Black Friday! Don’t Miss This Opportunity!

So, it’s Black Friday! Many of us got up EARLY to catch the deals that may not be available after today. I can’t tell you how many  text messages I got to let me know what times the stores were opening and what specials they were having. My co-worker went out this morning and came to work to let us know where all the good deals are.  Everyone was so excited…I started thinking: Why is so easy for us to get up at 3am to make a good sale but when the Lord calls us to early morning prayer we are too tired? Why are we so enthusiastic about getting the word out about special deals but we are apprehensive when it comes to evangelism? We need to get out priorities straight!  How dare we recommend a trip to the mall but not offer salvation to the lost?  That being said: If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, please do so TODAY! You can have eternal life! All you have to do is accept, Jesus already paid the price! Now that’s a good deal! Salvation can be yours today! Tomorrow is not promised, you don’t want to miss this opportunity!  To my brothers and sisters in Christ, make sure you are spreading the Word, we don’t want ANYONE to miss out on this!

John 10:9-10 “Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.”

love ya 4 real

~rach

1 comment November 27, 2009

It’s Still Valid!

I was at work yesterday and one of the representatives needed help with a customer. The customer was offered an awesome deal well over 2 years ago and called in on yesterday to take advantage of it. The rep didn’t want to honor it because it had been over 2 years and we were really giving him A LOT. I looked through the account, read the notes, and I had to honor the offer. I let the customer know that the offer was still valid because we never gave him an expiration date! The offer was STILL valid! I thought about things that God has spoken to me years ago but I hadn’t exactly kept up my end of the bargain and I began to thank God because “the offer is still valid”!  The things that God has planned for your life, the promises that He has given you are still valid! If you have not accepted Christ as your Savior, the offer is still valid…His hand is still extended. If God promised you peace, joy, prosperity, whatever it may be, the offer is still valid!!! Let’s get our lives in line with the will of God so He can honor His promises to us! The offer is still on the table, the choice to accept it is yours!

“For I know what I have planned for you, says the LORD. I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope. When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.” Jeremiah 29:11 NET

“For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.” Romans 11:29 NET

Love ya 4 real

~rach

3 comments November 18, 2009

Repaired or Replaced??

Hey Everyone! I pray that all is well for everyone! I missed talking to you! lol

I drove to Ohio a couple of months ago for my brother’s wedding. About a week and a half before the wedding  I got a flat tire!  Some of the men from my church changed the tire and put the spare on for me. I went to the tire shop to see if they could fix it. The guy at the shop said, “It can’t be fixed, it’s a wonder that it lasted this long!” What did he mean by that?! My car was  just a little over a year old!  The guy rolled the tire over to me and showed me this little rubber piece sticking out of my tire.  I asked him what it was and he said “Looks like somebody tried to plug it.”  I called my father and told him about the tire and he said that my tire had a flat when I was home 4 months ago and he put a plug in it. Why didn’t he just let me get another tire?! Here I am on my hour lunch break, with this ugly YELLOW spare on my car, trying to figure out if I had the money to get an0ther tire! The Lord said, “Some things need to be removed instead of repaired.” As Christians, we discover areas of our lives that are “flat”, areas in our lives that we have given over to sin. Those areas need to be removed not just repaired.  For example: If you’re an alcoholic, you can stop buying alcohol or going to the bar but that is just a temporary repair you need to let God remove that bondage and replace it with a thirst for Him! So many times we stop doing things, but do we really seek God for deliverance?? That plug in my tire stopped the air from leaking out but my tire was still damaged and eventually  the air leaked again. We find ourselves in the same situations over and over because we need to let God remove those things from our lives, we need true deliverance.  Because I didn’t remove and replace the damage tire when I first noticed that there was a problem, I ended up exposed (the yellow spare was a clear indicator that something was wrong with my tire), I was frustrated (couldn’t believe my tire was flat AGAIN), and it ended up costing me more!  Also,  the people around me had to deal with my issue as well because I couldn’t change the tire on my own. Let’s make an effort to let God handle our issues so we don’t end up exposed, frustrated, paying more than we should , and becoming a burden to those around us.  Give your issues and struggles to Jesus! You can’t handle them on your own! All you can do is try to plug and patch them but He can remove them and replace them with liberty!

luv ya 4 real

rach

1 comment November 14, 2009