2008

King’s Heralds - Apr 08

Late greetings from the wild west!! By the time many of you read this The King's Heralds will have fought our way through slick icy mountain passes, endured the unpredictable weather of the higher elevations all the while keeping a close watch on what has become our favorite channel on all of television.. the weather channel. The old saying about being a weather person is the only job in the world that you can be wrong an not be fired is so true! Thank the Lord we have safely made it to Idaho for what will be about a four week run of the west coast. The only break that we will have is toward the end of April when we fly home for about three days to regroup. It will be at that time when we will be attending the SoGospelNews Award Celebration! In case you have not heard, our very own Jeff Pearles will be co- hosting this years program. That should be interesting to say the least! After the show, we fly to Pennsylvania for a concert and then it's back out to Fresno, California for Fanfest where we be performing two of the three nights. After we wrap that up it's off to Puerto Rico for four days of concerts upon which we return to California and finish up our West Coast tour and head for home. Wow! we didn't realize that we were doing all of that. Somewhere in there we have got to find time to get into the studio and do some recording! We did not mention everyplace that we will be singing while out West but be sure to log onto our website to get all the details. Some of the other states that we are performing in while we are out here are Idaho, Washington, Oregon and California and Nevada.

Please pray for our safety while we are in the midst of this tour. We have some exciting things coming up toward the fall of the year that we will tell you about later. If at all possible please plan top attend the SoGospelNews Award Celebration. We can tell you that Jeff has never hosted anything in his life so that in and of itself could be worth coming out for!

If you cannot come out and visit with us on the road log onto our website at http://www.theheralds.org and keep up with us there. We look forward to see ya down the road.

King's Heralds
http://www.theheralds.org

Do You Hear The Knocking?

We recently bought a Ford Expedition for traveling – after replacing a transmission six months ago in our van, continuing to have problems, and finally ending with transmission fluid spraying all over the trailer on our last road trip, we knew we had to do something soon. God stepped in and did one of those “God things” that He does best and we found ourselves on the road this weekend in our new wheels! We were pulling over for a break and realized there was a knocking noise coming from the back. We had been trying out the stereo in the new vehicle with a Donnie McClurkin CD and had the music so loud, we couldn’t have heard a missile land on top of us! Tim got out and tried to sift around through our stuff, but I wanted to clear everything out all at once! We compromised. We got out of the truck and began to remove our belongings from the back. Duffle bags, a guitar, and some boxes – one by one we took all of the items out until we found the source of the knocking. Sometimes we only have to search a little for sin we need to clear out of our lives, sometimes we have to really sift through our “stuff.”

After hitting a plateau about five or six years ago, I decided to sift. I wanted to go to a higher plane in my faith and was willing to do what I needed to do to get there. I learned this verse: “Search me, oh God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm 139:23-24. I began to recite that verse every time I thought of it. God began to reveal areas that I had not surrendered. I continue to say that verse on a regular basis – He continues to draw me closer to Him by pruning me of things that are not like Christ.

If you are cruising along in life and you begin to hear knocking, remember:
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” Revelation 3:20 You are lucky enough for the God of the universe to want to spend some time with you!

till next time…
Sally

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What Makes You Buy A CD?  YOU Tell Us!

OK, every month someone in our group writes an article for sogospelnews, with the exception of last month because it was my turn and I had two months of work crammed into March and so an article didn't get written. With most of the topics, we tell you about things that happen internally with the LeFevre Quartet. This month, I want to ask a simple question and I really want some response. What makes you buy a cd? Do you buy it for the artist? In other words, if you are a fan of that particular artist, do you buy everything they release? Are you one of those fans that hear a particular song and buy the cd for the song that you've either heard on the radio or at an event? I'm just curious. So, this month's article will really be YOUR article made up of your explanations.

LeFevre Quartet
http://www.lefevrequartet.com

Peace or Piece?

You can give someone a piece of your mind but you can't give them peace of mind. I'm learning though that these two words have more in common than I originally thought. I've had peace of mind over financial situations and yet, at the same time, be worrying myself into a fit over a problem with my children. Soon, I'd lose that peace I had over "money" because I'd tell myself that if the peace didn't cover every area of my life that I must not really have it at all. But peace can come in pieces (or stages). When Joshua was commissioned to take the Promise Land, he fought one enemy at a time. He gained one piece of land at a time. He didn't even attempt to acquire the entire land of Canaan in one big war. He rested in-between cities, refueled, and regained strength. On the other hand, just because we win Jericho, doesn't mean we can stop. If we stop short, the enemies we leave in place will regroup and try to re-inhabit what we've already conquered. I can attest to this with an "amen" and both hands raised. The Christian walk is all about gaining ground (not having all the ground handed to us in one, swift battle). Little by little, piece by piece, peace by peace.

I must be honest, peace of mind is my biggest battle. Stress, worry, and discouragement are the giants in my land. I find it much easier to gain peace over external issues. Health issues, death of loved ones, relationship problems -- these are tough battles but they don't compare to the war that rages in my mind. We are conditioned to think of ourselves as weak and ineffective and even useless if we struggle with fear or depression. The reality is --- if you can fog up a mirror, you have dealt with these very same issues. But as real as these issues are, so is the peace of God. I used to think that real peace was living in a perfect world or atleast living a life free of conflict. Then I clicked my red heels together and said "there's no place like home." Unfortunately, even the Land of Oz had a witch. We will never live without some sort of conflict - whether it be in our Nation or in our house. But we can have peace in the midst of negative circumstances. A few nights ago, I caught the very end of the movie "Titanic" on TV. When I tuned in, the ship was going down and people were running and screaming. Pandemonium everywhere!! EXCEPT for a little room off the lower deck where they showed two small children, snug and warm in their bed. Their mother was leaning over them, talking in a calm, reassuring voice -- telling them of the beauties of Heaven. Peace enveloped that room!!! Turmoil and confusion had control over every square inch of that ship except that room where peace had won the battle. That is my picture of peace. Calm smack-dab in the middle of despair. One room at a time, piece by piece, peace by peace.

God bless you,

Karen
http://www.darylwilliamstrio.net

be listening for our current radio single "His Hand On Me."

April 08 Reflections

I’ve never been so glad to see a winter come to an end as I have this one. My three week bout with pneumonia was scarcely past when Bruce fell on the ice and broke his right hip. Of course, now we face the scariest thing of all…the April 15th deadline. It reminds me of that old western tune, “Deep in the Hurt of Taxes”. And Bruce thought his hip was painful. Talk about adding insult to serious injury! (Okay, maybe it was “Deep in the Heart of Texas”; but it’s my article.)

I rarely think about tax time without recalling my old court reporting days in St. Louis. As freelance court reporters, we were not paid by the state, but by the attorneys who hired us. In retrospect, it was a horrible way to make a living. You never knew when or if you would get a paycheck or whether it would be fifty dollars or five thousand. We were waiting for the attorneys to pay our invoices and they were waiting to win some big case. Therefore, we were constantly behind on our bills, owing two months of rent, three months of electric bills, four months on the car, etc. We were always waiting for that big check that would catch us up. On top of that, we were basically self-employed, so we were expected to “estimate” and pay taxes quarterly. (I always felt like if I have to guess how much I’ll make, then I should leave the name blank and they can guess who sent it in.)

At the court reporting firm where I worked, there were a couple of people who had gotten themselves in a pickle with the tax man. Because there was never enough money to pay the bills and set aside a third for taxes, it was easy to say, “I’ll pay these bills now, and then when the big check comes in I’ll catch up the taxes.” They each had young children at home, and one of them was a divorced mother of two, so there always seemed to be more expenses than they counted on. So paycheck after paycheck the taxes were pushed aside until next time. But next time never seemed to come.

Before long with interest and penalties mounting everyday, they owed thousands upon thousands of dollars with no hope of repayment any time soon. The gentleman who I’ll call “Tom” dodged the tax man as long as he could, but his nerves were shot, his family relationships were strained, and he eventually had a heart attack from the stress. The young woman jumped every time the telephone rang, dreaded meeting the mailman and found it difficult to focus on anything but the problem. Depression ultimately set in and hampered her ability to cope with life, much less her children. She finally made an appointment with the regional office to set up a payment plan; but the balance barely budged because new interest and penalties were continually assessed on the remaining balance. She was trying, but she felt hopeless that her efforts would ever make much difference and helpless to do anything but try. She struggled for years trying to do it on her own.

Then one day “Patsy” met a truly wonderful man. They dated for a while and soon discovered that they loved each other. He asked her to marry him and she felt it was only right to tell him of her financial fiasco. It didn’t seem to phase him. He married her anyway. Not one time did he ever scold or belittle her. He could have said, “What were you thinking? How stupid can you be?” But he never pointed out her failure. He just took that horrendous tax bill and eventually paid off every dime. What’s more, he never mentioned it again. It was as though it never happened. She no longer had to fear the telephone or the postman. Her stress melted away in the comfort of his love and she was happy for the first time in many years.

Sound familiar? In that one act of love and kindness, “Patsy’s” husband mirrored the love of Jesus. She hadn’t earned it. She didn’t deserve it, but he loved her.

The Lord says that while we were yet sinners He loved us. We had done nothing to merit His grace. We owed a debt of sin that we could never pay; but He took it upon Himself and paid the price in full. And now because of His grace we can rest in Him, secure in His love knowing that our sins are as far from us as the east is from the west and they will be remembered against us no more.

Now, if that thought won’t make you have a happy April, nothing will.

Janice Crow

P.S. I love you, Bruce.

Daron Farmer

Well when I think back on the past 12 months since we started this project I see the hand of God without a doubt. He has led us through so many doors, that to the natural eye would seem to be impossible, but with his hand of favor and direction my families life has been ordered. The title to this album really says it all. ONE GOOD REASON, it is my conviction that once we as musician's and or singers loose focus of why we do what we do just BECAUSE we can do it, we have stepped into a place were God is no longer in control. This means we must depend on our strength, talent, gifts, and ability to help us through everyday life not just in ministry. Well quite frankly I do not like that position. You see I have learned in ministry that it is the ANNOINTING that lifts every burden and destroys every yoke.

When Saul needed a change in his Life he called for David to play his music, but this went a lot deeper than just David strumming his harp. What Saul did not understand was it was the Anointing on David that caused the change in his atmosphere not David's talent. This is why every time David left, the spirit Saul was facing always came back and as a result Saul never experienced the total change in his heart he was longing for. You see in order for lives to change we as singers and musicians must keep focus that JESUS truly is the ONE GOOD REASON to do the ministry we do. Whether we are in front of thousands, or just by our self, one who humbles himself and is dependant on the Holy spirit will always get JESUS to show up where ever you need him. My prayer is your spirit be st ired this year knowing you still have still have ONE GOOD REASON to keep taking one step at a time knowing God will be right there with you. May the Lord bless you and keep in all you do.

Daron Farmer
http://www.daronfarmer.com