Purpose Full Ingredients: Friday, June 21, 2013 "How Can It Be?"

The fool^[a] says in his heart, “There is no God.”

They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;

there is no one who does good. Psalm 14:1

How can it be possible that each and every person that asks the Lord into their hearts and receives His free gift of grace experience the exact same thing? Total strangers from all around the globe having the same exact memory of when Christ came into their hearts? As I watched Day Star last night and listened to a young man bear his testimony I posed the same question to my husband. This young man spoke of how his life had no worth, he was suicidal, depressed and felt void. He heard about God and was curious. He would purposely stand next to his classmates while they spoke to each other about God and church in hopes they would invite him to church and not one person ever did. What a tragedy and lost opportunity. These children will be made accountable on their judgment day. Never let a divine appointment go by like these young men did. As he continued to search on his own, he enrolled himself into a church camp and there he heard finally and learned about the Lord and asked Him into his heart. He went on to speak how at that very moment He felt the Holy Spirit's presence and in that instant, he felt peace and whole and felt a renewed love of life. He now sees his life as valuable and as a gift, not a curse. Only the power of our living God can do that. As he spoke, I thought to myself how could someone honestly refuse and deny that the Lord is real and how on earth can they explain away all these similar stories and testimonies? They can't as far as I can see. My husband tells a great story of one atheist who sought out to prove God was not real and after all the evidence and all his research, he came to the realization God was in fact real and became born again. God is awesome! I love that story. I get sick when I see posts about science and monkeys and anything derogatory about my Father in Heaven. If evolution was real and we in fact came from an ape, than why are we not continuing to evolve and change? I rebuke any of that nonsense. As we Christians walk this life, we are accountable for these lost and confused people. We no longer can look the other way because we are too busy, too scared, too shy...we must be bold in our faith and in our testimony. We are to share the Lord and what He has done in our lives with others. How tragic that no one invited this young man out? As my husband and I begin our new journey with Christ, we realize how important it is to promote our church gatherings, our bible study, our online ministry channel, all to help spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is not about man, this is not about glorifying my husband or I, this is not about making money for our own self gain. This is about spreading the news around the world as God commanded us to and glorifying His name and exalting His name on high. How sad that the enemy tricks the minds of those haters, those critics, those cynics that take a loving and beautiful act and make it ugly. Lord, I ask that you touch those hearts that are dark and black and full of jealousy and hate, and protect our home, our church family from all evil. Let nothing of evil prosper against us and may your Spirit of protection envelope us under Your Holy arms each day we breathe. In Jesus' name, I thank you for hearing my prayer, I thank you Lord for answering my prayer.