when the rains come – v2

we rejoice at the gift of the Creator

we praise God for creation

we are glad, we praise Him

when the rains come

lives change, transformed

new life appears, bursting,

suddenly from the desert

where life seemed empty

dry bones come to life

with the living waters

the Spirit within us

life springs anew, rekindled,

from the dry bones in the valley

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edited February 3, 2016

when the rains come – v2

edited February 3, 2016

full of bones

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/02/full-of-bones-v2.html

edited February 3, 2016

you shall live – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/02/you-shall-live-v2.html

September 3, 2015

set me ablaze

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/set-me-ablaze.html

September 3, 2015

rekindle Your Light

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/rekindle-your-light.html

September 3, 2015

quicken my life

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/quicken-my-life.html

September 3, 2015

like those bones

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/like-those-bones.html

September 3, 2015

God woos us back

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/god-woos-us-back.html

September 3, 2015

wanting to awake

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/wanting-to-awake.html

September 3, 2015

alive in vibrant color

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/alive-in-vibrant-color.html

September 3, 2015

when the rains come

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/when-rains-come.html

September 3, 2015

a dry desert place

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/a-dry-desert-place-feeling-alone-unfed.html

September 3, 2015

bring us back to you

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/bring-us-back-to-you.html

September 3, 2015

we long to hear you

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/we-long-to-hear-you.html

September 2, 2015

Revival requires change

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/revival-requires-change.html

September 2, 2015

we too will cry out

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/we-too-will-cry-out.html

August 31, 2015

you shall live

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/you-shall-live.html

August 31, 2015

in the midst of the valley

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/in-midst-of-valley.html

August 31, 2015

full of bones

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/full-of-bones.html

August 31, 2015

awaken the bones

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/awaken-bones.html

August 31, 2015

Prophesy to these bones

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/prophesy-to-these-bones.html

August 31, 2015

a shaking, a rattling

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/a-shaking-rattling.html

August 31, 2015

come from the four winds

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/come-from-four-winds.html

August 23, 2015

Summer Sermon Series:

“Revive Us Again O Lord!”

Adapted from Revival by Adam Hamilton

1 Peter 1:13-16

Ezekiel 37:1-10

valley of dry bones

and sermon, “A Better Way”

emphasis: “A Longing for Holiness”

text:

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com/2015/09/a-better-way.html

https://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/2015/09/07/a-better-way/

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=719638714809153&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/09/sermon-better-way-by-pastor-ruth-foss.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/639456364008484864

video:

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/vb.174161846023512/715371815235843/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqMflpl35yE

by Pastor Ruth Foss

https://twitter.com/PastorRuthFoss

http://www.facebook.com/pastorruthfoss

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com

sermon blog

http://www.pstrruthfoss.blogspot.com

meditation blog

http://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/

“God’s Whisper” blog

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

August 23, 2015

&

August 16, 2015

Summer Sermon Series:

“Revive Us Again O Lord!”

Adapted from Revival by Adam Hamilton

Revelations 2:1-2, 4-5

Galatians 5:22-23

(All scripture from the NIV Bible)

and sermon, “It all began with a … ”

emphasis: “Precursors to revival”

video:

https://www.facebook.com/174161846023512/videos/713180222121669/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpgwvX6bmyc

text:

https://pstrfoss.wordpress.com/2015/08/20/it-began-with-a/

http://www.pstruthsermons.blogspot.com/2015/08/it-began-with-a.html

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=714250438681314&id=174161846023512

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/08/sermon-it-began-with-by-pastor-ruth.html

https://twitter.com/raymondafoss/status/634428206452490240

by Pastor Ruth Foss

Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stetson-Memorial-United-Methodist-Church/174161846023512

Patten, ME

August 16, 2015

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