I went to the jail for my monthly service tonight. There were about 25 men at the Annex Service. God is very much seen at those services. The men are truly struggling to walk with Lord. These men are the trustees and easier managed inmate.
In the day-room of the old jail we have a different type of inmate. These men are charged with the more serious crime. They too struggle to walk with the Lord. I also find that more of them confess they are not saved.
Tonight none of the annex men stated unbelief but in the old jail 7 admitted they were lost and on their way to hell.
The first step in salvation is that the Holy Spirit has to "Draw" you to the saving grace of God. This is also proof of Gods selection of the elect and of our predestination. Just because tonight the Holy Spirit didn't draw them gives you or I an excuse to stop witnessing to them. Pray fervently, continuously that God will work his wonderful grace in the hearts of these men
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
God is speaking everywhere; we can help others listen.
“But if there is a personal Creator, if God is, then His creation can reflect His character; it can reveal God’s purposes for us. Our lives instantly gain meaning. The world becomes a means of knowing God as well as our dwelling place. We can truly be the reasoning, imaginative, creative persons we believe ourselves to be.”
-Chuck Colson, The Faith
“The divine substance is not visible to the eye, and the miracles of the divine government of the world and ordering of the whole creation are overlooked because of their constancy.”
-Augustine, Sermon on John 6:14
“If then a man wishes to know the deepest ocean of divine understanding, let him first if he is able scan that visible sea, and the less he finds himself to understand of those creatures which lurk beneath the waves, the more let him realize that he can know less of the depths of its Creator…Understand the creation, if you wish to know the Creator; if you will not know the former either, be silent concerning the Creator, but believe in the Creator.”
-Columbanus, Sermon I
“For this reason God even impressed a religious expression on the whole of unconscious nature – on plants, on animals and also on children. ‘The whole earth is full of His glory.’ ‘How excellent is Thy Name, God, in all the earth.’ ‘The Heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth His handiwork.’ ‘Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings Thou hast ordained praise.’ Frost and hail, snow and vapor, the abyss and the hurricane – everything does praise God.”
-Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism
“On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness. They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.”
-Psalm 145:5-7
-Chuck Colson, The Faith
“The divine substance is not visible to the eye, and the miracles of the divine government of the world and ordering of the whole creation are overlooked because of their constancy.”
-Augustine, Sermon on John 6:14
“If then a man wishes to know the deepest ocean of divine understanding, let him first if he is able scan that visible sea, and the less he finds himself to understand of those creatures which lurk beneath the waves, the more let him realize that he can know less of the depths of its Creator…Understand the creation, if you wish to know the Creator; if you will not know the former either, be silent concerning the Creator, but believe in the Creator.”
-Columbanus, Sermon I
“For this reason God even impressed a religious expression on the whole of unconscious nature – on plants, on animals and also on children. ‘The whole earth is full of His glory.’ ‘How excellent is Thy Name, God, in all the earth.’ ‘The Heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth His handiwork.’ ‘Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings Thou hast ordained praise.’ Frost and hail, snow and vapor, the abyss and the hurricane – everything does praise God.”
-Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism
“On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous works I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare your greatness. They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.”
-Psalm 145:5-7
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