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Harmony

March 29, 2025 by Bill Leave a Comment

“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.” (Acts 2:1)

We know what happened in the Upper Room on the day of Pentecost. All those chosen people were together in agreement and the Holy Spirit fell on them and the Church was born! There was harmony in the room. “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” (Psalm 133:1).

When I was thinking of this, I was reminded of something I love to hear, the harmony of a song. I sang in a gospel quartet years ago and remember the sweet four-part harmony that came from us singing together. Each one had a part and the result was wonderful. One person singing alone would not be as good as all four joining together. Oh, what harmony there was in the Upper Room! And what about a choir or symphony? Each member having their part to sing or play resulting in an amazing performance. Compare that with one singer or one instrument.

But let’s take this a little further. Think of a family, an organization, a sports team, a business…the Church. Can you imagine a baseball team with only one player against the opposition with nine players? Defeat! It’s the same for a family joined together for a single purpose, an organization or business which has one goal that all members are striving for. Now think of our Church, the Church. “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” (1 Corinthians 12:27). We at Zion Family Ministries are called to be one body joining together to advance the Kingdom of God as are all Church bodies. Think about the part that you play. Do you have a part? Are you a member of the team? The Bible says we are all gifted with certain talents and abilities, (1 Corinthians 12:4-6). If you feel you’re not a part, consider joining the Prayer Team or online Prayer Chain, volunteering, helping in the classrooms, be a greeter or helping with food distribution. There is a place for you. Think of how the harmony of God’s people, working together, can make a difference in our Church and our community.

The Valley

July 11, 2024 by Bill 38 Comments

I posted this vision a few years ago along with two others that I thought God wanted me to share, Here is the link to the previous post that includes the other two visions: https://roadrevelations.org/2020/07/the-valley-the-circle-and-the-cloud. I was reminded of this concept of prayer again recently so, here it is.

I used to work in Big Stone Gap, Virginia and would top the mountain outside Norton and see God’s wonderful creation, Powell Valley. One morning, God gave me a vision of people in the valley praying. In the vision, I saw many prayers going up as a bright shaft of light from the valley to the sky. But these prayers were scattered all over the place as they represented people’s prayers that were personal and not in agreement with each other. Now, God hears our prayers and will answer them according to His will, purpose, timing and our faith. But then I saw several of these light-shaft prayers, coming from all over the valley but they were aimed and met at one point in the Heavens. I realized these were prayers that were prayed according to God’s will for the time and when they met at that one point in the sky, an explosion happened and sparks of blessings showered down on, not just those who had prayed, but all people in the valley. “And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.” (1 John 5: 14-15). We need to be like those in the Upper Room who were, “in one accord” and saw a great outpouring of God.

The Power of Unity

November 1, 2015 by Bill Leave a Comment

Given October 31, 2015

“Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.” (Matthew 18:19).

Two of you. What if there were five of us, fifty, or a congregation of 200+? Could we see changes in our town, county or region with that many agreeing together? What if every Christian in Wise County agreed together for a need? What if we would forget about our minor doctrinal differences, join hands and lift up a powerful, faith-filled prayer to God? Would it make a difference? What if…every Christian in Southwest Virginia did the same? What about all of Virginia, the Eastern United States or THE WHOLE COUNTRY! Could that make a difference?

I heard a preacher say one time that if enough Christians would stand together, voice their demands and not waver that we could have scriptures on cereal boxes in a few months. Seventy percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians. So where are these Christians? They’re sitting in the pews on Sunday, not reading their Bibles or praying regularly. They’re talking the talk on Sundays but not walking the walk the rest of the week. We are a gigantic potentially powerful group of “believers” who are being hearers of the Word but not doers, (see James 1:22). And the forces of evil are running rampant, without resistance, over our country. Are we going to wake up before it’s too late?

In Genesis 11 we read that because the people had, “one language and a common speech“, they were building a tower to Heaven, “so that we may make a name for OURSELVES“. They were united in purpose for the wrong reasons and God noticed and said, “The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.”, (v. 6). So wouldn’t the same principle work if the people were united for the right reasons? I think God would notice and bless their efforts.

As we are now in the “political” season, an opportunity is there to make a difference. Polls show that only about half of Christians are registered to vote and just half of those actually go vote. American Christians are a potentially powerful block of people who could make a difference if we would all join together, pray and get up and do something. Ask God today what He wants you to do.

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