Go To...

"Go to those to whom you are sent!"

That was the emphatic phrase that was on my lips as I awoke this morning.

And He said, "Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown. "But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land; and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. "And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian."
Luke 4:24-27 NASB

How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!"
Romans 10:15 NASB

So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. "If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."
John 20:21-23 NASB

John 17

John 17:18 NASB  "As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

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Today was a reiteration of this

Unforgiveness, Sickness, Communion, Healing...

"it is important for me to get into God's presence and be quiet."

Today's point was-

"I need to learn how to get into God's presence"...

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Twighlight Zone

Wow! Just came out of the craziest week!

I posted on FaceBook:

"So,

will the writer of this Twilight Zone episode that I seem to be living in please step forward...


can I have my life back now?"

That had to be one of the craziest weeks I've had in about 7 years.

The bad news, I was going to lay it ALL down and walk away. My faith, my calling, my ministry...

I was looking for a place to live, trying to find a divorce attorney, and I was walking away from my faith and calling.

?!?!?!?!

"For God's gifts and His call can never be withdrawn." Romans 11:29 NLT

That's a verse to remember...

I saw a piece of paper. On it I had written something that God showed me in church. It said:

"Jonah,


how can they hear except one be sent,


and, lest I become a castaway."

With everything else that was going on, and me dropping everything, a brick to the face would have been gentler!

We all know the story of Jonah. God told him to go to Nineveh. Instead, he jumped a ship and headed the opposite direction. God prepared a big fish, and Jonah spent 3 days in the fish's stomach.

The second part is Romans 10:14-15. Yep, I'm called, but I haven't been "sent" yet.

The last part is 1 Corinthians 9:27; you can preach to others and end up disqualified yourself.

Jonah was sent, but he disobeyed; he paid a price.

For someone to come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, someone has to preach it.

Take heed! You can preach and turn right around and lose your own salvation!

Work out my salvation with fear and trembling (Philippians 2:12); got it.

That note scared me pretty bad.

I didn't want to die, then have God bring me back just to get the point across.

That was the turning point right there. I did what I had to, to get things back on track and make things right.

What a week!

But it ain't over yet...

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