God's News 4~2Day’s Inspirational August 15th 2019
Studied with the King James Bible
 
 
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASKED?
 
 
Have you ever been asked by someone who doesn’t know who Jesus is, why you believe you were saved and how you knew you were? And they wanted the Jesus you knew.
If you have, how did you reply? What would you say to bring the power of the Holy Spirit onto the scene?
 
(Mark 16:15) 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
 
 
Folks, when someone meets you and you have a chance to lead them to Jesus Christ. Do you know that it’s every Christians’ responsibility to take any opportunity to lead anyone who’s seeking to know Christ, to Christ? Thus, introducing them to the Jesus you have. Every Christian knows the only way to get to Heaven is through our Lord Jesus Christ.
 So, folks, I would tell them I know for sure I will live in Heaven because I trusted in faith that Jesus Christ is my Savior. And I confessed my sins to Jesus Christ who is the Son of God. I know I have been forgiven and cleansed from all unrighteousness by the sacrificed blood of my Lord Jesus. See> (1 John 1:9) 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness
 
 
 
My final thoughts
Folks, you'll never know when the time will come that you along with your Lord will lead others to Him.  Perhaps it already has, and your waiting for your next opportunity to lead others to Christ. It is a wonderous feeling of overwhelming grace when God uses us to bring another member into His Heavenly family. I can't put the feeling into words. All I can tell you is the first time God led me to lead another man to Him was during a time I wasn’t living a Christians lifestyle. But God used me anyways, Folk’s our Father God used me, a fallen child of His.
Still today I remember feeling God’s Holy Spirit running through my body. You see folks, I'd only know this young man a few days. Tim was critically ill when he suddenly came up behind me as if led to me. Tim asked how he would be sure he'd get to Heaven. I felt Jesus almost instantly after I heard the question.
 
 
 
You see folks, Jesus never leaves us or forsakes us, we are the ones who led astray from Him. God used me that day to write a prayer for forgiveness for Tim to read every night before bed. A few days later during service our pastor announced that Tim had died during his sleep and laying on his chest under his hands was the sinner's prayer.  instantly huge goosebumps covered my arms. I mean these babies were huge. At the end of the service I renewed my life with Christ and though my path has been rough I have never once again left my Lord and Savior. Amen
 
 
 
A moment in prayer.
Lord, I come before you this morning with no needs for you’ve provided all I’ll ever need. Instead I’m praying to thank you for using me when I wanted nothing to do with you. I want to thank you once again for never leaving me when I left you. And for understanding that my heart never left you. Lord, I want to tell you I would not be who I am today if you had never used me as often as you did when I wasn’t walking with you, because every time you did reminding me how much you truly cared and loved me. And you should know Lord. I’ll never be able to thank you for all that you have done for me. You died for me Lord, who does that for someone? In your name I pray with my grateful heart, amen
 
 
 
Rev James Erick
 
(Acts 1:8) 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.