Well, I'm writing this in the middle of football season. My South Carolina Gamecocks have just lost three straight to SEC opponents which knocks them from first place in the SEC East to scraping and clawing to even try to make a decent bowl game.
My Carolina Panthers are in a mess; they can't even find the endzone. It seems virtually impossible for them to score. They were in first place in their division and unless they get better quarterback play, they will probably not make the playoffs. So woe is me... I guess I'm waiting for Tarheel basketball now.
You have to be a sports fan to really understand this "sports disease" of how high you can be when your team wins and how low you can be when they lose.
The Holy Spirit prompted me on how so many Christians live life only in the natural realm of wins and losses, highs and lows and never truly have a firm stability in the Word. Too many people view the Bible as just a "good book" and never really claim for themselves the promises of the Word. Yes, we know the Scripture verses, but have we made those verses ours? His promises are "yes and amen." His "Word will not return empty." The Word will work everytime for our situations if we confess it and believe it. Have we forgotten that we "are more than conquerers", that the "Greater One" lives in us, that we "have overcome the world"? When the Word is truly in us and we use it accordingly, there are NO LOSSES. Even when times are tough we are not knocked out because our hearts are "firmly fixed on Him."
For every loss that you think you are facing, find a verse in the Bible to combat that situation and make it yours. Believe it and confess it until it takes root in your heart. Then allow Jesus Christ to perform His priestly duties on your behalf.
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Awesome Summer!
What an awesome summer! It flew by. I have not written a blog in while. I am sorry. We literally were ministering at a different location every week of the summer. It was so productive and fruitful as we witnessed lives transformed and precious people come to the saving grace of God. Thanks to all the great pastors for the open doors and to the congregations for your generous welcome. Also want to thank you all for your kind e-mails and for the support of this ministry.
I am looking forward to a great Fall season, not just because it is Football and Deer Hunting season, but because it is an important season on God's calendar. The Jewish new year, Day Of Attonement and Feast of Tabernacles are all in September. Yes, we too as Christians, can recognize these ordinances in the Spiritual realm. These are times of the year when we as Christians, who have been grafted into the family of God, can expect great Spiritual things to happen. God said that they are ordinances forever.
Who knows we could here the trumpet of God sounding this season as Jesus calls us home to heaven.
Even So come Lord Jesus!
I am looking forward to a great Fall season, not just because it is Football and Deer Hunting season, but because it is an important season on God's calendar. The Jewish new year, Day Of Attonement and Feast of Tabernacles are all in September. Yes, we too as Christians, can recognize these ordinances in the Spiritual realm. These are times of the year when we as Christians, who have been grafted into the family of God, can expect great Spiritual things to happen. God said that they are ordinances forever.
Who knows we could here the trumpet of God sounding this season as Jesus calls us home to heaven.
Even So come Lord Jesus!
AWOE MAGAZINE INTERVIEW!
Just wanted to make you aware of the recent interview I did with AWOE Magazine. The transcript is up on their website and will be in the next issue. Let me know what you think!
Til next time... Ray
CD Review from AWOE Magazine
"RAY PETERS I BOLDLY COME Is a powerful album that has simply moving worship songs that speaks to the listener's heart. My favorite song is RUN TO THE CROSS. With vocals that remind me of Andre Crouch, Ray truly belts out the mercy and love of Jesus when he sings, "I can find sweet forgiveness when I run to the cross…" There is a perfect harmony as the piano plays and the words enter into the atmosphere, a real sweetness. Then somehow Ray takes up the tone in BECAUSE I'M FORGIVEN. I'm talking about taking you to a place where you seriously want to clap and shout as he sings, "It's because you are my Savior! It's because You are my friend and Your love lifts me higher than I've ever been!" Ray Peters I BOLDLY COME is a must have worship album for anyone who loves Jesus! Indie"
AWOE Magazine
www.awoemagazine.com/musicr.html
Background Soundtrack Available For Sale!
Hey everyone!
Been getting so many requests, wondering if there is a background music soundtrack available with my new songs.
Well, it is out now.
The tracks are on one cd and are the original background music for the album. The cd includes "He's God", "Run To The Cross", "I Boldly Come", "Your Word Is Stronger Than Hands" and "Home At Last".
They also include background vocals.
Go to the store link and you will find it. It is only $15.00.
(Only $3.00 a song)
Or get both the new album and the music soundtrack for only $26.00
Been getting so many requests, wondering if there is a background music soundtrack available with my new songs.
Well, it is out now.
The tracks are on one cd and are the original background music for the album. The cd includes "He's God", "Run To The Cross", "I Boldly Come", "Your Word Is Stronger Than Hands" and "Home At Last".
They also include background vocals.
Go to the store link and you will find it. It is only $15.00.
(Only $3.00 a song)
Or get both the new album and the music soundtrack for only $26.00
The lamb who licked the hand of the man.
I heard a story of a man working in the slaughter house who quit his work after an incident took place. While he was killing the lambs when they came thru, there was one precious lamb when after he slit the neck, did nothing but started licking the hand of the man. The man said that affected him so much that he could not perform in that line of work again. Isaiah 53:7 says "He was oppressed and afflicted, He was submissive and opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth." Jesus is our sacrificial lamb. While He hung upon the cross and bore the sins of the world He was praying "Father forgive them." He was blessing the ones who were crucifying Him. What love! In this Passion season , think about what Jesus did for you and thank Him and be willing to, in the same way, lay down your life for Him and for others (yes, even your enemies).
"The Lord showed him a tree"
"And he (Moses) cried unto the Lord; and the Lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there He made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them" Exodus 15:25
After crossing the Red Sea, the Israelites journeyed through the wilderness and came to Marah which means bitterness. They had traveled for three days and could not find water and then they happened to come upon a place of water and it was too bitter to drink. But God showed Moses a tree to cast into the waters. When he did, the waters became sweet. Notice the last part of the verse, "there He made for them a statute and an ordinance." Wow! The tree cast into the bitter waters is our statute and ordinance of the cross (The Tree.) When the bitter waters of sufferings, disappointments, heartaches and losses are hard to swallow, remember that faith in the complete attonement of the cross of Jesus makes all bitter waters sweet.
After crossing the Red Sea, the Israelites journeyed through the wilderness and came to Marah which means bitterness. They had traveled for three days and could not find water and then they happened to come upon a place of water and it was too bitter to drink. But God showed Moses a tree to cast into the waters. When he did, the waters became sweet. Notice the last part of the verse, "there He made for them a statute and an ordinance." Wow! The tree cast into the bitter waters is our statute and ordinance of the cross (The Tree.) When the bitter waters of sufferings, disappointments, heartaches and losses are hard to swallow, remember that faith in the complete attonement of the cross of Jesus makes all bitter waters sweet.
Great Year!
I am looking forward to a great year. My new solo recording project should be completed by late spring. It will be an album of great worship songs. Also, the Envoys are preparing for their new album. As usual, their album will be full of outstanding songs and arrangements, and of course, great singing. The schedule is picking up as well, so it will be a busy year but we look forward to a "Year Of Jubilee"! A year of revival and restoration.
Get me to the country
I'm just a country boy from "Carolina" who loves the outdoors. You can always come up with a new song being outdoors, admiring the splendor of God's Handiwork! It's amazing that by the Word of God, the earth was formed. Yet even more amazing is that by the Word of God, our spirit is re-formed to become a "new creature". The Word(Jesus) came to earth to take away our sins by shedding His blood for us to give us a new life in Him. I Wrote "His Word Is Stronger Than Hands" with this thought in mind.
NEW ALBUM!
I am currently working on a new album. It should be ready by the end of April. It will feature 5 songs that I have written and 5 great Praise and Worship songs. I am so excited and am praying God's blessing upon it. My goal is to present an album of devotion / fellowship / worship. One that the whole family can sing along with.
So be looking for it in April.
So be looking for it in April.
