messages of hope by Rev. Willard Spencer
Contact: wspencer61@bellsouth.net
An Easter Hymn
Christ has risen. Alleluia!
Let the faithful greet the day.
Hold the sunrise, stop the wind's breath,
If the darkened tomb holds sway.
Height of power, depth of mercy,
From death's prison Christ is free.
Alleluia! Christ is risen.
Sing of life, eternity.
Waiting, breathless, for the springing
Of new life from lifeless ground.
Dream of blossoms, bright and shining,
As the snow lay deep around.
Now the moment, revelation,
Winter death's true failure found.
Little eyes of spring are opened
When the daffodils abound.
We have waited through the long nights.
Winter's stars have all grown old.
Earth is turning, sunlight burning,
Lights the silver and the gold.
Children running in the meadow,
Tresses flowing, spirits free.
How their laughter chases shadows.
Young and old God's glory see.
Glory, then, to our Creator,
Honor to the risen Lord.
Praises sing to God the Spirit,
Wind of heaven, fiery word.
Alleluia, alleluia,
Alleluia, let us sing.
Every darkness flees before you,
Winter's conqueror, living spring.
a Hymn by Willard Spencer
Possible Tunes: Hymn to Joy, Beecher, or Beach Spring
A Prayer for Advent/Christmas -- click on the link following,
download the MP3 and play with your media player. AdventPrayer.mp3
Podcasts of The Seven Churches in the Book of Revelation
by Rev. Willard Spencer
The First Church -- Ephesus. Read Revelation 2:1-7, then click on the link following, download the MP3 to your computer and play with your media player.
The Second Church -- Smyrna. Read Revelation 2:8-11, then click on the link following, download the MP3 to your own computer and play with your media player.
The Third Church -- Pergamum. Read Revelation 2:12-17, then click on the link following, download the MP3 to your own computer and play with your media player.
The Fourth Church -- Thyatira. Read Revelation 2:18-29, then click on the link following, download the MP3 to your own computer and play with your media player.
The Fifth Church -- Sardis. Read Revelation 3:1-6, then click on the link following, download the MP3 to your own computer and play with your media player.
The Sixth Church -- Philadelphia. Read Revelation 3:7-13, then click on the link following, download the MP3 to your own computer and play with your media player.
The Seventh Church -- Laodicea. Read Revelation 3:14-22, then click on the link following, download the MP3 to your own computer and play with your media player.
May these brief audio files lead you into a further study of the great Book of Revelation. Contact Rev. Spencer at the following e-mail address: wspencer61@bellsouth.net
Jack and Addison Spencer, taken during 2009Podcasts for inspiration:
Here are short messages and prayers you can listen to with your own computer. Just click on any of the links below... Download to your computer and play on your audio player.
1. Jesus and the Storm on the Lake
Stormpod1mp3.mp3
2. Jesus and Lent -- a prayer for the Holy Season
prayer2mp3.mp3
3. Palm Sunday -- Triumph and Tragedy
PalmSunday2.mp3
4. A Sabbath Prayer -- sowing the seed
SabbathPrayer.mp3
Words from the Cross
5. The First Word from the Cross
firstword.mp3
6. The Second Word from the Cross
secondword.mp3
7. The Third Word from the Cross
thirdword.mp3
8. The Fourth Word from the Cross
fourthword.mp3
9. The Fifth Word from the Cross
fifthword.mp3
10. The Sixth Word from the Cross
sixthword.mp3
11. The Seventh Word from the Cross
seventhword.mp3
DeathoftheYoung.mp3
Quotes of the Day
It is not security or rest that we need. We need the certainty that here on earth no eye weeps in vain, no wound bleeds in vain, and no one whose hope is in God hopes in vain. This certainty is God's gift.
John Biegeleisen in Morning Dew
Mrs. Pablo Picasso
Joy is prayer. Joy is strength. The best way to show my gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy. Never let anything so fill you with sorrow as to make you forget for one moment the joy of Christ risen.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Michael Hodgin
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
Matthew 11:28-30
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
John Wayne
Being a Christian, my friends, is a contact sport. The forces of evil are powerful. They are out to get us. We need to be fully suited up if we are to withstand and overcome them. So, suit up! Don’t leave home any day without your armor.
Bass Mitchell, preacher
See Ephesians 6:10-20
Lord, fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff, And nudge me when I've said enough.
Preacher's Prayer
It is a fact of Christian experience that life is a series of troughs and peaks. In his efforts to get permanent possession of a soul, God relies on the troughs more than the peaks. And some of his special favorites have gone through longer and deeper troughs than anyone else.
Peter Marshall