In the Arms of Jesus. Under this name, the third evening of music and inspiration, held in the format of an online broadcast, was held in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

The event was organized by the Music Ministry Department of the Rostov-Kalmyk Association for the evening of Saturday, November 7th. More than 300 spectators from different cities and countries watched this concert in real-time and left their requests for prayers and thanks to the performers. To date, the video recording of the concert has already reached about 1,800 views.

The creative evening began with the heartfelt melody "Bread of Angels" by the instrumental ensemble "Heavenly Strings", which endeared the hearts of the audience. Having greeted the audience, the host Victoria Zbornikova wished to feel the warmth and love of the Lord on a cool autumn evening thanks to the musical compositions in the program, "In the arms of Jesus".

The audience was encouraged to put everything aside and focus on beautiful sacred music. The program was continued by the saxophone work of Vladimir Shevtsov entitled, "Day after day is leaving quickly."

In the daily bustle of today's world, we may not notice that the Lord is knocking on our hearts and telling us something. The Bible says that the voice of God can be heard in the gentle wind. The song "Your Voice" was performed by Nadezhda Popova.

Announcing that the musical evening is a prayer, the presenter suggested leaving prayer requests in the live chat. Then, she voiced warm friendly greetings from viewers from numerous corners of Russia and neighboring countries. 

In the performance of a very young lady Angelina Plugatareva, everyone heard the heartfelt story of how Jesus came to this world in the song "Very, very long time ago."

Reflections on what the love of God is, very beautifully described in the 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians, led the audience to the song "Lady Love". performed by Ilya Kurilov and saxophone accompaniment by Vladimir Shevtsov

The presenter drew the audience's attention to the fact that if someone feels lonely, then you can be sure that there is a loving God who is ready to hug us. In the next song "Without Love", performed by Anton Kucher, the main basis of life was revealed, because without love the world would have perished long ago.

The song "The Wanderer", performed by Natalya Schegoleva, became a response to the experiences that happen when people feel unworthy of God's love.

A beautiful hymn was sung by Ilya Kurilov and Vladimir Shevtsov entitled “I Direct My Eyes to the Heavenly Fatherland” and called upon all listeners to prepare for the soon coming of Christ.

Anticipating the prayer part of the program, the chamber ensemble performed the inspired piece, “Prayer”.

At the end of the evening, the head of the Rostov-Kalmyk association, Mikhail Oliynik, voiced the prayer needs that came to the chat. He turned with a prayer of gratitude to the Creator for the way He acts in our lives and prayed for the petitions that were presented on the air. In his prayer, he asked the Lord for the desire to follow Him, so that the followers of Christ could and would help those near to us.

The final chord of the online concert was the psalm "On the transparent crystal sea" performed by Victoria Zbornikova. Summing up the results of the program, words of gratitude to the participants and spectators of the musical evening and wishes of blessings and health in the beginning of the working week sounded on the air and in the chat.

This article was originally published on the Euro-Asia Division’s news site