Just a short post today. I was blessed to be able to preach at the A.R.P. on Sunday morning and was truly blessed by the men's testimony time of God's work to transform and deliver, and their praises to God for the gift of His Salvation Army that help to save their lives.
During testimony time (between verses of the singing) here are 3 of the testimonies I wrote down....
1. I no longer try to do spiritual stuff, but I am spiritually living with the goal of heaven.
2. A man praised God for 6 months of sobriety (couldn't recall a time in his adult life going that long), then the said the Lord was restoring his family and he had seen them the past weekend, more than that his dad asked him to kneel with him and pray something (this man said he had never seen his dad nor heard his dad mention any utterance of prayer in his entire life).
3. one man said that he certainly praised God for sobriety but more than that he praised God for a relationship with Jesus because, he said, "Sobriety without God is nothin'"
Sobriety without God is nothing. What good is it to gain the whole world and loose your soul. Not only does God want to fix us in this world to live right for Him, an abundant life free from addiction, but it is to be experienced with Him until we are reunited with Him in heaven for eternity.
Make sure you are right with Jesus your Savior today. May God bless the work of The Salvation Army and its faithful servants in the A.R.P. and A.R.C.'s.
Live holy, preach Jesus!
This reminds me of that song by TobyMac: "I don't wanna gain the whole world, and lose my soul." Have you heard it?
ReplyDeleteHey Chloe, good to hear from you! I have heard the song and agree it's great. Blessings on your summer!
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