DON"T Live For Today.....

The old saying goes, "Live for today, for tomorrow we shall die".  There is another saying, "He that dies with the most toys wins".  Yet another says, "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you die".  Whoever was responsible for these sayings had no concept or knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ nor of God in general.  These statements are self serving and ignorant and have led many, many people astray and put them on the road to hell.  Heaven is a true place as is hell.  And you alone determine where you will spend eternity.  Don't let the ignorance of those around you influence your life to the point of just plain stupid decisions that can affect your eternity.  Your acceptance of Jesus as your Lord and Savior is not a free pass to continue a sinful life and get into heaven anyway.

 

That may sound like a very harsh statement, but someone has got to step up to the plate and deliver the news that, whether you believe it or not, there is a heaven and a hell and you WILL spend eternity in one of these places.  There is no in between.  And there will be no parties in hell.

 

Bill Wiese wrote a book called, 23 Minutes in Hell.  He tells the story of how God allowed him to see, smell and experience hell.  It was not a dream.  He was literally transported to hell.  I advise everyone to read this book.  To read it is to experience terror on a new level.  You will never have a wishy-washy attitude towards hell ever again.  Not only will you never want to go there, you will not ever want even your worst enemy to go there.  I hear people all the time casually expressing themselves in anger by saying, "Go to hell".  What a curse to send to someone.  Read this book and I guarantee that you will never say it, even in jest, ever again.

 

What can we do to insure that we never enter the gates of hell?  Start by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.  Then you must turn your old ways into the ways of Christ Himself.  You CANNOT remain with old friends that do not accept Jesus.  You cannot continue to go to the places that you used to go to and do the things that you used to do.  The road to heaven is a narrow road indeed. (Matthew 7:13)  But what is so bad about being good?  Most people think that everything that you have to do to get through life such as work and study and church and giving of your time to help those in need are the bad things in life.  And they think that drugs, and music, and sex, and living for the next party is what makes life good.  How misguided!  How sad!  How tragic!  Multiple millions are on the road to hell with this thought pattern and I am here to tell you, to implore you, to not be one of them.  Let us all strive to live Godly lives and be an example to the world.  Let us strive to take anger, hatred, lust and filthy language out of our way of life.  On our jobs, let's set an example of hard work and honesty and integrity that is above reproach.  Let's make it so the worst thing anyone that is still in the world can say about us is that we are just so darn nice and good that it makes them sick.  Now there is a compliment I like to hear.  Remember, we are in this world but not of it.  Romans 12:2 says, "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."  Once you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you no longer are living for yourself.  But you must strive to become like Him and to be a light unto the world.  You must set an example for others to follow.  And they just might follow your example all the way to their own salvation.  It is no longer your life because it was bought with a price.  And that price was the shed blood of our Savior, Jesus.  So starting tomorrow morning, if you already are not on the right path, renew and rededicate your life to Him.  1 Peter 2:12 says, "Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us." NAJD.  When all is said and done, and Jesus returns to claim His sheep, make sure that you are found in His herd.  Make sure that you have a lot of company with you when He comes.  Our true job in this world is to lead everyone we possibly can to Jesus.  If you do this, you will always be about your Father's business and you won't ever again be able to just live for today...Patti

 

 

 

 

 

 

Send Forth the Good News....

Jesus is soon coming. Revival is starting to break out. The news media
would never touch a story like this...so we must.

In what might prove to be the crowning achievement of an illustrious career
in ministry, the 87-year-old evangelist, Billy Graham shocked the 16,300 in
attendance at the Celebration of Hope crusade in New Orleans Arena on
Sunday Night. Touted in advance as possibly his last Evangelistic crusade,
Graham invited the packed house of evangelical Christians and the hundreds
of new converts to join him on the one mile walk from the arena to New
Orleans' infamous Bourbon Street. "While we have seen God do tremendous
things here the past couple of evenings. Yes, it is true that a great
healing and a great many salvations have occurred within the confines of
this auditorium. Still yet, there lies a great mountain in this city which
needs to be conquered."

Then taking from the Biblical Book of Joshua Chapter 14 he read, "I am this
day, eighty-five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as on the day
that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for
war, both for going out and for coming in. Now therefore, give me this
mountain of which the Lord spoke in that day," his voice suddenly sounding
more forceful than during his 22 minute sermon.

"I last preached in the City of New Orleans in 1954 and I felt then that
there was some unfinished business. Tonight, in what very well might be my
last evangelistic service, I aim to finish that business and lead as many of
you that would follow me to the multitude of lost souls that fill Bourbon
Street tonight. That is my mountain! That is where we shall see the
harvest!" said Graham as the stadium erupted in cheers that lasted the next
several minutes.

Utilizing a waiting mobility scooter, the elder Graham joined his son and
heir to the ministry, Franklin across the Arena floor and through the opened
doors leading towards the French Quarter. In a show of solidarity and
determination reminiscent of civil rights marches of the 1960's, nearly the
entire capacity crowd joined in the 20 minute trek while singing, "When the
Saints Go Marching In". As the march crossed Canal Street and headed
northward towards Bourbon Street, many onlookers stood in stunned silence
as the massive crowd of people began singing in unison the Christian hymn,
Amazing Grace. Upon entering the west end of Bourbon Street, Billy Graham
was soon recognized by partiers. Soon those joining in the march began to
approach those partying on Bourbon Street with the Gospel message that they
had heard preached just a half hour before. Graham himself joined with a
group of local street evangelist in ministering to a man who had survived
Hurricane Katrina in the lower 9th Ward. Within 30 minutes the entirety of
Bourbon Street was packed with Christians and the once blaring music of
nightclubs and strip joints had been replaced by weeping and worship as
people poured out their drinks and sought prayer from the Christians who
were now reaching out to them.

"I have never seen anything like this in my life," said 20 years New
Orleans Police Department veteran, Tom Phillips. "This is unbelievable! We
thought a riot was going to break out, but this looks more like a Revival
than a riot!" Two hours later, a glowing Graham sat back down on his scooter
and smiled. "Now I know how the Apostle Paul must have felt at the end of
his ministry. Do the work of an evangelist; make full proof of thy ministry.
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the
faith."

Hours later hundreds of Christians remained on the street ministering to
the many people eagerly waiting to receive prayer and ministry. New Orleans
will never be the same. And the press remained mute on this "news item?"
Did anyone see it on TV/hear it on radio/read it in the paper? Why are we
not surprised? Can't have THAT just prior to a major election, now, can we?
Well, just on a whim, spread the news, anyway. It cost our elder brother,
Billy Graham, more than any of us know to make that effort. The least we
can do is publicize it.

Jesus is coming soon...send forth the good news...Patti

A Report to His People....

Today I am sharing a report that I received from a friend about Mardi
Gras...the media would not touch such a story!

In what might prove to be the crowning achievement of an illustrious career
in ministry, the 87-year-old evangelist, Billy Graham shocked the 16,300 in
attendance at the Celebration of Hope crusade in New Orleans Arena on Sunday
Night. Touted in advance as possibly his last Evangelistic crusade, Graham
invited the packed house of evangelical Christians and the hundreds of new
converts to join him on the one mile walk from the arena to New Orleans'
infamous Bourbon Street. "While we have seen God do tremendous things here
the past couple of evenings. Yes, it is true that a great healing and a
great many salvations have occurred within the confines of this auditorium.
Still yet, there lies a great mountain in this city which needs to be
conquered."

Then taking from the Biblical Book of Joshua Chapter 14 he read, "I am
this day, eighty-five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as on the
day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength
for war, both for going out and for coming in. Now therefore, give me this
mountain of which the Lord spoke in that day," his voice suddenly sounding
more forceful than during his 22 minute sermon." I last preached in the City
of New Orleans in 1954 and I felt then that there was some unfinished
business. Tonight, in what very well might be my last evangelistic service,
I aim to finish that business and lead as many of you that would follow me
to the multitude of lost souls that fill Bourbon Street tonight. That is my
mountain! That is where we shall see the harvest!" said Graham as the
stadium erupted in cheers that lasted the next several minutes.

Utilizing a waiting mobility scooter, the elder Graham joined his son and
heir to the ministry, Franklin across the Arena floor and through the
opened doors leading towards the French Quarter. In a show of solidarity
and determination reminiscent of civil rights marches of the 1960's, nearly
the entire capacity crowd joined in the 20 minute trek while singing, "When
the Saints Go Marching In". As the march crossed Canal Street and headed
northward towards Bourbon Street, many onlookers stood in stunned silence
as the massive crowd of people began singing in unison the Christian hymn,
Amazing Grace. Upon entering the west end of Bourbon Street, Billy Graham
was soon recognized by partiers.

Soon those joining in the march began to approach those partying on Bourbon
Street with the Gospel message that they had heard preached
just a half hour before. Graham himself joined with a group of local street
evangelist in ministering to a man who had survived Hurricane Katrina in
the lower 9th Ward. Within 30 minutes the entirety of Bourbon Street was
packed with Christians and the once blaring music of nightclubs and strip
joints had been replaced by weeping and worship as people poured out their
drinks and sought prayer from the Christians who were now reaching out to
them." I have never seen anything like this in my life," said 20 years New
Orleans Police Department veteran, Tom Phillips. "This is unbelievable! We
thought a riot was going to break out, but this looks more like a Revival
than a riot!"

Two hours later, a glowing Graham sat back down on his scooter and smiled.
"Now I know how the Apostle Paul must have felt at the end of his ministry.
Do the work of an evangelist; make full proof of thy ministry. For I am now
ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought
a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith."

Hours later hundreds of Christians remained on the street ministering to
the many people eagerly waiting to receive prayer and ministry. New Orleans
will never be the same. And the press remained mute on this "news item?"
Did anyone see it on TV/hear it on radio/read it in the paper? Why are we
not surprised? Can't have THAT just prior to a major election, now, can we?
Well, just on a whim, spread the news, anyway.
It cost our elder brother, Billy Graham, more than any of us know to make
that effort. The least we can do is publicize it.

Jesus is coming VERY soon my dear readers. Let us herald His soon coming
with reports of revival starting to break out across this country and around
the world. Start a revival where you are. Spread the good news of Jesus
Christ....Patti