Good morning!
It was a year ago, November 18th 2012, that I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior! Halleluja! I would like to take a few minutes this morning to Praise God for the transformation I have experienced. It was a year ago, that I realized there is a God. I know, I'm slow that way. What took me so long right? And then I realized there is Satan!
It was a year ago, November 18th 2012, that I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior! Halleluja! I would like to take a few minutes this morning to Praise God for the transformation I have experienced. It was a year ago, that I realized there is a God. I know, I'm slow that way. What took me so long right? And then I realized there is Satan!
It finally made sense what is happening in the world. And it's a good thing my realizations happened in that order, right? Can you imagine finding out there is an evil entity out there aiming to hurt you without knowing, first, that there is Jesus Christ to save you? In fact, I learned recently from Pastor Jordan's sermons on the Book of Revelation that when Jesus Christ was born into the world, the birth signified the defeat of Satan.
From then on, all Satan could do is whisper lies in our ears to try to keep us from God! Imagine the nerve of that guy!
But our God is Greater! He has provided us in our hearts, when we accept Him, with His unconditional love; a love so powerful and pure that Satan cannot hope to touch. I have tasted this love, unconditional and unselfish and I'm giving my testimony today that it has transformed me. I was a shy ,selfish person, absorbed in my own sorrows, fear, and worries of inadequacies. Then touched by God's grace my heart was transformed!
But our God is Greater! He has provided us in our hearts, when we accept Him, with His unconditional love; a love so powerful and pure that Satan cannot hope to touch. I have tasted this love, unconditional and unselfish and I'm giving my testimony today that it has transformed me. I was a shy ,selfish person, absorbed in my own sorrows, fear, and worries of inadequacies. Then touched by God's grace my heart was transformed!
I started reading and soaking in the Bible and His Word liberated and strengthens my heart. I can't help but want to reach out to my neighbors, to my community. I've connected with people in a way I never thought possible.
I mean, people have called me out of the blue telling me how I have touched their lives! Me! I mean this is the closest I'll ever get to having a fan base! My Justin Beiber moment. Just kidding, the truth is Jesus Christ is the star, and I'm just basking in His glory. Amen? I'm by nature a weak, helpless, limited little guy. But, in Christ, I can do much more meaningful things than ever possible before.
I mean, people have called me out of the blue telling me how I have touched their lives! Me! I mean this is the closest I'll ever get to having a fan base! My Justin Beiber moment. Just kidding, the truth is Jesus Christ is the star, and I'm just basking in His glory. Amen? I'm by nature a weak, helpless, limited little guy. But, in Christ, I can do much more meaningful things than ever possible before.
I can be gentle and honest with people and be a conduit of God's immense love to them.
God has given me the spiritual gift of prophesy; which means that I'm a conduit for His love.
What a year it has been and I praise God for it!
Allow me to share a few verses with you from First John chapter 4, verses 7 and 8:
"Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God.
Everyone who loves, has been born again because of what God has done.
That person knows God.
Anyone who does not love does not know God,
because God is love.
I know, I was like "the Bible says this?" Yes, it does; the Bible says this and a great deal more.
By the way, I've found that the most personal way to connect with God is to read and soak in the Bible a few verses a day.
In fact, the very first verse in First John tells us that Jesus is the Word! The Word of God. The Word of Life.
The evidences are overwhelming. The evidences are all around us.
I have found that the more I follow Scripture, the more I know that Scripture is truth.
If anyone lives according to Scripture, that person will know Scripture is truth.
It is more than a cursory or intellectual knowledge of Scripture that is required.
It is soaking in the Word and living it out. That is faith.
Faith is soaking in the Word of God and living it out.
So, please remember, a few verses a day keep Satan away.
Thank you. God bless you.
"The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want."
God has given me the spiritual gift of prophesy; which means that I'm a conduit for His love.
What a year it has been and I praise God for it!
Allow me to share a few verses with you from First John chapter 4, verses 7 and 8:
"Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God.
Everyone who loves, has been born again because of what God has done.
That person knows God.
Anyone who does not love does not know God,
because God is love.
I know, I was like "the Bible says this?" Yes, it does; the Bible says this and a great deal more.
By the way, I've found that the most personal way to connect with God is to read and soak in the Bible a few verses a day.
In fact, the very first verse in First John tells us that Jesus is the Word! The Word of God. The Word of Life.
The evidences are overwhelming. The evidences are all around us.
I have found that the more I follow Scripture, the more I know that Scripture is truth.
If anyone lives according to Scripture, that person will know Scripture is truth.
It is more than a cursory or intellectual knowledge of Scripture that is required.
It is soaking in the Word and living it out. That is faith.
Faith is soaking in the Word of God and living it out.
So, please remember, a few verses a day keep Satan away.
Thank you. God bless you.
"The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want."
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