Sunday's Coming

Good morning,

I pray all is well with you. I'm a little discouraged, have not heard from anyone this past week. Are you still there and are you still praying for us. We need your prayers, calls, emails and financial support.

I have started a preaching series on the "I Am of Jesus," from the Book of John. You can listen to this on our web page at Christian Resort Ministries, http://www.crmintl.org/

As I was reading this morning I came across this sermon illustration:

Can’t Get Rid of the Holes

Someone tells the story of a boy who was rebelling against his dad constantly. This boy was destroying his own life by his rebellion, but he refuse to heed his father’s words. One day, the dad said to the boy, "I want to show you what you’re doing to your life. I’m going to put a wooden post in our front yard. Every time you rebel, I will put a nail in this post. Every time you obey, I will pull out one nail."

The first thought from the boy was, "I’m going to do everything I can to fill that post with nails." And he did. In two months’ time, he filled that post with nails. But he also began to feel the damage he was doing to his own life and to his parents’ lives.

With true remorse, the boy began to obey his father. One by one, the nails came out. When the last nail came out of the post, the boy broke down in tears. The dad asked, "Son, why are you crying?"

And the boy replied, "I got rid of the nails, but I can’t get rid of the holes."

God the Father saw the nails and the posts of our lives, and He saw our helplessness against sin. So He sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, to gather the nails and the posts from those who would let Him. And because of His love for us, Christ allowed Himself to be nailed on the posts, where He willingly paid the consequence of our sin. Romans 6:23 tells us, "For the [consequences] of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." And this gift comes with God’s Spirit to train us to live holy lives.

May God Bless you and we thank you for being there with us so we can continue serving the Lord.

Have a great day, love you, pass it on.

Don