Sharing what I do on a regular basis is not always easy, but the reason I continue is so that maybe just one person might have hope and endure, be committed and faithful because of how the Lord has worked in my life. I look back over my past, even my life as a Christian and see something I never thought I was, a failure. Failure is not something anyone wants to admit to being and yet it is something that I know that I am in many ways. I failed as a young man who followed after the world and became a drunk and drug addict. I failed as a husband and father by letting ministry consume me. I failed as a Man of God by letting in the lust of the eyes and the lust of the flesh distract me and cause me to become disqualified at one point due to lack of self control. I have failed by letting the way others treat me in ministry affect how I serve the Lord Jesus. There have been many more things that I have failed at in my life, but the most shameful failures have not been in what I did so much as the times that I didn’t follow the simple instructions of the Lord Jesus. I reflect on what is written in *Mark 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.* and also in *Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations [help the people to learn of Me, believe in Me, and obey My words]…* and have not fulfilled this command due to my own selfish endeavors and prideful nature. Many pastors teach that it is about the ends of the earth somewhere else, not putting into perspective that from Jerusalem, we are the ends of the earth, and those we need to share with are our family, friends, neighbors, the people we work with, and even those strolling the streets in our neighborhoods. There was a specific time that I went to the store late at night and as I was there, I was looking for someone to share the Lord with. I believed that I was led there for a specific purpose. On the way out, the Lord showed me who it was that I was to tell about Him. It had been a long day, I was tired, I had stuff to do at home, and the excuses kept coming as to why “not” to share. The voices said, “he is not the one, he doesn’t want to hear about your Jesus, you will look foolish”. The devil whispered to me, and I listened, he won the victory. I failed, I failed Jesus. I do love the Lord, He is my passion and desire, “most of the time”. A simple task and yet the most challenging. I have come to understand that if I do not tell others about my Lord, I have to question how much I truly love Him and how much I genuinely believe how bad hell really is. Charles Spurgeon said, “Men are either going to Heaven or to Hell—and it is time that we came to close grips with them about this all-important matter!” as well as “If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for.” My prayer is that Never Again will I allow the voice of the enemy or the noise of this world to drown out the voice of God and cause me to lose focus on God’s purpose for my life. My friends, we are called to make more than just believers, we are called to make disciples, helping the people to learn of Jesus, believe in Jesus, and obey Jesus’ words, but obedience must start with the household of God, those who are called by His name. May God give His children boldness to proclaim Jesus to all of creation, and may it start with those around us, our family and friends, and even the strangers at the grocery store. In Jesus’ precious and powerful name, Amen. 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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