Hello my friends and welcome back for another service of Cowboy Church.
Today's musical selection begins with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans singing Have You Read the Bible Today. This recording is the B side of a 1955 Little Golden Record the husband-and-wife duo made, with The Bible Tells Me So as the A side. Backing them up on this recording is Mitch Miller and his orchestra. Reading the bible each day should be an important part of every Christian's life. The Bible is how God can speak to you any day or any time. Reading the Bible plays an important role in how we grow and mature in our faith instead of remaining stagnant. With this growth and maturity, we can experience greater joy in our lives and have a greater more personal relationship with God himself.
Then comes Billy Walker singing Precious Memories. Though this is a sweet uplifting song, it was based upon a tragedy. In 1922, John Wright lost his five-year-old son. Wright would later say about this song, “’Precious Memories’ was born in the midnight hours as I bathed by pillow with tears, likewise all my songs came through life’s severest tests.” Though this is a very famous hymn, John Wright only received $36 for writing it. He would remain a janitor that was always struggling to make ends meet for his entire life.
This is followed by Diana Trask with One Day at a Time. This song was written by Marijohn Wilkin and Kris Kristofferson.
Next is The Sons of the Pioneers with their 1937 recording of Power in the Blood.
Now is Billy Cate singing The Touch of God's Hand. This recording comes from Billy's 2017 gospel album, A Cowboy's Prayer. The song was written by one of the all-time greatest writers of Cowboy music, Bob Nolan from The Sons of the Pioneers. Though many of us get to points where we feel that God is nowhere near us, he always is and you can see the blessings of God that abound us, by simply opening your door and seeing this beautiful world God has given us to live in. The trees, the plants, the fresh air and the animals are all evidence that there is a God who truly loves us and delights in blessing his beloved creations (us).
Now is Johnny Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash performing Over The Next Hill We'll Be Home. Listen closely to the lyrics of this song, they are truly beautiful and offer a wonderful message to every Christian. I know these lyrics touch me deeply and can help me, whenever I am feeling weak or down.
Next is Willie Nelson and his sister Bobbie Nelson (on piano) performing Just a Little Talk With Jesus. This hymn was written by Rev. Cleavant Derricks, a pastor of a small African American church in Alabama. During the great depression, his church was desperately in need of new hymnals. He had written hymns but none of them had been published. He contacted the publisher Stamps-Baxter in hope of giving them some of his songs in exchange for hymnals. They had little interest in most of the hymns, but they really liked Just a Little Talk With Jesus. For writing this beloved gospel song Derricks received 50 hymnals. How blessed are each and every one of us that we can talk to Jesus anytime we want to and that he will actually listen to us and truly hear what we have to say. He may not always answer each of our prayers the way we want him to, but this never means that your prayer fell on deaf ears, but that he knows what is best for us and always has a plan for us. At the same time, he is willing to give us the comfort and strength we need to make it through every situation. Because there is nothing this world can do to us that God isn't bigger than.
Today's musical selection begins with The Louvin Brothers with their 1955 recording of Just Rehearsing.
Today's movie trailer is for Santa Fe Trail (1940), directed by Michael Curtiz and stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Ronald Reagan. Michael Curtiz is one of the great directors of Hollywood's golden age, having directed such films as Casablanca (1942), Mildred Pierce (1945), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and White Christmas (1954). He also directed this film's star, Errol Flynn in some of his most popular movies including Captain Blood (1935), The Sea Hawk (1940), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). He also directed my favorite Elvis movie, King Creole (1958). Santa Fe Trail may be far from a historical accurate movie, but it is still a delightful film.
Hollywood, 1941
Now for a sermon by S.M. Lockridge.
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Romans 13:10
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; and it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. Corinthians 15:42-44
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. Thessalonians 4:14
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Acts 16:25
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” Revelation 5:13
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8
Thank you for joining me and come back next week for another service of Cowboy Church. Happy trails to you until we meet again.
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