Graveyard Revival
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If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
I Peter 4:11
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.
He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry.
He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!
This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life.
I am super excited and encouraged in my spirit today.
Because God is so good! Not only is He good; He’s faithful! He’s merciful. He’s just. He is a loving God. He’s kind. He’s a provider. He’s a way-maker. He’s a deliverer. He’s a healer.
I AM NOT HERE TO HIGH YOU BUT TO IGNITE YOUR FIRE, TO IGNITE YOUR FAITH, HOPE AND YOUR TRUST IN GOD.
I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT GOD HAS PLAN FOR YOU IN 2018,
But I am here to tell somebody: “Don’t throw in the towel just yet”. Though it may appear that all hope is gone, that everyone else is finishing the race without you, It Ain’t Over!!!! Don’t give up just yet.
But I am here to tell somebody: “Don’t throw in the towel just yet”. Though it may appear that all hope is gone, that everyone else is finishing the race without you, It Ain’t Over!!!! Don’t give up just yet.
Today many want to quit due to the various situations and trials facing their life. However, God has blessings for you that if you don’t quit you will see His promises for your life.
I want to talk to people that have hopeless situation at the moment.
Hope-less- situation, because of what your doctor said or because of what your circumstances is saying.
A Hope-less situation does not mean that God has left you or forgotten about you
Just because things don’t work out exactly how we planned them does not mean that God is not at work in your life.
in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
No matter what your situation is saying, I can tell you that God is at work in your life at this very moment.
Tell somebody- God is at work in your life.
The visions in our text today, - included dialogue between God and Prophet
The place is a graveyard, it is a cemetery, they are dry bones
The symbolism is of- a people- whose hope- has died- and has been dead- for- a long time.
This is a situation where there is no future, just bones ,no body, just bones, no signs of life.
The Lord asked him a question that God is asking you today about your situation – CAN THIS DRY BONE LIVE
Ezekiel looks at the bones, he sees no possibility of a return to life
Ezekiel said there seems to be no human solutions- for this hope-less situation for they are very dry and it’s only you God that knows.
Ezekiel said "Lord- you know". In other words he is saying I don’t God but you do.
[2] And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they
Why did he said that? He believes this situation is so out of human comprehension.
Lord you know if it’s going to work out for you,
God know if you are going to be healed you know-
It’s only God that knows if you and God knows if you are going to be delivered.
It’s only God that knows if you are going make it or not.
I know you don’t know, but God know
There are some situations we face in which human solutions
will not work- the only thing that will work will be--- hearing from God!
I brought the word of God to you today that it is not over because God hasn’t said so.
were very dry.
Ezekiel hears from God, Ezekiel receives instructions from God that he must prophesy, he must speak to the dry bones now.
Ezekiel had to go down to the graveyard and tell dead dry bones that God’s word said It ain’t over until God says it’s over.
Ezekiel had to go down to the cemetery and tell the dead dry bones that God is not thru with them yet for I know you feel like dying, but God is not thru, I know you’ve lost hope but God has not finish with you yet.
Ezekiel had to go down to the valley of the shadow of death and tell death that God will enter them.
Listen the transformation and restoration all started by hearing of word. The word was the beginning of the process that brings back these hopeless back to life.
You may be in a situation that looks hopeless, it may look like the end is near and it’s time to give up, it may look as if you’ve lost... well, it doesn’t matter what it may look like, the final outcome will come when God says it’s over. Man may count you out, the enemy may tell you you’ve lost, the chance for victory may look impossible, but it’s not
over until the Lord says it’s over. I wish I have witness in the house!
Your turnaround comes when you begin to hear from God. Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God!....
Who is talking to you, which report do you believe?
You have to hear from God, if you are going to be fruitful, if your marriage’s is going to live.
[3] And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
Words have power. Speak the word! Prophesy the word! Declare the Word!
God asked Ezekiel to preach, speak to dry bones but notice what happens when he preaches- God’s word---- to these bones.
V 7- Says that ssomething happens in the middle of the valley there is a noise a sudden "rattling sound“. Praise God!
MESSAGE – SHHHH – DRY BONES HAVE EARS, IF ONLY YOU CAN PROPHESY – maybe you’ve never heard this before!
DRY BONES HAVE EARS, IF ONLY YOU CAN SPEAK!
MOUNAINS HAVE EARS ONLY IF YOU CAN COMMAND!
YOUR WOMB HAS EARS!
MONEY CAN HEAR!
CANCER, FYBROID, DIABETES DOES HAVE EAR IF YOU CAN PREACH TO THEM!
[4] Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
WHEN EZEKIEL COME FACE TO FACE WITH DRY BONE HE WAS ONLY ASKED TO DO ONE THING, BECAUSE THEY HAVE EAR EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE BONES AND VERY DRY.
V4, PROPHESY, TO YOUR SITUATION, TO UR WOMB, BECAUSE THEY RESPOND TO PROPHESY.
EVERY SITUATION AND CIRCUNSTANCES HAVE EARS AND THEY ARE CAPABLE OF RESPONDING TO PROPHESY. What u cannot see have ear.
They may not have physical ear but they have spiritual ears.
Your situation awaits instruction .... Your situation awaits direction, the spirit buying and selling in your life awaits order. If you fail to give order, it will remain like that.
- according according, according, according, to the power that works in you. God will work according to the power that works in you.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
AS SOON AS EZEKIEL PROPHESY, BONES BEGAN TO SORT THEMSELVES OUT
If you can speak, your situation will be sorted. It’s not over for you!
Jarius thought it was over - his daughter was dead - but God hadn’t said it was over.
The man at the pool of Bethesda thought it was over because he couldn’t make it into the water, but God didn’t say it was over.
[5] Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
Everyone thought it was over for Daniel when he was thrown into the lion’s den, but God didn’t say it was.
Nebuchadnezzar thought it would be over for Shedrach, Meshach and Abednego, but God said it wasn’t over.
Job’s wife thought it was over and encouraged her husband to curse God and die, but the Lord didn’t say it was over.
It Ain’t Over Until God Says It’s Over!
I don’t know WHAT the future holds...but I state with complete certainty that I know WHO holds my future!
When most people think it’s over, God asks, "Did I say it was over?"
Weeping may last for a night, but Joy comes in the morning.” It’s not over until God says it’s over.
It ain’t Over- until- God says it’s over because
A marriage can come back together-
TOPIC-- CAN THESE BONES LIVE
A family can come back together-
A church can come back together-
A business can come back together-
A dream can come back together-
Hope can come back together-
(Why?) Cause it ain’t over….until God says it’s over.
Keep fighting. Keep praying. Keep fasting cause it ain’t over. No! Keep pressing….progressing. Keep moving cause it ain’t over. No! Keep reading…interceding. Keep believing. Keep trusting. Keep trying. Keep travailing cause it ain’t over. Keep living. Keep giving. Keep going cause it ain’t over! So keep fighting until the victory is won!!!!”
When people say you can’t, remember He can….He can. When you don’t know what to do, please remember He has the master plan.
On this 14th day of January, the Lord says to you….It ain’t over until He says it’s over! I don’t care what it looks like. It ain’t over until God says it’s over!!! God, and God alone has the final say! It ain’t over! God Bless and have a wonderful afternoon.
Point Number One: There are people living in Tombs
Looking at the world today, we have people that we can call the Walking Dead. I’m not talking about zombies that are seen in horror movies, but I’m talking about people, living today. I’m talking about people that are breathing today. People walking around today are the walking dead.
Preacher I’m not following you. Well if we go back down memory lane in our lives we were not always saved. We were out there doing our own thing. We were the walking dead.
Biblically we were in our tombs. We were what you would call spiritually dead.
We were in a state of death. Just what is death? In the Greek the word death is Thanatos (than - ate - toos), which basically means separation.
Death never means extinction, annihilation, non-existence, or inactivity. H.S. Miller quoted death in his book called Devotional Studies in Galatians and Ephesians, Death is the separation of a person from the purpose or use for which he was intended.
The Bible speaks of three types of deaths:
1.The Physical Death: the separation of a man’s spirit or life from the body. This is what men commonly call death. It is when a person ceases to exist on this earth and is buried.
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2.Spiritual death: the separation of man’s spirit from God while he is still living and walking upon earth. This death is the natural state of a man on earth without Christ. Man is seen as still being in his sins and is dead to God.
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Eternal death
3.Eternal death: the separation of man from God’s presence forever. This is the second death, an eternal state of being dead to God.
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It is spiritual death, separation from God, which is prolonged beyond the death of the body. It is called the second death or eternal death.
But I want to focus on the Spiritual Death.
Spiritual death speaks of a person who is dead while he still lives which is found in . He is a natural man living in this present world, but he is said to be dead to the Lord Jesus Christ and to God and to all spiritual matters.
a. A person who wastes his life in riotous ( rio – tus) living is spiritually dead.
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These are your party hardy folks that just live for the weekend.
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
b. A person who has not partaken of Christ is spiritually dead.
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Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
A person can actually receive and partake of Christ in the closest and most intimate and nourishing sense of his being (flesh and blood). The receiving and partaking can be just as intimate and nourishing as eating and drinking.
The point is this: a man must receive Christ into his heart, into his innermost being if he wishes to live. In fact, he is dead spiritually and eternally unless he so receives Christ.
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
c. A person who does not have the spirit of Christ is said to be spiritually dead.
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But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
d. A person who lives in sin is said to be spiritually dead.
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And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
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And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses
e. A person who is alienated from God is said to be spiritually dead.
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
f. A person who sleeps in sin is spiritually dead.
Man was created to know, fellowship, worship, and serve God; but man decides not to do it.
If he worships at all, he worships his own ideas and concepts of God, creating a god to suit his own notions—a god that will allow him to go ahead and live as he wishes.
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
g. A person who lives in sinful pleasure is dead while he lives.
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
A person who does not have the Son of God is dead.
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life, he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
i. A person who does great religious works but does the wrong works is dead.
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
I don’t know about you, but of those deaths that I just mentioned, I use to fit one of those categories. I was in my tomb. I was in my tomb because of sin. If the truth must be told, we all use to fit one of the molds. We had no life in Jesus Christ. We were dead to Him because of our sins, and we all were in our tombs. We were there because:
1. We were dead to Him because of our arrogance.
2. We were dead to Him because of our stubbornness.
3. We were dead to Him because of our deceitfulness.
4. We were dead to Him because of our hatred.
5. We were dead to Him because of our lying.
6. We were dead to Him because of our fornicative
lives.
We were nothing but a pile of dry bones in our tomb.
Point Number Two: I’ve Been Resurrected
My first point was that I was in a tomb, but now I’ve been resurrected. Well preacher how can you come from a tomb to being resurrected?
The bible says in says, Then he said to me, Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.
I’m so glad that somebody came and blew the breath of life on me. That breath of life is Jesus Christ.
says, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
says, But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
And there are two facts that let me know that the hour has come and now is
1. when the spiritually dead can hear the voice of the Son of God.
2. when the spiritually dead, who hear, can live.
says, For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
says, He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Conclusion:
I’m so glad that there was a man that came 40 and 2 generations to breathe the breath of life on me. I was in a state of dry bones. I was dead to God. But one day, He came by and breathed on me, and I came alive. Salvation brought me back to life. This life came from the cross. It came from that place called Cavalry. They hung Him high and strecthed Him wide. He died on that old rugged cross. And they put Him in that old barred tomb. He laid in that old barred tomb for three days. But something happened on the third day; early Sunday morning, He got up early Sunday morning with all power in His hands.
(KJV) And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God,
thou knowest.
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THE TEXT BEFORE US INFORMS US OF THE EXPERIENCE AND ENCOUNTER OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL IN THE
CHEBBAR VALLEY CEMETERY
THE TEXT REVEALS THAT EZEKIEL WAS CARRIED BY GOD IN A VISION TO A VALLEY FULL OF BONES
IT WAS A PLACE THAT WAS DISTRESSING
A PLACE THAT WAS DISTURBING
AND IF THE BONES IN THAT VALLEY CAN LIVE
THAT MEANS THERE HOPE FOR THE BONES IN OUR VALLEY TODAY
AND YOU DO KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME BONES IN OUR VALLEYS
BUT LETS TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE TEXT
BECAUSE EMBEDDED IN THE IN THE FABRIC OF THE TEXT BRFORE US IS SOME SPRITUAL NUGGETS THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO LIFT UP
- The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
the valley which was full of bones,
THE RECORD INFORMS US THAT EZEKIEL MADE HIS ARRIVAL IN THE VALLEY WITH THE HELP OF GOD
SO HE WAS THERE UNDER THE DIVINE ORDER OF GOD
AND WHEN HE ARRIVED HE DISCOVERED THAT DEATH HAD ALREADY BEEN IN THE VALLEY
AND THE ONLY THING LEFT WAS BONES THAT WAS VERY DRY
BUT AS EZEKIEL WALKS IN THE VALLEY
EVERYWHERE HE LOOK WAS BONES
BONES IN FRONT OF HIM
BONES IN BACK OF HIM
BONES ON THE LEFT BONES ON THE RIGHT
A VALLEY FULL OF DRY BONES
NOW I`VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT EZEKIEL WAS IN THE VALLEY BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE GOD
WANTED HIM TO BE
BUT I NEED TO PAUSE AND ASK EACH OF YOU
ARE WE WHERE GOD WANT US TO BE IN OUR SPRITUAL WALK WITH THE LORD
AND JUST LIKE GOD HAD A PLAN AND AGENDA FOR EZEKIEL
HE ALSO HAS A PLAN AND A AGENDA FOR YOU AND ME
AND THERE`S NOTHING LIKE BEING IN THE WILL OF GOD
BECAUSE IN THE WILL OF GOD THERE IS JOY
JOY THAT THE WORLD CAN`T GIVE US
AND JOY THAT THE WORLD CAN`T TAKE AWAY
AND NOT ONLY IS THERE JOY BUT THERE IS ALSO PEACE IN THE WILL OF GOD
PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING
BUT THE 2 ND THING IN THE TEXT I NOTICE IS
THAT THESE BONES WE`RE NOT JUST DRY BONES BUT THEY WHERE NOT TOGETHER
EZEKIEL DID NOT DISCOVER SKELTONS IN THE VALLEY
IF HE HAD FOUND SKELTONS
THAT WOULD HAVE INDICTATED THAT THE BONES WE`RE TOGETHER
BUT THE BONES WHERE DISJOINTED NO LONGER CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER
AND THAT TELLS ME THAT THERE WAS NO UNITY OR TOGETHERNESS IN THE VALLEY
BUT EVERY BONE WAS ITSELF AND EXTREMELY DRY
AND IN THIS VALLEY WE`RE FOOT BONES TO DRY TO PAT THERE FEET
HAND BONES TO DRY TO CLAP THERE HANDS
ARM BONES TO DRY TO LIFT UP THE HAND BONE TO PRAISE GOD
JAW BONES TO DRY TO SAY AMEN
IT WAS A VALLEY FULL OF DRY BONE
BUT GOD ASK EZEKIEL A QUESTION ?
CAN THESE BONES LIVE And EZEKIEL answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.
IT`S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT No created power could restore the bones back to life.
BUT God alone could cause them to live
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
LIFE APART FROM GOD WILL LEAVE US IN A DRY SITUATION
THAT’S WHY SOME OF OUR FINANCE`S OR DRY BECAUSE WE WON`T TITHE
BURDENS OR HEAVY AND OUR SITUATION S SEEM DRY BECAUSE WE WON`T BE OBEDIENCE TO THE
WORD OF GOD
AND This vision illustrates the promise of —new life and a nation restored, both physically and spiritually.
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
The dry bones are a picture of the Jews in captivity—scattered and dead.
AND . Ezekiel felt he was speaking to the dead as he preached to the exiles because they rarely responded to his
message
AND I NEED TO PAUSE AND ASK HOW MANY OF US IS RESPONDING TO GOD MESSAGE TODAY
And just as God brought life to the dead bones, he can bring life again to spiritually dead people.
AND YOU DO KNOW THERE IS SOME SPRITUALLY DEAD PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH TODAY
AND REMEMBER I SAID IN THE CHURCH
BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENT WHEN A PERSON IS IN THE CHURCH AND WHEN A PERSON IS BEING THE CHURCH
SEE MY BROTHERS & SISTERS
(IN THE CHURCH MEMBERS) COMES WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT
GIVE -WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT
ACT HOLY -WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT
THEY WILL SPEAK TO YOU ONE SUNDAY AND CURSE YOU OUT THE NEXT SUNDAY
COME IN LIFTING UP HOLY HANDS -BUT WON`T LIFT A HAND TO HELP NOBODY
AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE
THEY ARE NOT SINCERE IN THERE COMMITMENT TO CHRIST
THEY DON`T BELIEVE IN SUNDAY SCHOOL, PRAYER MEETING OR BIBLE STUDY
THEY WOULD RATHER GO TO A MESS MEETING THAN A PRAYER MEETING
THEY ARE CONTENT WITH THEIR NAME JUST BEING ON THE CHURCH ROLL
THAT`S WHY THEY ARE KNOWN AS BEING A FAIR WEATHER CHRISTIAN OR A MEMBER OF BEDSIDE
BAPTIST
BUT THE DRY BONES IN THE TEXT represented the people’s spiritually dead condition.
It was also a clear intimation of the resurrection of the dead; and it represents the power and grace of God, in the
conversion of the most hopeless sinners to himself
At God’s command, Ezekiel cried out for the bones to hear the Word of the Lord
GOD TOLD EZEKIEL TO PREACH TO THE BONES
EZEKIEL REVEALS TO US THAT HE prophesied as he was commanded: and as he prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
EZEKLIEL TELLS US IN THE TEXT THAT WHEN THE WORD OF GOD WENT FORTH
THAT HE HEARD A RUMBLING IN THE VALLEY
HE HEARD A SHAKING IN THE VALLEY
A QUAKING IN THE VALLEY
HE SAW BONES RISING IN THE VALLEY
HE SAW THE TOE BONES CONNECTING WITH THE FOOT BONES
HE SAW FOOT BONES GETTING TOGETHER WITH ANKLE BONES
AND HE KEPT ON LOOKING
AND HE SAW THE ANKLE BONES CONNECTING WITH THE LEG BONES
AND THE LEG BONES UNITING WITH THE THIGH BONES
THIGH BONES WERE CONNECTING WITH THE HIP BONES
HIP BONES JOINING UP WITH THE BACK BONES
BACK BONES TO THE SHOULDER BONES
SHOULDER BONES TO THE ARM BONES
ARM BONES TO THE WRIST BONES
WRIST BONES TO THE HAND BONES AND
EZEKIEL KEPT ON LOOKING
AND THE SHOULDER BONES CONNECTED TO THE NECK BONES
AND THE NECK BONES CONNECTING TO THE HEAD BONES
NOTICE --NOTICE --NOTICE WHAT THE TEXT SAYS
THAT WHEN THE WIND BLEW UPON THEM THE BONES CAME TO LIFE
AND THERE STOOD AN EXCEEDINGLY GREAT ARMY
AND IT`S SOMETHING AMAZING WHEN THE LORD BREATHES ON YOU
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THERE WAS A TIME OUR LIFE THAT WE WE`RE LIKE THE BONES IN THE VALLEY
WE ALL WAS LOST IN SIN BUT JESUS TOOK US IN
AND THEN A LITTLE LIGHT FROM HEAVEN FILLED OUR SOUL
HE FILL OUR HEART WITH LOVE AND WROTE OUR NAME ABOVE
THAT WHY JUST A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS WILL MAKE IT RIGHT
ANYBODY HEAR KNOWS JESUS WILL MAKE IT RIGHT
I REMEMBER AND OLD PREACHER TOLD ME
I CALLED ON THE LORD AND HE STILL ANSWER PRAYERS
YOU SEE AS A YOUNG PREACHER
I`VE BEEN IN THE VALLEY
IT GET ROUGH IN THE VALLEY
I GOT HEARTBROKEN IN THE VALLEY
I WAS WOUNDED IN THE VALLEY
I WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE VALLEY
LIED ON IN THE VALLEY
CHEATED AND MISTREATED IN THE VALLEY
BUT IN THE MIDIST OF MY VALLEY EXPERIENCE
GOD REACHED WAY DOWN IN THE VALLEY AND PICK ME UP