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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Today, 29 Years Ago I Received Christ as Lord
Posted in Christian TeachingI grew up in Church. Influenced to go up to the front and say the prayer at a real young age. After finding church dull I got into drugs and such.
Aug 28, 1978 I had a bad trip which landed me in the local ER.
There I asked for a preacher to come and when my mother found one (my current pastor at that time was in the process of being voted out because of his extra church activities) he read me John 3:16 and asked me to say a prayer. I had done this twice before without any difference in my life, but I went along with it.
Then he asked me a question, "Was I doing drugs?". I had never been asked that before so I said yes. He then told me I needed to ask my parents to forgive me. To make a long story short I went home and asked myself,"If I need to ask my parents to forgive me, then I also need to ask God." And in that instance I "repented" to Christ and received Him in my life. I fold later that I was never born again and if I had died in that state I would be lost to Hell. No mater how much I went to church. I was nothing I did , but Christ. I could not even have come to Christ unless He called me first. And when He calls that's the time to receive. Not when the preacher calls, but Christ.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
The Coal Basket Bible
Posted in Christian TeachingI normally don't pass on these "feel good" stories you get in your email, but when one comes along that has so much truth in it, I must spread it. Like this one:
The Coal Basket Bible
The story is told of an old man who lived on a farm in the mountains of
Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning,
Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading from his old worn-out
Bible. His grandson who wanted to be just like him tried to imitate him in
any way he could.
One day the grandson asked, "Papa, I try to read
the Bible just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I
forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Bible do?"
The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and said,
"Take this coal basket down to the river and bring back a basket of water."
The boy did as he was told, even though all the water leaked out before he
could get back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, "You will have
to move a little faster next time," and sent him back to the river with the
basket to try again.
This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he
returned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was "impossible to
carry water in a basket," and he went to get a bucket instead.
The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water.
You can do this. You're just not trying hard enough," and he went out the
door to watch the boy try again.
At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his
grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would leak out
before he got far at all. The boy scooped the water and ran hard, but when he
reached his grandfather the basket was again empty. Out of breath, he said,
"See Papa, it's useless!"
"So you think it is useless?" the old man said.
"Look at the basket."
The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket looked different.
Instead of a dirty old coal basket, it was clean.
"Son, that's what happens when you read the Bible.
You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, it
will change you from the inside out." That is the work of God in
our lives. To change us from the inside out and to slowly transform us into
the image of His son.
Take time to read a portion of God's word each day,
and remind a friend by sharing this story.
"Live Simply, Love Generously, Care Deeply, Speak
Kindly, Leave the Rest to
God.
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Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Wanted: Heavy Metal Christians
Posted in Christian Teaching"You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways. So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, through it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honur, at the revelation of Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 1:6-7 BBE
Are you going through things that are really stressing you out. Take comfort. There is a reason for all of it. The Lord uses trails in our lives to strenghten us. Just like you can't purify gold or any other metal without fire or heat, we will be useless without trails to make us pure.
The fires in our lives also reveal what kind of metal our faith is made of. Fire or trails bring out the worst leaving the best.
God is looking for those purified by fire and walking Holy before Him.
God in it's purest form is still tanted. That's why it is yellowish. It is never pure. You can only get it to .999 percent. (Before the fall of man gold was transparent like glass. Like it is mentioned in Heaven. "Streets of gold transparent like glass".) Our faith however is worth more to the Lord than all the gold making the streets of Heaven. So He will purify for Himself and it will bring you great joy.
Rejoice in your troubles and will yourself to see the big picture. The outcome of your testing. Heavy Metal worth more than gold. Your Faith.
For the record: "Where in ye greatly rejoice, through now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trail of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, through it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 1:6-7 KJV
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