I remember the day of my salvation like it was yesterday and it was 25 years ago. I remember the moments just before as well. I know what kind of person I was and what I was capable of doing. I am not a violent or wicked person by nature, but I learned how to be violent and looking back realize how wicked I truly was, and I was good at both. Because of my character defects and the moral shortcomings of my past I have fervently prayed over *John 3:16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.* and think, what if I would have died in my sin before I understood those beautiful words. A few years back as I was preparing to take a team down to Mexico for a mission trip, someone asked me, with all the problems going on with the cartels and the murders, what are you going to do if something happens? My response was quick and to the point, Stand In Front. I have learned over the years that there are generally 3 types of people, ones that will run into a fire to help, ones that will run away from a fire in fear, and ones that will stand there, watch it burn and record the flames. A couple of years ago there was an incident at the church I go to. Not knowing what was going on, I was moved to get there and try to help anyway I could. I did not think about the shooting that happened in the Texas church or what might happen to me, my heart was to bring peace to the situation and the love of Jesus to those involved. With all of the confusion and mayhem going on in the world around us today, my thoughts are, what about the lost soul that is creating the chaos who does not know Jesus or His love? What will happen to him? We all deserve hell, but as a Christian we can thank God that Jesus came to save the world from it. As I reflect back over my life and realize how many times that I know of that God saved me from death and probably a whole lot more that I don’t, I and thankful for what is written in *Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.* We all need to remember that He even came to save the shooters, the mentally ill, and the drug addicts. This hits home for me, I remember having a gun in my hand ready to kill someone else and then myself, and God intervened. I want to live out the words that C.T. Studd spoke: “Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell”. May we all pray for the lost, especially those of us who were the most lost, because someone loved us enough to pray for us, I know they did for me. My BeLoved, may the grace of the Lord Jesus, and the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen. In Christ Love, douglas. HE>i. pastord.blog

Special Note: I want to thank those who read what I write and are encouraged to support the ministry God has entrusted to me either one time or have decided to give on a monthly basis. I am encouraged to see certain verses playing out before my eyes like what is written in *Philippians 4:16 For even in Thessalonica you sent aid once and again for my necessities. 17 Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that abounds to your account.*

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