America's Leading Online Country Gospel Music News Magazine This month featuring… Jesse Reece This month featuring… Tina Wakefield The Parish Family September, 2015 Christian Servant Outreach Ministry, Inc. Wyatt Nations www.christianservantmagazine.com Christian Servant Magazine - September, 2015 - Page 1 Congratulations Joy Roberts on your No. 1 Charting Song Christian Servant Country For The Good Life Top 100 September, 2015 Joy Roberts Ministries Visit Joy at www.joyrobertsministries.com where you can also order her CD “Choices” which includes her No.Christian 1 Song, Servant “JesusMagazine -Is September, My Rock”. 2015 - Page 2 Table of Contents 1. Cover 2. Number One Song Christian Servant Magazine Country For The Good Life Top 100 3. Table of Contents 4. A Famine In America? by Jimmy R. Price 5. Unity vs. Division by Marty Smith 6. A Place Prepared by Pastor Dr. Doug DeRamus 9. Who Are We Seeing? by Randy Gunn 10. Movers and Shakers of the Country Gospel Industry: Bob Terry by Tommy Smith 11. Country Gospel Christian Country Radio Guide 12. Country For the Good Life Top 100 Chart 15. The Spirit Filled Parish Family by Tommy Smith 17. Jesse Reece: A Reason To Live by Tommy Smith 18. A Walk Among The Tombstones by Gayla Earlene 19. Tina Wakefield: Not Ashamed of Her Country Gospel Roots by Tommy Smith 20. Wyatt Nations: Not Self-Called, God Called by Tommy Smith 21. How To Sell Your Music In Today’s Market by Chip Bricker 23. Peace in His Presence, Time With Him by John Randoph 24. The War Room by Brad Wilson 25. If We Listen To The “Coach”, We’ll Be On The Winning Team by Roger Barkley, Jr. 26. 2015 ICGMA Convention & Awards Show article 27. Pictures from the 2015 ICGMA Convention & Awards Show Christian Servant Magazine - September, 2015 - Page 3 A Famine In America? by Jimmy R. Price www.jimmyrprice.com A famine is a devastating condition in which there is a tremendous lack of food for an extended period of time. Most of the time it is caused by a severe drought (no rain- no crops). While parts of the USA have experienced some drought conditions at times, famine is basically unknown in our country. We have been so blessed with an abundance of resources, that we are the envy of much of the world. However, the Bible speaks about a different kind of famine. Amos 8:11 says, “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.” The Bible is the Word of God. There is a no shortage of Bibles in our country today. There is a tremendous shortage, however, of hearing and doing what God’s word teaches. The direction our nation has been moving in is definitely away from God and His Holy Word. Are we facing a famine in America? A Famine of God’s Word? Some might say, “Why do we need God’s word? We are a modern and educated people.” Here are three reasons: I. Without God’s Word There is No Freedom In John 8:31-32, Jesus said, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed: and ye shall know the truth and truth shall make you free.” The Bible is true! Truth brings freedom! Politicians have turned away from the Bible, Supreme Court decisions have been in direct opposition to God’s word. The Ten Commandments have been taken down from the walls and halls of our public buildings. Our freedom is hanging in the balance. No truth – No freedom! II. Without God’s Word There is No Foundation Jesus said in Matthew 7:26-27, “And everyone that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.” This great country was founded and built upon “the rock” (the Bible). It has withstood the storms of wars, economic hard times, and enemies that hate us. More and more it seems that we have been moving away from the Word and trying to rebuild on the shifting sands of humanism and relative moralism. In other words, man has decided that we know better than God. Since the beginning, God said marriage was one man- one woman – for life. Our so-called “justices” trashed the Word and declared that all 50 states must accept what God has called an abomination (same sex marriage). The Bible says that parents must love their children and “bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” Over 50 million babies have been aborted since 1973 in America! III. Without God’s Word There is No Faith The Apostle Paul says in Romans 10:17, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” Without Biblical faith, there is no real faith at all. Faith in anything other than God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit is useless, powerless and destructive. We are rapidly moving toward becoming a faithless nation! How can we prevent this Famine in America? We must turn back to the Bible! Read it, study it, preach it, teach it, live it! We must stand up for Biblical values! No time to be silent – time to be bold! We must hold our leaders accountable! We can vote, we can impeach – they’ll get the message! Christian Servant Magazine - September, 2015 - Page 4 Unity vs. Division By Marty Smith I found these two definitions in the dictionary: Unity 1-the state of being one; oneness. 2-a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one. 3-the state or fact of being united or combined into one, as of the parts of a whole; unification. Division 1-the act or process of dividing; state of being divided. 2-something that divides or separates; partition. 3-separation by difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement; dissension. There is a lot of division in the world today. Countries are fighting other countries, people fighting people, special interest groups fighting special interest groups, family members fighting family members, it goes on and on. Unfortunately, it bleeds into the music industry as well. As members of the Body of Christ, we all have a part to play in this grand scheme of life. Each one of us has been called by God to do a certain job. We shouldn’t feel we’re in competition with our brothers and sisters in Christ. We are a body of believers, a team of believers called by God to spread His Word. If we are called by God to spread His Word through Christian Country music, our first and foremost thought should be, “It’s all about Him, not me”. If we all got on the same page we would be a force to be reckoned with. Think about this for a minute. If we were all focused with one thought, one goal in mind, nothing but the Hand of God could stop us in the Christian Country Music Industry, would you agree? If all of the Christian Country radio stations and all of the artists, record companies and organizations were all on the same page, where would Christian Country be today? Something to think about. Marty Smith is the morning host of Heaven’s Country (www.heavenscountry.com) and host of the internationally syndicated radio show, “Todays’ Cross Country (www.todayscrosscountry.com). You can email him at: [email protected] . Production, Recording, Distribution, Compilations Radio Promotion We are accepting tracks for our next compilation NOW! CALL US TODAY! (903) 566-3347 www.canyoncreekrecords.com Christian Servant Magazine - September, 2015 - Page 5 A PLACE PREPARED by Pastor Dr. Doug DeRamus You can visit Doug DeRamus at: www.facebook.com/dougderamus This message is not about something that is going to happen. It is about something that has already happened. However, like every- thing of God, it has to be received. You cannot have faith and believe that God is going to do something. You can only have faith that God has done something. We don’t believe because it is going to be true. We believe because it is true. We don’t believe because God is going to do something. We believe because God has done something. Jesus said where I go you cannot come (Jn. 13:33). Then Jesus told Peter in John 13:36 that Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now. The reason was because the way was yet to be prepared. Then He prepared a place and said He was THE WAY. Now, THE WAY needs to be prepared in your mind. That's up to you. Jesus said in John chapter 14 that in His Fathers house were many mansions or dwelling places. When Jesus walked the earth, He was the house of the Father. He was the temple of God. He was misunder- stood when He said, destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again (Jn. 2:19-21). The Jews said that it took forty-six years to build this temple and you are going to destroy and rebuild it in three days? He spoke of the temple of His body. Jesus was the Fathers house or house of the Father and in Him, there is a dwelling place for you.