Daryl Coley on Today’s Gospel Music

“I’m glad for the advancement and I’m glad that it’s popular. I am not disappointed - but uneasy - about how we’re going about delivering the message. I know that it is music that touches the hearts and the spirit.

But in reaching other people with the sound of today, I think we need to make sure we’re delivering the message of Jesus Christ and not sacrificing the message just to do music. We need to bring forth a message that changes lives and changes attitudes. I love the fun we can have doing gospel music. But in the midst of having fun, we have to make sure that we deliver a solid message about Jesus Christ - who he is, what he has done, what he is capable of doing, and what he has promised us. We need to tell people where he’s brought us from. They should be able to see that we are an example of people being changed; we must change. We can’t sing gospel music and turn around and do the same things that everyone else is doing. There has to be a change, a difference. At the same time, it doesn’t mean that artists who sing secular music are wrong. I know a lot of secular artists who are in theatre and they have a love for the Lord; it’s a job for them. They continue to pray, seek God and do his will. I believe there’s a place for all of us. If we are to minister to people, we have to be available in every genre and every place where music is. People will see Christ and feel his touch through us.”

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Great Is Thy Faithfulness

At the close of the day, remember God’s faithfulness. In the morning we look forward to lovingkindness. During the day we experience that lovingkindness. And at the end of the day, we can look back and say, “God has been faithful.” No matter how difficult this day may be for you, when you get to the end, you’re going to be able to look back and say, “Great is Thy faithfulness.”

-Warren Wiersbe

Faith Through Affliction

Without faith, Hebrews 11:6 tells us, it is impossible to please God. Job could never have been purified, as gold is purified by fire, if he had not gone through the situation in which he had to trust God implicitly.

God has permitted us to see these things to help strengthen our faith when we face baffling afflictions. His purpose is that we might place implicit faith in Him and in His counsel and His goals for us, believing that the hard experiences in life are permitted for a good purpose.

 -Mary Wilder Tileston

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