Leighton played tennis at the Polar Bear Tournament and did really well last weekend and we are proud of him. God has blessed us with three great teenagers.  We are very proud of Hannah, Bryant, and Leighton; they love Christ and their family and they love their church and friends.

Starting Sunday moring March 14 we will begin our 2010 Bible Conference.  I am so looking forward to this time of worship and studying the Word of God with some of the most gifted communicators in the country.  If you are in the River Valley of Arkansas we invite you to come to our conference.  Go to our home page and you can view the times and speakers.  Monday-Wednesday night (March 15-17) the gospel trip, the Sisters, will be with us and we are so excited about them coming to sing songs of worship to our King.

I had the privilege of preaching at FBC Hooks, TX near Texarkana Sunday night at the annual conference of the Bowie Baptist Association.  It was a blessing to preach with my friend, Dr. John Moldovan, professor of evangelism and missions at Southwestern Seminary.  Here is a picture of some of the pastors who attended the conference with Dr. Moldovan and me.

God is so good to us here at FBCL.  We have some great ministry events planned for the spring and the summer.  And I am so grateful how God continues to bless and open doors for DFEA.  Our natioanl broadcast continues to go strongly as we are able to preach to many across our country.

Hope to see you next week at our Bible Conference!

Danny

1 Corinthians 2:9

I am preaching Sunday night March 7 at FBC Hooks TX for an associational meeting and looking forward to being with one of my former students, Pastor Michael King.

Pressing Ahead,

Danny Forshee

Romans 1:16

This Sunday is Valentines Day and here is an excerpt from my sermon on Sunday explaining some of the origin of the Feb 14th Holiday--

Today is Valentine’s Day and I will share a message the Lord put on my heart this week.  Next week we will resume our study in the book of Acts.  When you think of Valentines you probably think of cards, candy, flowers, romantic dinners, etc.  But the history behind this holiday is an interesting one.  Many believe it originates from a Saint Valentine who lived in the 3^rd century AD and was a priest in Rome.  He assisted persecuted Christians and secretly married Christian couples though the emperor forbid marriage at a time he wanted to increase his army.  On Feb 14, around 270 Emperor Claudias arrested him and the emperor actually liked the priest, but when Valentine attempted to lead him to Christ, he was sentenced to die.  While in prison the daughter of one of the prison guards befriended him and he wrote a letter to her before he died and ended it with “Love from your Valentine.”  In AD 496 Pope Gelasius marked the 14^th day of February as a day of celebration in honor of his death.  (See http://www.pictureframes.co.uk/Saint-Valentine.aspx and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine's_Day.)

A couple of weeks back I had the privilege of speaking at Central Baptist CHurch to many Texas A&M students and they were a delightful bunch to share with.  God continues to open doors to share His Word and what a blessing it is!  Next Monday I am heading to NW AR to preach to a group of pastors in the area and looking forward to that as well.

We are blessed here at FBC Lavaca.  We have such amazing people here and I am blest to serve them.  God is stirring in wonderful ways and we are praying and fasting for the Bible Conference coming March 14-17.  I invite you to come hear some truly anointing preaching and singing and bring someone with you.

Here are some pictures of the trip to College Station and Winter Park--

I am grateful to God and for all His blessings in my life.  His hand of favor is upon our church and we are experiencing some great days of ministry.  God continues to open doors for me to preach with DFEA.  On Feb. 1 I took two men in my discipleship group with me as I preached at FBC Hatfield AR, and we had a great time.

Ashley and the kids are doing great and I am so proud of them and their love for Christ and the stand they take for Him each day.

Blessed,

Danny

Romans 1:16

I went to the funeral home for visitation tonight of one of our members here at FBL; Mrs. Jessie Harkreader would have been 100 years old on August 9.  She played a game at her assisted living home then took a nap and went in the presence of Christ.  I was able to share Christ with a family member at the funeral home and pray he comes to Christ.

We had a wonderful day at FBL yesterday, January 24th.  God continues to bless us, and we are most grateful. Brother Jamie Freeman did a great job preaching to us on the goodness of God in suffering.  Jamie has cerebral palsy, and God is greatly blessing and using him.  "Do whatever you want to do in my life Lord to bring You more glory" -- wow, that is profound.

Today I got a note from a lady in Niagara, Wisconsin who watched our broadcast on DirecTV yesterday.  It was neat hearing how God spoke to her though the broadcast.  I've also recently heard from a missionary friend in Thailand who thanked me for our webcasts.  I stand amazed at how God continues to use us in ways that we do not even realize.  Blessed be His holy name!

Please pray for me if you read this blog as I travel to College Station, TX on Friday to speak to some college students at Central Baptist Church on the importance of sharing Christ.  Monday night I travel to FBC Hartsfield, AR to preach in their revival service.

Church, I am praying for our March 14-17, 2010 Spring Bible Conference!  As the Lord wills, this will be a great time of encouragement and challenge from some of the finest preachers in America.  Please plan to come and bring a friend with you.

I love you and thank you for your prayers and support for us!

Danny

John 10:10 

This week has been a blast.  On Monday I had the privilege to speak to the staff at the FBC Van Buren, AR during their staff retreat.  Pastor Scott Maze is a good man and I am honored to call him my friend.  On Tuesday Bro Tony Buchanan and I preached at the Dallas Avenue Baptist Church in Mena, AR and we had a blast.  Pastor Donnie Edwards is a fired up young man for the Lord.  He and his wife Amanda have a wonderful family and what a blessing it was to be with them during their Spiritual Renewal Conference.  Here is a picture of Bro. Tony, Donnie, and me.  

Today (Thursday) I met with the 4 men from our church that I have the privilege of sharing with and discipling.  These men bless me far more that I bless them.  They love Christ and their families and they are witnessing machines! 

I am so excited about our Spring Bible Conference here at FBC Lavaca, AR March 14-17.  The following men will be preaching: Jim Henry, Dan Breeding, Mark Harris, Charles Lowery, and Johnny Hunt.  I am aksing our church to join with me over the next couple of months of preparation and spend some time praying and fasting for this conference.

Blessings to you!

1 Corinthians 2:9

Danny

God continues to bless DFEA and I am grateful.  We continue to hear from people across the country who listen on the NRB network through DIRECTV.  I heard this week from a couple in Colorado who listens each week to our broadcast.  She said her husband is hard of hearing but they enjoy hearing us on TV, yeah, that blessed me.  Thank You Lord for using us!

We had a nice and quick trip to Alabama to see our families.  It is hard to see my mother whom I love so dearly.  I am grateful that there will be no Alzheimer's in heaven.  It was good to see my 3 brothers and to see Ashley's siblings as well. Here is a picture of Ashley and I overlooking Mobile Bay--

"No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.

It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and voice by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, this third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-eighth."

Since 1863, Thanksgiving has been observed annually in the United States.  (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)

Yes we are so blessed in this great country because of God.  To remove Him from the fabric of our country as some are determined to do would be like removing the computer screen from the computer.  Without the screen nothing can be seen, and if we refuse to acknowledge God in our blessed nation then we are unable to see who we really are!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Danny Forshee

Ruth 1:16-17

As I get ready to preach tomorrow on Acts 20 I came across an interesting story about the Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham AL.  They have what they call Secret Church on select Friday nights. They had their most recent gathering on Nov. 6, 2009 and had 3,000 people in attendance and they were sold out!  Yes Friday night in AL where football is a religion to many.  They actually went till 12:45 a.m.  It reminded me of Paul and his preaching until midnight when poor Eutychus could not make it any longer and fell out the window to his death.  But God raised him from the dead--awesome story and excited about preaching the text tomorrow.

Thank you to so many who have prayed for Hannah during this tough time in her life.  She had to withdraw from Liberty University due to her car accident, but God has been so merciful to her and our family.  She has a job and is doiong well and plans to enroll at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith in the fall.  

Leighton and his tennis doubles partner won the 5A state championship!  They also competed the following week in the overalls in Little Rock, AR and won that tournament as well.  We are so proud of these guys. Coach Hamilton at GHS does a great job with the tennis team.

We have the One Year Devotionals available if you would like to purchase one of these.  They are $15.00 and DFEA has many that we are making available.  I was honored, really honored when Pastor Johnny Hunt asked me to write a chapter.  I wrote chapter or week 4 entitled, "The Word of God."

Pray for me as I, like Paul, seek to press on!

Danny Forshee

I got to thinking about some of the good things God is doing in our church tonight and it is really encouraging--Tony will be preaching the Word of God and sharing with our people the truths of Philippians; Kenny is training 42 people on how to share their faith; Drew is teaching our teens the truth of Scripture; Stu is teaching the children the protoevangelium tonight! Robert Hill is discipling people in the the key area of stewardship; Wayne Schulte is teaching a group the importance of godly marriages, and Terry is not only teaching people new songs but also teaching them what these songs mean, and leading our choir to be worshippers. If our goal is to be radiant and focus upward, inward, and outward then we are on target; by the grace and goodness of God we are on target.

Jan just told a group of us standing in the hall that a lady called and asked how do I join FBCL. Jan started witnessing to her. She is saved and Jan told her to come to new members class. Ashley and I are going to visit a lady that visited us Sunday.

I am encouraged. God is good. 

The LORD continues to bless my family and ministry with DFEA.  I preached in NC at Mt. Vernon Baptist in Raleigh and while there I drove up to LU to see Hannah and we had a great visit.  Below is a pic I took of their chapel or convocation--

I preached at SWBTS and that was a really neat experience--