I am the ressurection and the life, he who believes in me shall never die.
John 11:26
One night a man had a dream that he was walking along the beach with the Lord.
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand;
one belonging to him, the other belonging to the Lord.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the
footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints, and that it happened at the very lowest
and saddest times in his life...
This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you'd walk with me all the way. But during the most troublesome times in my life
there is only one set of footprints.I don't understand why when I needed you most,
you would leave me."
The Lord replied, "My precious , precious child. I love you, and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of
footprints, it was then that I carried you." Author Unknown
Do you know Jesus as your personal savior? You know you can and he will never let you down.
You can have eternal life too. All you have to do is to ask him into your life and tell him you are sorry for your sins.
He will not ever refuse you or leave you. Just pray this prayer(below) called "The Sinners Prayer".
Jesus said "If you confess me before man I will confess you before
my father in heaven, but if you deny me before man I will deny you before my father in heaven"
Matt. 10:32-33
Repent for the kingdom of God is near.Matt.3:2
The Sinners Prayer
God I know that I am a sinner, but I thank you
for sending Jesus to die on the cross for me, now I turn from my sin and recieve you
by faith. Come into my life and forgive me. I want to be your desciple from this day forward.
Fill me with your holy spirit. Thankyou for accepting me and forgiving me now. In Jesus name I pray Amen.
I tell yout he truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me, has
eternal life and will not be condemned, he has crossed over from death to life. John 5:24
"Yet even now, says the LORD,return to me with your whole heart,with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;
Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God. For gracious and merciful is he,
slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting in punishment."
Joel 2:12-13 (NAB)
God so loved the world that he gave his only son, and whoever believes
in him shall not perish but have eternal life.For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed
in the name of God's one and only son. John 3:16-18
Jesus also said "For if you confess with your lips
that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead
you will be saved. Faith in the heart leads to justification, confession on the lips
to salvation. Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Romans 10:9-11,& 13
For the Lord
himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 17 Then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we
ever be with the Lord. I Thess.(4:16,17)
If my people which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray
and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven
and will forgive their sin and, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14
The New Footprints
Imagine that you and the Lord are walking along the beach together.
For much of the way, the Lord's footprints go along steadily,
consistently, rarely varying in the pace. But yours are a disorganized
stream of zig-zags, starts, stops, turnarounds, circles, departures,
and returns. For much of the way, it seems to go like this. But,
gradually, your footprints come in line with the Lord's, soon
paralling His consistently; you and Jesus are walking as true friends.
This seems perfect, but then an interesting thing happens; you
footprints thatonce etched the sands next to the Master's are now
walking precisely in His steps. Inside His large footprints are the
smaller "sandprints", safely enclosed. You and Jesus are becoming one,
and this goes on for many miles. Then you gradually notice another
change: the prints inside Jesus' footprints seem to grow larger.
Eventually the difference disappears entirely, and there is only one
set of footprints--they have become one, and again, this goes on for a
long time. Then something awful happens. The second set of footprints
is back, and this time, it seems even worse than before: zig-zags all
over . . .stops . . . starts . . . deep gashes in the sand--a
veritable mess of prints.
You're amazed and shocked. Now you speak, "Lord, I understand the
first scene with all the jumbled, erratic prints. I was a new
Christian, just learning. But You walked on and helped me learn to
walk with You."
"Yes, you're right," replies Jesus.
"Then, when the smaller footprints were inside of Yours, I was
actually learning to walk in Your steps."
"Yes", Jesus replies.
You go on, saying,"I followed You very closely."
Jesus smiles. "Very Good; you have understood everything so far."
"Then my smaller footprints grew and eventually filled in with
Yours. I suppose that I was actually growing so much spiritually that
I was becoming more like You in every way."
"Yes", Jesus answers,"you are correct."
"But this is my question, Lord. Did I regress? The footprints went
back to two separate sets, and this time the disarray was worse than
the first."
Jesus smiles, then laughs. "You didn't know?" He says. "That was
when we danced!"
For he will turn your mourning into dancing!
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