March News
March 18, 2008. Springing Forward!!! Just praising and trusting the Lord!
I hope this finds each of you doing the same and looking forward to what He has in store for you this spring. As I watch the grass turning green, small flowers blooming, animals making nests and hear the birds singing, I too feel a new surge of energy and enthusiasm. I’m reminded that we all are a part of God’s great natural creation and share in this wonderful rejuvenation of body and spirit we call SPRING. Thank you Lord!
The Patriots are certainly ready for spring. We’re looking forward to a renewing of our calling, the wisdom and patience to trust the Lord for direction, and the faith, strength, and energy to enthusiastically obey. So far this year we’ve experienced a mixture of great blessing and hard times. We’ve been blessed with the unfailing presence of the Holy Spirit in our concerts, with the love and prayerful support of our friends, new and old, and with the completion of a brand new recording. That’s just a short list of them. However, we’ve been beset by the devil as well. It seems that since we began last December to follow God’s leading toward a slightly new ministry direction, we’ve been having an unusually large number of problems. A short list would include: bus repairs; fuel prices (I know, everyone has that one); concert cancellations (weather related or sickness); poor concert attendance (also weather and sickness related); and finally, several rather large unplanned bills, resulting in a total draining of our bank account. I can only conclude that we must be on the verge of doing some great work for the Lord for the devil to try so hard to stop us! I can’t wait!
Our new radio single “We Don’t Have Time” written by and featuring our talented baritone, David Combs has gone out to radio stations all across the country. It’s a great song from our recording Standing for God and Country that zeroes in on how we sometimes think we don’t have time to do what the Lord wants us to do, but we know who is the true Master of our time. I hope you’ll “take the time” to call your local station and ask for “We Don’t Have Time.” We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our newest recording titled Classics II - In the Good Old Days. It’s a compilation of eleven more of our favorite gospel songs of the 60’s and 70’s. Several of the songs feature our brand new tenor, Sonny Rue (I like it anyway, heh, heh). The recording is getting very good marks from those who’ve given it an early listen, and I think you’ll like it too. We should have the finished CDs around the middle of April. You can order early by e-mailing me at www.gabhartd@bellsouth.net and forwarding a check for $18.00 ($15.00 + 3.00 postage).
Please pray for us as we press on through some uncharted waters for us. We are praying that some of you will feel God leading you to partner with us financially in our ministry. We’d like to ask you to pray about supporting us on a monthly basis, and then follow the Lord’s leading, whether it’s yes or no. Until next time, enjoy God’s great gift of Spring!