Take the devil back!

 

It's funny how my blog posts always pan out. This last post, on my stats, I almost had the least amount of people read it then any other post, by two. I will say though, I received the most kind comments via phone, that I have ever received. Many of those who read it must have truly gotten something out of it, and for that, I want to say thank you to those who encouraged me. I don't write for man's approval, but boy, it feels good to know other Christians have my back and are being touched or challenged by what the Lord lays on my heart. I take writing seriously, as I pray and ask the Lord to touch my mind, heart and my hands as I type. Whether one or one thousand read this today, I know it will touch someone because the Lord laid this on my heart.

 

 

Thank you thank you thank you to those who lift me up as I follow through with this calling in my life.

 

 

 

Kara... you have encouraged me after every single post I'm pretty positive. THANK YOU.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The night I was saved, the woman who prayed with me also encouraged me to go home and to pray and ask God what He would have me read. I went home and did that. I opened up to John 15.

 

 

 

If you were of the world, the world would love his own, but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. John 15:19

 

 

 

I remember sitting on my full size bed, reading those words and it was as though they were written for me. Just for me. Within a couple months I painted my walls purple and took a silver sharpie and wrote in cursive above my bed on the wall John 15:16-19. Which is the scripture I read that night. I would lay on my bed with my feet on my pillow and stare at my wall and read it over and over again. I eventually filled up nearly every inch of the walls with scriptures or lyrics.

 

 

 

My whole world changed when I accepted Jesus. I wanted to tell others the change in me. I wanted them to know that I was going to be different from that day forward. I learned quickly that not everyone is a fan of being born again. The day before at school I was a different person. But, on March 16th, 2006, I was a new creation.

 

 

From the day I was saved, to today, not everyone has been supportive of me. One person said to me that I always "had it in me." Basically, saying that I was always a Christian before.

 

 

 Well, let me tell you this. I wasn't. And that's what I told them! 

 

 

I know myself better than they do or you do, and I know when I was saved. The devil tried to make me feel like I never was really saved. He made me doubt that I was a blood bought child of God by telling me that I was never going to be good enough. That's an old trick of the devil and it's about time us Christians start putting him in his place and telling him the truth.

 

 

Like the song goes...

 

 

It's been some time since I made up my mind
To make Jesus Lord of my life
I've withstood the fear and shed many tears
But patience has stood by my side
When I hear Satan say you're really not saved
You're traveling down the wrong track
I recall once again where grace withstood sin
Down memory's lane I take him back



      I take him back to the time at an old-fashioned meeting
When the presence of God filled the air
When the saints were singing of grace and glory
Sweet melodies seasoned with prayer
When one simple sermon from an old-fashioned preacher
Was life to a poor dying slave
I walk him down the aisle to a place at the altar
Where grace fell and I know I got saved



      I never knew love 'til it came from above
And took its abode in my heart
The sun now shines brighter, my burden is lighter
Since Jesus gave me a new start
My songs have been changed- my life rearranged
My journey is now a new road
Now when that old accuser tells me I'm a loser
I remind him how he lost my soul.

 

 

 

It's time we start taking the devil back to the place we were saved!

 

We aren't going to be the most popular person. If you are of the world, sure, they will love you.

 

But BLESS THE LORD, He has set me apart and ordained me and His ear inclines unto me when I cry! I believed on Him that night and He pulled me up out of the miry clay and set my feet on a solid ROCK and established my goings! He put a new song in my heart! He put joy in my life!

 

 

My daddy was a drunk.

My mom was a strong, strong woman to stay and to raise us four kids.

 

 

My dad has an amazing testimony and him being saved and delivered was an integral part of me eventually being saved as well. My dad walked far away from God, but He spoke to him in a bar while he was drinking a mug of beer and playing cards.

 

 

 

 Long story short, he left and never came back.

 

 

 

My dad's last drink was 14 years ago this last weekend. It wasn't because he was determined, like someone who decides to start going to the gym every day and loses 20 pounds. No, I lived with the guy. I heard the guy talk. It was God Almighty who changed every part of my dad, when my dad aloud him to. My dad is a man of God and someone who knows more about the Word, than any man or woman I have ever met. My dad is giving. My dad is loving. My dad has the Fruit of the Spirit.

 

 

He taught me all about God's grace. His love. His mercy. His forgiveness. His sacrifice. His plans. His peace. His joy. His hope. His friendship.

 

 

 

 

He taught me that God is all we need.

 

 

 

 

God is all I need.

 

 

 

 

Amazing Grace is all I need.

 

 

 

 

Take my home, my car, my family even, but I can't make it one second without Jesus.

 

 

 

 

My daddy was saved all those years ago.

 

 

 

 

 

Some folks from a local church came and knocked on my parents door long before I was thought of and shared the Gospel with my mom. She knelt right there with them as they led her in a prayer of repentance while my dad sat in the recliner watching television. She accepted Jesus and He came into her heart and life!

 

 

Grant was a five year old boy, traveling down the road in his parents van and asked them if he would go to hell for lying. They realized he was being drawn by the Lord and he got up by them and they led him in a prayer as he accepted Jesus as a young boy! I'm so thankful for that night! Just this past week, he preached at a revival and during one service, there were 20 decisions for the Lord!

 

 

 

 

Danny, my father in law was just a boy as well, 8 years old. He is nearly 60! He travels around this country telling people about a Savior. THE Savior.

 

 

 

Rhonda, my mother in law was a nine year old girl. She has a very neat testimony.

 

 

 

Garrett, my brother in law, was saved at church camp one year as a boy. He got to show me the building he was saved in this summer as we were there for another youth camp.

 

 

 

My little brother was saved his junior year of high school, which is also when I was saved, my junior year. I text him about it tonight and he told me it was on a Sunday night. I remember my Aunt Charlotte calling me crying, telling me about it.

 

 

 

 

When were you born again? When did you make the best and most important decision of your life?

 

 

 

 

Don't miss out on Heaven for eternity. Make Jesus Lord of your life. He wants to be your best friend. That's what He has been for me. He has been there for me when everyone else has let me down. Friends, family, even your kids and spouse will let you down. Your job will. Your finances will. Your health eventually will. Jesus is what you must place your faith in.

 

 

Draw nigh unto Him. Draw close to Him.

 

 

He's been speaking to me lately. He's been wrapping His arms around me and letting me feel His unending love, which I can't comprehend, and His peace, which passes all understanding.

 

 

 

 

 

I would like to end with a prayer.

 

 

 

 

Almighty God.

 

 

I love you. I worship and praise You, for being You.

Thank You for dying on the Cross for my sins. Thank You for drawing me to you on March 15th, 2006. I was a lost 17 year old girl, with no hope for my future. You forgave me. You accepted me when I wasn't worth accepting. You love me when I am not loveable. You give me joy and peace when I don't deserve it. You gave me Your Word to read, to meditate on, to find comfort in, to rest upon. You gave me prayer to talk to you. Talk to my very best friend in the world. Your Grace has brought me through so much. You're my everything and I pray for those who are reading this right now, that they would feel Your presence and want to draw near to You. I just want to tell You that I love You, Lord. In the Mighty Name of Jesus.

 

Amen.