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new Pastor in a small Oklahoma town spent the first four days making personal visits to each of the members, inviting them to come to his first services.
The following Sunday the church was all but empty. Accordingly, the Pastor placed a notice in the local newspapers, stating that, because the church was dead, it was everyone’s duty to give it a decent Christian burial. The funeral would be held the following Sunday afternoon, the notice said.
Morbidly curious, a large crowd turned out for the “funeral.” In front of the pulpit, they saw a closed coffin, smothered in flowers. After the Pastor delivered the eulogy, he opened the coffin and invited his congregation to come forward and pay their final respects to their dead church.
Filled with curiosity as to what would represent the corpse of a “dead church,” all the people eagerly lined up to look in the coffin. Each “mourner” peeped into the coffin then quickly turned away with a guilty, sheepish look.
In the coffin, tilted at the correct angle, was a large mirror
Good morning Dewey,
I have a huge favor to ask of you. I had the most incredible adventure this past weekend and met a chaplain of a truck stop ministry in Alabama. A man truly anointed of the Lord and I have included some information about him below. I think the two of you are a lot alike and I just really felt an urge from the Lord to share all this with you. I don’t know if you ever do interviews with ministries from out of state, but would like you to consider that. He does a radio program on his local station. I’ve included all his contact info below.
(this is about my trip)…..
Since you all know about my trip…..just thought I would share with you a little bit about my weekend. This is the post I placed on one of the message boards on the Christian Mingle site:
I found the most amazing treasures on my adventures this past weekend in one of the most unlikely places you might think of. It all started out with an urging from the Lord to travel and ended with immeasurable blessings and lots of new friends from all over the country. I had the privilege to meet one of the most humble God-fearing men I have ever met and got to witness first-hand his passion for the lost and hurting. What is any better than seeing grown men moved by Holy Spirit, or see newlyweds on their honeymoon blessed and prayed over, or Yahshua shared with “the good ole boys from Alabama”? To see a ministry vision for revival to break out, to witness Holy Spirit pouring His anointing on and in and through, to pray for the physical and emotional healings of hearts, to stand with the hurting believing and declaring forth family restorations, to watch as local believers come to encourage and under gird, to feel the presence of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob so thick you are awed……
I ask you Mingle Friends, what better treasures can any of us “collect” than these?? Have you guessed yet where I was this last weekend? Yep, I stopped by the Truck Stop Chapel and said hi to Billy. He truly is a man who has a passion to hear and follow Abba’s heart. A true southern gentleman and friend, and yes, Billy is just as funny and serious as his postings on this site……one of Abba’s heavenly treasures here on earth doing the work of his Father with every ounce of energy and joy he possesses. If you ever get out Alabama way, stop in, say hi and lend a hand…..it will be one of the most amazing blessings you will ever “collect”.
(this is a story the Lord “downloaded” through Billy….Billy is not a great speller but that is part of the charm of his stories)……
Good morning, today we tell the story Of Ully Bob and his parents goin’ to the meat market. Ully Bob is now 7 years old,he has learned many things in his life at the ripe old age of seven,but he is still learning and most important Ully Bob listens real good. Apond arriving at the market his parents is go up and down the asile when they come in to the case with steaks of all kinds in it his mother said look Bob sr. this sirlion steak is only .10 cent a pound this is really good news. Well mom and dad both get on their cell phone and start callin’ every one they know to tell them about this.Ully bob is standin’ there lookin’ puzzle,his dad looks at ully bob and ask what is the matter. Ully bob said well I am confused and his Dad say’s well what is it that your confused about.Ully bob say’s well you and mom are callin’ everyone tell them you got good news about this steak, but Bro jim billy said in Church last sunday that the good news is about Jesus and what He done on the cross and I never hear you and mom do that like y’all doing about this steak. Ully bob Dad said well son that Bro. Jim Billy job. Then ully bob said I messed up again.Dad said what do you mean son,then ully bob replyed well I got to go tell Bro Jim Billy I sorry,cause I told Joe at school Monday all about Jesus,and he might be mad cause I tryed doin’ his job.billy a man that knows the GOOD NEWS
Billy’s email: browildbill@hotmail.com
His phone number: 334-431-2600
Just let him know I gave you his name
(I do happen to have a CD of one of his “shows” if you are interested)
Thank you Dewey for your time to look at all this and many blessings upon your day!!
“Be still and know that I am Elohim, I will be exalted amoung the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10
Kitty Neal
505-250-5362
kittysmiles2@msn.com
Yes Kitty I would love a CD! Great! This is a great story Kitty……We can share the latest sports scores or trip to the lake.How about our Jesus? Great lesson Kitty!!!!
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Coming to the Rescue
by Rick Warren |
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Are you at a place in your life where you need to be rescued? Are you ready to call out for help? It doesn’t take a special phone or a bat-signal. All you have to do is ask and Jesus will rescue you. You can ask him to rescue you in any area of your life – a relationship, a financial situation, a health issue, anything. But you have to ask. In Psalm 91, God says, “When you call on me, I will answer; I will be with you in your trouble and I will rescue you” (v. 15 NLT). That’s not just talk, because God doesn’t lie. It would be contrary to his character because he is total truth. Notice that God says you have to do your part and then he’ll do his part. You call, he answers. That’s it. Just call on the name of the Lord. And the name of the Lord is Jesus. It’s very important to understand that in any rescue operation, the rescuer gets to determine means and method of the rescue. You don’t get to determine how you are saved. It’s not up to you; it’s up to your Savior. And Jesus says, “I am the way…. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6 NIV). Jesus doesn’t say he’s a good way, or a nice way, or even the best way. He says, “I’m it.” If there was a plan B, God wouldn’t have sent plan A to earth to die for you. So if you’re going to be saved and have all your sins forgiven, there’s only one way it will happen, and there’s only one person you can call on … Jesus. |
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