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Monday, March 16, 2015
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Faith by Debbie Wallis
nature and find the real difficulty that is there. When I was in my twenties I cried out to the Lord and He heard my tears. As I look back to when I was saved I can see the Father drawing me to Jesus Christ and orchestrating every situation that happened in my life to Him. The Holy Spirit is a watchman that hears the cries of the lost and leads them to the true salvation of Jesus. The Holy Spirit seeks the lost, the poor, the humble and the meek then leads them to Jesus the Savior. “Blessed is the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven,” Matthew 5:3. “Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth,” Matthew 5:5. “Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with your righteousness, for they shall be filled,” Matthew 5:6. My spirit was whole heart,” Jeremiah 29:13. poor and I was hungry and thirsty Christianity is not a religion. Religion is when man tries to work for righteousness. Being hungry is a good thing. There is a certain his way to God. Christianity is sense of desperation that God coming to man through Jesus. Jesus said, “No one is able accompanies hunger. I wanted more than the way I was living. I to come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will was desperate to be righteous and raise him up at the last day,” John tired of being self-righteous. I desired the righteousness of God in 6:44. He will raise us from our my soul, in my decisions, in my dead sinful nature and the angels will rejoice. This became a visual home, in my business, in the way I treated everyone and everything. to me when our youngest child walked away from me in a mall. I When I ask Jesus to forgive my sins and to be in my life I knew my life was frantic to find him and at the would never be the same. I knew same time he was crying out to me. When we found each other it Jesus was the one I had been missing all my life. I knew He was a happy reunion. We ran to cared for me and loved me. Now each other and embraced like we that I recognize His presence and I would never let each other go! know He was there from that time The onlookers rejoiced! as a child when I ask Him to come I asked Jesus into my heart when I into my heart. I’d felt Him reaching out to me even before I was a was a child visiting my aunt’s Christian. Jesus always had His church. I wasn’t born into a eye on me and He touched me with Christian home and my parents His Spirit when I was alone and didn’t take me to church. Life happens and I was quick to forget desperate and cried out to be found. He ran to me and I ran to Him and the safety I felt that day in the the angels rejoiced! arms of my Savior. It takes the Almighty, All Knowing God to get James 4:6-8 says that the Lord down into the depth of a man’s
gives much grace and that is why He will resist the proud and give grace to the humble. Pride says, “I’ll do it my way and in my timing and I ‘m not ready for God in my life right now.” Humility says, “I’m lost without You, God. I’ll do it Your way. I believe You are who You say You are and I am who You say I am.” If you have never experienced the wonderful relief of relying on the Lord, I invite you today. He is
waiting. Cry out to Jesus in your own words, in your own way and He will hear you and deliver you from yourself, your pride, your selfishness and your messy life. “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with your whole heart,” Jeremiah 29:13. And the angels will rejoice! If you don’t have a Bible please contact me at sfadebbie@yahoo.com and I will get you one.
Kingdom Country Academy
Continued from Page #6 "People who are making decisions, selected as the name and is based which would be our legislatures on Luke 17:21 when Jesus is and administrators have lost touch talking to the Pharisees. "You with what is going on in the won't be able to say, 'Here it is!' or classroom and to watch the 'It's over there!' For the Kingdom lightbulb come on whenever a of God is already among you." child understands a concept." says Stephens. "Having lost touch, they Stephens says that Howe High aren't meeting the needs." School teacher Donna Jarma was a heavy influence on her and that Stephens says that one-on-one Howe schools served her well learning or much smaller because she was able to go on and classrooms is the key. She says obtain her masters degree. But the that learning is about learning and changes in the school system in not strict testing. regards to the testing philosophies and the absence of God has made "I don't know what happened and her think twice about the public why that became the panacea." said school system. Stephens. "I often wondered if it was the bottom line of money. I'm "In the beginning, the public pretty sure the testing industry is school paradigm was helpful in the making a pretty good share. The 1900's. It was based off of Sunday poor counselors that have to School." says Stephens. "Then administrate and follow all of that from there it's become so mess is just sad." secularized and it's become so far Kingdom Country Academy was
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