APRIL 2025 GLAD TIDINGS 11 THE CHRISTIAN WAY OUTREACH PLAYS BY GARY TOOLE EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY THROUGH PLAYS: CHRISTMAS EASTER, & HISTORY Plays are available to Churches free of charge For more information contact the Ministry All books are free to the public when making a donation of any size THE CHRISTIAN WAY MINISTRIES 2687 GA. HWY. 56 W., UVALDA, GA. 30473 © COPYRIGHT 2002 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED “TO GOD BE THE GLORY” “Old Sayings Grandpa Used” “Down Memory Lane” Years ago we sat on the porch a lot in the evening after supper when school was out and we had been working in the fields. We worked till sundown and then came home and took a bath in a number two wash tub. We were so poor , so we could not afford a number three size tub. Well, then we all got to the table to be rewarded for our day’s work and we knelt and prayed and we ate what mama put on the table, and it was always good. Good home made biscuits and fat back and vegetables from the garden. Since we had no home work and no television we sat out on the porch to tak and sing and hear stories from the past of miraculous and wonderful things our ancestors and kin folk did. I ate it up because God was already preparing my life and orchestrating it for the gifts he had preordained for my life, and so here I am doing what He planned, but it did not come easy. I can guarantee you that in a nut shell. Sometimes, if daddy and mama went to camp meeting , we stayed with this older couple, and after supper we sat on the porch and they told ghost stories and I could not sleep a wink that night and then some of the families got on the porch and they were just ah picking and ah grinning and singing old folk type music. Gospel and country. Folk music is from the heart. No written down works or music. We use to say, “I’ll sing that by heart,” meaning from recollection. When I was courting at an early age me and my gal friend sat in the porch swing and we were just ah swanging, as they say. Old preachers said that they got their greatest revelations and anointed messages from God sitting out on the porch. You see, it is hard to hear from God when all your attention is on everything else. Oh, some say, “God gave me this sermon.” Yea, yea! Like while you were on the golf course or at Wal Mart, or watching the Dallas Cowboys and their naked cheer leaders, and or watching the one eyed monster television or with your nose stuck in the face book tunnel, or on the lap top or the cell phone. Just how in the world can you convince anybody that you were hearing from God and meditating on His word. The word says to be quiet and know that He is God. Come on now! Let’s be for real, as they say. So, since that Chinese virus, I found my self out on the porch more and more hearing from God. And, boy, did he speak! And I wrote three heart touching, power house anointed, hand clapping choruses; and I wrote 17 articles, and I got four sermons for my television and radio spots; and I wrote a poem on faith that will natural born knock your socks off. And I give God credit because I have not go sense enough to write such powerful stuff. And God gave me three revelations and some prophesy while out on the porch. And one revelation is that when you read a scripture, then look for the key word or key words; and it may be one or two or three but it will give you greater understanding of what the word is saying. Oh I know all about the spirit will do this and that and the other, but God don’t and won’t do it all, and that is why He said to study. 2nd Timothy 2:15. Got it! Another revelation God gave me is this: We could solve a lot of our social problems, if families came together, all together, like they did in the good old days, out on the porch. Can you say Amen? GARY TOOLE EXPRESS LOCATION: 1001 N Madison Ave Douglas Ga. In the old Preferred Loan & Tax Bldg Come See Us For Your: Personal Loans - Tax Loans - Filing Taxes LOAN AND TAX SERVICE 912-389-1040 OUT ON THE PORCH Todd Wade - Owner Jasmine Gusman - Douglas Mgr Cell Phone vs Bible What would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phones? What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets? What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it? What if we flipped through it several times a day? What if we used it to receive messages from the text? What if we thought we couldn’t live without it? What if we gave it to children as gifts? What if we used it as we traveled? What if we used it in case of an emergency? This is something to make you go… hmmm… where is my Bible? And unlike our cell phone, we don’t ever have to worry about our Bible being disconnected because the bill has already been paid! Author Unknown JOY No matter what the climate is, what the troubles are, what the difficulties are, there is joy for the child of God, because joy is produced supernaturally by the Holy Spirit in us. Billy Graham Posted on November 11, 2023 by Kath Walden Daily Christian Quote Website “The Lord gives his people perpetual joy when they walk in obedience to him.” Dwight L. Moody Posted on December 13, 2020 by E. G. Bella u
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