Thursday, June 10, 2010

Dont lose your soul.

By Anil Melwin Machado
Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

How little attention does this infinitely important subject gain in the world! How few consider the salvation of their precious souls, as the great business of life! You who are reading these lines, did you ever consider it? Did you ever lay it to heart, and are you acting accordingly? If this is the case, the following language will express your heart-felt convictions:

" I have a soul as well as a body. My soul must live for ever in happiness or misery. It is capable of pain or pleasure inconceivably greater than my body. It is a matter of comparitively little importance whether I am in abject poverty or the greatest affluence, during the few years I am to continue in the present world; whether I am respected or despised by my fellow mortals; whether my body is sickly or healthy, painful or at ease. These are matters of small consequence; death is certain, is near. 'Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust,' must soon be pronounced over my lifeless body. In a dying moment, if I could call the whole world my own, what good would it do me? What comfort could it afford me?

But whether my soul is to be happy or miserable; the companion of angels and saints made perfect around the throne of God, or doomed to weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth, with devils and damned spirits in hell, where the worm never dieth and where the fire never will be quenched; this is the momentous inquiry I ought to make. To escape from the wrath to come, and secure an inheritance among the saints in light, ought to be my great concern. Is it so? Which world is most in my thoughts, this or the next? What am I most anxious about? Am I not often inquiring, what shall I eat, what shall I drink, or wherewithal shall I be clothed? But when did I seriously inquire, 'What shall I do to be saved?' If I have no prevailing concern about my soul, I may be certain my state is bad, and its danger awfully great."

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

UNEMPLOYED GRADUATE

An unemployed graduate woke up one morning and checked his pocket. All he
had left was $10. He decided to use it to buy food and then wait for death
as he was too proud to go begging. He was frustrated as he could find no
job, and nobody was ready to help him.

He bought food and as he sat down to eat, an old man and two little
children came along and asked him to help them with food as they had not
eaten for almost a week. He
looked at them. They were so lean that he could see their bones coming out.
Their eyes had gone into the socket. With the last bit of compassion he
had, he gave them the food.. The old man and children prayed that God would
bless and prosper him and then gave him a very old coin. The young graduate
said to them 'you need the prayer more than I do'.

With no money, no job, no food, the young graduate went under the bridge to
rest and wait for death. As he was about to sleep, he saw an old newspaper
on the ground. He picked it up, and suddenly he saw an advertisement for
people with old coins to come to a certain address.


He decided to go there with the old coin the old man gave him. On getting
to the place, he gave the proprietor the coin. The proprietor screamed,
brought out a big book and showed the young graduate a photograph. This
same old coin was worth 3 million dollars. The young graduate was overjoyed
as the proprietor gave him a bank draft for 3 million dollars within an
hour. He collected the Bank Draft and went in search of the old man and
little children.

By the time he got to where he left them eating, they had gone.. He asked
the owner of the canteen if he knew them. He said no but they left a note
for you. He quickly opened the note thinking it would lead him to find
them.

This is what the note said: 'You gave us your all and we have rewarded you
back with the coin,' signed God the Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost. 1
Kings 17:10-16; Matthew 11:28-30

PRAYER:
Here is your financial blessing! It's a simple prayer, you've got 30
seconds. If you need a financial blessing,continue reading this post.

Heavenly Father, most Gracious and Loving God,
I pray to you that you abundantly Bless my family and me. I know that you
recognize, that a family is more than just a mother, father, sister,
brother husband and wife, but all Who believe and trust in you.

Father, I send up a prayer request for financial blessing for not only the
person who sent this to me, but for Me and all that I have forwarded this
message on to. And that the power of joined prayer by those who believe and
trust in you is more powerful than anything.

I thank you in advance for your blessings.
Father God, deliver the person reading this right now and those who will
read it in the near future from debt and debt burdens. Release your Godly
wisdom that I may be a good steward over all that You have given me Father,
for I know how wonderful and mighty You are and how if we just obey You and
walk in Your word and have the faith of a Mustard seed that You will pour
out blessings.
I thank You now Lord for the recent blessings I have received and for the
blessings yet to come Because I know You are not done with me yet.
In Jesus name, I pray,
Amen