God brought him back

“It is appointed unto men once to die; and then cometh the judgment”

(Hebrews 9:27).




THOUGHTS FOR TODAY


ITS STRANGE HOW WE MEET PEOPLE SOMETIMES , I DO NOT BELIEVE NOTHING IS BY ACCIDENT.
I MET THIS GUY WHO SAID HE WAS 33 YEARS OLD HE WAS SITTING OUT SIDE LATE ONE NIGHT AND I HAPPENED TO PASS BY HIM AND WE HAD A CHAT AND I NOTICE HIS HAND WAS
PARALYED AND HE TOLD ME HE WAS PARALYED FROM HIS RIGHT SIDE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HIS FEET. I ASK THE MAN WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HE SAID HE WAS SHOT NOT JUST ONCE BUT THREE TIMES IN DIFFRENT TIMES IN HIS LIFE , I STARTED TO ASK HIM QUESTIONS ON A DEEPER LEVEL BEING I WAS A CHRISTIAN BUT FIRST I SAID WHAT DO YOUR TATTOOS SAY , HE MENTION THEY ARE
SIGNS WHEN I WAS IN THE STREET GANGS , YOU SEE MY MOM AND FATHER HAD ABANDONED HIM, WHEN HE WAS A KID AND NEVER PAID MUCH ATTENTION TO HIM AND HE WAS IN THE GANG TO GET THE ATTENTION HE NEEDED WHEN HE WAS A KID ,HE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WAS SO MUCH INVOLVED IN DRUGS AND ALCOHAL ... I WAS IMPRESS HOW HUMBLE HE SEEMS AND NOT SO ANGRY BUT AS I POOR OUT MORE QUESTIONS I SAID (SHOT THREE TIMES ?)
HE SAID YES AND THE LAST TIME HE WAS SHOT AND DIED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES.
I ASK HIM WHAT DID HE EXPERIENCED FOR THOSE 30 MINUTES OF BEING DEAD AND HE SHARED DARKNESS , TORTURE, PEOPLE SCREAMING , I SEEM MOVIES ON THIS THROUGH CHRISTIAN TV BUT NOW IAM FACE TO FACE WITH A GUY WHO TOLD ME FACE TO FACE ...I SAID TO HIM THEN WHAT HAPPENED? HE SAID HE SAW A LIGHT AND I ASK HIM WAS IT GOD AND HE SAID YES AND HE SAID GOD SEES EVERYTHING WE DO
HE SAID GOD IS LIGHT , ALL LIGHT AND HE TOLD ME TO GO BACK AND HE WOKE UP .

I TOLD HIM HE WAS A MIRACLE THAT HE IS ALIVE AND THAT GOD GAVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE TO LIVE AGAIN , HE AGREED BUT HE WAS STRUGGLING TO SERVE GOD BUT I CAN TELL GOD HAS A PLAN FOR HIS LIFE ...HE DID NOT EVEN HAD TO TELL ME THAT . THIS MAN TOLD ME AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM THAT HIS MOM AND DAD ARE VERY CLOSE TO HIM NOW AND I SAID I WAS GLAD FOR HIM ..SOMETIMES TRAGIC SITURATIONS TURN THE EVENTS OF PEOPLE MINDS TO A NEW DIRECTION BUT SADLEY IN THIS MANS CASE HE HAD TO BE SHOT THREE TIMES ....GOD SAID IT IS APPOINTED FOR MAN ONCE TO DIE THEN AFTER THAT THE JUDEMENT ..HOW TRUE BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOMETHING AFTER THIS LIFE IS OVER ,HELL OR HEAVEN AND WE NEED TO BE READY TO MEET YOUR MAKER ...THIS REALLY WOKE ME UP EVEN AS A CHRISTIAN BECAUSE ITS REALITY, GOD LOVED THAT GUY SO MUCH TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE IN THIS EVIL WORLD I BELIEVE TO MAKE A DIFFRENCE EVEN THOUGH HE STRUGGLES RIGHT NOW
BUT HE ALSO HAS A PLAN FOR HIM AND FOR YOU ......I HOPE WE DONT WAIT TILL WE ARE SHOT THREE TIMES .


1 Corinthians 2 :9 "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him"


And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

—Matthew 10:28



I WAS VERY GLAD TO MEET THIS GUY AND I ENCOURAGED HIM TO SEEK GOD MORE IN HIS LIFE
BUT IAM SURE HE WILL .



QUOTE ABOUT HELL

This does not mean that God will be completely absent from hell. He is and will remain omnipresent (Ps. 139:7-8). To be separated from the Lord and cast into hell does not mean that a person will finally be free of God. That person will remain eternally accountable to Him. He will remain Lord over the person’s existence. But in hell, a person will be forever separated from God in His kindness, mercy, grace, and goodness. He will be consigned to deal with Him in His holy wrath.



Tom Ascol






QUOTE ABOUT HEAVEN



Blessed be God! There shall be no sorrow in heaven. There shall not be one single tear shed within the courts above. There shall be no more disease and weakness and decay; the coffin, and the funeral, and the grave, and the dark-black mourning shall be things unknown. Our faces shall no more be pale and sad; no more shall we go out from the company of those we love and be parted asunder – that word, farewell, shall never be heard again. There shall be no anxious thought about tomorrow to mar and spoil our enjoyment, no sharp and cutting words to wound our souls; our wants will have come to a perpetual end, and all around us shall be harmony and love.

RYER


PRAYER

DEAR LORD AS I SPOKEN OF THIS GUY I PRAY YOU DRAW HIM CLOSER TO YOU BY YOUR SPIRIT
BUT I ALSO PRAY FOR US TO ALWAYS BE READY AND TURN TO YOU FOR YOU CARE FOR US AND DIED FOR US ....
BUT YOU ALSO DID NOT MAKE US AS A ROBOT BUT FREEDOM TO MAKE A CHOICE AND HELP US TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR SON IN JESUS NAME AMEN

The Steps of a Good Man

DO NOT REJOICE OVER ME, MY EMEMY, WHEN I FALL, I WILL ARISE :
WHEN I SIT IN DARKNESS, THE LORD WILL BE MY LIGHT TO ME.
MICAH 7:7


THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

Sometimes the Devil or your Enemies can be against you or you fall in to sin
ever get those days that it seems so dark with addictions and frustrations ?
I have and i had many as a child of God but the bible says in Psalms 37:23-24 The steps of a good man are ordered by the lord,and he delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down ,for the Lord
upholds him with his hand.

I think we sometimes do not realized how much the lord loves us though he fall, he shall utterly cast down,The lord upholds him with his hand , What more truth is that ,He died on the cross for you so no matter what you do you can always come back to the loving hands of the lord .

Job kept his faith in hard times and Job had many reasons to give up as a human but Job loved God ...Even Job wife said in Job 2:9 Then his wife said to him , Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse
God and die .

God says to you ..You are a Giants and you can overcome your battles of this life trust him .
because even when life and circumstances seems out of control God knows what he is doing because he is still the same yesterday to day and forever Hebrews 13:8 ...
The Enemy's strategy is to discouraged you in this time we are living in , Do not believe the lies ..
Believe what the word of God says about you .



QUOTE FOR TODAY




A man can no more take in a supply of grace for the future than he can eat enough for the next six months, or take sufficient air into his lungs at one time to sustain life for a week. We must draw upon God's boundless store of grace from day to day, as we need it.



D.L. Moody

POEM


Dear lord you came through for me
You came through when i was about to turn the wrong direction
you saved me through the life of distruction.
you came through for me Jesus when Nobody elese cared.

Im blessed to have eyes to read your words of wisdom
The times i get off track, you showed me the ways to your everlasting paths.

I dont deserve to be blessed. When i see what you have done for me
i know im blessed. I must confess Im sorry for running away from you.
You came through for me. Its only in you Jesus i make it another day

In my lonely times of darkeness the battle belongs to you
my insides are craving do to other things .
Your love is so worth lovin,because you came through.
Im a soldier of the light
you came through.



Isaiah 43:1
But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.


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Prayer

Dear Lord help us to face another day as you have and help us know in the real dark days and helpless moments we face your grace is there to pick us up thank you lord for the cross in jesus name amen

Don't let Depression take control

1 Corinthians 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.



THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

Race car driving champion Bill Vukovich won the infamous Indianapolis 500 race two times, a record of success few others have achieved. When asked about the secret of his success in the race, Vukovich simply replied, “There’s no secret. You just press the accelerator to the floor and steer left.”

Sometimes we have a tendency to complicate things when it comes to serving the Lord. But like race car driving, there’s really no secret, just move forward and finish the race! The only thing I would change about Bill’s advice is steer RIGHT!!

Are you struggling with confusion, discouragement or anxiety about things of the Lord? God is not a God of confusion, discourage...Sometimes in the worst times in our life God is working all things together for our good . Remember He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Matthew 5:45 (New King James Version) We are in the world but not of this world . God cares for his chosen people your life is in his hands because he knows we are nothing but dust. When your feeling down always remember this: The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!’ The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord. (Lamentations 3:19-26) (Also read Lamentations 1:1-6; Psalm 137; 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Luke 17:5-10) In this text, Jeremiah calls us to a renewed life at the beginning of each new day: “But this I call to mind: and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:21-23, NRSV).

YOUR ARE IN A RACE

Defeat! He lay there silently, a tear dropped from his eye, "
There's no sense running anymore- three strikes and I'm out- why try?"
The will to rise has disappeared, all hope had fled away,
So far behind, so error prone, closer all the way.


"I've lost, so what's the use", he thought "I'll live with my disgrace."
But then he thought about his dad who soon he'd have to face.
Get up, and echo sounded low, get up and take your place.
You were not meant for failure here, so get up and win the race.
With Borrowed will, "Get up!", It said, "You haven't lost at all,
For winning is not more than this, to rise each time you fall."


So he rose to win once more, and with new commitment he resolved to win
Or lose, at least he wouldn't quit.
So far behind the others now, the most he'd ever been,
Still he gave it all he had, and ran as though to win.
Three times he'd fallen stumbling, three times he rose again.
To far behind to hope to win, he still ran to the end.
ment or anxiety! Let’s get back to the basics today. God created us, loves us unconditionally and wants to free us from all our entanglements that we may be holy as He is holy, that we may be able to love Him with all our heart, soul, strength and mind and love our neighbor as ourselves! We’re in this together, for the win! Remember God is in control of your life and will help you though .Sometimes in the worst siturations of our life God is working all things for good .



QUOTE

God sometimes permits Satan to assail His dear children, the more to strengthen them in His spiritual graces, and to confirm them more fully in the assurance of His love and their salvation.

For as a city which has been once besieged and not sacked will ever after be more strong to hold out if it be assaulted by the like danger.... so those who are besieged and assaulted by their spiritual enemies will ever after more carefully arm themselves against them with the graces of God's Spirit, that they may not be overcome nor foiled by them.

—George Downame



PRAYER



Dear lord help us when we feel low and down and wanting to give up ..Help us know you love us and have reason to help us in the dark ....Help us to know you will work things out in our life and that you are in fully control Amen

Running from God

Hebrews 12:1-2 “

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”


THOUGHTS FOR TODAY


Are you running from God? Many people today certainly are trying, but you can't run from an omnipresent God. Why do people run from God anyway? Why attempt the impossible? John 3:20 gives us the answer in simplest of terms... "For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." Sin is the culprit. The reason why most people run from God is because of their love for sin.



Jonah ran from God... "Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD." God had instructed Jonah to go preach to the city of Nineveh, but Jonah disobeyed. The Assyrians were reputed as a brutal people, known for torture, whose warriors often sawed their victims into pieces. I could understand why Jonah would have been reluctant to go to Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian empire. Yet, God never tells us to do something that we are unable to do. Jonah feared man more than God. Matthew 10:28 states... "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." We ought to fear God more than sinful, finite, men.



The Bible story we read today is a very simple and well known Bible story. God commanded Jonah to go the city of Nineveh, and speak out about sin that has taken over the city. Jonah chose to run away from this command and get on a boat headed to Tarshish. God responded to Jonah’s disobedience with a mighty storm. The sailors on the boat grew very scared, and tried to figure out what was bringing this storm upon them. Jonah knew what he had done in that running from God was wrong, and told the sailors to throw him into the sea. Jonah was swallowed up by a big fish, and was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights. I believe Jonah’s prayer to God is one of the strongest prayers of the Bible. The fish spat Jonah out on the land. Jonah, then accepted God’s call for him to go to Nineveh.
It easy to see how Jonah ran from God. How do we run from God? I’m so busy, maybe later I will have more time to devote to God. Life is hard, maybe I need to straighten my life up a little before I really walk with God. I can’t find a church I like, do you have to go to church? I know what I am doing is wrong, but I’m young, and I have plenty of time later in life to straighten up.
Whatever the excuse or reason, we often run from God. God calls us to put Him first in our lives. Jonah ran, and paid the price. We simply need to stop running and accept and confess Christ into our lives.



poetry



I Run to you




I run to you when the night is filled with darkness
I run to you when the day is full of troubles
I run to you when life is hard to face my battles
I run to you when the storms have tried to control me
life is worth it all i run to you.

There is times when i cried myself to sleep
afraid to wake up the next day because im weak
you gave me a light inside my self to seek
my saviors hand is holding mine so tight
you never let go even if i wonder away from your feet

Your love is so strong like a thunder in the night
you gave me wings to sing on holy ground i run to you.

I run to you when mountains are to high to climb
i run to you when no body elese to face
you give me a song to my everlasting days
I run to you

Jesus i run to you

For though the mountains should depart and the hills be shaken or removed, yet My love and kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace and completeness be removed, says the Lord, Who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54: 10

QUOTE

When a person is sick, the doctor may prescribe medicine. What heals the man? Is it the medicine, or his reaching out for the medicine? Christ is the only solution for your problem of sin and judgment. He is the medicine. Who else but Christ can rescue you and bring you into the forgiven family of God? He is the exclusive way to God. He is a narrow way, but a sufficient one. But how do you reach out to Christ? By repentance and faith.



Jim Elliff

Prayer:

Father in Heaven, thank you for giving us your word. We read how Jonah is a lot like us in that he ran from what You wanted him to do. Help me today to stop running from You, and to grow closer to you each day that I live. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.

Thought Question: In what areas in my own life do I run from God? How can I stop running from God?