Justyn Smith • A Heart For Revival

We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. Psalm 44:1 First, let me start by saying, “Happy Father’s Day.” I’m grateful for my father. I hope you are grateful for your father as well! A father has the great responsibility and honor of pointing their children to God. Psalms 44:1 causes me to contemplate three powerful truths about the importance of fathers testifying about God to their children. They are as follows: 1. A father should experience God. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. Psalm 44:1 There’s something powerful about sh a ring a personal experience. Every father should have a pursuit of God presently going on in their lives. Only then will a father realize the mighty acts of God in their individual pursuits of God. After that, a father can share with others what God has done for them in their generation. Therefore, the...

  When Two Become One Seven years ago yesterday (July 21st, 2014) I married the lady of my dreams! She is smart, godly, and lovely on the inside and out, and most of all, she is God’s perfect match for me! I call her my “good thing” based upon Proverbs 18:22 which says, “Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the LORD.” (God knew I needed her to obtain favor with HIM…so He gave me Rachel!) :) The date: Saturday, July 21st, 2007. The location: Birch Harbor Baptist Church, Wasilla, AK. The occasion: God taking two individual people and making them one by the bond of holy matrimony (a term which many today disregard) before God and many witnesses.  Seven years have passed since that wonderful day when we said, “I Do,” and we thank the Lord for every minute of our marriage. The valleys, the mountain tops, the trials, and the joys have all been profitable to bind us together for the glory of God, for after all, two did not become one for the purpose of be...