I AM RE-POSTING THIS FOR SOMEONE THAT MAY NEED TO HEAR THIS.  I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE BLESSED BY THIS MESSAGE.  HAVE A MAGNIFICENT DAY!

FOR MANY YEARS MY HEART HAS BEEN TO SHARE JESUS WITH  OTHERS.  I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO BE A CHRISTIAN AND HOW IT WILL TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY CHANGE YOUR LIFE.  I WAS RAISED IN CHURCH AND I LOVED GOING TO CHURCH.  MY PARENTS NEVER HAD TO MAKE ME GET UP AND GET READY TO GO, IT WAS A PLACE I WAS DRAWN TO. MY FIRST PASTOR WAS A FEMALE..YES A FEMALE..AND SHE LOVED THE LORD WITH ALL OF HER BEING.  HER NAME WAS REVEREND FARRAH IN BELLEVILLE, NEW JERSEY.  THE NAME OF THE CHURCH WAS LITTLE ZION AND IT WAS LOCATED ON STEVENS STREET.  OF COURSE I HAD BEEN TO OTHER CHURCHES, BUT THAT PLACE WAS SO FULL OF THE LOVE OF GOD.  NO ONE IN THERE WAS PERFECT, BUT YOU KNEW YOU WERE LOVED.

I FINALLY ACCEPTED CHRIST WHEN I WAS 15 AND REVEREND FARRAH BAPTIZED ME IN MONTCLAIR NEW JERSEY.  WHEN SHE TOOK ME DOWN IN THE WATER AND SAID “I BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST”…SHE PULLED ME UP, LOOKED ME STRAIGHT IN MY EYES AND TO MY SURPRISE AND PARTIAL FEAR…SHE DID IT AGAIN.  I DON’T KNOW TO THIS DAY WHY SHE DID THAT, BUT SHE SAW SOMETHING.

WHEN I WAS 18 I BACK SLID WHILE STILL IN CHURCH..SINGING ON THE CHOIR AND STILL LOVING JESUS.  I WAS NOT LIVING THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN, BUT ON SUNDAY I WAS IN CHURCH.   YET IN STILL I WAS NOT LIVING THE LIFE THAT JESUS DIED FOR ME TO LIVE.  IT WOULD AMAZE ME THAT PEOPLE WOULD ASK ME IF I WAS A CHRISTIAN AND I WOULD SAY YES…ALMOST TOO QUICKLY AT TIMES. I ALWAYS WANTED TO HELP SOMEONE AND I KNEW IN MY HEART THAT I WAS NOT BEING WHO I WAS CREATED TO BE.  I KNEW THAT I WAS NOT EVEN LIVING THE LIFE MY PARENTS RAISED ME TO LIVE.

WHEN I WAS 26 I REDEDICATED MYSELF TO THE LORD.  I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY.  IT WAS A SUNDAY MORNING AND EASTER DAY.  MY SISTER-IN-LAW BRENDA AND HER HUSBAND HUMPHREY WERE WITH ME THAT DAY.  WE WERE ALL AT GILL CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH IN COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WHERE PASTOR NEAL PRESIDED …….AND HE DID AN ALTAR CALL LIKE HE DID EVERY SUNDAY, BUT ON THIS DAY MY HEART WAS BEING PULLED TO THE FRONT AND OF COURSE MY BODY HAD TO FOLLOW.  BRENDA AND HUMPHREY CAME UP TOO.  WE WERE ALL RE BAPTIZED AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.  I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET IT.  FROM THAT MOMENT MY LIFE CHANGED.

THE THREE OF US ALONG WITH OUR KIDS WOULD GO TO REED STREET, WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS A ROUGH AREA AND WITNESS TO PEOPLE.  WE WOULD SET UP IN AN EMPTY LOT WITH BARS ALL AROUND.  SOMEONE ASKED ME ONCE IF I WAS AFRAID AND I TOLD THEM THAT GOD WAS IN ME, WENT BEFORE ME AND SURROUNDED ME, SO NO, I WAS NOT AFRAID.  I MISS SHARING THE WORD OF GOD WITH OTHERS, SO I HAVE DECIDED THAT IN THE AGE OF BLOGS I COULD STILL SHARE AND PRAYERFULLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD.

THIS BLOG SITE WILL BE UPDATED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH NEW MESSAGES.  SOME OF THEM WILL BE MESSAGES THAT GOD GAVE ME TO TEACH IN THE PAST; SOME WILL BE MESSAGES I HAVE HEARD; LIFES EXPERIENCES; AND NEW MESSAGES THAT GOD HAS PUT IN MY HEART TO SHARE.  IF ANYONE HAS A REQUEST OF A MESSAGE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE POSTED,  PLEASE LET ME KNOW.   THIS BLOG SITE WILL NOT BE ABOUT POLITICS OR ABOUT BASHING ANYONE ELSE.  I SIMPLY WANT TO SHARE WHAT HAS BEEN ON MY HEART FOR YEARS TO SHARE AND LIKE I SAID TO PRAYERFULLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONES LIFE.

IF AFTER READING A MESSAGE AND SOMETHING TOUCHES YOUR LIFE OR THE LIFE OF SOMEONE YOU SHARE IT WITH, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.  I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.  I WILL NOT RESPOND TO ANY NEGATIVE POSTS, SO IF YOU GO IN THAT DIRECTION, KNOW IN ADVANCE THAT YOU WILL NOT HEAR FROM ME.  THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE FOR BEING A PART OF THIS BLOG MINISTRY. GOD BLESS.

What it means to be saved

Salvation is a free gift that The Lord God gave, but you have to accept it.  Jesus came to save us from sin and the only way to God is through Jesus.  Some people think if they join a church, sing on the choir, preach, teach, usher, etc. that they are saved.  The problem with that is that your works mean nothing without Jesus,

Some folks say, well I am a good person or I give my "tithe" every Sunday or I have been Baptized,  When some are asked if they are a Christian,,,They will say I go to such a such church.  All of that is great if you first excepted Jesus as your personal Savior.

I remember Pastor Holcomb, from a church in Texas where I lived for a few years, gave an awesome example using a true story.  During one of the world series a hitter struck what he thought was a home run. He ran around 1st, 2nd, 3rd and then home...as he slid into home base and everyone was cheering,  the umpire said " you're out".  Havoc swept the crowd and the runner couldn't believe what the umpire had said.  When the noise died down, the umpire explained "you didn't touch first base" so you are OUT.

Can you imagine standing before the Lord and He tells you that you are out!  You start to tell him about all of your good works, how active you were in church, your community, etc. He listens and then says "Yes you did all of those things but you didn't do the most important thing and that was to accept Me as your Lord and Savior!!! You didn't "touch" First base First"!!!!!

God made it very easy and He explained it very clearly in the Bible.  Don't make it hard.  You don't have to quit this or that.  Accept Christ as your Savior to be born-again, saved!  Then find a church that teaches Jesus and is filled with the Holy Spirit and I don't mean shouting, hollering, dancing, running around, speaking in tongues; although there is nothing wrong with any of that, but make sure that Jesus is in the House.