Hello everyone! I am back! I really enjoyed writing on blogger. So far, I have been writing on Hubpages and since it's not for personal blog, I decided to pour out my heart to this blogger page again. I hope and pray that this page will continue to bless you.
Grace New Covenant Church *Deaf Mission* is going very well. As a pastor, I have noticed that many people are hungry and thirsty for His Word. Since ASL (American Sign Language) wasn't my primary language to start out with, the congregation was kind to teach me as much as they can. For that, I am always grateful for their love and trust that have in me as a pastor, a friend and a brother in Christ.
This church started out as a bible group that had about 6 people (not to sure if I remembered correctly!) and over the next few weeks, they have asked me to set up a church. I have had the desire and heart to create a church for a long time and I know that God have called me to the ministry for the deaf. Now we have over 20 people in the church, both deaf and hearing and I am so blessed to be their pastor.
I would like to start writing my input on my thoughts and experiences as a pastor in this blog. If you have any question about my experiences, my thoughts, questions on the Bible, let me know!
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Verses for today.
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. (1 Timothy 1:12-17 NKJV)
We as preachers of the Gospel should thank God that He called us into ministry. We are to uplift everyone through the Love of Christ and pray for those who need prayers. God's calling for us is for life.
We as preachers of the Gospel should thank God that He called us into ministry. We are to uplift everyone through the Love of Christ and pray for those who need prayers. God's calling for us is for life.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Bible as my help.
The Bible to me is something that I could not ever let go. It's my living spiritual food for my soul, spirit, and hope. Whenever I am down, discouraged, or frustrated, I can always turn to my Bible for strength, wisdom and peace.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
2 Timothy 3:16-17
16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
All scripture is given by God! I used the Bible to help me correct my mistakes, my downfalls, my weaknesses and many other reasons. It helped me to listen to God and pray prayers according to the Word of God.
So anytime you have a situation that seems impossible to get out, turn to His Word and trust God. Even when days are good, thank Him for the good days. We should thank God for the Word of God everyday and read it daily.
So anytime you have a situation that seems impossible to get out, turn to His Word and trust God. Even when days are good, thank Him for the good days. We should thank God for the Word of God everyday and read it daily.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Being humbled in Christ.
What's the definition of being humbled?
Some would say : By being nice. Other will say by helping one another..
Being humbled is a term of where a person is thinking about other people's need and showing compassion with unconditional love.
Pr 16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Being humbled is not an easy task. For someone like me, I tend to carry pride in myself and that would make my lovely wife mad with passion (joke). She would always say, "Roger, stop your ego!" or "Oh Roger, why do you do that for?" It took me years to learn that being humbled means to let go of myself and allow God (Holy Spirit) to lead me in His wisdom.
Look at Jesus. Jesus was the most humbled man on Earth who is also fully God Himself. He served us and took care of us even though He's God! He loved us so much that He died for us, paid the price of our Sins on the Cross even though He was without Sin! What a mighty God we serve! He washed the disciples' feet to show them that He came to save not to condemn us any way. He came because He loved us and wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
How can we humble ourselves? First of all, we gotta be saved by Grace! Knowing how much He have paid the price through His death, will help us realize how much we need Jesus. It's not by our performance that we earn righteousness, it's By His performance that we receive the gift of righteousness. All glory to God and we should thank Him that we have that Gift of Righteousness through the Death of Jesus Christ and His resurrection.
Secondly, we need to make sure that our pride, greed, selfishness, and ego not to take over us. The flesh is what makes prideful or full of ego. We should show compassion with unconditional love with other without condemning other without find faults in them. We should let them know that God loved them so much as He does to us that Jesus died for us. Being humble will allow others to see Jesus in us. Not by our good deeds but by our Faith in Christ and knowing that being a humble servant of the Lord will give Christ out of us. We are the messengers of God that can bring the lost souls to Salvation by accepting Jesus as their personal Savoir.
Also praying shows that we are humbled before the God. We let Him know that we need our Father everyday. That's why Jesus prayed! He showed His Father that just because He's the Son of God doesn't mean that He can belittle the disciples or the people on Earth. He showed His disciples that it's alright to be humble before the Lord.
I pray that this blog can help at least one person who reads this. May God bless you all and be full of Jesus!
Some would say : By being nice. Other will say by helping one another..
Being humbled is a term of where a person is thinking about other people's need and showing compassion with unconditional love.
Pr 16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Being humbled is not an easy task. For someone like me, I tend to carry pride in myself and that would make my lovely wife mad with passion (joke). She would always say, "Roger, stop your ego!" or "Oh Roger, why do you do that for?" It took me years to learn that being humbled means to let go of myself and allow God (Holy Spirit) to lead me in His wisdom.
Look at Jesus. Jesus was the most humbled man on Earth who is also fully God Himself. He served us and took care of us even though He's God! He loved us so much that He died for us, paid the price of our Sins on the Cross even though He was without Sin! What a mighty God we serve! He washed the disciples' feet to show them that He came to save not to condemn us any way. He came because He loved us and wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
How can we humble ourselves? First of all, we gotta be saved by Grace! Knowing how much He have paid the price through His death, will help us realize how much we need Jesus. It's not by our performance that we earn righteousness, it's By His performance that we receive the gift of righteousness. All glory to God and we should thank Him that we have that Gift of Righteousness through the Death of Jesus Christ and His resurrection.
Secondly, we need to make sure that our pride, greed, selfishness, and ego not to take over us. The flesh is what makes prideful or full of ego. We should show compassion with unconditional love with other without condemning other without find faults in them. We should let them know that God loved them so much as He does to us that Jesus died for us. Being humble will allow others to see Jesus in us. Not by our good deeds but by our Faith in Christ and knowing that being a humble servant of the Lord will give Christ out of us. We are the messengers of God that can bring the lost souls to Salvation by accepting Jesus as their personal Savoir.
Also praying shows that we are humbled before the God. We let Him know that we need our Father everyday. That's why Jesus prayed! He showed His Father that just because He's the Son of God doesn't mean that He can belittle the disciples or the people on Earth. He showed His disciples that it's alright to be humble before the Lord.
I pray that this blog can help at least one person who reads this. May God bless you all and be full of Jesus!
Trusting God without fear and doubt.
In the flesh, it's easy to be afraid to trust God 100 percent. Doubting and Fearing are something I have struggled with for a long time and even at the present time, I feel that the flesh is trying to take over my emotion and spiritual peace by fear.
Trusting God is very important to me. Despite the circumstances I have faced today, I still thanked God for the blessings we have. I thanked Him for my wife, my four daughters, a home, a van to drive, and limited income. Even though I found out that my SSD got reduced, it shook my spiritual being by disappointment and anger. But I reminded myself with my wife's help that God is full of Grace and full of Blessings and we still need to trust Him 100 percent. So I am sitting in my office in the carport, thanking God no matter how much it hurts us to know that our budget got reduced. At least we are abler to pay for our home, bills, and food.
Trusting God means give all our problems and trials to God. Let's God take care them while we rest in Christ. Christ have died for us so that we can have the blessings we don't deserve. He died with sin, by being poor, and scourged for us so that we can be blessed according to His richness. It's not by our performance that we will receive the blessings from Him, it's by Trusting God with everything we are and having the faith that is focused only in Christ Himself.
When we put fear in the trust, the trust become shakable or unstable. Throw that fear out and just Trust Him. No matter what happened to us or what we are all going through, God is still your answer by Looking at Jesus on the Cross. The Cross provides us the wisdom and blessings that we can receive by Grace alone.
Keep on trusting God fully. Smile and keep on praising Jesus. He's our Light and we are in it!
Trusting God is very important to me. Despite the circumstances I have faced today, I still thanked God for the blessings we have. I thanked Him for my wife, my four daughters, a home, a van to drive, and limited income. Even though I found out that my SSD got reduced, it shook my spiritual being by disappointment and anger. But I reminded myself with my wife's help that God is full of Grace and full of Blessings and we still need to trust Him 100 percent. So I am sitting in my office in the carport, thanking God no matter how much it hurts us to know that our budget got reduced. At least we are abler to pay for our home, bills, and food.
Trusting God means give all our problems and trials to God. Let's God take care them while we rest in Christ. Christ have died for us so that we can have the blessings we don't deserve. He died with sin, by being poor, and scourged for us so that we can be blessed according to His richness. It's not by our performance that we will receive the blessings from Him, it's by Trusting God with everything we are and having the faith that is focused only in Christ Himself.
When we put fear in the trust, the trust become shakable or unstable. Throw that fear out and just Trust Him. No matter what happened to us or what we are all going through, God is still your answer by Looking at Jesus on the Cross. The Cross provides us the wisdom and blessings that we can receive by Grace alone.
Keep on trusting God fully. Smile and keep on praising Jesus. He's our Light and we are in it!
Thursday, August 09, 2012
Preaching / Teaching on Facebook!
Facebook is a great tool for me to teach about the Bible and be able to communicate with other deaf people around the world. It's a blessing to be able to witness and bless other with the Love of Christ.
Monday, September 05, 2011
Matthew 28:18-20
New King James Version (NKJV)
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Jesus have authority from Our Heavenly Father. He wants us to train, teach and mentor the future pastors , chaplains, ministers, and many more to preach the Gospel to the world.. We are to help others to come to Christ and receive salvation through Him. He loves us all and wants us saved by Grace!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Saturday, June 04, 2011
I am sitting here on the comfortable couch, looking at my emails, facebook postings, and doing some work for the church and preparing for the new start of Grace Mission Church. I was pondering about my new responsibilities as a pastor and I asked God, "What can I do to please you?" and the very thing He said was to, "Bring the souls to Salvation by the Blood of Christ." And it dawned on me that God wants His children back because He loves them. If God didn't love His children, then why would Jesus die on the Cross for us? Hmmm, makes me realize how much our Lord Jesus Christ loves us because He sacrificed His Life for us on the Calvary. God loves us all and because we are saved by Grace, not by works, He wants us to be blessed not because we are doing right but because of what Jesus did right and as a sinless man, He deserved to be blessed than us because we are sinners. But because we accepted Christ, His righteousness became our GIFT! Oh praise the Lord! We are the righteousness of God in Christ!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Saturday, July 03, 2010
We should thank Jesus for the Freedeom. Salvation is free for us but cost God everything. It cost God's Son, Jesus Christ, His Life on the Cross to pay for all of our sins! We should put God first in everything in our lives. May God bless America and the whole world. We need Jesus in the World as our Saviour.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
WOW! It has been a long times since I have blogged on this site since September of 2009!
I am sitting in my little office right next to the laundry room and told myself, Thank you Abba for my home, family, and most of all, Jesus! Without Jesus, I can do nothing! So I am just resting in Him and getting ready to do a sermon about Christ on the Cross. I am so excited to spread the Word to the Deaf and Hearing world!
We all know that Jesus died not because He have to, but because He loved us! It's not the nails that kept him on the Cross, it's His Love! Oh Hallejuah! When He died, all of our past, present and future sins are paid for! We are able to recieve the gift of righteouness, no condemnation, abundance of grace and MUCH MORE! I love Jesus! Thank God I am imperfect so that He can use me! I want my sermons to be all about Jesus and His finished work. I want people to know how beautiful He is, how lovely He is and How Awesome our Lord is to us!
It's time to separate Old Covenant (LAW) and New Covenant (GRACE) and live under Grace. Grace is JESUS CHRIST! It's time to bring the Gospel back to America!
I am sitting in my little office right next to the laundry room and told myself, Thank you Abba for my home, family, and most of all, Jesus! Without Jesus, I can do nothing! So I am just resting in Him and getting ready to do a sermon about Christ on the Cross. I am so excited to spread the Word to the Deaf and Hearing world!
We all know that Jesus died not because He have to, but because He loved us! It's not the nails that kept him on the Cross, it's His Love! Oh Hallejuah! When He died, all of our past, present and future sins are paid for! We are able to recieve the gift of righteouness, no condemnation, abundance of grace and MUCH MORE! I love Jesus! Thank God I am imperfect so that He can use me! I want my sermons to be all about Jesus and His finished work. I want people to know how beautiful He is, how lovely He is and How Awesome our Lord is to us!
It's time to separate Old Covenant (LAW) and New Covenant (GRACE) and live under Grace. Grace is JESUS CHRIST! It's time to bring the Gospel back to America!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Let’s read Matthew 6:25-31
25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
These verses are saying to all of us, DO NOT WORRY, about anything! The more we worry about things in life, the more likely we will get sick from stress, anxiety attacks, panic attacks, heart attacks from anger and frustrations, and depression!. Remember that God the Father knows what we all need in this life. When we worry or try to do everything ourselves, our Father can’t have any room to bless us!
That’s why Father wants us all to rest in Him. When we rest in Him and cast all our care upon Him, we get peace, joy and calmness in our hearts. Stress can cause all kind of sickness and depression. When we Rest in Him, we give all our problems and stress in our life to Christ and He will give us Rest! Look up to the Cross and remember what He have done for us. He have given us all the Blessings that Jesus deserves! So let’s give Jesus all the Praise!
25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
These verses are saying to all of us, DO NOT WORRY, about anything! The more we worry about things in life, the more likely we will get sick from stress, anxiety attacks, panic attacks, heart attacks from anger and frustrations, and depression!. Remember that God the Father knows what we all need in this life. When we worry or try to do everything ourselves, our Father can’t have any room to bless us!
That’s why Father wants us all to rest in Him. When we rest in Him and cast all our care upon Him, we get peace, joy and calmness in our hearts. Stress can cause all kind of sickness and depression. When we Rest in Him, we give all our problems and stress in our life to Christ and He will give us Rest! Look up to the Cross and remember what He have done for us. He have given us all the Blessings that Jesus deserves! So let’s give Jesus all the Praise!
Saturday, August 15, 2009
We automatically have an enemy called Satan when we were born into this world. He is the enemy of every person in this world. It doesn't matter if some believes in God or not, Satan hates us because we are made in God's image.
Thank our Father in Heaven that He gave us an Armour to wear! The Bible teaches us that we don't have to cope with our problems, it teaches us how to walk in victory! We have everything in Christ once we accept Him as our Saviour. Ephesians 1:3 says, "Blessed be the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ." We already have been blessed with EVERYTHING! In Christ, we have eternal life, all the promises of God in teh Bible, the Holy Spirit and we can have all the fruits of the Spirit. The reason why the Devil (Satan) pays extra attention to believers is not only becasue we have everything, it's because we are made in God's image.
Now, let's read the verses on Ephesians 6:10-18 :
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints
The first piece of armour is the Belt of Truth. When we first got saved by accepting Christ our Saviour, our lives changed because we recieved the Truth. We are set free by Christ when He gave us the Truth. Jesus said, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32)
Satan loves to play mind games with all of us. One thing that he doesn't like is when we know the Truth. The more we know the Truth, the more the devil can not play games with our minds. Devil don't like it when we know the Truth because it will set us Free!
Thank you Father for the Belt of Truth! Thank you for the Armour you have given us so that we can stand against the defeated Devil! Becuase Jesus died on the Cross, the Devil was and is still defeated! We will stand tall and have Victory in the Blood of Christ. Amen!
Thank our Father in Heaven that He gave us an Armour to wear! The Bible teaches us that we don't have to cope with our problems, it teaches us how to walk in victory! We have everything in Christ once we accept Him as our Saviour. Ephesians 1:3 says, "Blessed be the God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ." We already have been blessed with EVERYTHING! In Christ, we have eternal life, all the promises of God in teh Bible, the Holy Spirit and we can have all the fruits of the Spirit. The reason why the Devil (Satan) pays extra attention to believers is not only becasue we have everything, it's because we are made in God's image.
Now, let's read the verses on Ephesians 6:10-18 :
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints
The first piece of armour is the Belt of Truth. When we first got saved by accepting Christ our Saviour, our lives changed because we recieved the Truth. We are set free by Christ when He gave us the Truth. Jesus said, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:32)
Satan loves to play mind games with all of us. One thing that he doesn't like is when we know the Truth. The more we know the Truth, the more the devil can not play games with our minds. Devil don't like it when we know the Truth because it will set us Free!
Thank you Father for the Belt of Truth! Thank you for the Armour you have given us so that we can stand against the defeated Devil! Becuase Jesus died on the Cross, the Devil was and is still defeated! We will stand tall and have Victory in the Blood of Christ. Amen!
Friday, January 25, 2008
A little boy was selling newspapers on the corner, the people were in and out of the cold.
The little boy was so cold that he wasn't trying to sell many papers.
He walked up to a policeman and said, 'Mister, you wouldn't happen to know where a poor boy could
Find a warm place to sleep tonight would you ?
You see, I sleep in a box up around the corner there and down the alley and it's awful cold in there for tonight.
Sure would be nice to have a warm place to stay.'
The policeman looked down at the little boy and said, 'You go down the street to that big white house and you knock on the door. When they come out the door you just say John 3:16, and they will let you in.'
So he did. He walked up the steps and knocked on the door, and a lady answered. He looked up and said, 'John 3:16.' The lady said, 'Come on in, Son.'
She took him in and she sat him down in a split bottom rocker in front of a great big old fireplace, and she went off. The boy sat there for a while and thought to himself: John 3:16 .I don't understand it, but it sure makes a cold boy warm.
Later she came back and asked him 'Are you hungry ? '
He said, 'Well, just a little. I haven't eaten in a couple of days, and I guess I could stand a little bit of food,'
The lady took him in the kitchen and sat him down to a table full of wonderful food. He ate and ate until he couldn't eat any more. Then he thought to himself: John 3:16 ..Boy, I sure don't understand it but it sure makes a hungry boy full.
She took him upstairs to a bathroom to a huge bathtub filled with warm water, and he sat there and soaked for a while. As he soaked, he thought to himself: John 3:16 . I sure don't understand
It, but it sure makes a dirty boy clean. You know, I've not had a bath, a real bath, in my whole life. The only bath I ever had was when I stood in front of that big old fire hydrant as they flushed it out.
The lady came in and got him. She took him to a room, tucked him into a big old feather bed, pulled the covers up around his neck, kissed him goodnight and turned out the lights. As he lay in the darkness and looked out the window at the snow coming down on that cold night, he
Thought to himself: John 3:16 ...I don't understand it but it sure makes a tired boy rested.
The next morning the lady came back up and took him down again to that same big table full of food. After he ate, she took him back to that same big old split bottom rocker in front of the fireplace and picked up a big old Bible.
She sat down in front of him and looked into his young face.. 'Do you understand John 3:16 ? ' she asked gently. He replied, 'No, Ma'am, I don't. The first time I ever heard it was last night when the policeman told me to use it,' She opened the Bible to John 3:16 and began to explain to him about Jesus . Right there, in front of that big old fireplace, he gave his heart and life to Jesus. He sat there and thought: John 3:16 -- don't understand it, but it sure makes a lost boy
Feel safe.
You know, I have to confess I don't understand it either, how God was willing to send His Son to die for me, and how Jesus would agree to do such a thing. I don't understand the agony of the Father and every angel in heaven as they watched Jesus suffer and die. I don't understand the intense love for ME that kept Jesus on the cross till the end. I don't understand it, but it sure does make life worth living.
John 3:16 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.
If you aren't ashamed to do this, please follow the directions .
Jesus said, 'If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.' Pass this on only if you mean it.
I do Love God. He is my source of existence.. He keeps me functioning each and every day. Phil 4:13 If you love God and are not ashamed of all the marvelous things he has done for you, send this on.
The little boy was so cold that he wasn't trying to sell many papers.
He walked up to a policeman and said, 'Mister, you wouldn't happen to know where a poor boy could
Find a warm place to sleep tonight would you ?
You see, I sleep in a box up around the corner there and down the alley and it's awful cold in there for tonight.
Sure would be nice to have a warm place to stay.'
The policeman looked down at the little boy and said, 'You go down the street to that big white house and you knock on the door. When they come out the door you just say John 3:16, and they will let you in.'
So he did. He walked up the steps and knocked on the door, and a lady answered. He looked up and said, 'John 3:16.' The lady said, 'Come on in, Son.'
She took him in and she sat him down in a split bottom rocker in front of a great big old fireplace, and she went off. The boy sat there for a while and thought to himself: John 3:16 .I don't understand it, but it sure makes a cold boy warm.
Later she came back and asked him 'Are you hungry ? '
He said, 'Well, just a little. I haven't eaten in a couple of days, and I guess I could stand a little bit of food,'
The lady took him in the kitchen and sat him down to a table full of wonderful food. He ate and ate until he couldn't eat any more. Then he thought to himself: John 3:16 ..Boy, I sure don't understand it but it sure makes a hungry boy full.
She took him upstairs to a bathroom to a huge bathtub filled with warm water, and he sat there and soaked for a while. As he soaked, he thought to himself: John 3:16 . I sure don't understand
It, but it sure makes a dirty boy clean. You know, I've not had a bath, a real bath, in my whole life. The only bath I ever had was when I stood in front of that big old fire hydrant as they flushed it out.
The lady came in and got him. She took him to a room, tucked him into a big old feather bed, pulled the covers up around his neck, kissed him goodnight and turned out the lights. As he lay in the darkness and looked out the window at the snow coming down on that cold night, he
Thought to himself: John 3:16 ...I don't understand it but it sure makes a tired boy rested.
The next morning the lady came back up and took him down again to that same big table full of food. After he ate, she took him back to that same big old split bottom rocker in front of the fireplace and picked up a big old Bible.
She sat down in front of him and looked into his young face.. 'Do you understand John 3:16 ? ' she asked gently. He replied, 'No, Ma'am, I don't. The first time I ever heard it was last night when the policeman told me to use it,' She opened the Bible to John 3:16 and began to explain to him about Jesus . Right there, in front of that big old fireplace, he gave his heart and life to Jesus. He sat there and thought: John 3:16 -- don't understand it, but it sure makes a lost boy
Feel safe.
You know, I have to confess I don't understand it either, how God was willing to send His Son to die for me, and how Jesus would agree to do such a thing. I don't understand the agony of the Father and every angel in heaven as they watched Jesus suffer and die. I don't understand the intense love for ME that kept Jesus on the cross till the end. I don't understand it, but it sure does make life worth living.
John 3:16 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.
If you aren't ashamed to do this, please follow the directions .
Jesus said, 'If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.' Pass this on only if you mean it.
I do Love God. He is my source of existence.. He keeps me functioning each and every day. Phil 4:13 If you love God and are not ashamed of all the marvelous things he has done for you, send this on.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
1"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God[a]; trust also in me. 2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am"
Trust God in everything. His plan for every one of us is perfect. Like Jesus said, " If it were not so, I would have told you". God will never fail any one of us. God loves us all the same!
Trust God in everything. His plan for every one of us is perfect. Like Jesus said, " If it were not so, I would have told you". God will never fail any one of us. God loves us all the same!
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