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A Box Of Chocolates
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And the Spirit said to Philip, Go over and join this chariot. So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, Do you understand what you are reading? And he said, How can I, unless someone guides me? And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Acts 8:29 ESV
At two in the morning, I stood in the parking lot of a bar and preached one the best sermons on salvation that I had heard. It wasnt mine. It was given to me at that moment. Conviction fell on the ones that heard it, and one started shaking. I led him to the Lord soon after.
I was playing music with a local band and they had booked a bar for the weekend. I needed the money to help pay my way through Bible college, so I played in bars until four in the morning, got home, showered and then went to play in the praise team at church on Sunday.
That Saturday night though, I felt the Holy Spirit descend on me while in the middle of a song. Suddenly scriptures started coming to my mind and a man caught my attention. I knew the scripture was for him, but he was drinking. I told the Lord When break time comes, I am going to my car. If you want me to share this with him, send him over.
Break time came and everyone headed to the bar for a drink, I headed to my car and opened my Bible to the scripture the Lord had given me. Soon there was a tap on the window. It was the man and he had some questions about God. I started reading him the scripture and it became a sermon.
The excitement that Phillip lived still happens to those who listen and are willing. When you get serious about serving the Lord Jesus, your life will become like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get, but you can bet that it is going to be good.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, give me divine encounters today. Help me live my life to the fullest and become the person that you want me to be, in the name of Jesus.
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Hum very cool! This brings back too Mind the Joy I had for the Lord growing up! I felt the day would come when I would be ready To realy excel Out of Me and be the one for the Lord on so many places- whom like Jesus when His Ministry began! Amazing Draft and War came! I've been side tracked! Saying now my prayer has been to be used mightily for Him! Saying it excites Me that that day is still at hand for Me! Desire- a Grat Emotion!!!
I love the title "A Box of Chocolates" because in life you never know what you are going to get. I also laugh because when my daughter was very little probably about 6 or 7 there was a box of "Whitmans" on the coffee table and when I went to get a piece I noticed a little finger indent in some of them so I asked who put finger marks in the chocolates and she admitted it was her, so I asked why and she said cause "I wanted to know what it was" and I had to laugh because she is like me and only likes the nuts and chews....LOL
Amen! We all have a testimony to give and if we're serious in being used by God in leading others to Christ ("personal" witnessing), God will use us! Paul says in Colossians 4:3 (ESV), "At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ,..." I've read a number of testimonies where people have prayed this prayer, myself included, and not long after, as happened with Pastor Dion, God will bring a needy soul your way. This is why we need to study the Word as 1 Peter 3:15 says, "... always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; ..."
Pastor Dion, did you here about the FAAD meeting last night. Linda gave us a list of 10 suggestions, and Beverly Boyd said #11: chocolate helps depression, and everyone got on the subject of chocolate instead of depression...lol. and Rod Fortner brought up; the fact that his dog's name is CoCo!!! God bless you and your wife with a nice weekend!
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