You Have Been Adopted

Imagine being a witness of an adoption process.  The prospective parents saying, we'd like to adopt  Johnny, but first we want to know a few things.  Does he have a house to live in?  Does he have money for tuition?  Does he have a ride to school every morning and clothes to wear every day?  Can he prepare his own meals and mend his own clothes?  No agency would stand for such talk.  Its representative would lift her hand and say, wait a minute.  You don't understand.  You don't adopt Johnny because of what he has; you adopt him because of what he needs.  He needs a home. 

The same is true with God.  He doesn't adopt us because of what we have.  He doesn't give us His name because of our wit or wallet or even good attitude....adoption is something we receive, not something we earn.  We are welcome in God's house because we have been adopted by the owner.  God has adopted you.  God sought you, found you, signed the papers and took you home.  It would be enough if God just cleansed your name, but He does more.  God adopted you simply because He wanted to.  You were in His good will and pleasure.  Knowing full well the trouble you would be and the price He would pay, He signed His name next to yours and changed your name to His and took you home.  Your Abba adopted you and became your Father.

Max Lucado

Praise the Lord!

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Revealed by Death

A pastor received a call from a new father, which was not unusual.  The father, however, went on to explain that he wanted the pastor to be present when the mother came out from under the anesthetic and would be told she had given birth to a beautiful baby boy - healthy in every way - but the newborn had no ears.  When the pastor arrived, the nervous father and the doctor went into the room where the mother lay on her bed, now recovered after a hard birth.  The doctor explained that the baby had auditory openings and all the inner ear parts necessary to receive sounds but no fleshy part outside that we commonly call the ear.  The doctor assured the parents that the problem would be corrected when the child's growth was completed and a matching donor was found.

School was a touch experience for this little guy.  He was too well-aware of the stares, whispers, taunts and nicknames given to him by the other kids.  Junior High was the worst of his growing up experiences, but the young man began to adapt and learned to live with his disfigurement.  He became an excellent student and entered college on a scholarship with plans to study geology.  When he was a sophomore in college, his father phoned him and said, Son, we've finally found an ear donor for you.  Plan to come home, because the operation will take place this summer.  The operation came and went as a rousing success.  This young man was so happy as he returned to college in the fall.  His new ears were beautiful, and life took on new meaning for him. 

He graduated with honors and his parents were so proud of him as he left to take a job in the Midwest.  Life was great.  Then a call came from his father who said, son, your mother has had a heart attack.  Please come right home.  The young man arrived on the next flight, only to learn his mother had died before his arrival.  The next day at the funeral home, his father walked with him to the casket where she lay and pushed back his mother's hair to show the son....his mother didn't have any tears!  She gave a part of herself to meet her son's need.

The love of God is greater even than this mother's love.  God gave us more than ears.....He gave His Son!

~John 3:16~  "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life".

by Robert Strand

                                                                Need I say more.......

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Understanding Salvation

Did you know that God wants you to know for sure that you have eternal life?  Eternal life is based on facts found in the bible.

Let's look at the facts:

• Your Assurance is based on the Word of God.
• Your Assurance is based on the Promises of God.
• Your Assurance is based on the Character of God.
• Your Assurance is based on the Spirit of God.

 We urge you to read these helpful verses:
~John 3:16 & 1 John 5:11-13 is the Word of God
~Romans 10:9 & John 5:24 gives you the Promises of God
~1 Corinthian 1:9 & 1Thessalonians 5:24 & Hebrews 10:23 shows the Character of God
~Ephesians 1:13-14 tell us about the Spirit of God

Be Blessed by the Word of God.....  Amen.

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The Spiritual War

PRAY ► PRAY ► PRAY!!!

Are you aware that satan tries really hard to keep you from prayer?  Coming in between you and God by positioning himself to cause chaos in your life.  But when God gives you the power to overcome the tricks of satan, the power to pray,  and the power to trust in His word,  you have won the victory!  Satan becomes spooked when we move forward for God!

Keep pressing forward......

~Deuteronomy 33:27~  "The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you, and will say, "Destroy"!  Amen....

Praying Your Grace, 
Peace and Strength ~ God Bless!

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