Thanksgiving

I want to God for my family, friends and my Savior and Lord Jesus through His shed blood on the old rugged cross!

 John 3:16

Who is this King?

Who is King?

 

“Who is this King? 

    The Lord strong and mighty.” Psalm 24:8

 

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The Lady, and a boy in a pickle!

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In Acts chapter 11

 

The Lady and the Boy in the Pickle

 

  Many years ago, in a time, and space that cannot be replaced was an elderly, chubby, cheerful British “Lady.”

 

  Ms. Hall was a loving, kind, gentle, but firm school teacher.  Her home was in beautiful Kingston, Jamaica in the West Indies where I lived. Ms. Hall was my elementary teacher.

 

  Why was she so very special to me?  I was a slow learner, had a difficult time in reading comprehension and I was in a pickle. You see in order to move on to the next grade I had to pass the reading class and that was not about to happen any time soon.

 

     Ms. Hall, she saw that I was in a pickle,a fearful young lad. She took me under a tree and began the long road to teach me how to read and comprehend what I read. How was she able to do this? Her character and attitude was different from other teachers? She was capable, kind, faithful and patient.

 

 There is a passage that describes her and it’s found in Acts Chapter 11 verse twenty four concerning a man called Barnabas.

 

 

   “For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith.”

 

   Why was Mrs. Hall a great person and teacher that influence me? Why was Barnabas a person that influences people?

 

·        I believe they both possessed the character trait of goodness.  The word good here is competency, capable of accomplishing great things to help others.

 

·       I believe that they both passed and demonstrated faith in God and people.

                                                                                      What is faith?  Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the convictions not seen.”

 

·       I believe that in Barnabas he was full of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit lives in us when we get saved and gives us power to live life fully and meet the challenges of life.

 

   Mrs. Hall even though she had faith to tackle daily life her faith turned a different corner and gave her a new meaning for living when she accepted Jesus into her heart.

 

  Now here is where it gets very interesting, I came from college in America to visit my home which was in Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies during the Christmas break. I was invited to preach at my home church “Grace Missionary” I invited Mrs. Hall to come and hear me preach, and when the invitation was given, Mrs. Hall came forward and accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior and Lord.

 

  The lady that led me to read, I was able to lead her to a saving faith in Jesus!

 

 Dear friends, we need hope today! So many people are living in fear and are in a pickle. We need good people, full of the Holy Ghost are  faithful, to live and give hope to the hopless.

 I believe that hope comes through Jesus!  God richly loves you so very much that He sent His only Son Jesus, to die on the cross for our sins, that whoever call on Him, and repent of their sin will receive eternal life, peace and hope!

   Would you pray this simple prayer with me,” Dear Lord Jesus, I am a sinner, I repent of my sin, come into my heart today in Jesus name amen!”

 

Love,

Eddie