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RELIGION/ The Charlotte Post
January 18, 1996
The Prophet’s Column
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I guess your grandkids are
enjoying the snow, and they
should. The Lord sends the
snow as well as all other
weather. But I wonder how
many think of it in these
terms. Isaiah 55:10-11 says:
"For the rain cometh down,
and the SNOW from heaven,
and retumeth not thither, but
watereth the earth, and
maketh it bring forth and bud,
that it may give seed to the
sower, and bread to the eater:
So shall my word be that
goeth forth out of my mouth:
it shall prosper in the thing
whereto I sent it."
When I was under conviction
for salvation that was a great
promise the Lord gave to me
to draw me on to Him. I sit
here and weep for lost souls.
They are dead, but my Lord
can make them alive (John
5:25), as He does every one He
calls effectually for salvation.
1995 is history. Multitudes
went out under the cloud
without Christ. And many
more are deceived by Satan
and love His hold over them.
The salvation of a sinner is a
pure miracle of God's grace..
There is one thing, and one
thing only the angels in
Heaven joy over that takes
place on this earth, the salva
tion of a sinner. And when a
soul tells me: "it doesn't say
that in the Bible," that is the
concrete evidence he has
never known Christ, and he
has never known what it
means to be experimentally
lost.
Before the Lord saved me, I
could see by His grace that
the angels in Heaven took joy
in only one thing on this
earth. Unsaved souls are
wiser than I, but they don't
know my Lord. When I sit and
think that the Lord chose me
out of all the human beings on
this earth I can only praise
and thank Him for so great
salvation. God is Sovereign.
But He chose me, and I don't
understand it. And I, a Black
man, counted as the filth of
the world by others, but my
Lord picked me out and
redeemed me, and others He
passed by. What grace! What
mercy! I can't boast of any
thing of myself, it is all of
grace. When souls approach
me and tell me they know
they are saved because
"I confessed," according to
Romans 10, I weep for them.
They know nothing about
being awakened to their lost
condition. And they wonder
how I know the deceived
hearts of man as I do. As
every other believer, I learned
the hearts of men in the
House of Holy Spirit
Conviction. If they are ever
brought there and taught by
the greatest Teacher of the
believer, the Holy Spirit, then
they won't wonder how I know
their deceived hearts. It
means something to be saved.
If I had to go back over Holy
Spirit Conviction ten thou
sand times, I would. I know
Whom is at the end. It will be
24 years next month that God
saved me, as close as I can fig
ure it. Oh, the grace of. God!
And the mercy of God on a
sinner like me. And one day
soon my Lord is coming for
me. That will be the greatest
thing that can happen to me. I
don't see how lost people live
without Christ. My only Hope
is Christ, and He is soon com
ing.
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KEARNEY, Neb. - Thirteen
couples have filed civil law
suits against New Life
Assembly Church and a for
mer church janitor over claims
of sexual abuse of their chil
dren at a day care housed in
the church.
The couples are parents of
19 children who said Neal
Meiner sexually abused them
while they were in Sonshine
World day care.
Parents and children in the
lawsuits filed Friday in
Buffalo County District Court
were not named. Kent
Schroeder of Kearney, attor
ney for 10 of the families, told
The Kearney Hub Friday that
several more lawsuits would
be filed.
Kearney attorney Thomas
Tye H filed three more law
suits late Friday.
In February 1994, Meiner
pleaded innocent in district
court to six counts of first-
degree sexual assault and
nine counts of sexual assault
on a child.
Meiner was found innocent
last February of first-degree
sexual assault in a case
involving a 5-year-old boy at
the day care but awaits trial
on charges involving two other
children.
Plaintiffs in the civil suits
are requesting undetermined
compensatory, special and
general damages for mental,
physical and emotional dis
tress they claim Meiner
caused, and for repayment of
medical and counseling costs,
Schroeder said.
In the lawsuits, the parents
also say that Sonshine World
committed a breach of con
tract by not providing a safe
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tiative are very special. For
one who is on the receiving
end of such communication,
there is great comfort and
encouragement. And those
who speak (write, send) the
messages experience great
satisfaction and blessing, too.
"A word fitly spoken is like
apples of gold in picture of sil
ver" (Proverbs 25:11).
The gospel is the right word,
and now is the right time. "A
word spoken in due season,
how good is it!"{Proverbs
15:23)
Communication fails more
often, it seems, because of
poor speaking skills. Ask
almost any wife Some com
plain that their husbands
won't talk to them, but most
accuse their mates of not lis
tening.
Actually, the fault of poor
listening habits is not gender-
related; females are probably
just as guilty as males. Good
listeners are hard to find.
Effective counselors, success
ful salespeople, and happily
married couples have learned
the great importance of inten
tional listening. It is a gift in
some persons, yet a skill that
can be developed by anyone to
everyone's benefit.
God gave servant Israel "the
tongue of the learned, that I
should know how to speak"
(verse 4). He also gave him
the gift of discernment
through listening: "The Lord
God hath opened mine ear"
(verse 5). Both speaking and
listening were essential to the
servant's mission.
Successful communication
continues to require clear
speaking and attentive listen
ing. God's people are advised,
"Be swift to hear, slow to
speak" (James 1:19). The
emphasis is upon hearing. As
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dren. The parents are seeking
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An employee at New Life
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many have cleverly observed,
that is why God gave us two
ears, but only one mouth!
In Philippians 3:12-14 the
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Christian life as a race, and
calls the church to run it to
the finish. It is clear from his
words that the "race of life" is
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mitted to finishing the race of
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onment he continued to "press
toward the mark." Like the
servant of today's lesson he
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grace, knowing ultimately
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that when it comes to the race
of life, it is not how fast the
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