SHEPHERD'S GRIP: "YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGIVEN"

Monday, April 30, 2012

"YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGIVEN"

I was truly blessed this last week by being involved with the Disability Empowerment Expo held Friday & Saturday in Phoenix, AZ. The Expo is held every year for those that have a sever Disability and their family members to see new solutions and designs of equipment and services. I heard so many God Stories where the parent, parents or individuals would lay out there hearts to me a total stranger, about their walk with Christ Jesus and how great He is. The one common thread was that each one had a strong and unwavering love for the Lord Jesus Christ. Of all the classes of people that should be mad and could be they weren't! As I listened to there stories and hardships, I had to take a time or two for myself and just reflect on how great God has been with me over my life time and all of the blessings he has given me. My heart ached for these men and women and yet it was full of Love, the Love only God could give us and these great families with there testimonials. I heard stories from birth issues to car accidents, from a police officer that was on duty to the youngest of people that could not speak, and yet most could have been no more than 20 or 30 years old. Just as everything was just starting to wind down at the Expo, a mother and two younger women stopped at the display booth to meet Hilly you know her, she's my blond fury friend with four paws a pink nose and then the bomb hit. The mother of one of the younger women just started to cry, and as I paused a moment before I said something dumb. She started to explained to me that she had just recently wanted to seek Christ again after walking away from Him a few year or so ago. When she went back to her well known Religion out here in Arizona to seek counsel, she was told in know uncertain terms "That You Will Never Be Forgiven!" The last time I checked my Bible, only Jesus will make that call and nobody else! This is why it is so important that we as Christian's need too get bold and get the correct "WORD" out. Our mission field starts as we leave our homes and does not stop until we go to sleep at night. We are to be the light in darkness, to guild the likes of these lost souls, to show them the right home with Peace and a Loving, Living God! Needless to say, we went into some Scripture via the "Holy Spirit" and they all excepted the Lord as there Savior! I referred them to a strong Christian Church in the Tri-City area! What a Great Day in the Lord! Thank You Lord Jesus and may God Bless America! Lord willing I will be there next year and many years to come!

JOHN 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

In His Service
Shepherd's Grip

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Change your outlook on being a Christian

I think a Christian can look at a beautiful sunset and enjoy it more than anyone else, because the Bible says God has given us as Christians all things to richly enjoy. There is a deeper level of appreciation on our part. We can appreciate the simple things in life and find more pleasure and more fulfillment—not because we are looking to things, but because we are looking to God.

Consider the words of Psalm 1:1: "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful." Here, the word "blessed" means, "Oh, how happy."

So if you want to be a happy person, then walk with God as closely as you can, as opposed to trying to figure out how much you can get away with and still be a Christian!

by Greg Laurie

IN HIS SERVICE

Shepherd's Grip

Gregg's Story

It is a response that really makes me think and look back to 1973 when I was only 13 years old. I had such a strong desire even at that young age to become a United States Marine. It was hard then to express to people why I felt that way. Of all of my time spent in service to this country, I spent many years stationed overseas in the Middle East under the same circumstances and conditions very similar to those experiencing in Iraq and Afganistan. Now it is evident to me that through my years of service in the Marines, God was preparing me for an even greater time of service that would change my life forever!

Now I have a new burning desire to serve and be a vessel for the glory and honor of our Lord Jesus Christ. Unlike when I was 13, this desire is clear and full of purpose and I know that He has a mission like no other for me. My prayer for this time of service is that I will become a Voice for American Christian Veterans that have been quieted by fear, death and Depression from PTSD, Combat Fatiuge or Substance and Doimicic Abuse.

That is why this blog is called Shepherd's Grip, "God's Gospel revealed is Powerful", but in realitily it should be called the “Voices of the Quiet.” This is were I hope that I will be chronicling their stories of fallen men and women. Hoping for the "World" and finding the "WORD"of Christ Jesus and a new Life forever.

Most of all, I want to express my gratitude to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for His love and trust in me. It is only through Him that any of this is even possible.

IN HIS SERVICE,

Gregg Jones
USMC Retired GySgt