AS A CHILD, I ONLY HAD ONE BROTHER. WE WERE ONLY FIFTEEN MONTHS APART, SO WE WERE TAUGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARING AT A REAL EARLY AGE. FOR THE MOST PART, SHARING WITH ONE ANOTHER CAME SOMEWHAT EASY TO BOTH OF US. WE WERE REALLY CLOSE TO OUR NEIGHBORS, JAMIE AND COBY. WE SHARED EVERYTHING WE HAD WITH THEM AND THEY DID THE SAME WITH US. IT WAS A COMMON OCCURANCE FOR US TO SHARE OUR TOYS, OUR FOOD, OUR PROBLEMS AND OUR SECRETS.
THIS MORNING AT CHURCH, WE HEARD A SERMON FROM A VISITING PASTOR. HIS SERMON WAS HEARTFELT AND WAS SOMETHING WE ALL NEEDED TO HEAR. HE URGED US, AS CHRISTIANS, TO SHARE WHAT WE HAVE WITH OTHERS. HE SPOKE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ABSORBING THE WORD OF GOD IN CHURCH AND OF CARRYING IT OUT WITH US ONCE WE LEFT THE BUILDING. WE WERE URGED TO SHARE THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND TO LET OTHERS BE MADE AWARE THAT SALVATION IS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE. I TOOK HIS SERMON TO HEART. IT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.
FOR A VERY LONG TIME, CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO MEANT ALOT TO ME, URGED ME TO CHANGE THE WAY I WAS LIVING. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I PUT OFF CHANGE, THESE PEOPLE DIDNT GIVE UP ON ME. THEY PRAYED FOR ME, SPOKE TO ME OF THE LOVE OF GOD AND OF MY NEED FOR SALVATION. IT WASNT UNTIL I WAS BACKED INTO A CORNER THAT I SURRENDERED TO THE LORD AND BEGAN TO TRY THINGS ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, NOT MINE. I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE LOST. I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE IN TROUBLE. I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE ALONE.
IT IS FOR THE REASONS I JUST MENTIONED THAT I WRITE A "NOTE" ON A DAILY BASIS. THE LORD HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME AND HAS ERASED THE CONFUSION OF MY LIFE. I FEEL COMPELLED TO SHARE HIS SAVING POWER. I FEEL OBLIGATED TO TELL OTHERS OF A BETTER WAY. I LOVE TO SHARE HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY AND HIS LOVE. WE ARE NEVER ALONE, NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS MAY SEEM. GOD HAS A PLAN FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. HE WANTS US TO BE HAPPY, NOT SAD. JOYFUL, NOT MISERABLE. FREE, NOT ENSLAVED. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPURTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT HE HAS SO FREELY GIVEN TO ME. IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU.
HEBREWS 13:16 BUT DO NOT FORGET TO DO GOOD AND TO SHARE, FOR SUCH SACRIFICES GOD IS WELL PLEASED.
THIS MORNING AT CHURCH, WE HEARD A SERMON FROM A VISITING PASTOR. HIS SERMON WAS HEARTFELT AND WAS SOMETHING WE ALL NEEDED TO HEAR. HE URGED US, AS CHRISTIANS, TO SHARE WHAT WE HAVE WITH OTHERS. HE SPOKE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ABSORBING THE WORD OF GOD IN CHURCH AND OF CARRYING IT OUT WITH US ONCE WE LEFT THE BUILDING. WE WERE URGED TO SHARE THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND TO LET OTHERS BE MADE AWARE THAT SALVATION IS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE. I TOOK HIS SERMON TO HEART. IT MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.
FOR A VERY LONG TIME, CERTAIN PEOPLE WHO MEANT ALOT TO ME, URGED ME TO CHANGE THE WAY I WAS LIVING. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I PUT OFF CHANGE, THESE PEOPLE DIDNT GIVE UP ON ME. THEY PRAYED FOR ME, SPOKE TO ME OF THE LOVE OF GOD AND OF MY NEED FOR SALVATION. IT WASNT UNTIL I WAS BACKED INTO A CORNER THAT I SURRENDERED TO THE LORD AND BEGAN TO TRY THINGS ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, NOT MINE. I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE LOST. I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE IN TROUBLE. I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE ALONE.
IT IS FOR THE REASONS I JUST MENTIONED THAT I WRITE A "NOTE" ON A DAILY BASIS. THE LORD HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME AND HAS ERASED THE CONFUSION OF MY LIFE. I FEEL COMPELLED TO SHARE HIS SAVING POWER. I FEEL OBLIGATED TO TELL OTHERS OF A BETTER WAY. I LOVE TO SHARE HIS FORGIVENESS, HIS GRACE, HIS MERCY AND HIS LOVE. WE ARE NEVER ALONE, NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS MAY SEEM. GOD HAS A PLAN FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. HE WANTS US TO BE HAPPY, NOT SAD. JOYFUL, NOT MISERABLE. FREE, NOT ENSLAVED. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPURTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT HE HAS SO FREELY GIVEN TO ME. IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU.
HEBREWS 13:16 BUT DO NOT FORGET TO DO GOOD AND TO SHARE, FOR SUCH SACRIFICES GOD IS WELL PLEASED.
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