OCTOBER 2024 NEWSLETTER
OCTOBER 2024 NEWSLETTER
Robert
Lindenberger
405 Indian River
Ave. 504.
Titusville, FL
32796.
321-368-7184
Expas65@yahoo.com
God is good all
the time; all the time, God is good!
I bought an
electric razor, brought it home, and put it all together, but it would not
work. I told Marion, “I have to return
this thing.” She asked, “Why?” “I can’t get it to work.” She came to the table where I was sitting and
picked up the instructions. “Did you
plug it in?” “Yes.” “Well, it says here that it must be plugged
in, and the battery must be charged before use.
The battery needs to be charged, and you will have power.” With a red face, I thanked her and told her,
“I should read the instructions first.”
And then I prayed:
Lord, I have extolled you for your great power toward us
who believe – your tremendous and visible power that works in us and for us…
The same almighty strength You used when You raised Jesus from the dead and
seated Him far above all other powers, visible and invisible. You are able to do infinitely beyond all our
highest prayers or thoughts. Nothing is
impossible with You!
Thank You that when I praise You and bring my request to
You in simple faith, I plug into Your almighty power… That when I offer a
sacrifice of thanksgiving, I open a door for You to rescue me and bless my Life,
and I prepare the way for You to rescue and bless other people, near and far.
“So great is your power that enemies cringe before
you.” I lift my Praise to You for “no
human imagination can take in the startling, revolutionary power, softly,
subtly, but with irresistible sweep, that flows down from the crowned Christ
among grateful men and women…that flows through the lives of individuals wholly
under the gracious influence of the Holy Spirit… through people who simply live
in full-faced touch with Christ, and who take that power as the need arises and
the sovereign Holy Spirit leads” (adapted from S. D. Gordon).
Thank You that I am part of the vast army of people around the world –
people who live in full–face touch with Your Son and move Your mighty hand to
bring about Your gracious purposes.
Thank You for our influence and victories not by human might power but
by Your Spirit.1
May I share with you what I wrote for our Bible
Fellowship meeting? Knowing
about Jesus is possible, but not having Jesus living in my heart is possible,
too.
Please hear the
testimony of a wonderful good lady who experienced this: I knew the
basics. I knew Jesus loves me enough to
die for my sin and that he rose again with all power in his hands. I know that if I repented, I would be saved
if I sinned, I could ask for forgiveness and be forgiven. Somewhere down the line, my understanding of
his saving grace became distorted. I
only use God as a get-out-of-jail card.
It wasn’t until an unhealthy relationship ended that I realized that I
had never accepted Jesus as Lord of my Life.
I wanted all the benefits of being saved without the benefit of being
saved with that responsibility of that in Jesus, direct and control my Life. But once I accepted his grace, my Life
changed and I know now that I am God’s child.
We discussed this
before–knowing about Jesus and not having him live in our hearts is possible. I was teaching Bible school class and was
closing in prayer. I said. “Before I pray, I want to give you an
assignment for next week’s class. The
assignment is to call George W. Bush on the telephone and tell us how it
went.” A woman spoke up and said, “We
can’t do that.” I asked, “Why?” She answered, “We know all about him. But we don’t know him personally.” I said, “Exactly – some people know all about
Jesus but don’t know him personally.”
Another woman
called out, “How can I know Jesus personally?”
I said, “I’m glad you asked!” The
Holy Spirit led her to Christ! [end] We
had an exceptionally good time in our fellowship; everyone testified, and Jesus
was lifted up. That meeting was on the
25th. I am still high and
thanking God for his presence, and on the 27th, I hear what Jesus
said to me: TO ALL WHO RECEIVE ME, to those who believe in My Name, I give the
right to become the children of God.
There is a close connection between receiving Me and believing in My
Name – the essence of who I am.
Receiving a gift requires some major of openness, and I am the best Gift
imaginable! Recognizing Me as your
Savior – God, you can believe that My offer of everlasting Life is real – and
that it is for you.
Being a child of
God is indescribably glorious! I am both
your Savior and your constant Companion.
As you journey through Life in this dark world, I am with you each step
of the way. I Provide not only for your
path but also for your mind and heart. I
delight in giving you joy – now and throughout eternity. Your brightest moment on earth will one day
look quite dim in comparison with the Glory-Light of heaven! There, you will see My Face in its brilliant
spender and be satisfied with endless oceans of LOVE.2
Psalm 17:15 And I–in righteousness I will see your face; when I wake, I will be
satisfied with seeing your likeness.
John 1:10–12
He was in the world, and though the word was made through him, the world did
not recognize him. He came to that which
was his own, but his own did not receive him.
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave
the right to become children of God.
John 3:16
NKJV For God so loved the world that he
gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish
but have everlasting Life.”
1. Ruth
Myres, 31 days of Praise, p. 119
2.
Sarah Young, Jesus Always, September 27
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