Riverbottom Ron
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A CHURCH THAT CARES
GOOD MORNIN EVERYONE ,,ITS SUNNY OUTSIDE ,TOMORROW THE TEMPS SUPPOSE TO GET AROUND 65 DEGREES AND NEXT DAY MAYBE 70 ..NOW THATS SPRING TIME WEATHER..I HOPE ALL OF YOU ARE DOING WELL. TODAYS MESSAGE IS ABOUT YOUR CHURCH...LETS GET GOIN WITH IT .LAST WEEKEND MY WIFE KAREN AND I WERE EATING BREAKFAST AT A LOCAL RESTURANT,,THERE WAS THIS YOUNG LADY SITIN WITH 2 YOUNGSTERS ABOUT 3 AND 5 YEARS OLD IN THE BOOTH NEXT TO US .THE LITTLE ONES WERE SMILEING AND SAYIN HI, WE WERE JUST SMALL TALKIN AND ONE THING LEAD TO ANOTHER ,I ASKED IF SHE WAS FROM AROUND HERE ,SHE SAID SHE GREW UP HERE BUT MOVED AWAY.BUT NOW SHES BACK ,SHE TALKED ABOUT WHO SHE MARRIED AND ASKED IF I KNEW ANY OF HIS RELATIVES AND I DID ,,,THEN WE STARTED TALKIN ABOUT WHERE SHE WENT TO CHURCH.,SHE THEN TOLD US HOW SHE HAD GOTEN DIVORCED ,HUSBAND LEFT WITH A GIRL FROM HIS WORK PLACE AND HOW HARD IT WAS TO CARRY ON AFTER HIM LEAVING ,PAYING BILLS ,JUST YOUR EVERYDAY THINGS...THEN SHE SMILED AND SAID I CANT TELL YOU HOW MUCH MY CHURCH HAS MEANT TO ME THESE PAST MONTHS,HER MOOD CHANGED AND COUNTANCE CHANGED DRAMATICLY AS SHE RECOUNTED THE WAYS HER CHURCH FAMILY HAD WRAPED THERE LOVING ARMS AROUND HER AND HER KIDS DURING HER TIME OF HEARTACHE. IT WAS AWSOME TO HEAR HOW THAT CHURCH SURROUNDED HER WITH THE LOVE OF CHRIST. FAR TO OFTEN, IT SEEMS WE LIMIT THE SIGNIFIGANCE OF CHURCH TO WHAT HAPPENS ON SUNDAY.BUT THE CHURCH IS TO BE SO MUCH MORE.IT IS TO BE A SAFE HAVEN, A RESCUE STATION, A TRAINING STATION FOR SPIRITUAL SERVISE.IT IS PARTICULARLY TO BE AN EXPRESSION OF THE CONCERNED HEART OF THE LORD FOR HURTING BROKEN PEOPLE,SUCH AS THIS YOUNG LADY. WE ARE TO "LOVE ONE AND OTHER ",JOHN THE DISCIPLE REMINDED US "FOR LOVE IS OF GOD " ITS GREAT TO HAVE A CHURCH FAMILY THATS LOVING AND CAREING ..THIS YOUNG LADY THAT I WAS TALKIN ABOUT ,,SHE SAID SHE WAS GONA STOP BY OUR CHURCH THIS COMIN SUNDAY TO VISIT...GOD LOVES YAS, WE LOVE YAS ,HAVE A BLESSED DAY YOUR FRIEND IN CHRIST ,,,FROM THE RIVERBOTTOM,,,RON PRAYERS FOR ALL! NEED ANYTHING ? WERE ALWAYS HERE FOR YA ,,SEE YAS TOMORROW IF THE GOOD LORDS WILLIN
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RON MAGGART FIELDON ILLINOIS
{TEAM BIBLE THUMPER}
ALWAYS REMEMBER GOD GAVE US FRIENDS AND COONHOUNDS, " I AM A GREATLY BLESSED",HIGHLY FAVORED" " IMPERFECT BUT FORGIVEN CHILD OF GOD "KEEP YOUR {FAITH IN GOD } FAITH SEES THE INVISIBLE,BELIEVES THE INCREDIBLE,AND RECIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLE. WERE BLESSED !!
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