A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Wednesday, April 13^th, 2016. Today is the 104^th Day of 2016.

TODAY IS BILL FLEMING’S BIRTHDAY

TONIGHT IS AWANA NIGHT. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE WORKERS

There are only 262 days left in this year; and, there are only 24 days left until Mother’s Day!

How thankful I am to God and to you for your support of these past Revival meetings. This was a truly refreshing and “FUN” time such as I have never before experienced.

I deeply appreciate your amazing generosity in giving Bobby and Sandra one the largest, (if not the largest) love offerings ever in the history of our Church.

I can tell you that they were deeply moved by this demonstration of your love for them. As helpful as the money is, seeing how much we love and appreciate them is even more of a blessing than the money itself.

Please be in prayer for Bobby and Sandra as they travel back to Oklahoma today.

BIG WORDS “Regeneration”

Regeneration is another BIG theological word for a really simple concept. To be born is to “GENERATED” while to be born-again is to be ‘RE-GENERATED.”

Regeneration or the second birth, entails more than just one thing, but, that is a clear and simple way to understand it.

To be regenerated is to be born-again.

At the time God saves a spiritually dead sinner, HE does four specific things…

He calls us to Jesus.

Romans 8:28-30
²⁸ “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
²⁹ For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
³⁰ And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.”

He convicts us of our sins.

Luke 23:39-41
³⁹ “One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!”
⁴⁰ But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
⁴¹ And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”

He grants us the gift of repentance.

2 Timothy 2:24-26
²⁴ “And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,
²⁵ correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,
²⁶ and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.”

He gives us the “gift” of saving faith.

Ephesians 2:8-9
⁸ “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
⁹ not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

When HE does so, and we are convicted of our sins and our need of a Savior, we immediately repent and begin to believe in Jesus Christ as our Savior.

That is what it means and that is how it works.

If God is working in your life convicting you of sin and causing you to think about Who Jesus is and what Jesus has done for you, HE is very likely in the process of calling you to salvation.

If this is going on in your life, please contact me as soon as you can and allow me to explain in more detail how God works and what HE would have you to do.

Amen and thank YOU LORD.

Carpe Diem!