February 21, 2011

'Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13

In Law Enforcement we see a lot of strange things, but this guy has serious problems. To start with, he lived in a graveyard, wore no clothes, ran around screaming at night and was in most people’s opinion, a hopeless case. Today we would don rubber gloves, wrestle him down and take him to the hospital and seek an involuntary commitment order. But Jesus didn’t have that luxury. He confronted the man, expelled the evil from him, saved and restored him. (Luke 8) I wonder how many people we have written off? We think, }He's always been this way." "She will never get saved." "He's committed such terrible sins." We in America are programmed to expect God to save "nice sinners." God doesn’t go by our expectations. He likes to reach into the pit of hell and save souls and give them a beautiful life. Maybe you have someone you have been praying for that is lost. Maybe you feel you are one of those who is too far gone to be saved. Read the verse above again. Whosoever leaves no one out. Even if it seems that you or someone you love is hopelessly bound in sin, this may be the year that you or they will come to know God's forgiveness and become a member of His family. There are no such people as "nice sinners." We are all terrible sinners and only an awesome God can forgive us. All you have to do is call (ask) Jesus to save and cleanse you, and he will do for you what he did for the wild man in the story above. No one is beyond saving. All you have to do is ask! You will be saved!

Thought for the week: "A person who can smile when things go wrong has found someone to blame it on."

　

Funny for the week: "Sunday Paper"

"Where's my Sunday paper?!" the irate customer calling the newspaper office loudly demanded, wanting to know where her Sunday edition was.

"Ma'am," said the newspaper employee, "today is Saturday. The Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow, on Sunday."

There was quite a long pause on the other end of the phone, followed by a ray of recognition, as she was heard to mutter, "Well, that's why no one was at church today!"

I feel her pain………….. Chaplain Barnes

Last week’s answer: As recorded in the book of Acts, how many disciples did the apostles choose to look after the food distribution to widows? 7 (Acts. 6:1-7)

This weeks question: What was the name of the sorcerer baptized by Philip?