| ST. JOHN 8:11 |
| 2004 Church of God of Forrest City, Arkansas |
| Prayer Requests: gethsemane@ churchofgodforrestcity.com Repentance: repent_now@ churchofgodforrestcity.com |
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| NO MORE "LYING"
“Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way?” As I lay in my one-bedroom apartment staring at the ceiling, many evil spirits began talking to my mind. The spirit of depression had already persuaded me to work two full-time jobs in efforts to escape the pressures of life. That same spirit already had me convinced that I was inferior to others and that nobody cared about my existence. The spirit of suicide was trying to enter in to tell me to just end my life, “you’re nothing, and you will never be anything.” But then that burning sensation in my heart rose up in me from nowhere encouraging me to just hold on. I then got up from my bed and began walking to my refrigerator, several spirits following me, shouting in my ear, “You’re nothing, and you will never be anything.” I opened the refrigerator only to find what I thought was the only remedy for my problem, “Mr. Crown Royal Liquor.” “I must find some relief,” I told myself before downing my 3rd glass of straight liquor. I eventually passed out on the sofa. I was awakened by a phone call, and it was one of my lady friends who wanted to come over to - “talk.” The spirit of fornication immediately dug its claws into my mind encouraging me to respond, yes! When she departed from my apartment, I laid there under heavy conviction, literally sick to my stomach because of the sins I had just committed; going over in my mind the lies I had just told this young lady, and going over this strange burning sensation I felt before and after the sinful acts. I began telling myself, there has to be a better way of living. Maybe I can find the answers I’m looking for in the church houses? But then I was reminded, “You’ve already tried that!” “Remember, the preacher told you that it was alright for you to sin, just ask God to forgive you each time you sin.” Tears began to flow uncontrollably! A young lady from my new job invited me out to a Wednesday night bible class. The preacher preached a message of repentance and that burning sensation seized my spirit, and the message began talking to my soul. As the pastor began the alter call, the spirit of Christ began laboring with my soul. But the spirits of fornication, depression, suicide, lying, drugs, and adultery wouldn’t let me go without a fight. “When will this be over with,” I kept telling myself as the pastor asked the question, “Are all hearts clear?” I shrugged off the conviction and went back to my miserable life of sin. But I realized that the words that the pastor spoke began to take root into my heart. Each Wednesday night bible class, I fought the burning conviction in my soul and that small still voice urging me to repent. The devil, the father of lies, worked on me repeatedly to resist the convicting power of the Holy Ghost. However, on one Wednesday night the spirit of Christ spoke more intensely giving me a choice, either you repent or go to hell. I yet denied that burning sensation that had my head down again during the alter call. The pastor followed me outside after I called myself running from the conviction. He offered to talk to me about my soul; apparently he saw the conviction on me. I told him I would call him. What I didn’t tell him were my plans to stop by the liquor store that night before I got home, and that I had no intentions to call him. Yes, I even lied to a true man of God. Then that same voice spoke more expressly, “Repent or die in your sins.” I took heed to that voice and repented of my sins that night and those spirits that had me bound released me! It’s been over 5 years and not once have I had to turn back to that miserable life of sin! Do the spirits of the devil, dear reader, bind you? How long will you ignore that burning sensation that has your head tilted down with conviction? How long will you cope with the embarrassment and shame you feel as a result of sin? Do you feel the spirit of Christ talking to your heart offering you permanent relief from the evil spirits that have you bound? Ask yourself what does this world have to offer you that is so important that is worth going to Hell for? That burning that you feel even as you read this article is the spirit of Christ talking to your soul. Will you take heed to that voice? Will you repent of your sins today while you hear his voice? Repent ye for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand Prisoner of the lord Bro. Ivory Church of God of Forrest City, AR |
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