Law 3

Good morning all,

I hope each and every one of you had a glorious Easter weekend. I pray that the multitude of people whom chose this weekend as one of the two Sundays a year that they went to church were moved by the Spirit to see the importance in finding a home church and begin walking with God on a regular basis. I know God is working very hard in all of us, but yet still our free will continues to get in our way. I was talking to a guy I know, a couple weeks ago, and he told me, “I will get more involved in church and stuff when I’m older”. There are many people who have this mentality and think that they have all the time in the world before they need to get right with God. I know we all want to live forever and many of us think that there is no way that our lives will be cut short. The truth of the matter is that nothing worldly is guaranteed. One thing that is true is Law number three.            

Law Three: Jesus Christ is God’s only provision for our sin. Through Him we can know and experience God’s love and plan for our life. Let’s say that there is a guy that lives another 20 years without God and decided to accept Jesus the day before he dies. That would be wonderful, right? But how much more wonderful would it have been if for him to have lived out what God had planned for him for that 20 years? How wonderful would it be if we all were seeking and growing our relationship with Jesus on a daily basis? John 14:6 says, “No one can come to the Father except through me”. We find ourselves believing in God and knowing what we must do to find him but we as people try to ignore his truths. Your employer, mother, father, and even your pastor can not save you. As much as they may want to they can not. You can only be saved through the sacrifice that Jesus endured for you. The point that I am trying to get across is that we don’t know when we will die or when Jesus will return for us so we must be prepared now.We don’t need to play a guessing game on our life line. What we need to do is to the follow words from Jesus, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die like everyone else, will live again. They are given eternal life for believing in me and will never perish” (John 11:25-26). If you have not already I will ask that you say this prayer with me and let’s take a huge step towards a happy fulfilling life.

“Jesus, I want to know you. I want you to come into my life. I’m sorry for the things I’ve done that have broken my relationship with God. Thank you for dying on the cross so that this relationship could be made right. I believe you are the only One who can do this. Only You can give me the power to change and become the person You created me to be. Thank you for forgiving my past mistakes and for giving me eternal life with God. I give my life to You. Please do with it as You wish. Amen.”

Thank you for taking the time to read my writings today, I hope someone will find it helpful.

Spiritual Law 2

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Spiritual Law 2 

Good Morning all,  I hope all of you have a great East weekend but do not forget what this holiday is about. Without this Easter we would all still be lost and not be able to have a personal relationship with God. This is something the we all must have. I would hope it would be something we would all want. 

Law Two: All of us are sinful and separated from God. Therefore we cannot know and experience God’s love and plan for our life.I know most of us are “good people” but being a good person does not make one right with God. Because of the fall of man we are not even close to worthy to be close to God. This is not what God wanted. However, we were given a free will, a soul, and a spirit that is stubborn, selfish and rebellious. With that being said the rift between us and God grew. Our free will made it impossible for us to bridge the gap between us and God alone. It doesn’t matter how nice we are, how many good things we do, or the kinds of things we own. It doesn’t even matter how many times a week you are inside a church. As we spoke yesterday, Jesus was sent here to live the purest of lives and then give up His life for us. He was the bridge that man needed to be able to be close to God.  

Jesus, so long ago, gave Himself at the cross for you and me. This isn’t a myth or a story it happened just as the Bible tells you it did. I urge you to study your bible long and hard over the course of the next few days. Remember to praise Jesus for his pain and suffering. He did that of his own accord which the following verses will explain. 

John 10: 17-18 17”The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again.” 18”No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”No one took Jesus’ life; He simply gave it to them. He did that for you and for me because the only punishment for sin is death. He died so that we would have everlasting life with the Father. With His life, death, and resurrection, if we can accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior, we can be saved and forgiven for our sins. 

Jesus heard the call of His father and followed it without question. If we would just open our hearts and our minds and follow God, as He has commanded us to do, we will be able to begin to grow and have a relationship with our Lord. Be fearful of the consequences if you ignore the call. For the punishment is death and eternal separation form God. That isn’t anything I want for any of us.  

We all know that tomorrow is not a guarantee, get yourself right with the Lord today. You and I both will be glad you did. I call on you to pray the following prayer with me today, and let your relationship with God begin to grow. God loves you and wants you, but the choice is up to you to make. The choice is simple, life or death? I will choose life. Please pray with me. Dear Father,

I now believe that Jesus Christ is Your only begotten Son, that He came to our earth in the flesh and died on the cross to take away all of my sins and the sins of this world. I believe that Jesus Christ then rose from the dead on the third day to give all of us eternal life.

Lord Jesus,

I now confess to You, all of the wrong and sinful things that I have ever done in my life. I ask that You please forgive me and wash away all of my sins by the blood that You have personally shed for me on the cross. I am now ready to accept You as my personal Lord and Savior. I now ask that You come into my life and live with me for all of eternity. Father, Jesus – I now believe that I am truly saved and born again.

God is performing miracles as we speak, I know someone who reads this will be changed for the rest of their life. Please share this with someone today.

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Have a Wonderful Good Friday and Easter weekend!William

Four Laws

Hello again,

Over the course of the next few days I am going to be trying to discuss what is known as the four spiritual laws. The power to change one’s self lies within one area. A strong personal relationship with God is what one needs to be truly happy and saved. You may not even think you are lost but let me tell you I went 28 years with out having a personal relationship with Him and I was so far lost that I am still amazed that God took the time to find me.

The Four Spiritual LawsLaw One: God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life.
God created you. Not only that, He loves you so much that he wants you to spend eternity with Him. Jesus said, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).Jesus came so that each of us could know and understand God in a personal way. Jesus alone can bring meaning and purpose to life. We were created in the image of God, but we did suffer a fall from grace. In order for us to find our place with God we must learn to accept, love and follow Jesus Christ in our daily lives. The first thing we must do is to have faith that God loves us and wants us to have a wonderful life. He created us, why would he not want the best for us? He does, it is that simple. If you have children or know someone that does you see a portion of this love. Why create someone only to see them fail, God did not do that. The punishment for our sin is death, that’s plain and simple. But God gave us an out, because he wants to spend eternity with us. God wants you to be blessed in your time on earth but we have to seek and follow him in order to find purpose in our lives. We feel like our lives are in our hands but they are not. Know that you control nothing; everything you have and will have is because God wills it for you. There will be times when we all will struggle but that my friend is also part of the plan. Without any life experiences how boring of a life would this be. Our walk with God has to be daily. It can not be something that we pick and choose to do when things are going well. I pray that we all will continue to seek God and the path that He has in store for us. You must believe and have faith in what is written in the scripture above. Even more importantly put all of your faith in the Lord and He will bestow blessings upon you that you will not even begin to comprehend. I will end this message and ask that if you are ready to listen to what God is saying to you then please pray this prayer today. If you would like for someone to pray with you then that can be arranged, just let me know. By praying the prayer below you will be taking a huge step and will be forever changed for it.

“Jesus, I want to know you. I want you to come into my life. I’m sorry for the things I’ve done that have broken my relationship with God. Thank you for dying on the cross so that this relationship could be made right. I believe You are the only One who can do this. Only You can give me the power to change and become the person You created me to be. Thank you for forgiving my past mistakes and for giving me eternal life with God. I give my life to You. Please do with it as You wish. Amen.”

I will write about the other 3 spiritual laws in the next few days. God is telling me that people will be reached by this so I ask you all to please send this one to someone you know that needs a relationship with God. If you have any questions about anything please contact me. I don’t have all the answers but I would love to find them together.  

William

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Healing Words

Proverbs 12:18 (New International Version)

18 “Reckless words pierce like a sword,
       But the tongue of the wise brings healing.”

Hello All,

How often in our paths do we cross people whom just seem to rub us the wrong way? We lose out temper and say something that we will regret shortly after. Regret and remorse is one thing but the words can never be taking away. As we are dealing with people in our witnessing and trying to bring them to God we need to be careful in our daily actions. If you are witnessed by others acting out in anger and using harsh words and then the next moment telling them about Gods love and compassion they may think you are a hypocrite. To often many people will tell you they don’t go to church because of the hypocrisy of the church members. They don’t understand how can one be in so love with the Lord but are so hurtful to there fellow man. It is not for us to judge others. We are called on to teach and spread the word with calmness and respect. Your actions today can turn someone away from God tomorrow. We all pass the person in traffic with the cross hanging from the mirror that are giving others the middle finger. Pray for those people because they haven’t found the peace that God will give to the ones who call on Him. Nothing in this world is so bad that we have the right to turn our back on Jesus’ teachings. When you feel the slip of the tongue, within the verse above is called the sword, stop yourself! Pray for strength! And instead of using a harsh word pick up your Bible and tell someone the path to salvation is through Jesus. If we focus on walking and talking like we do on Sunday during the other six days of the week, I promise that we can start to change other peoples outlook on God, Jesus and the church. Please do not be lukewarm in your walk. For Revelation 3:16 says “So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” Our-lives have been perfectly laid out for us in his word. Do not live for yourself, live for God and as close to God as we humanly can.Thank you again for taking the time to read this, and please pass this along to someone it may help. Peace be with you.

William

Easter Week Praise Message

Hello All,            

            I hope you all have an extrodianrly wonderful weekend. I am going to try and expand on the church service last night in todays email. I have spoken before on the trials that we all go though in our lives. Last night, the way that topic was preached and they way I heard it was very powerful. One of the main topics was to not worry about what you don’t have or what may have been taken away but rather to rejoice in what you have left. God has a plan and a purpose for each of us. Just because we don’t seem to understand why we have lost a loved one, or why the economy seems so bleak doesnt mean that we are anyworse for wear. We find it so very easy to praise God and thank Him when things are going our way, but when we have a loss of something we try very hard to get i t back . Listen to what I am saying, I heard it load and clear last night. God is talking to us all, in these very difficult times He is not only talking to us he is yelling at us in our hearts and minds. He will give you everything you need to proceed with His work but you strong enough to listen? Do you even want to listen? I would hope so. Can we let go of our worldly ways in order to understand why we are here? I call on each of us to let go of what we have lost. And will even go as far to say stop chasing what you think you need unless you feel in you heart that God has told you to seek it. Gods word tells us that we do not need it unless he provides it for us. (Isaiah 41:10 NKJV) “Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”We must be continuously seeking Gods path for us. It may not seem clear to us but no matter what may happen to you, Praise God for it. The enemy’ especially in this week will test you and tempt you. The enemy wants you to believe that what you don’t have you needed and that God doesn’t care for you and has taken it away. This is a most glorious week, without this week so many years ago, we would still be lost. Some of us still are but we don’t have to be. The enemy doesnt want for you to give any Glory to God for what God has given us. Rebuke the Enemy in Jesus’ name. Glorify and worship Him during your day. Pray many times today and throughout out the week. I urge us all to be clear in our thoughts, be thankful and give all the glory to God. Psalms 121:1-2 NKJV) “I will lift up my eyes to the hills; From whence comes my help? {2} My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.” This morning I received some messages wishing me a happy St. Patrick’s Day. This generally is a day that people celebrate by partying and drinking. But do you really want to be three sheets to the wind on the day Jesus returns? That day is drawing near so you must live like it could be today. Instead of partying today try reading your bibles and praying to the Lord. Jesus gave himself up for you and I. Shouldn’t we do everything we can to praise him, especially this week? Of course we should!I know this email will reach someone who will change their lives today and I know someone will be affected for the better. We have no power but the power from God. Through him you can bless many and save lives today. Will we do what it takes to make a difference in someones life? We are all sinners and we always will be. We can not change that. But we can strive to seek God daily and thank Him for loving us so much as we have read in John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,^[a] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” I know that it is a very commonly known verse but just realize how strong a verse it is. We find it hard to give a dollar to the man on the street but God gave his only Son to us so we could be saved. The path is laid out pretty simple. Please walk the path with me. What will you give up to try and save someone this week? Just a kind word and a few moments of time to try and explain why you love God so much could help open someone’s eyes. We all have loved ones who need God. And I’m also sure we all have someone we don’t like or who doesn’t like us. No matter whom you know that is lost please just reach out to someone this week. If you are a Christian and want to serve God, then spread His word especially during this Easter season. You will be blessed for it. If you are reading this and you feel you need to be reached out to, let me know. Please don’t wait until tomorrow for today could be the day of His coming. William