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GREAT SALVATION

Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved--you and your household.    (Acts 16:31)

Dearly beloved,

We have received the heavenly gift of salvation only by the grace of God.

My mother had this salvation experience when she was young. Soon after her marriage, she started believing the Lord Jesus. However, after this, she had to pass through so many tribulations in her life. Yet she never left the Lord. 

Every day, she read the Bible and prayed and attended the church regularly every week. She was zealous for God with the determination that she would never let Him down no matter what the situation was. 

In those days, my father had not tasted the love of Christ. It was my mother who took the four of us, the children, to the church which was far away. 

In those days, we had a car but as my father never used to accompany us, we could not travel by that car. So all the way to church, we went by walk and my mother used to sing and praise on the way. We were impressed by our mother’s faith which encouraged us to go to church regularly. 

Besides, she fasted and prayed every Friday for my father’s transformation as she wanted the whole family to enjoy the blessings and happiness that she derived from being close to the Lord. She also offered a prayer of vow that she would dedicate one of her children for ministry if my father was saved. But she never specified the child’s name.

I have a sister and two brothers. The Lord accepted my mother’s vow. He saved my father. Days passed by! My mother fell sick and my father started praying for her healing. One day, seeing my father praying on knees, we greatly rejoiced. Since then, we began to pray as a family.

Days went by! When my husband’s parents were on the lookout for a girl for him, he had wanted a God-fearing but a tall girl of 5.6. For three years, they had been searching for an alliance for him and through one pastor they chose me as I was quite tall. The Lord accepted my mother’s prayers, gave me the name Evangeline and united me with a loving family which is doing a great ministry. Today, God has made me proclaim His Gospel. How good God is!

Yes, the Lord has done great things for us. Thank Him for the great salvation He has given you and rejoice in Him. 

The Bible says, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved--you and your household” (Acts 16:31). According to this Bible verse, pray continuously for the salvation of your family and believe that He will surely save them. He will certainly transform them and grant them the gift of salvation.

Prayer:

Loving Lord Jesus,

I praise You for all the benefits You have provided me. I thank You for granting me the priceless gift of salvation. I believe in You for the salvation of my family. I pray for their transformation. Save them by your mighty grace. Fill our home with the joy of your presence. Continue to pour your blessings upon us. 

In Your matchless name I pray. 

Amen.

UNCONDITIONAL AND SACRIFICIAL LOVE!

A man appeared at heaven's gate and was met by an angel, who told him, "It will take one thousand points to get in. Tell me about yourself so that I will know how many points to give you."

The man smiled and said, "Well. I've been going to church almost every Sunday all my life."

"Excellent," the angel said, "That will give you three points. What else?"

The man was shocked, "Only three points?" he gasped. "Well, I followed the ten commandments" 

"That will give you ten points" said the angel. 

The man gasped again, "At this rate, I will never get in except the grace of God."

"Exactly," the angel said. "Come on in"

Good deeds are very essential. Ultimately, the grace of God which is His unconditional and sacrificial love for you is the door through which we enter into the kingdom of God.

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Types Of Love

Two California sociologists, Thomas Lasswell and Terry Hatkoff, have developed a Love Scale: 

Romantic love --this lover thinks constantly about the loved one, is jealous, unrealistic, will tolerate anything, is sexually attracted by physical appearance, needs repeated reassurance he/she is loved in return. Typically lasts a few months or a few years (some anthropologists say it lasts 4 years, i.e. until the baby is through nursing and can walk and run. Then the love bond releases the more powerful males to find another female to impregnate with his genes.)



Unselfish love --the lover is devoted and self-sacrificing to the loved one, gives without expecting anything in return, is gentle, caring, and dutiful.



Game-playing love --this person may be charming but is hardly a lover; he/she merely enjoys the dating game. He/she relishes the meeting, the impressing, the seducing, the challenge of a conquest but usually makes it clear there is little or no long-term commitment to the other person. 

There are other kinds of loves and lovers, of course, like the one who searches for a physical ideal--a great body or some specific bodily feature--or the one who is so possessive he/she wants to control the other person and gets physically sick or depressed or does foolish things when the relationship seems threatened."

"...According to Lasswell and Lobsenz, best friends partnerships work well, so do two logical lovers or a best friend-logical combination. 

What are likely to be mismatches? A romantic and a best friend (or a logical) lover may have problems because they certainly do not show love in the same ways. One wants to be wooed with candlelight dinners and passionate love-making; the other wants to have a quiet evening at home reading and planning a trip or a new house. 

Even a romantic lover may not please another romantic; indeed, romantic lovers will be unhappy if they do not find new ways to show love after three or four years when the thrills and sexual throbs have subsided ... 

Likewise, the combination of a possessive and a best friend will be a clash of styles--one stormy and one easy going. If the possessive is gone for a while, she/he will be bothered that the best friend didn't miss her/him more, 'If you loved me, you would have missed me a lot!' 

As one would expect, game players and possessive lovers are hard for anyone to love. Many lovers don't clarify what they need; they expect the lover to read their minds. 

They hesitate to say, 'You can do this ______ to make me feel loved' and eventually end up saying, 'When you do this ______ I know you don't love me.'" 

Re-Position

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation."