Riverbottom Ron
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Who Wants A Free Gift ?
Good Mornin ! I hope all of you are doin fine. It rained all day yesterday here in the bottoms. Duck season has started and I hear gun shots echo through the air. Ole man winter is just waitin to drop some snow.Well Im ready.The ole hounds cant wait to get turned loose to chase those coons. Lets get on to todays message. Who Wants a Free Gift?
" Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need". – Hebrews 4:16
“Who wants a free gift?” I don’t know about you, but that’s a statement that often makes me roll my eyes. The reason why is because almost every day I’m bombarded with offers to receive a “free gift” that isn’t really free. You probably know what I’m talking about. Credit card companies offer me “free rewards” if I spend more that eighteen thousand dollars with one of their cards. Airlines say they’ll give me “free miles” if I book a trip to China right now, and then there are those pesky infomercials that offer me “free” steak knives if I buy their grease cooker for only $19.99! or buy these weight loss pills for 3 easy payments of $29.95 and in 3 months you will have a new body. Man could I use one of those ,but Im gona be getin that new body for free,,because JESUS is gona give me one..
As a Christian living in a world where there’s no such thing as a free lunch, it’s sometimes hard to understand the meaning of grace, and even harder to teach it to others. I had to teach a class at church about GRACE so I thought about how I would do It,,So I went to WALMART and I bought a Hershey bar the size of a laptop computer and covered it in wrapping paper. On Sunday morning I walked to the front of the room, held up the present, a said “Who wants a free gift?” No one moved.
Finally, one brave kid got up and ran forward to take the present from my hand. It’s that simple. Every day God calls to us, offering the free gift of his grace, and all we need to do is accept it. Grace doesn’t require a down payment, it doesn’t ask you to do something first, and it’s never a bonus for something you’ve already accomplished. Grace is a gift, the only thing in this world that is truly free. That little boy sure had a surprize when he opened it and said Do you have anymore of those FREE GIFTS ? {lol} GOD has many free gifts that he wants to give you there actually called Blessings..Do You want some of those awsome Gifts ? With God in your life,Following him Telling others about him,Loving and careing for him,He will rain down those blessings and flood you with his GRACE every single day..All ya gota do is ask him into your life.Its that easy.Then when you see how much GOD loves you. You will want to serve him....... God Loves You,,,We Love You,,,Have a Blessed Day,,,Your Friend In Christ,,,from The Riverbottom,,,Ron... Prayers sent for you all, ask GOD into yer life today.
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RON MAGGART FIELDON ILLINOIS
{TEAM BIBLE THUMPER}
ALWAYS REMEMBER GOD GAVE US FRIENDS AND COONHOUNDS, " I AM A GREATLY BLESSED",HIGHLY FAVORED" " IMPERFECT BUT FORGIVEN CHILD OF GOD "KEEP YOUR {FAITH IN GOD } FAITH SEES THE INVISIBLE,BELIEVES THE INCREDIBLE,AND RECIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLE. WERE BLESSED !!
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