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Thursday, April 16. 2009

God Bless Revival America & More! April News

Family Newsletters
LONGING FOR REVIVAL IN CHURCHES ACROSS
NORTH AMERICA

 

We've been traveling again as a team, rejoicing
in what God has been doing!  Ben & Amanda headed out to California for a
week of meetings with Bro. Rich Sydlowski and the folks at Mountain Avenue
Baptist Church in Banning, CA.  Not only was it beautiful outside, we had some
great meetings inside!  Ben preached for the elementary and secondary chapels in
the Christian school.  We experienced a freedom to minister and preach, and we
met some wonderful people!  We are excited to return in the future to once again
be with these good folks!

 

As a Team we traveled to Faith Baptist Church in
Pekin, IL.  Pastored by Bro. Tim Collard, we stayed for a full Sunday - Friday
week.  Joe spent time teaching an art block class to the Christian school;
Amanda taught a Spanish class, and bro. Ben preached the chapels.  (A short video of Joe teaching his art class will be available on
our YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/user/beneverson77). The attendance throughout the week was phenomenal.  In fact,
even though spring break began on Friday, the record attendance for the week was
that very night!  "Revival America!" was the Monday night service, and we
rejoiced in the tenderheartedness of people throughout the week, including that
night.

 

We continued on to Bro. Gerald McPhillips church,
Bethel Baptist in Georgetown, IL, for a Sunday night performance of "Revival
America."  This was a new church for us AND a pastor we didn't know!  We had a
great time getting to know Pastor and his family, but the special note on this
trip was the "Revival America" performance that night.  God seemed to step down
in a special way and really burden some hearts with the great need for revival. 
We're praying that God would increase the effectiveness of this program,
particularly during these times in the country.  (You can
see Bro. McPhillips recommendation of Revival America! as well as video of part
of the program on our YouTube channel, http://www.youtube.com/beneverson77.)

 

BEN & JOE JOIN THE CALVARY QUARTET
FOR CONCERTS

We joined the Calvary Quartet for several
churches and had a great time back with the Quartet!  Ben played piano and sang
and Joe filled in on baritone.  We had the privilege of joining with Evangelist
Rich Tozour at his annual Pastor's Golf Retreat near Huntsville, AL.  Bro. Jim
Schettler was the speaker for the Monday and Tuesday night services and we had
some sweet services!  Tuesday night lasted nearly 3 hours with pastors sharing
testimonies and we were even asked to sing again after it was all over!  We
truly were blessed to fellowship with these men.

 

BIRTHDAY BASHES IN ALABAMA & MOVING
HE MUSIC STUDIO

We celebrated Amanda's birthday, and Bethany's
birthday, and Miles birthday!  The time is flying by!!  We are in Alabama for
Bethany's and Miles' birthdays, since we are moving our studio out of Riverview
Baptist Church. It was a big job to get all the equipment out, but now we're set
to find a new location. We are very grateful to the church for voting to allow
our studio into the church almost 3 years ago.  It has been a privilege and a
HUGE help to us to have a place where we could return and record our music.  We
will miss the church and the people; we wish the people and their new pastor
well as they seek to renovate the older building and use it all for the glory of
the Lord! 

 

PRAISES & PRAYER
REQUESTS

  • PRAISE! Down in Alabama, Amanda's
    uncle Jay helped Joe fix the back of his trailer which had been ripped open.  It
    looks almost as good as new!  And what's better, no rain water will get in. 
    Thank you uncle Jay!
  • PRAISE! We were getting ready to
    head out from IL, when Ben heard a hissing sound.  He investigated and found a
    hole in one of our dually tires.  We unhooked and took it to Firestone.  They
    took off the wrong side tires, and found ANOTHER leak!  Praise God for their
    mistake!  We found that problem before we left.  We're getting those two tires
    replaced down here in Alabama before we hit the road back to Michigan.
  • PRAYER REQUEST: We're asking for
    your prayer that Amanda will be reconsidered for coverage for her medications. 
    We are reapplying for coverage, which amounts to about $300 per month.  Would
    you pray that these would be covered once again? 

BRO. BEN RELEASES NEW CD, "I'LL PRAY
AGAIN"

 

After several months of hard work, Bro. Ben's new
CD is finally being released! Due out April 30th, this CD includes a lot more
original songs than our previous CDs.  You will be able to purchase this CD from
our website, OR as downloads!  Be looking on our website April 30th for exact
ordering information!

 

JERRY SIVNSKTY GUESTS ON "FINDING THE
FAITHUL" THIS SUNDAY

 

You won't want to miss this Sunday's return of
"Finding the Faithful!" Evangelist Jerry Sivnskty is the guest, and he talks
candidly about the state of fundamentalism today as well as challenging
Christian leaders and layman alike!  Visit us this Sunday and beyond to download
this great interview!

 

We're headed up to Michigan for several weeks; we
are praying that God would continue to bless and guide as we forge ahead.  We
are also excited to announce our Bible Revival Ministry board for this
year:

 

  • Dr. Dan Dickerson, senior pastor Calvary Baptist
    Church, Midland, MI
  • Pastor Bill Phillips, senior pastor Faith Baptist
    Church, Pembine, WI
  • Pastor Mike Reece, assistant pastor Calvary
    Baptist Church, Midland, MI
  • Dr. Dana Everson, music faculty, Northland
    International University, Dunbar, WI
  • Pastor John Tracy, music pastor, Hillsdale Baptist
    Church, Tampa, FL

We appreciate these men and what they do for our
ministry.

 

Until next month, stay faithful to God and
continue to ask Him to revive us again!

 

Bro. Ben Everson & Bible Revival
Ministries


 

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Sunday, March 8. 2009

Get the Newsletter Out, Quick!

Family Newsletters
MARCH BEGINS WITH SOME
GLADNESS!

A pastor friend of mine in Michigan loves to
replace the word "madness" with "gladness" and I'm adopting his style as we
bring you up to date on what God is doing in our ministry!  We are glad to
report that God has been at work again in our lives in preparation for hitting
the road again as a Team.

 

For those of you who may not remember, we've been split up, with Joe
and Bethany in Greenville, SC, at Terry and Lynn Snows, and the Ben Everson
family up in Wilson, NC at Tabernacle Baptist Church. 

 

Joe has been working on his drawing, and turning
out some incredible products!  You can check those out at www.joeeverson.com.  Joe's mentioned that
the time off the road has helped him focus in on drawing more.  They were able
to travel up to Wisconsin to visit family on both sides!  We're looking forward
to getting back with them to travel!

 

BEN EVERSON FAMILY AT
TBC

We have just completed nearly 8 weeks with the
folks at Tabernacle Baptist Church.  What a wonderful time we had there!  Pastor
Jeff Davis and the people took such good care of us.  We will miss these good
people.  For our last Sunday, we did a concert of the new music Ben is featuring
on his new solo CD due out the first of April.  We felt so much a part of the folks there and it was hard to leave.

 

The youth group gave us a surprise going away
present: they washed our truck and trailer!  They did a great job too.  Last
week, men in the church welded our fresh water tank back in place, replaced a
broken fridge vent cover, built a new pantry shelf and other desperately needed
things.  It also enabled Ben to reseal the roof!

 


MINISTRY WITH THE JERRY SIVNKSTY
FAMILY

We also had the privilege of ministering during the
week of revival meetings with Jerry Sivnskty and his wife.  Ben and Amanda
provided music during the week, and it was a special time of getting to know
them better.  Ben found it quite funny when Brother Davis mentioned going to a
pastor's prayer breakfast with Ben and Jerrys.  Ha!  It was a great recharging
time too, as Ben usually is the one doing the preaching but got to listen this
time!

 

We want to give a huge thank you to the TBC folks;
you helped us at a key time and we were privileged to be a part of the ministry
along with you these last two months!  May God bless you and continue to
lead!

 

CAPPING THINGS
OFF

We left NC and traveled down to Ft. Myers, FL, for
Ben to play for (and sing with) the Calvary Quartet for the weekend.  We decided
to come down as a family in our trailer and we're currently sitting at the
Winkler Road Baptist Church, and we just enjoyed a great day of ministry with
the quartet!  Ben was able to teach Sunday School, and the day went
well.

 

That is, until we started getting sick!  The reason
this newsletter is titled, "Get the news out, quick!" is that our daughter Elena
"became ill" all over the church foyer tonight at the end of the service, and it
appears that the illness is spreading to the rest of us.  I am feeling quite
terrible as I write this, but we wanted to get this out to our prayer partners! 
If we have to deal with a little sickness like the rest of the world, that's
ok!  Not that we'll enjoy it, but that's part of life.  Would you pray we can
get back on our feet in time to get back to Greenville for us to fly out to
California for a week of meetings?  That's very important!

 

Other quick prayer requests as I try to finish
quickly:

 

  • Amanda is epileptic; most of you know that.  But for
    the last 5 years, her medications have been covered by insurance.  As of
    February, we have been without health insurance for her for the first time since
    we've been married.  Her meds cost $300 per month.  Would you pray that this
    need would be met?  We will be appealing the decision and we'd appreciate your
    prayers!

Well, that's all I can handle right now.  I'm going
to have to sign off.  I need to go crash. I hope I haven't forgotten anything! 
Oh, yes, a new CD will be released the first of April with a bunch of original
songs!  Be looking for that!

 

For now, God bless, and keep pressing
forward!!

 

Sincerely,

 

Bro. Ben Everson

on behalf of all the Bible Revival
Families


 

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Wednesday, February 25. 2009

Does God Like Movies?

Teen Faith

This was the question that I posed to Miles, my 7 year old.  

In our family, we have a rule that we don't talk about movies, cartoons, etc. on Sunday until after the evening service.  For my 4 kids, this will be a pattern that we have as long as they are in the house.  They know its a rule, but as a matter of course my wife and I try to check up to make sure that our kids are getting the why's as well as the what's.

Miles told me he thought that God didn't like movies.

We had a good laugh and then I explained to him that if God didn't like movies, we wouldn't ever watch them, because it doesn't mean that we can "get away with" things God doesn't like as long as its not Sunday.  We never want to do something that God doesn't approve of no matter what day it is! There are two points: first, that God does care about what we watch, so it needs to always be something that God would approve of, no matter what day it is.  And the second point is that the reason for the rule on Sunday is for US, not God.  It is a way to help us be thinking about the Lord in an extra special way that day without the normal distractions.

We don't believe that Sunday is the "Sabbath"; the Sabbath was Saturday and for us in our ministry family, it definitely is not a day of rest!  It is the busiest day of the week.  But it IS the Lord's day, a day set aside for us to worship Him and to concentrate more on Him, kind of like a tithe of our time.  It doesn't have to do with whether or not God likes movies!

What do YOU think?  Are there things you do differently on Sunday than the rest of the week?  If so, why or why not?

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Sunday, February 22. 2009

TF: What is Faith, Anyway?

Teen Faith

Soooooooo………


What is faith, anyway?


Last time in youth group, we talked about the fact that faith is
simply trust.  It is trusting that there is something there you can’t
see.  People think about faith as a religious thing, but there is much
more to it than that. Have you ever seen electricity?  The truth of the
matter is, probably not.  I don’t know how you would see electricity,
except maybe some static electricity as you scuff your feet in order to
scare somebody to death when you shock their ear!


But really, no, you can’t see electricity.  But you know it exists. 
You trust that there is something running through the black cord
connected to the wall, which in turn powers the fan, or the toaster, or
the TV.  You trust that by faith.


God says that if you want to come to Him, you have to believe
that He is there.  It’s a matter of faith.  Once you by faith trust
that God is there, you’ve done the first step!  Will you always feel like He is there?  No.  But faith is believing, and believing is a choice, it’s a matter of deciding, not what you feel like.


What do you think?  Do you think about faith on a regular basis?  In
what areas of your life do you think you exhibit trust in something you
can’t see?



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New Hymn Available for Free!

Announcements

We are pleased to offer the latest new hymn setting for some wonderful rich text by Charles Wesley.  "The Final Account" is available from our free page, accessible here.  You can copy this pdf page as much as you like for personal use or for your congregation.  For an SAB arrangement of the piece for youth or adult choir, send us an email!

This song will be included on Brother Ben's new CD coming out in early April!



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Sunday, February 15. 2009

Nearly a Century Serving God

Announcements

Jonathan Musch, who has been around since early last century, is this week's guest on "Finding the Faithful."  Tune in or download!

http://www.beneverson.podbean.com


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Wednesday, February 11. 2009

Brother Ben Launches "Boomerang" Blog

Announcements

Brother Ben has launched his blog, "Boomerang" and you're welcome to check it out!  The hope is that young people will be able to visit here and get answers to questions they might have about issues in their lives or the Bible.  Its just begun, so give it a little time to gain momentum, but we hope it will be a help!

http://www.brotherben.wordpress.com


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