to medical technique. He says his hands are an instrument in God’s hands and that every operation requires scientific preparation, precision, and deep spiritual devotion. His way of facing the most complex cases comes from that conviction. His testimony has circulated among people who see medicine as a space where prayer also exists. Orlando never fails to acknowledge the importance of knowledge, equipment, and surgical experience. Before beginning, he simply pauses, prays, and enters the operating room with that companionship in mind . u NC Triplets Have Taken Social Media by Storm, Wendy Griffith/CBN 07-23-2025 A set of triplets has exploded on social media, reaching more than 900,000 followers. The Helms brothers from Denver, North Carolina, are using Instagram to pray, have fun and tell people about Jesus. A few years ago, their parents gave the identical triplets, Gage, Till, and Kaden, the green light to get on social media, never dreaming they'd become literal overnight sensations. “We always talked to people about Jesus in person and stuff, and we knew social media was blowing up and we never had it our whole life, so we were like, we can use it for a good purpose," Gage said. ... SEE TRIPLETS - Page 14 Sharing Love of Jesus and 'Living Out Their Faith'
43. For a good tree brings not forth corrupt fruit; neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 44. For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. 45. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:43-45 What kind of fruit are you producing, and where does it come from? The Word of God says it comes from your heart (your spirit). How does it get into your Heart? Fruit comes from a seed that has been planted. So, when the seed that has been planted becomes mature, you will receive a harvest. If you know anything about farming, you know that whatever seed you plant in the ground is the crop that you will receive when it is full grown, or when the harvest comes (under- standing that during the growing time a good fertilizer has to be applied). If you plant seeds for corn you will reap corn at harvest time. If you plant apple seeds, you will have apples. The Bible tells us in Galatians 6:7 “whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” That is a simple law God made back in the beginning of time. We may not all be farmers sowing corn and apples, but we are all sowers of seeds. We are planting seeds in our heart (spirit) all the time. And we can choose the kind of seeds we want to sow: We can sow good seeds or bad seeds; Happy seeds or sad seeds; Seeds of love or seeds of hate. There are many different kinds of seeds we all sow in our lifetime. And you can be sure, whatever seeds you are sowing, you will surely receive a harvest of exactly what you have sown. Jacob is a good example in the Bible. When he arrived at the home of his Uncle Laban in Haran, (His uncle was a rich man and had great herds of sheep and cattle) he met his uncleʼs shepherds by a well. He also met Rachel, who was keeping her fatherʼs sheep. Jacob wanted to marry Rachel. His uncle agreed to allow the marriage, if Jacob would work for him for 7 years. After 7 years, a big wedding feast was held and Jacob was excited about marrying Rachel. But Jacob was deceived and found out the next day he had married the wrong woman. He had married Leah (Rachelʼs sister) instead. Jacob was angry with his uncle who had deceived and tricked him. Jacob was reaping what he had sown earlier, when he tricked Esau, his brother, out of his birthright (deception). Jacob reaped what he had sowed. God did not punish him; the simple law of sowing and reaping was in effect. His uncle Laban explained to him it was customary for the oldest girl to marry first, but if he would work for him seven more years, he could marry Rachel. Jacob worked for his uncle for 14 years to marry Rachel. Jacob loved Rachel. Real love makes a sacrifice. Jesus made a sacrifice because He loved us so much. We can be sure that whatsoever we sow, we will reap. Matthew 7:20 tells us, “Wherefore, by their fruits you shall know them.” The Amplified Translation says, “you will fully know them.” You can know what kind of fruit they are bearing by their way of life; how they are living their lives. Another way is by how they talk; what they are speaking. Luke 6:45 tells us that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. You can know what they have been storing in their hearts, or their spirit man. If you are a Christian and a student of the Word of God, you can just be carrying on a conversation with someone and locate them in just a few minutes. If they are a Christian and have a personal relationship with God, you can sometimes know just by their presence. The same is true if a person is lost and without the Lord; if the seeds in a personʼs heart are producing evil, or if someone is a child of God and needs help. That is just another one of Godʼs ways of showing us how to discern the good and the evil, so we can keep from being deceived, just by observing and listening to what a man (person) is bringing forth out of his heart. The Lord has a lot to say about what we store in our heart , about “the fruit of our lips”, and about the harvest we can expect. Letʼs look at a few scriptures: Proverbs 11:30 - “the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise captures human lives (for God, as a fisher of men; he gathers and receives them for eternity). Proverbs 12:14, 17,18,19, and 22 - From the fruit of his words, a man shall be satisfied with good, and the work of a manʼs hands shall come back to him (as a harvest). 17. He who breathes out truth shows forth righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), but a false witness utters deceit. 18. There are those who speak rashly, like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. 19. Truthful lips shall be established forever, but alying tongue is (credited) but for a moment. 22. Lying lipsare extremely disgusting and hateful to the Lord, but they who deal faithfully are His delight. Proverbs 6:16-19 - These six things the Lord hates, indeed, seven are an abomination to Him: 17. A proud look (the spirit that makes one overestimate himself ... See FRUIT - Page 13 2 GLAD TIDINGS OCTOBER 2026 Non-denominational Christian Newspaper Sharing the Gospel of Jesus the Christ MAIL P. O. 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SPEAKING OF HIS GLORY The glory of God is multi-faceted and includes all the goodness of God. Let’s begin by getting a good definition of what the glory is. The glory of God is the manifested presence of God. It is a demonstration of His goodness not only in the world, but in our lives personally. There is not one English word that can fully describe what the Bible word for glory actually means. One commentary I read many years ago said that all of these words are included when you use the word glory: wealth, numbers, commerce, power, wisdom, promotion, superiority, dignity, authority, nobility, splendor, valor, magnificence, extraordinary privileges, and advantages. It is ALL the GOODNESS of God! The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders….The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars.…The voice of the Lord splits lightning….The voice of the Lord makes the wilderness tremble….The voice of the Lord makes the hinds bring forth their young, and His voice strips bare the forests, while in His temple everyone is saying, Glory! Psalm 29:3-9 (Amplified Bible) …in his temple doth everyone speak of his glory. Psalm 29:9 THE GOD OF GLORY God is called the God of glory in Acts 7:2. In Ephesians 1:17, God is the Father of glory. In Psalm 24:7-10, He is the King of glory. In 1 Corinthians 2:8, Jesus is the Lord of glory. In Hebrews 2:10, we see that Jesus died to bring many sons into glory. 2 Corinthians 3:18 says that we are changed from glory to glory. 1 Peter 4:14 says, “…the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you.” In 1 Corinthians 2:7, the Apostle Paul says of his revelation, “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory.” Jesus is the Lord of glory and came that we might enjoy the same glory (John 17:22-24). GLORY: GET LOADED The Old Testament word for glory is kabod. It simply means heavy - as in heavy or loaded with the goodness of God. In 2 Chronicles 5:13-14, when the people praised God saying, “The Lord is good and his mercy endureth forever,” the glory filled the temple. Heavy filled the house and the priests could not stand up. The manifest presence of God filled the temple. Today we can be so filled with the glory of God that we get loaded with His goodness and saturated with the life of God. THE GLORY: CONTEND, CONTAIN, CARRY Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.... Colossians 1:26-27 As New Covenant believers, God has called us to be carriers of His glory. We contain and carry the glory of Jesus. The glory of God is one of the most ... See MARK HANKINS - Page 16 3 GLAD TIDINGS OCTOBER 2026 Glad Tidings “Glad Tidings” was founded by Quinnelle McRae Ministries in August 1987, after graduating from Rhema Bible College in the spring of 1981 and 1986. In the spring of 1992 we began publishing a quarterly newsletter, being mailed free of charge to a list of families, reaching across the United States, including the Navajo reservation and into the countries of Mexico, Africa and France. In the year 1998 the Glad Tidings Newspaper began its publication, replacing the Newsletter. The paper is distributed throughout South Georgia, as well as several prisons and correctional institutions in the local area. The publication has no news stand price and is supported through our advertisers and you! Subscriptions are mailed throughout the United States, France, Africa, Mexico. and other countries. The subscription price for the printed paper is $12.00 per year, which provides for the shipping and handling only. We are also introducing the Newspaper on our website, www.GladTidings.news, free of charge. Glad Tidings is an evangelistic ministry whose heart and mission is to reach as many people as possible with the good news of Jesus Christ, before His return. Quinnelle McRae Ministries. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Glad Tidings, Glad Tidings Newsletter, Glad Tidings Newspaper, GladTidings.news website and logo on front cover are registered trademarks of Quinnelle McRae Ministries. © “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!” Isaiah 52:7 (KJV) Farm Insurance Coverage for Your Business Life Insurance Personal Other Insurance Health Insurance Home & Auto Ins Personal & Commercial Insurance Throughout Georgia since 1981 Douglas Location 201 E Ashley Street, Douglas, Ga. 31533 Main office: 912-384-7171 TRINA AND MARK HANKINS THE GLORY: EXPERIENCING THE GOODNESS OF GOD SUNDAY NOV 1st 2026
4 GLAD TIDINGS OCTOBER 2026 MEASURING OUR READINESS How Do We Size Up in the Eyes of the Lord Who is the true bride of Christ, and what standard can we use to determine whether she is fit to meet her bridegroom? How does the church measure up in the eyes of the Lord? What role does grace play in preparing her, or is it entirely based on her performance? We must be careful not to assume our works are the gauge by which we are deemed worthy to go up or be left behind. Our readiness to meet the Lord in the air is judged by whether we are truly born-again, not by our level of maturity. Whenever we prioritize the measure over the message, we shift our identity in Christ from grace to works. “And if by grace, then it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.” - Romans. 11:6 How are we to measure our readiness to meet the Lord in the air? What part does spiritual maturity play in determining whether we are going to be caught up or left behind? It’s startling that some say a considerable number of saints will miss the rapture. The larger part of this stems from their belief that unless our devotion and complete surrender are flawless, we will not qualify. Does God expect every child of God to live exemplary lives, fully mature in their faith, without any weak spots that still need resolving, to qualify them to be caught up at His return? Don’t be mistaken by what I am saying. I strongly advocate living a consecrated life, making every effort to obey God’s Word and live as He has commanded us. However, we must address this issue because it is a misnomer to think that we are only accepted before God by the measure of our perfection. If it is by our duties that we are admirably accepted, then we have based our readiness on our performance rather than on our identity in Christ. Think about all the saints who have gone before us. Do any of us believe they lived perfect lives with every area flawless? If that is how we picture a person’s readiness for the rapture, what will happen to those who have already died? Paul told the church that the dead in Christ will rise first, and then we that remain will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thess. 4:14-17). How can we impose such a stringent demand on the living and dismiss the condition of those who have fallen asleep in Jesus? We talk about those who have gone on before us as already standing in the presence of the Lord (2 Cor. 5:8). We understand the criterion for them going to heaven was whether they were born-again or not. But somehow that is not what some are saying is the measure of our readiness for the rapture. If works are what qualify us, then how can we accept all those who are in the grave as being in heaven and due to be resurrected on that glorious day? The problem with some of what has been taught is that it suggests the presentday church has more to live up to than any other generation. What this suggests is that if we live any way less than perfect, then we risk being left behind. If this is the case, then many who are in the grave will not be resurrected because God is no respecter of persons. None of us have arrived and are perfect in all our ways. God does not judge our readiness by our works. What qualifies us is grace, grounded in our sincere belief that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. Does that mean we can live any way we want and still make it? If some hope the answer is yes, I question whether they are truly saved. When we turn our lives over to the Lord, our hearts change. We may not do everything exactly as the Lord desires, but at least our intentions are pure, and our aim is to live upright. The scripture says, “For by grace are ye saved through faith, and THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES; IT IS A GIFT OF GOD, lest any man boast” (Eph. 2:8). None of us could ever save ourselves. We cannot expect works to finish what grace has started. Paul tells us plainly that you cannot mix works with grace and have it remain grace. Good works come because of grace, not grace because of good works. Paul also tells us: “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure” (Phil. 2:13). He mentions at the start of this same epistle, “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform (finish or complete) it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Phil. 1:6). Do either verse conclude that it is our work that saves us? Is it up to us to grind out our salvation day by day to be counted worthy? If that is how we believe, then we have exalted the method above the message and the measure above the means. In any case, holding to this idea is nothing more than placing a higher standard on our performance than the power of the blood of Jesus (1 Cor. 1:4-9; Col. 2:9, 10; Heb. 13:20, 21). Our acceptance before God is not based on strings attached to our performance but on our covenantal and relational oneness. We do not live right just to miss going to hell, and neither do we strive according to the flesh to make it to heaven. Everything about our readiness is keyed to our relationship. If we are His church, His body, then we will meet the Lord in the air. He is not coming for part of His body and leaving the rest behind. We cannot measure our readiness by how precisely we dot every “i” and cross every “t”. Jesus plainly tells us, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name, which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 12, 13). It was grace that saved us, and it will be grace that keeps us. We certainly want to do right, live right, and act right. But let us keep in mind that the same saving grace that began this good work in us will remain the standing grace that holds us, keeps us, and carries us safely into the arms of our loving Savior. As Paul reminds us: “Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy he saved us—by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost” (Tit. 3:5). DEFINING MOMENTS All the New Testament writers indeed exhorted us to live ready. I don’t think any of us want to stand before Him, ashamed of how we have lived our Christian lives. Good works are necessary, but they cannot be the measure of our readiness for the Rapture. We must choose to live devotedly, with clean hands and a pure heart. Whether we follow the letter of the law perfectly is not the measuring line. It is the blood of Jesus that makes us righteous and not how perfectly we toe the line. CONFESSION I am determined to live at the very center of God’s will, loving Him and desiring Him above all else in this world. I am completely devoted to Him. But I will never judge my walk with God or my readiness to see Him face to face by my performance. I may not be perfect in all my ways, but my heart is perfectly devoted to keeping all His ways. PRAYER Father, you made me a new creature, and I choose today to follow the Holy Spirit in all my ways, who guides and directs my every step. I know there is still work to be done in me, but I wholly depend on you to finish what you started. I await the day when I shall see you face to face. This is my joy and rejoicing. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen. Permission Granted PASTOR DAVID DUNNING FAITH HARVEST CHURCH 221 Executive Drive, Unit 6 Savannah GA 31406 (912) 712-3098 pastor1@fhcsavannah.org PASTORS DAVID AND BETTY DUNNING SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
GLAD TIDINGS 5 OCTOBER 2026 SHARON’S NEW EYE MIRACLE My wife and I pastored a church in the early 1950s. A man, who later became a dear friend of mine, used to bring his 6-year old daughter to Sunday school. He would always drop her off, and I would wonder who her parents were. But he would never come to Sunday school. He would never come to church. One day I jumped in front of his car to stop him. I wanted to talk to him. But he knew who I was, and that was the last time I jumped in front of his car. He put it in gear and laid the rubber down. I flew into the bushes. He didn’t want to talk to the preacher. I was after that big fish. I liked that little girl coming to Sunday school, but I wanted the father to come also. However, he couldn’t bring himself to come to church. I knew he was a sinner. Sinners don’t like to go to church. One day my wife and I were on vacation visiting her mother in Philadelphia. I got a long-distance phone call. I heard a strange voice on the other end of the line. The man had tears in his voice. He said, “Brother Schambach?” I said, “Who is this?” It was that little girl’s father. I said,“Oh, something must be wrong. You called me brother. You tried to run over me last time we met. What’s wrong?” He said, “I am in the hospital in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.” I said, “What is wrong with you?” “Nothing is wrong with me. It is my daughter.” That daughter was the apple of her daddy’s eye. “What happened?” I asked. He told me that his family was visiting them. While the children were playing in the backyard, her cousin picked up a rusty nail and threw it. It was an accident, but it hit his daughter in the eye and shattered the eyeball. The doctors wanted to cut the eye out. “Well,” I said, “let them operate.” He said, “She told me to call you!” I said, “What would you like me to do?” I wanted him to lay it on the line. “She wants you to come and bring that bottle of oil. She says that if you pray for her, everything will be all right.” Kids have faith! “Well,” I said, “I am thankful she wants me to come. I am her pastor. What about you?” He said, “Please come.” I replied, “I am on the way. Don’t let the doctors operate. Don’t let them do anything until I get there.” I took the next plane out. I had visited that hospital practically every day in the past. Doctors there knew me on a first name basis. I would pray and minister to the sick. Two of the young interns met me at the entrance. They said, “Hurry up and do your thing. An infection is setting in the eye. We have to take her to the operating room and remove the eye.” I said, “Now, hold on, fellows. What makes you think that after I do my thing you are going to have to do your thing? That is why I have been called. That girl is expecting a miracle!” Children believe God. I would rather lay hands on a child than on an adult any day. It is the adults I have problems with. Children believe anything you tell them. The adults,however, deal with logic all the time. They want to know what makes it work. They want to logically figure it out. That is why adults often get nothing from God. A child just says, “Pray for me, and I will be all right.” The interns said, “We aren’t going to argue with you. Go in anyway.” I didn’t go in the room. I headed for the waiting room because I knew her father would be there. I wasn’t about to go in and pray for that girl. I wanted that man first. He wasn’t going to run over me anymore. There he was. He was weeping. His daughter was suffering. I said, “I finally caught up with you. Get on your knees. It is time to pray now.” The two doctors came in and said, “Will you please come with us? The trouble isn’t here, it is inside.” I answered, “That is why you are a doctor and not a preacher. You don’t even know where the trouble is. I have been after this guy for about nine months. I am not about to let this fish go now. Get on your knees, brother. We are getting right with God.” I didn’t have to beg him. He fell on his face. He prayed, and we touched God. God saved him and gave him a miracle in his life. After God transformed him, I said, “Let’s go now.” We headed for Sharon’s room. I will never forget her. She was a pretty little blond girl. There she was, lying on her bed with a patch over her eye. When I stepped in, she turned to me and smiled. “I knew you would come,” she said softly. “Everything is all right now.” I got out my bottle of oil and walked toward her. There were two doctors standing next to me. They said, “What are you doing?” I got my bottle out and put oil on her. They were looking at the oil saying, “Can I look at that? What is this, holy oil?” I said, “No. I got it from my wife’s kitchen. She fries chicken in it. I bought it at the A & P. There isn’t anything holy about the oil. Oil can’t heal you. You can go swim in oil and it won’t heal you.” And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. And if they have sinned, they will be forgiven (James 5:15 NIV). There is something about a child who just believes God. I didn’t want to answer all those questions, so I said to the doctors, “Please wait outside, will you? Wait until I get done. You don’t let me in your operating room, so please step out of mine.” They went out. I didn’t even bother to look at the eye. I didn’t have to look at it—I wasn’t the doctor. I laid hands on her and said a simple prayer. I didn’t even shake. I said, “Father, in the name of Jesus, perform the miracle and give her a new eye.” That is all I said. I turned to the door and saw the two doctors. I waved for them to come in. They asked, “Can we have her now, Reverend?” They were getting testy with me now. They had never called me reverend before. I said, “What are you going to do with her?” “Well, we told you the eye is infected. We have to cut it out.” I said, “It isn’t infected anymore.” “What are you talking about?” I said, “Didn’t you tell me that the eye was shattered in a hundred pieces? You said that. I never even looked at it.” “Why, of course, that is why we have to operate.” I said, “You don’t have to take her anymore. God just performed a miracle.” I knew that little girl had faith. I knew God wasn’t going to disappoint that faith. He never disappoints faith. They said, “What do you mean?” I said, “Look at the eye.” They went over, took the bandage off, and took a peek at it. “I don’t believe it!” the doctors exclaimed. I said, “That is the reason I had you stand outside the door. You can’t believe it even when you look at it.” Jesus said, “Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord” (Luke 1:45). God is looking for men and women who will stand on His Word believing that if He said it, He will do it, and that if He spoke it, He will bring it to pass. God has to take you outside that human realm in order to do something supernatural. u - R.W Schambach (The Anointing For Miracles) REV. AND MS. R.W. SCHAMBACH
God is very serious about His Word. In the very beginning, He created the entire universe and everything in it by speaking His Word. Think about that. He didn’t have to use a tool or any physical material. All He did was speak a word that He had pictured in His mind and it became what He had imagined. That is a powerful concept. I don’t think mankind can actually wrap their minds around that truth. Because He knew He was going to create humans in His image and likeness to tend the planet Earth that He had created, He determined to show them that their words were going to be as powerful as His words. The only stipulation was that they must believe the words He said and believe the words that they spoke. The Old Testament presents all of the promises of God, all of His works, all of His nature, and all of His commandments. In Ex. 15:26, God revealed Himself as the God that heals – Jehovah Rapha. In Psalm 107:20, we read that God sent His Word and healed us. John proclaimed in John 1:1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” He was describing Jesus. All through the book of John we see Jesus going about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil. He told us in all of the Gospels that He only did what He saw His Father do, and He only said what He heard His Father say. God proceeded to reveal Himself and His nature by showing the Israelites what He could do for them by revealing His name to them every time He did a miracle for them. He not only healed them, He provided food and water for them as Jehovah Jireh, He gave them peace as Jehovah Shalom, He gave them victory as Jehovah Tsidkenu, He was always there for them as Jehovah Rei, and every other need was met when He showed them another name. God’s Word reveals that He always keeps His Word. He even gave to each of us THE measure of faith ( Rom. 12:3) so that we could speak His Word and receive what it promises by faith. God loves us so much that He gave us everything that He has in order to bless us “exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think.” Eph. 3:20. God will never break His Word. He is faithful to keep it no matter what. u OCTOBER 2026 GLAD TIDINGS MARRIAGE FROM HEAVEN AN INTERNET CONNECTION by CHRISTIAN AUTHOR PEGGY ROTH CLARK Publisher Zulon Press One Christian Widow and One Christian Widower’s parallel Journey of Faith A true testimony of Godʼs faithfulness Can Be Purchased: Christian Book Stores Amazon.com & Barnes & Noble.com Author: prclark7@gmail.com Delightful and Inspiring! Tomorrow’s Best Seller Today! 6 GOD’S WORD IS HIS BOND PEGGY CLARK PEARL RIVER, LA It's the oldest site of Christian worship that's ever been dug up by archaeologists... This ancient mosaic from Israel declares that Jesus Christ is God, affirming 2,000 years of Christian doctrine that Jesus wasn't just a good teacher or a prophet, but the very incarnation of God! CBN His Sufficiency Before the universe was born, Or earth had seen the light of dawn, Our God Creator had decreed That He would meet our every need; For He would in the form of man, In time fulfil a perfect plan, To save believers from their sin; A place of joy to enter in; His one intention that they be, With Him for all eternity. For man’s own part it must be seen, That faith in God has always been The only way to flee from wrath, Which we incur from human birth; Beginning on our downward slide, From where we did at first abide; For ‘tis our nature to rebel; It does not take too long to tell, That we are heading for the Pit, Lest someone gets us out of it. A Mediator has been found; Not having sin or earthly bound; A Person who would by His deed Be fit to represent the seed. He must be human and divine; His birth be true to David’s line; His life be faultless, offered pure; His blood our ransom, sealed and sure; His risen life is ours to share; His matchless glory waiting there. If anyone should think that they Can leave it till another day, Then pause a moment, try to see The case of Esau’s history. He sold his birthright for a meal; And then fell victim to a deal; He lost that which was due to him; Because his view of grace was dim; For not a thing could be retrieved, Of what his brother Jacob thieved. Now should a good man chance remark, I do not live in total dark; I try to do the best I can, And live at peace with every man. But ah, you leave those works behind Like all the rest of humankind; The work of Christ upon the Tree Will last for all eternity; The deeds of mortals cannot save From what awaits beyond the grave. For there is not another name, Immortalised by human fame, Inhabiting this planet earth; Who came by means of human birth, Except the One from Bethlehem, Rejected by the sons of men; The Saviour who was virgin born, Uniquely on a Jewish morn. O Son of Mary, Lord we pray, Receive our praises day by day. u by Maurice Dyson My grace is sufficient for thee. 2 Corinthians 12:9
MASTERPIECE This morning, I arose with the intention to write this article on my mind. I sought Holy Spirit for what we should write about today. I told him, “I wish to be an empty canvas upon which He creates His artistry.” That was the beginning of that which you are about to read. When I asked to be an “empty canvas”, there were two purposes in that prayer. I wish to be whitewashed of my human nature which would tend to write from the socialized, preconceived, incorrect ideas of God which certainly have their places in my mind. I have always thought that becoming a born-again believer would be terrific if we could remove all the ungodly stuff we learned and experienced over our lives. It would be great to start anew with an empty canvas. Yet, as I have learned more about “work[ing] out my own salvation” (see Phil. 2:12); I realize all of that stuff makes me who I am in Christ. Perhaps He was painting this image in spite of my socialization and poor choices. Father is the true artist. I long to see the artistry of what you are about to read to be His and His alone. The picture He paints for you, has the ability to touch that area of your soul which needs Him today, whether you know it or not. That said, here is my prayer to the Father as I begin to write, “This ‘Preacher’ seeks ‘to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly’” (see Eccl. 12:10). I wish to present Christ as He truly is. My “empty canvas” idea comes from Ephesians 2:10 which reads, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” In his book titled The Book of Mysteries, Jonathan Cahn discusses this on Day 74. “…in the original Greek, it says we are His poiema, which means that which is made, something fashioned, crafted together, someone’s workmanship, as in a masterpiece…. From poiemacomes the word poem.” We are the very poetry of Almighty God. Isn’t this beautiful? Interestingly, in the New Living Translation this verse reads, “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” I dare to say this brings more clarity to the intent of Paul’s writing to the Ephesian church. Based on this, we did become an empty canvas the day we came to believe in Jesus as our Savior. Have you ever heard the saying, “It won’t write itself”? We, as the poem/masterpiece /workmanship of God did not write/paint/shape ourselves. Our Lord wrote this masterpiece “long ago” as it reads. Continuing in the NLT, if we back up to Ephesians 1:4, we see that, “Even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in His eyes.” This poem was written before creation! We definitely did not write ourselves. The Lord takes away any doubt of Who wrote our lives in Christ. We are truly the masterpiece! All mankind is made in the image of God. “And God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, after our likeness…’ So, God created man in His image, in the image of God created He him, male and female created He them” (Gen. 1:26a, 27). The Hebrew word here for “image” is, selem. In my research of this word, I found some interesting things. There has been much said a bout portions of the meaning; words like image, likeness. You may find it interesting that it also has a figurative meaning of semblance and empty (see blueletterbible.com). Perhaps empty like a canvas? Let us dig deeper into selem. According to BrownDriver-Briggs Lexicon, it is something cut out. Are we the cut out of God? Eve was somewhat cut out of Adam: the Bride from the Bridegroom. I liken this to the Church from Christ. The etymology shows it comes “from an unused root meaning to shade.” [I think of Adam and Eve hearing God’s voice as He walked in the “cool” of the day (Gen. 3:8). By the way, I dare say His voice was the “cool”. The Hebrew word transliterates “breath”. That is something to discuss another time.] Gesenius’ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon state it to be an image, likeness (so called from its shadowing forth). This source also shows it to be a shadow. [Another rabbit trail: in Acts 5:15, people brought the sick into the streets in hopes the shadow of Peter would fall upon them. Perhaps they had faith in the shadow of the shadow (image) of God.] So, here we are; the workmanship, the masterpiece of the Master. Please note: the image cut out of God, His shadow, the “empty” of Him is true of all mankind. The way I interpret Ephesians 2:10, we only become the poem and masterpiece after we are “in Christ Jesus”. If you are not in Christ, you are likely finding yourself empty. Those of us who believe Jesus redeemed us from our fallen, sinful nature; express the lost as having an empty hole in them which can only be filled by Jesus. Based on what we have learned today, that is the absolute truth. It is my prayer that this teaching will not cause you to see yourself with vanity. No, just the opposite. I pray it will help you see the beauty of His holiness. “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – His eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse” (Rom. 1:20 NIV). Artistic masterpieces are known by the name of the artist (i.e. Rembrandt). Rembrandt painted from his imagination. We are the masterpiece of the IMAGE – nation of Father God! I leave you with excerpts from Jonathan Cahn’s book, Day 74 (referenced earlier). “Let your life emanate from the Author of your life. Let it flow out of the heart of the Author. Let His Spirit move you. Let His love become the impulse of all you do. Let it flow with rhyme and beauty, and you’ll become His masterwork… the Poem of God.” u GLAD TIDINGS 7 OCTOBER 2026 Signs of Life from The King's Highway Evangelistic Ministries SARA GOLDSTEIN Hold on to the everlasting arms They’ll never let you go In the arms of Jesus, you will find The greatest love you’ve known He’ll give you strength and help you stand When it seems you’ve had enough The comfort of His love is real When the road of life is rough When the cup is dry and you can’t go on And you just want to hide away The Saviour is near, He knows your need He sees your heart’s dismay His words are words of life and peace When all around looks dark A lamp to your feet, His word will be A light upon your path Hold on to the everlasting arms They’ll never let you go He’ll keep you safe from all alarm Because He loves you so u by Christine V. Mitchell The Everlasting Arms
Mary was the daughter of a missionary couple in India. She was born in India and lived there until she was six years old. When it was time for her to start school, her parents sent her back to America to live with her grandmother. Mary's grandmother was very kind to her and often told her Bible stories and did many things to make her happy. As Mary learned to read and write, she would send letters back to her parents in India. They sent many letters to her, too, which she loved to receive. At first, her grandmother would have to read them to her. But it wasn't long before she could read them herself. One day when she was almost seven, she received a letter from her father. In it he included some money and a note which said, "You will soon be having your seventh birthday, Mary. I have enclosed some money for you to buy yourself a new Bible as your birthday present." "That's just what I wanted!" exclaimed Mary happily. A few days later, on her birthday, Mary and her grandmother went to a bookstore. They looked at all the different kinds of Bibles. There were big ones and little ones, some had gold edges on the pages, and some had leather covers which cost more. It was hard to make a decision. After looking at them for almost fifteen minutes, Mary told the saleslady how much money she had and asked if it would buy two Bibles. "Yes, it could," replied the saleslady, "but not the nice ones you're looking at." Mary's grandmother heard this and asked, "Mary, why do you want two Bibles?" "Because I want one for myself and one to send to a girl in India who is my age, so that she may learn about Jesus, too," answered Mary. So Mary bought two Bibles. They didn't have gold-edged pages or soft, leather covers. But the saleslady told Mary, "The inside is just the same!" As soon as Mary got home, she printed her name in one of them. Her grandmother helped her carefully wrap the second Bible to be sent with a letter to her parents. She thanked them for her Bible and asked them to please give the second Bible to a seven-year-old girl in India. Mary read her Bible every day and learned more and more of the love of Jesus. Her favorite verse was, "We love Him, because He first loved us." (1 John 4:19) She read in a letter from her father that the second Bible had been given to a seven-year-old girl, just as Mary had asked. Each day Mary prayed for her unknown friend in India, that she also might learn to know all about the love of Jesus and how He had died on the cross for her, too. Many years later, after Mary finished going to school, she went back to India to be with her father and mother and to help them in their missionary work. Not long after she arrived, she met a young Indian girl and learned that she was a happy Christian. "How did you learn about the Lord Jesus?" Mary asked her one day. "When I was seven years old, I was given this Bible," answered the girl. "I read it and learned how the Lord Jesus loved me and died for me." Mary had found her unknown friend! This was the seven-year-old girl who had received Mary's second Bible and for whom Mary had been praying all these years. Do you have a Bible? If you will read it, you will learn about God's love and how He sent His only Son, the Lord Jesus, to die for your sins. If you already know Him as your Saviour, why not do what Mary did -- pass on God's Word to others, so that they can learn of God's love and be saved. u "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away." Matthew 24:35. Copied with permission from Messages of God's Love published by Bible Truth Publishers, Addison, IL 60101. Copyright © 1996-2026 WholesomeWords.org King’s Kids A Featurette of Glad Tidings - A Non-Denominational Christian Newspaper 8 GLAD TIDINGS OCTOBER 2026 Mary's Two Bibles TRUE STORIES OF GODʼS LOVE Leaves How silently they tumble down And come to rest upon the ground To lay a carpet, rich and rare, Beneath the trees without a care, Content to sleep, their work well done, Colors gleaming in the sun. At other times, they wildly fly Until they nearly reach the sky. Twisting, turning through the air Till all the trees stand stark and bare. Exhausted, drop to earth below To wait, like children, for the snow. u by Elsie N. Brady
OCTOBER 2026 GLAD TIDINGS 9 The Keen Agers "O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works." Psalms 71:17 Your Worship Is Doing More than You Think August 9, 2026 What I'm about to share is part of what I have been writing for a new essay that I've been working on for my unit on the exegesis of the Psalms. I've been learning so much and just had to share this little nugget... The Speech Act Theory There is a fascinating idea in philosophy called speech-act theory. It was developed by a philosopher named J.L. Austin, and the heart of it is this: Some words do not just describe something. They actually do something. Think about it. When a pastor says, "I now pronounce you husband and wife," those words are not merely describing a wedding. They are enacting a marriage. When you say, "I promise," you are not narrating a promise. You are making one. The words themselves perform the action. Demonstration in the Psalms And as I have been studying Psalm 96, I have come to see that the writers of the psalms understood this long before anyone gave it a name. The song is not just an expression of worship. The song is doing something. And theologians like Thiselton, who applied speech-act theory to the Psalms, would agree. So, take a look at Psalm 96. It does not say, "We will sing to the Lord." It commands: Sing. Declare. Ascribe. Bring. Come. Fall down. Tremble. Action after action after action. The psalm is not telling you about worship. It is pulling you into worship and accomplishing something in the singing of it. And then it goes further. The psalmist turns to creation itself and says, "Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound... let the fields be jubilant... let all the trees of the forest sing for joy" (Psalm 96:11–12 NIV). It is as though the song that begins in one human heart becomes so full of God's reality that it spills out past the walls of the room. The heavens cannot help but answer. Creation joins in. This kind of song doesn't just do something to you; it does something to creation. Your Worship Shifts Things in a Significant Way This is not poetic exaggeration. The psalm is showing us what happens when worship is rightly understood. Your song does something. It enacts something. It moves something in the unseen places, and it changes the landscape, inside you and around you. So here is what I want you to sit with today. This idea is so incredible, and one that those in the ancient Near East understood. When you next open your mouth to sing to God, you are not just describing how you feel about Him. You are not just performing a duty. You are participating in something that does something. Your worship is not background music to your life. It is a holy act that shifts things in a significant way. God knows this, and that is why the command is to sing. It's not simply because He deserves our praise (which He of course does), but it's also because the song doesn't just describe, it enacts. I don't know about you, but that is absolutely mind-blowing to me. When we worship, there's so much more going on than singing a tune. And I think if we really believed that, we would sing differently. We would sing even when we did not feel like it, because we would know that the song is not waiting on our feelings to catch up. So all of that to say... if you feel lost, if you really don't know what to do, your worship is doing more than you think. One of the best things you can do to change your situation is worship. u Permission Granted/Elijah List Roma Waterman HeartSong Prophetic Alliance Email: click here Websites: www.romawaterman.com | training.romawaterman.com Roma Waterman has been one of Australia's foremost Christian artists for over twenty years and has traveled the globe leading worship and teaching on the prophetic, worship leading and songwriting. Her passion is not just to release Heaven's song over the nations, but to teach others to do the same. ROMA WATERMAN Melbourne, VIC, Australia Texas Meteorologist Speaks Out After Viral Prayer: ‘The Spirit of God Came Over Me’ TRÉ GOINS-PHILLIPS/CBN 07-23-2026 The first time Bill Taylor prayed live on air happened six or seven years ago. “I do remember in the hallway the next day, my boss was walking and [we] crossed paths and he said, ‘Great job last night; I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback,'” the San Antonio meteorologist recalled. “And I said, ‘Thank you. Thank you very much.’ And that was it.” Those on-air prayers have happened a number of times since — including last week, when the Texas Hill Country was facing another catastrophic storm almost one year to the day after devastating floods claimed the lives of more than 139 people, including nearly 30 — mostly children — at Camp Mystic, a summer camp for girls. With that not-too-distant nightmare in mind, Taylor, chief meteorologist for KENS 5, the local CBS News affiliate, said he felt compelled to pray for the safety of those in the path of what looked to be an impending tornado. “The Spirit of God came over me and said, ‘Pray,'” he said. “And I just started. … Then I went just right back into that live coverage, and praise God that He delivered, as He always does. He’s faithful, and we were protected from what maybe could have been a lot worse.” In all, the death toll for these latest floods is two and state crews rescued more than 270 people while local officials in Uvalde and Zavala rescued more than 300. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said about 125 people were transferred to shelters in the Uvalde area. Nearly 600 homes and 100 businesses across Kerr, Kendall, and Comal Counties were damaged or destroyed. CBN’s Operation Blessing is on the ground in Kerr County, which sustained the bulk of the destruction, to assist in the recovery effort. In “times of trouble,” Taylor said, it’s important to remember God is “like any father who wants his child to come sit in his lap and be comforted.” “When we ask [God] for that protection, when we lean into Him,” the weatherman said, “He’s our refuge and our strength and comfort.”... See Bill Taylor - Page 16
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