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Christian Cowboys and Friends P.O. Box 187 Blanco, TX 78606

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Vol 21 Issue 5

Presenting Jesus - He still cares-

September/October 2017

INTRODUCTION: My name is Ronnie Christian. I am a rodeo cowboy who loves Jesus and wants to bring others to know Him. I am a Lifetime Gold Card Member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. VISION: Reach rodeo cowboys and cowgirls with the Good News that Jesus loves them and Jesus Saves. Through this, their families, friends, and the many people they contact around the world, including ranchers and others in the horse and livestock industry will know God cares for them and Jesus is Lord. EXPECTATION: See people saved, set free, healed spiritually, physically, and emotionally, filled with the Holy Sprit, and living a life pleasing to God.

The Greatest Blessing Forgiveness Of Sin Romans 4:7-8 New King James Version (NKJV) 7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered; 8 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin.” 8 “BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.” In the New American Standard Bible). I read the Scripture above in my morning reading recently and thought, “This is the greatest blessing!- to have our sins forgiven, never to be counted against us.” God truly is a God of mercy. Mercy means we do not get what we deserve. We deserve punishment, death, hell. God gives us us blessings, abundant life, eternal life, heaven. But there are a lot of people who have not received forgiveness of sins. They have not asked for forgiveness. They have not confessed their sins. One of the best prayers in the Bible is found in Luke 18:13 where the tax gatherer said, “God, be merciful to me, the sinner!” and he was justified and forgiven by God. (See Luke 18:9-13) Matthew 18:11 “For the Son of Man (Jesus) has come to save that which was lost.” Jesus came to save us, to forgive us, to receive us, to accept us----NOT to condemn us. That was His purpose when He came to earth. John 3:17 “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” But still forgiveness is not automatic. We have our part to do. It is the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross when He took our sins upon Himself that we are able to have life and life eternal. It is the Blood of Jesus that cleanses us. We have to confess our sins to the Father in heaven and receive Jesus as Savior and Lord for forgiveness and to get the benefits of what he provides for us. 1 John 1:7-9 “7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” When God cleanses you from ALL your sins , how much do you have left in you? “NONE!” When God forgives he forgives completely, and even forgets it. Several hundred years before Jesus died for us the prophet Jeremiah pointed to the New Covenant that God would provide through His Son Jesus Christ. Jeremiah 31:31-34 “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day

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Heath Ford

Miracles Still Happen With Jesus! Life With Cowboy, Bareback Rider, Minister of the Gospel Hebrews 13:8 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

Heath Ford made a decision at a young age to receive Jesus as Savior and the Lord of his life. He did not waver. As a young contestant he would listen to the Holy Spirit about his decisions in life, his rodeo schedule and his career. He understands that the power of God through Jesus Christ His Son is available to us now in the world we live in. Miracles of God have been experienced on several occasions when Heath was healed super naturally by Jesus our Healer. I ordained Heath as a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ at a Cowboy Church service at the rodeo in Marshall, Texas in October 1, 2010. In this article is a testimony of two miracles in his life. But first

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