Michael & Dawn December 2020 Newsletter

Friends...

I trust you’re doing well.  Dawn and I have appreciated your prayers during 2020.  God has blessed us and many of you have prayed for us and supported us during these uncertain times. Going forward into 2021 there is still uncertainty as to what the days ahead hold.  The only thing we are certain of is God’s goodness.  I plan to continue preaching wherever there is an opportunity, and trusting the Lord when there is not.  

My new book, Faithful, is available.  You can purchase it at Amazon, or order a copy through my website: michaelmasonministries.com. New music is in the final stages of being completed.  I expect CDs and digital downloads be available in January. 

Several years ago my former pastor Steve Caudle wrote our church’s Christmas play, What Can We Learn From The Shepherds.  I thought it was also a great sermon idea….

Christmas is a time to Hear what you’ve never Heard - You may never hear a “heavenly host”… But you can hear God – His message has never changed.  Hear Him saying, “I so loved the world…”  “I’ll forgive all who call on my name.”  “I’ll save all who believe.”                                                        

Christmas is a time to See what you’ve never Seen - Most of us will never have an encounter like the shepherds.  But we are surrounded by God’s goodness, and His grace daily – and yet we never see it. May God open our eyes.                                        Christmas is a time to Go where you’ve never Gone - The shepherds went to Bethlehem.  They could have stayed where they were but they would have never seen Jesus.  Too many of us will never experience Bethlehem because we’re content to stay in the field. 

Christmas is a time to Do what you’ve never Done - I will never stand behind the Inn, in the stable, at the feeding trough – and see Jesus.  But I can come to Him in faith.  I can believe. I can know His love and forgiveness. I can come to Jesus.          

Christmas is a time to Tell what you’ve never Told - The shepherds returned praising God for all they had heard and seen.  They were telling what they had been told. May we go where we’ve been sent – and tell what we’ve been told.  

….If you’d like to have me or Dawn speak at your church…We are available for Revivals, Conferences, Retreats, and Special Events.  Thank You…     

Michael’s Preaching Schedule 2020-21

December 6 New Life Ch, Falkville, Al.

13 Pine Ridge Baptist, Union Grove, Al.

20 Gum Springs Baptist, Hartselle, Al.

January 8-10 Bovina Bap, Vicksburg, Miss.

17 Open

24 Open

31 Bellview Baptist, Decatur, Al.

Dawn’s Speaking Schedule 2021

January 8-10 Bovina Bap, Vicksburg, Miss.

March 6 Ladies Conference, New Beginning Church, Florence, Al. 

April 9-10 Women United Conference, Life Church, Hartselle, Al. 

                                                            

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Michael and Dawn Newsletter November 2020

Friends...

I trust you’re doing well….  I appreciate your prayers during this crazy and unpredictable year.  My preaching schedule has changed often, but I am thankful for the opportunities the Lord continues to provide.  Special thanks to those who have supported my ministry financially during this time - You have blessed us and we appreciate it.  My new book, Faithful, is now available.  You can purchase it at Amazon, or order a copy through my website: michaelmasonministries.com, or you can email me, requesting your copy at michael-mason@charter.net.  Also, I will have new music available by the end of the year. 

I’ve been working on a message titled, “Surprised By God.”  I often hear prayers for God to move in people, churches, and in our nation.  Well, what does that look like?  I’m convinced God seldom works according to our plans or schedule.                                                When God moves, it often is a part of a bigger picture.  Look back over your life and you will see that He blessed your life in pieces and somehow it all fits together.                                 ….He allowed them to run out of wine at the wedding party so they would trust Him to turn water into wine.  ….He allowed them to need food on the hillside so they would trust Him for the miracle of 5 loaves and two fishes to feed 5000.  ….He allowed Lazarus to die while He was out of town so they would believe Him to raise Lazarus back to life.  ….He allowed the Prodigal to leave and almost starve to death so he could come home broken yet loved, forgiven, and welcomed.                                                                              When God Moves - We have a choice to either step up or step back.  Be a part of what God is doing or not.  Agree with God or argue.  When you say no to His leading, you miss the blessing and God will use someone else.  And, if you go home upset because there’s no wine - you’ll miss the miracle!

….If you’d like to have me or Dawn speak at your church…We are available for Revivals, Conferences, Retreats, and Special Events.  Thank You…     

Michael’s Preaching Schedule 2020

November 1-4 First Bap, Jonesville, La.

6-11 19th Ave Bap, Hattiesburg, Miss.

15 Harmony Bapt, Moulton, Al. AM only

22 Circlewood Bap, Tuscaloosa, Al.

29 Trinity Baptist, Trinity, Al. AM only

29 Southern Cross Cowboy Ch, Arab, Al. PM only

December 6 New Life Ch, Falkville, Al.

13 Pine Ridge Baptist, Union Grove, Al.

20 Gum Springs Baptist, Hartselle, Al.

Dawn’s Speaking Schedule 2021

January 29-30 Women United Conf, Life Church, Hartselle, Al.

March 6 Ladies Conf, New Beginning Church, Florence, Al. 

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Michael and Dawn Newsletter September 2020

Friends.....

I trust you’re doing well….  Our world is filled with unrest and uncertainty.  But we can find rest in Christ…and certainty that whatever comes our way God knew all about it before it ever happened and He is God enough and His grace is more than enough to see us through - and beyond.  Big News!!  My new book, Faithful, is now available.  You can purchase it at Amazon, or order a copy through my website: michaelmasonministries.com, you can email me at michael-mason@charter.net.                                        …Also, some time in the next six weeks I hope to have new music recorded.  It will be available in digital format and then on CD and flash drive.  The recording will be a collection of songs that point to hope in Christ.  More about that next month…

I’ve been working on a message out of Acts 19, which is filled with surprises.  Have you ever been surprised at the way God answered a prayer or the way He worked in your life?  May God help us stay open to His surprises.  We like to keep Him neatly packaged, in a box, a bag, a building.  Good luck with that. We like a neat package - a predictable God.  We like a  comfortable, convenient source of grace and goodness.  But when God steps out of bounds and surprises us we have to spin the story to Keep God in our Box…our bag…our building.  Why don’t we let Him out of the box and let ourselves believe in a God bigger than our ideas, presumptions, and theologies?  And rest in His consistent surprises. Andy Andrews says we need to see beyond the Box…  God is Love… And extends love to anyone breathing.  His love is boundless stretching beyond skin or sin.  But don’t confuse His love with license.  He so loves us and calls us to so love Him – with all out heart, mind, soul, and strength.  God is Holy… And just and righteous and serious about sin.  He is holy and he calls us to holiness.  And Jesus is the only way. God is Faithful… And steadfast, the same yesterday and today and forever.  He is faithful but he’s not a formula.  He’ll sit on a well with a Samaritan woman who’s been married 5 times.  He’ll touch a leper.  He’ll eat with a tax collector.  #beyondthebox                                   ….If you’d like to have me or Dawn speak at your church…We are available for Revivals, Conferences, Retreats, and Special Events.  Thank You…     

Michael’s Preaching Schedule 2020

September

13-16 Bovina Baptist, Vicksburg, Miss

20-23 cancelled

27 Victory Baptist, Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

October 4-7 FBC Jonesville, La. 

11-14 FBC Brewton, Al.

18 Providence Bap, Hatton, Al.

25-28 Harmony Bap, Moulton, Al.

Dawn’s Speaking Schedule 2020

Sept 13 Bovina Bap, Vicksburg, Miss

Sept 20 Flint Baptist, Decatur, Al.

Nov 6-7 19th Ave Bap, Hattiesburg, Miss

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Michael and Dawn August 2020 Newsletter

Friends.....I hope you’re doing well.  I’m having a blessed and productive season of ministry.  It seems my preaching calendar keeps changing, but I am still having opportunities to preach somewhere each week.  Also, my latest book, Faithful, is at the printers and I should be receiving copies within the next few days.  Also, this week I will begin recording vocals for a new music-ministry project.  I am looking forward to this since I have not recorded new music in over ten years.  Pray for me and I’ll pray for you that we remain faithful in these uncertain times.  

I’ve been working on a message from Romans 7:15-20.  It’s that passage where Paul describes his struggle with doing what he hated..and not doing what he desired.  Have you ever been surprised by your own sin?  I have been.  I thought I was stronger…further along…and then all of a sudden I am blindsided by some immoral thought, judgmental attitude, greedy desire.  I think Paul was surprised by his sin…His honesty leaves little to the imagination. Sin is no respecter of person.  Doesn’t matter if you’re Apostle Paul or Judas Iscariot – If sin can have its way with you it will.  He remembers being a slave to sin.  He had been owned by sin…a servant of sin…obeying the demands and desires of sin’s appetite.  Imagine this: Your life has been bought by Jesus…but the former owner keeps coming back trying to claim what’s no longer his.  Jesus bought the house…but the Devil thinks he can rent a room. Paul knows he has been saved from sin….Saved from sin’s power but not its presence.  Jesus said we must deny ourselves daily.  Bonhoeffer said “when God calls a man He bids him to come and die.”  Paul said we were to “reckon ourselves to be dead indeed to sin.”   Saved from sin means I am no longer a slave to sin – I have a new master – and I am called to do what He says.  

If you’d like to have me or Dawn speak at your church…We are available for Revivals, Conferences, Retreats, and Special Events.  Thank You…     

Michael’s Preaching Schedule 2020

August

2 Central Baptist, Florence, Al.

9 Lebanon Baptist, Hartselle, Al.

16 Victory Baptist, Moulton, Al.

23-26 Serenity Baptist, Somerville, Al.

30-Sep 2 Bethel Baptist, Arley, Al.

September

13-16 Bovina Baptist, Vicksburg, Miss.

20-23 Topeka Baptist, Jayess, Miss.

27 Victory Baptist, Mt. Juliet, Tenn. 

Dawn’s Speaking Schedule 2020

Aug 16 Victory, Bap. Moulton, Al.

Sept 13 Bovina Bap, Vicksburg, MS

Sept 25-26 Parkview Baptist, Decatur, Al. 

October 3 Lee Heights Bap Florence, AL

October 16-18 No Limits Retreat, Shocco Springs, Talledaga, Al.

Nov 6-7 19th Ave Bap, Hattiesburg, Miss

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Michael and Dawn July 2020 Newsletter

Friends,                                                                                              

I hope you’re doing well.  I really thought when I wrote last month’s newsletter that I was back on track and I’d be busy preaching again.  I was wrong.  I had several more cancellations in June and early July.  Beginning this coming Sunday, I am busy every Sunday through mid-November unless the Covid strikes again.  And I promise I have written a new book.  I had hoped to have it in hand by now…but I am believing I will have it by this time next month.  It’s titled Faithful.  I am grateful for God’s faithfulness to me.  If I am in any way faithful to God it is because He has been faithful to me. 

Here’s a brief devotion from Psalm 37:1-9  Notice, first of all, Don’t Fret.  37:1  The idea is that of not being worried and consumed with fear. How many of us have ever changed the outcome of a situation by worrying?  We should take our concerns to the Lord.  We should lay our burdens at His feet. ….Notice also, Don’t Quit. 37:3-5 The Psalmist writes about trusting. Delighting.  Committing.  Quitting is not an option.  Do you know anyone who quit?  They walked out on their marriage or family?  They quit church?  They quit doing the right thing? Don’t quit. Trust.  Delight. Commit.  ….Notice also, Don’t Cheat. 37:8  Life is full of short-cuts. Sometimes we choose to cheat, to get by with dishonesty.  You can choose to cheat on your spouse, cheat at work, or cheat in life. Be faithful friend. And He will turn your sorrow to joy.  ….Finally, notice, Don’t Forget. 37:9 Don’t forget God.  Wait on Him to work out the details of your life.  Don’t forget what your parents taught you.  Don’t forget what your grandparents said.  Don’t forget what your teachers said.  Most of all, don’t forget what God said.  Trust Him. Be faithful and wait on Him. 

If you’d like to have me or Dawn speak at your church…We are available for Revivals, Conferences, Retreats, and Special Events.  Thank You…     

Michael’s Preaching Schedule 2020
July
19-22 New Life Church, Falkville, Al.

25 Revival Night, Falkville, Al. HS Auditorium
26 Old Brashiers Chapel, Arab, Al.

29 St Joseph Baptist, Mobile, Al. (zoom)

August

2-5 Liberty Baptist, Crossville, Al.

9-12 Lebanon Baptist, Hartselle, Al.

16 Victory Baptist, Moulton, Al.

23-26 Serenity Baptist, Somerville, Al.

30-Sep 2 Bethel Baptist, Arley, Al.

Dawn’s Speaking Schedule 2020

Aug 16 Victory, Bap. Moulton, Al.

Sept 13 Bovina Bap, Vicksburg, MS

Sept 25-26 Parkview Baptist, Decatur, Al. 

October 3 Lee Heights Bap Florence, AL

October 16-18 No Limits Retreat, Shocco Springs, Talledaga, Al.

Nov 6-7 19th Ave Bap, Hattiesburg, Miss

For more info…    michaelmasonministries.com.

Michael & Dawn Newsletter June 2020

Friends...

My friend and mentor Junior Hill has nicknamed me “Cancellation-Mike.”  Ha!  I have had a number of cancellations on my preaching schedule due to the Covid19.  While it is true I have not been busy preaching, I have been busy with other ministry projects and opportunities.  Such as, completing my latest book, starting the process of recording a few songs, mentoring ten men, Iron Sharpening Iron, and preparing new messages.  I hope to have my new book in hand by the time I write next month’s newsletter. 

I’ve been working on a message about Jacob titled, Wrestling With God.  I’d like to share with you a few of my thoughts… Catherine Booth said, “If we are to better the future we must disturb the present.”  And thankfully it is often God who disturbs us.  Thank God for His disturbing, His intervening…His wrestling with our hearts and minds.  Sometimes faith comes in the fighting. Jacob’s battle wasn’t with Esau. It was with God.  Sometimes believing comes in the battle. Jacob’s battle wasn’t marked by a dislocated hip but a changed heart. Sometimes courage comes in the conflict. Jacob wrestled all night, and still had the courage to cling…  Sometimes reviving comes in the wrestling. Jacob was prepared for what lay ahead…revived and relieved. Sometimes strength comes in the struggle. Jacob’s struggle would strengthen him for a lifetime.  He would become a tool in God’s hand.  If God is wrestling with you - do like Jacob.  Grab hold of Him.

If you’d like to have me or Dawn speak at your church…We are available for Revivals, Conferences, Retreats, and Special Events.  Thank You…     

Michael’s Preaching Schedule 2020

June
21 Friendship Baptist, Grand Bay, Al.
July
12-15 Pine Ridge Bap, Union Grove, Al.
18 St. Joseph Baptist, Mobile, Al.

19-22 New Life Church, Falkville, Al.

25 Revival Night, Falkville, Al. HS Auditorium
26 Old Brashiers Chapel, Arab, Al.

August

2-5 Liberty Baptist, Crossville, Al.

9-12 Lebanon Baptist, Hartselle, Al.

16-19 Union Baptist, Raleigh, Miss.

23-26 Serenity Baptist, Somerville, Al.

30-Sep 2 Bethel Baptist, Arley, Al.

Dawn’s Speaking Schedule 2020

Aug 22 New Life Church, Falkville, Al.

Sept 13-16 Bovina Bap, Vicksburg, MS

Sept 18-19 Pineview Baptist. Harvest AL

Sept 25-26 Parkview Baptist, Decatur, Al. 

Oct 3 Lee Heights Bap Florence, AL

Oct 16-18 No Limits Retreat, Shocco Springs, Talledaga, Al.

Nov 2-6 El Salvador Pastors Conference

Nov 6-7 19th Ave Bap, Hattiesburg, Miss

For more info…    michaelmasonministries.com.

Michael & Dawn Newsletter May 2020

Friends, 

I hope you’re doing well.  I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.  I have four preaching opportunities in June and a full schedule July thru October.  While the Covid19 quarantine and church shutdown allowed me to complete a few ministry projects, I am eager and looking forward to getting back in the pulpit.   

As I mentioned last month I have submitted my latest book for printing.  I am hoping that will be completed by early summer.  Also, I have written 10 new songs that are in the process of being recorded.  More about that in the months to come as I see the project being completed.  And I am still coaching/mentoring several guys who are interested in growing into the men God intended them to be.  Also, we will start back this month with our men’s ministry “Iron Sharpening Iron.”  I appreciate your prayers.  I have used this sabbatical to refocus on my calling and renew my commitment to the One who called me.   

If you’d like to have me or Dawn speak at your church…We are available for Revivals, Conferences, retreats, and Special Events.  Thank You…     

Michael’s Preaching Schedule 2020

May

17 Southern Cross Cowboy Ch, Arab, Al.

31 Bethlehem West Baptist, Cullman, Al

June
4-7 Rock Springs Baptist, Stilwell, Ok.
7-10 Bidding Creek Baptist, Stilwell, Ok.
14-17 Macedonia Baptist, Cullman, Al.
19-20 Mt Hebron Men's Conf, Mobile, Al.
July
12-15 Pine Ridge Bap, Union Grove, Al.
18 St. Joseph Baptist, Mobile, Al.

19-22 New Life Church, Falkville, Al.
26 Old Brashiers Chapel, Arab, Al.

August

2-5 Liberty Baptist, Crossville, Al.

9-12 Lebanon Baptist, Hartselle, Al.

16-19 Union Baptist, Raleigh, Miss.

23-26 Serenity Baptist, Somerville, Al.

30-Sep 2 Bethel Baptist, Arley, Al.

Dawn’s Speaking Schedule 2020

June 19 Mt Hebron, Mobile, Al. Couples Conference with Michael

Sept 5-6 Tabernacle Bapt, Vidalia, Ga.

Sept 13-16 Bovina Bap, Vicksburg, MS

Sept 18-19 Pineview Baptist. Harvest AL

Sept 25-26 Parkview Baptist, Decatur, Al. 

October 3 Lee Heights Bap Florence, AL

October 16-18 No Limits Retreat, Shocco Springs, Talledaga, AL

           

For more info…    michaelmasonministries.com.