Hi Friends,

I believe our prayers for revival are being answered. Many have reported that their churches were crowded this past weekend and social media has many accounts of people going back to church, or even visiting church for the very first time.

Our little church was packed on Sunday. In fact, Will and I were greeters and because of how full it was by the time we sat down, we ended up sitting apart. I didn’t know where he was until an initial prayer was closed and I heard his rather loud and quite distinctive “AMEN!” from the other side of the church. It made me smile and reminded me of our wonderful church in Tennessee where a friend of ours, after we’d been there a few years, started calling Will “Amen!” I don’t know if Will is the only person in the world who has ever had the nickname “Amen!” but I can tell you it fits. It fits perfectly.

This morning I finished reading the book of Amos. He wrote about a wall built with a plumb line. Have you ever used a plumb line? I have a distinct memory from early childhood of my dad using a plumb line to wallpaper our stairway. I was fascinated by the structure he built with a ladder on the lower landing and a thick plank of wood laid between the ladder and the upper landing. Although it was a very tall stairway, my dad stood on that plank and dropped a plumb line to mark a perfectly straight line.

Sometimes our world argues that there is no right way, or that the plumb lines that God has marked for us do not apply. I am praying that sermons all over America will be unambiguously Scripture-based this coming weekend. May the congregation also be welcoming and personable. God forbid that as Hebrews 13:9a says people are “led away by diverse and strange teachings.”

Using the theme more broadly, Charles Spurgeon said that we need to “apply the Bible plumb line continually in all [our] beliefs, and views, and practices.” [emphasis mine]. In essence, there is a right way. Lord, show us.

I have been involved with the C.S. Lewis Institute (CSLI) for many years. In fact, Will and I both started Year One of the Fellows Program twenty years ago this month. The website is full of wonderful resources but CSLI has also just launched a study courses website. There are various courses that might interest you. You can do them on your own, or with a group. They all look interesting and are very user friendly. I just started The Call course this morning, which is apt timing for me as I enter a new phase of life.

Praying for our country and the world to experience undeniable revival.

With Love,

Kristie