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Easter Sunday is such a special day for us personally. On this day in 1993 Janice and I, as a young married couple, rededicated our lives to Christ and were baptized together. I still remember being in that baptismal feeling so much love for Jesus and what He had done in my life. If you really want to know the secret to our marriage, our undying love for one another, this is where it all began. After that day, and that dedication to do things God's way, our relationship, our friendship, began to grow and continues to this day. As each of us has individually grown closer to God, together we have grown closer to one another. I believe the thing that I love most about my wife, is how much she loves Jesus. Yesterday afternoon, she began to feel bad and went to the bedroom to take a nap. Then, from our living room I hear the TV cut on and the praise music began. She had cut on Pandora and was singing along to the praise music until she fell asleep. You see, she simply knows where her help comes from, her help comes from the Lord. (Psalm 121:1-2)
Then, the very next year (1994) I was asked to preach my very first message at an Easter Sunrise Service. To have this opportunity, on such a special day, was a blessing I will treasure for eternity. It was at that moment, that the prophesy I had made as a 10-year old boy had come true. Those who have read my book will remember, During the week of August 6th through 10th, 1973, after attending a Vacation Bible School in Smyrna, Tennessee, I had written back home to my Grandmother. In that letter I wrote out the 10 Commandments, and told her, when i grew up I was going to be a preacher. Oh, out of the mouths of babes! It would take 21 years for it to become a reality, but it did come true. No, I am not serving as a Pastor, but I did not say I was going to be a Pastor, God did not give me that gift. But, He has given me the gift to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ, and I have done that for the past 21 years.
While I have served in several Church staff positions, and preached from the pulpit on numerous occasions, the most powerful sermon any of us can ever preach is through our lives. In college, I was in Honors 1 & 2 and wrote my thesis on Lifestyle Evangelism, because that is something I have always felt strongly about. If you have to ask if I am a Christian, well, I have simply failed my God, and I pray that is something I will never do.
So today, as we have our minds fixed on Jesus, let's remember what He did for us. He came to earth, lived the very lifestyle He wants us to live, not just by telling us, but giving us a personal example to follow. To be a Christian means to be Christ-like, in everything we say and do. To be a living example for our Children to follow; and to share the hope that is in us with a lost and dying world. When I surrendered my life to God's service August 7, 1994, what I did was simply do what EVERYONE who calls themselves a Christian should do; to live our lives to honor the One who gave His life for us, that we could spend eternity with Him in Heaven.
From my heart to yours!
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