No that's not rain, just Showers of Blessing! Why don't you come inside and shelter for awhile?  You are most welcome and who knows you may even go away from here with a blessing yourself. We can talk over a "cuppa" and feel the warmth of each others friendship. I would like that, so please don't go, stay a little while and soak in some of the blessings that are available to us all. Relax feel at home here,  for this is a home where Jesus lives and reigns. He wants to get to know you too. Please let me introduce you to my Friend JESUS.     I first met the Lord Jesus Christ on the 7th March 1976 I must admit that I was in a pretty sorry state at that time, having gone through a marital break up. I had a teenage daughter and a little son barely twenty one months old. I had always believed in God and even went to Sunday School as a child and I also went to a Church organized Youth Group. I was a good living type of person so I thought that made me a Christian. No one told me that there was more to it than that. This is one of the reasons I am telling you this now, to let you know that it is not enough to be just a "good" person. God gave us all a free will for a purpose and so that means we have a decision to make. The most IMPORTANT decision we will ever make in our entire life. A decision that will either give us ETERNAL LIFE or send us to HELL FOREVER.    Strong words I know, but that's just  the way it is  my friend and because I care about you, I am telling you the truth. God has made the way so easy for us and yet so many people try to make it so difficult. Are they afraid to admit that they can make mistakes and need God's help? Or is it perhaps the fact that  they worry about what other people will think if they become a Christian?     But wait, can I get you anything, something to eat maybe? Another "cuppa perhaps?  No, you want me to go on? Okay, well as I told you I was in the depths of despair when my Marriage broke up, you see I had been married before that too and that also  ended in divorce, but I won't bore you with all the details, enough to say that I was brokenhearted that this could happen to ME once again, when all I really wanted in life was to be happily married with a family. Wrong choices in life can make our lives very unhappy and I had certainly made enough wrong choices.   As I told you I considered myself to be a Christian so at times I did actually pray, but looking back now they were usually selfish prayers.  I talked to God when I had a problem and forgot about Him when things were going okay. Can you identify with that I wonder?  You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but perhaps you could think about that one later on when you are alone. I was at my lowest point in my life and so I decided to pray in earnest this time, I really meant business, and I asked God to help me get my life sorted out. Well He did  just that and  I went back to Church, had my baby boy Dedicated to the Lord and on that very same day, I made the decision to ask the Lord Jesus Christ into my life and to take control of it from then on. I must admit it was the most sensible decision I have ever made in my  life. I won't go into all the details of my learning to trust the Lord except to say that,  What He says He will do, HE WILL  DO!     He took control of my life because I ASKED HIM TO  of my own free will and  I also asked Him to keep my heart until the one of His choosing came along, if it was His Will that I should have another partner and then to let me know beyond any shadow of a doubt that he was of His choosing and not mine. On 4th March 1978 I met my Bill and I knew beyond any shadow of a doubt that he was the man God had chosen for me.   Bill became a Born again Christian just five weeks before we married.  We celebrated our Twentieth fifth Wedding Anniversary on the 3rd March 2004.   Praise the Lord for His goodness and His Faithfulness. I can honestly say God could not have chosen anyone better for my life long partner. We are "Soul Mates" and love one another very dearly. I am so glad I left the choice to HIM     What, you want  to know more?  Well that's great but how about we do have some refreshments first, so while I go and get the coffee and cake how about you just sit here and  think about what I have been telling you, and if you decide that you too want to hand your life over to Jesus and make Him Lord of your life, here is a little prayer that will make it easier for you but remember my friend, this prayer has to be said from your heart. Not just to please me. God knows your heart you know.     Dear Father God, I know that I'm a sinner and have been running my own life. I believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sin.  I repent of my sin and ask for your forgiveness. And, Jesus Christ, I now invite you to come into my life as my personal Saviour. By Faith I accept your gift of forgiveness and Eternal Life.  With your help I am willing to follow and obey you as Lord of my life. For your glory, help me to grow to my fullest potential as a Christian. Thank you Father, for hearing and answering my prayer. In Jesus Name I ask this. Amen     If you just said that prayer from your heart and you really meant it, then there are other things that you need to know. Firstly you do not have to repeat that prayer every day. God heard you the first time and He has accepted you as His child. He has been waiting for you to do that for so long. In the Holy Bible it tells us in Galatians 3. 26." For you are all the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ." Secondly It is a good idea to go and tell someone you know that you have just made Jesus Christ the Lord of your life. Matthew 10. 32,33 tells us, in Jesus' own words, " Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge hibefore my Father in Heaven, But whoever disowns me before men,  I will disown him before my Father in heaven." Thirdly now that Jesus is your Saviour you have access to God at any time and you can talk to Him in prayer and know that He hears you.  1John 3.22 tells us "And whatever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasinin His sight."     It is important also to find yourself a good Bible believing Church, that believes that Jesus is the Son of God, that He died for remission of our sins, and that He was raised on the third day and is now seated at the right hand of God. Also that by our believing in and accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour we have the promise of Eternal Life.  John 3.16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have  ETERNAL LIFE.       I see you have been doing some reading while I was out of the room. I always like to leave literature like that lying around just in case someone decides to say the Salvation prayer and wants a little scriptural backup *smile*.  I hope that you found it helpful.  I have plenty more of that if you want it, but better still why not get yourself a Bible and start to read for yourself from the Word of God. I warn you though, once you pick it up it's hard to put down again.     \     Now how about those refreshments? I see the shower has stopped and the sun is shining, so it might be nice if we take them out into the garden and enjoy the fresh air. We can still talk if you want to, I have so much I can share with you.          
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