Meditate on this Christian:

YOU KNOW THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE.

And HE. KNOWS. YOU.

BY NAME. 

If you reeaaally let that sink in, you’ll be like my friend the other night praying before she drifted off to sleep. She said she had a list of people to pray for, but never made it past “I know the God of the universe, and He knows me by my name.” She kept saying that over and over and over, dumbfounded and humbled.

She said it was unlike the first time she met a celebrity, and they said her name. She got puffed up. She remembered when her husband met a Dallas Maverick’s basketball player, and later overheard him telling someone, “Yeah, I know him.”

“You do?” she said to him. “What’s his phone number? His birthday? His mom’s name?”

He got the point. 

Her husband had gotten puffed up because he had met someone that many would like to meet, but few would.

The exact opposite happens when you know The God of the universe. Not everybody knows Him. Few will, actually.

And it’s humbling.

If He doesn’t know you today, humble yourself and turn from your sin, cry out to him for forgiveness, and trust the Savior (Jesus Christ). The moment you do this,  He will transfer you out of darkness into His marvelous light and He will then know you by name. (2 Tim 2: 19).

I Love Sundays

You may have noticed this Facebook post from yesterday:

(Pastor Emilio – Heritage Grace Sunday School)

And, if you were with me at church yesterday you may remember Pastor Emilio preaching in his sermon about some of the verses in 1 John that speak of loving the brethren, which is what we Christians do, we love each other!  In fact, one of the highlights of the week is getting to go to church because we can’t wait to see our church family and find out how we can serve them.

Emilio quoted verses such as 1 John 2:10 and 1 John 3:14, which speak of that Agape love, but 1 John 4:7 stuck out special for one church member who was listening. It says, “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.” It stuck out to her because that morning as she was getting ready to go to church, and her unbelieving husband (Allen) was leaving to go on another one of his motorcycle rides, he said to her, “I’m going to have more fun than you are today.”

All that to say, #1 Her husband was wrong. #2 And he just affirmed the Bible. #3 Please pray for Allen’s salvation. :-)

4 Benefits Of Rain For The Christian (Especially those in Texas!)

Yesterday I read that Texas has had enough rain (just in the month of May) to cover the whole state by 8 inches. As much as many of us want the rain to go away, there are at least 4 benefits for the Christian, and if you can think of others I’d like to hear them: Here’s the four:

1. This monsoon of rain reminds us that this isn't our home and to not get too comfortable here. There is much work to be done, and Glory awaits!

2. Watching the news and seeing all things not anchored down being swept away by floodwaters reminds us to keep our minds anchored in Truth lest we be swept away by the culture rushing around us. 

3. There's been incredible lightening on display nearly every night. It's both frightening and awesome. Its power caused my friend and I to remain in my car in my driveway for almost 2 hours out of fear of being struck if we got out. And yet that's just a glimpse of how awesome and powerful God is. After all, He made the lightening and controls where it goes. Great reminder.

4. Yesterday, during morning rush hour, traffic came to a sudden stop on the highway because the floodwaters had risen up over the road (pic below). Traffic stood still for hours in both directions until work crews came to the rescue. Seeing all those people sitting there not moving reminds us of Psalm 46:10, “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” And of course, what a great opportunity to get out of your car and pass out tracts!

God has been so patient with the bikers involved in the shootout in Waco, TX, but sadly looks like his patience ran out for 9.

And for those that are left, I have to wonder, "how many God will redeem?"

Some of these guys are the worst of the worst, and thankfully God's in the business of redeeming the worst of the worst.

Remember Saul (Paul the apostle). He was a Christian persecutor. He was the worst of the worst, but God gave him a big heart change. Praying the same for those bikers. 

"Now for several days he (Saul) was with the disciples who were at Damascus, and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.” All those hearing him continued to be amazed, and were saying, “Is this not he who in Jerusalem destroyed those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?” But Saul kept increasing in strength and confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ." Acts 9:19-22

From the email bag

"Went to Chick-fil-A for a very late lunch and realized as I was sitting at the window paying that I hadn't handed out a single tract ALL DAY. Thinking quick, I decided to do some drive-thru evangelism. I usually plan when I'm going to do this so that I can listen to the person ordering behind me just to make sure their bill isn't more than I have on me. This time though, I just held my breath and asked, "how much is the guy behind me? I want to pay for him too."  I said a quick prayer while the guy checked. He smiled and said, "$1.94." Then he laughed as I exhaled in relief. 

I hope the guy behind me enjoyed reading the back of his Million Dollars while drinking his free tea."

Available at: www.store.livingwaters.com

Click here to watch my Evangelism Drive Thru Two Minute Tip video so you can try it too. And let me know how it goes!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWGUVTPbn6s

You'll smile big at this one

I was handing out tracts the other day while drinking a really good homemade berry smoothie. It was a good day, the sun was out and I made sure to smile big at people every time I them a gospel tract. 

When I got home I just happened to look in the mirror and to my horror I saw that my teeth were filled with black seeds from the berry smoothie. No wonder people were looking at me weird!

Only One Way

This email was sent to me today:

"You know my friend Rae, well she was telling me today that at the hospital where she works they have Christian Chaplains and Catholic priests and Hindu chaplains, etc, and different rooms for the different religions that patients and families can go into and pray. The Christian Chaplain is there the most, so he has the greatest opportunity to speak to the patients and their families. Today she spoke to him and asked him a question that offended him. Here's the convo:

R: 'So, how do you do it?'

CC: 'Well, depending on what religion they are I'll send them to the Hindu room, or the Buddhist room or whatever.'

R: 'No, I mean how do you do it? Like, you believe in God and that there's only one way, so how do you lead them to the Hindu room knowing that's not the right way.'

CC: 'Well, everyone has their own way to find comfort.'

R: 'Yes, but there's only one way to find true comfort.'

CC: 'Well, I TRY to share the gospel with them…', he huffed.

She just stood there staring at him watching him squirm.

It was a quick conversation, but it made me smile. She's only 20 and a baby Christian. She told me, 'I hope I made an impact on him because every time he sends someone to that Hindu room, he's basically sending them to hell.'"

I hope she made an impact too.