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Date Posted: 14:21:07 03/18/02 Mon
In reply to:
Dave
's message, "I love Sundays" on 17:29:33 03/17/02 Sun
AMEN! I feel like a dancin! Praise you Lord Jesus!
>I was thinking on the way to Church how nice God is to
>me. Now that my eyes aren't so good as they used to be
>he's made my part wider so I can still comb my hair.
>
>Lent is all about the lengths Jesus Christ had to go
>to in saving us from our stupidities. Today, then, was
>Recovery
>Sunday at St Mark's. Our service and sermon were
>based around the AA 12-Step program. Brought back some
>memories, but thay don't hurt now nearly as much as
>they used to. And more joy that I'm still alive!!! I
>got awful close to the Great Dark, back there, and he
>pulled me away.
>
>But that's exactly what he came here for!!! God asked
>Ezekial, "Mortal, can these bones live?" Eze 37:3-14.
>Then God took those dry dead bones and raised them and
>put flesh on them and they lived. And God's people
>said, "Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost; we
>are cut off completely". But the Lord God replied,
>"I will open up your graves and bring you up out of
>your graves". And he brought them back to him and
>they knew he is the Lord God who puts his Spirit in
>them and gives them life.
>
>Wow! Because that's what happened to me! And I've seen
>it happen to others. Truly, awsome!
>
>Psa 130:1-8 From the depths of my despair I call to
>you, LORD. Hear my cry, O Lord; listen to my call for
>help! If you kept a record of our sins, who could
>escape being condemned? But you forgive us, so
>that we should stand in awe of you. I wait eagerly for
>the LORD's help, and in his word I trust. I wait for
>the Lord more eagerly than sentries wait for the
>dawn--- than sentries wait for the dawn. Israel,
>trust in the LORD, because his love is constant and
>he is always willing to save. He will save his
>people Israel from all their sins.
>
>Paul went on to point out that we have become slaves
>to Christ, and we are in his hands, and have been set
>free from death. The end of our slavery is eternal
>life. For the wage of sin is death, but the free
>gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
>Lord. Ro 6:16-23.
>
>Jesus proved that not even a stinking 4-day dead body
>is beyond his saving. He commanded Lazarus to come out
>of his death and he did. Joh 11:1-44.
>
>And, after Lazarus came out, Jesus commanded,
>"Unbind him, and let him go". That's
>exactly what he's done for us. Me, he brought me back
>from the Great Dark, he unbound me, and he let me go
>from the fear of death.
>
>The sermon, from a recovering alcoholic, pointed out,
>though, that restored life isn't easy. You have to
>come to an ending before there can be a beginning.
>There's a resurrection life, but there has to be a
>Christian life of healing before a person is ready for
>the resurrection life. However, that person is in
>Christ's hands for the needed healing. And Christ is
>very patient, one day at a time, until the healing is
>complete. That applies not only to alcoholics, but to
>all sins. Take heart!!
>
>The dry bones say, "Lord, have mercy".
>The dead say, "Christ, have mercy".
>We all say, "Lord, grant us thy peace".
>
>And he does. Praise him!
>
>In faith, Dave
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