Thursday, April 14, 2011

IT'S FREE

I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I LOVE TO BE GIVEN SOMETHING FREE.  PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN ME THINGS BEFORE THAT I REALLY DIDNT WANT OR NEED.  BUT, I TOOK WHATEVER THEY GAVE ME, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT DIDNT COST A DIME.  I AM PRETTY SURE MOST PEOPLE ARE THE SAME WAY, ESPECIALLY NOW DAYS WHEN EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE.  I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SOME OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES DECIDED TO SIMPLY GIVE THINGS AWAY?

WHAT IF CURVES GAVE AWAY FREE TANNING SESSIONS?
WHAT IF CASA PEPE'S DECIDED TO NOT CHARGE FOR QUESIDILLAS TODAY?
WHAT IF BUDDY'S HANDED OUT FREE CASES OF COKE OR DR PEPPER THIS AFTERNOON?
WHAT IF THE HARDWOOD MILL SERVED FREE BOILED CRAWFISH TONIGHT?

I KNOW THIS WILL NOT AND CANNOT HAPPEN. BUT, I FEEL PRETTY SURE THAT WORD WOULD GET OUT AND THE SUPPLY COULD NOT POSSIBLY MEET THE DEMAND.  PEOPLE WOULD BE CALLING OTHERS, TEXTING FRIENDS AND SHOWING UP TO RECEIVE THEIR FREE ITEMS.  I KNOW I SURE WOULD BE IN THE LINEUP.  IN FACT, ALOT OF US WOULD BE.  WE ARENT GLUTTONS, WE ARE JUST USUALLY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A GOOD DEAL.

ALL MY LIFE, I HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY, FACTUALLY AND WITHOUT A DOUBT FREE.  IT COMES WITH NO REQUIRED PURCHASE.  THE PRICE HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID LONG AGO.  BUT UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAD BEEN OFFERED TO ME AT NO COST, I COULD NOT BE CONVINCED TO ACCEPT THIS PARTICULAR FREE GIFT.  I WAS QUICK TO REJECT THE GIFT OF SALVATION.  I REFUSED TO RECEIVE WHAT WAS FREELY BEING OFFERED TO ME. 

IT TOOK MANY TRIPS TO AN OLD FASHIONED ALTAR, ALOT OF REPENTANCE AND DENIAL OF SIN, BUT I FINALLY ACCEPTED THE PRICELESS GIFT OF SALVATION.  THIS FREE GIFT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER I HAVE EVER RECEIVED.  GONE ARE MY FEELINGS OF DOUBT, ANGER AND UNHAPPINESS.  I GO TO SLEEP EACH NIGHT WITHOUT A TROUBLED MIND AND HEART.  I WAKE UP EACH MORNING WITHOUT FEAR OF THE UPCOMING DAY.  GOD HAS FREELY TAKEN ALL OF MY SELF IMPOSED PROBLEMS AWAY.

I AM SO GLAD THAT I FINALLY QUIT RUNNING FROM THE GIFT OF SALVATION.  THROUGH HIS WORD, GOD TELLS ME OF HIS PROMISES FOR THOSE WHO ACCEPT HIS GIFT.  JESUS PAID IN FULL FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR SINS WHEN HE WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS.  HE PAID THE PRICE OF OUR SALVATION. 

EPHESIANS 2:8  FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH, AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES; IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD

I WISH MY WORDS COULD CONVINCE OTHERS TO ACCEPT THIS FREE GIFT.  IT IS TRULY PRICELESS.  GOD LOVES US ALL.  NO SIN IS TOO BIG FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF GOD.  HE REMOVED MY MOST DREADFUL SINS AND REPLACED THEM WITH HIS LOVE AND SALVATION.  IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU.

WE HAVE MID WEEK SERVICE TONIGHT AT 7 AT THE LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH HERE IN OAKDALE.  GOD WILL BE THERE TO GIVE OUT HIS FREE GIFT.  HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

IT HAS BEEN A BLESSED ADVENTURE!

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