Time To Stop Playing

Time To Stop Playing

by Jym Wells
10/14/2014

I have thought about this a long time and I am going to put it on paper.  It will start out with a story that I heard a long time ago.

It was early on Sunday morning I mean like 5 or 6 AM and a couple knocks in the door they are let in the house a few minutes later a lady with a young child comes to the door and she is let in.  This goes on for the whole day people wondering in the house.  It is now around 7 that evening and they are now in the basement of this home and everyone is singing a simple Christian song in fact there is no music and the voices are at a whisper.  Why you might be asking yourself, no music no choir singing softly are they ashamed of God?  No they are not ashamed they are in Russia, it is still a Communist Country before the break up in fact the Iron Curtain was still up separating Germany.  Christians are killed for being Christian so going to church is against the law.

Anyway the person speaking has the only Bible in the service he prays a quiet prayer and opens the Bible.  The basement door flies open and 2 KGB officers burst into the room with guns in their hands,  With a loud voice the shout AGAINST THE WALL!   Everyone slowly gets up and moves to the wall and are standing there waiting.  One of the officers says in a loud voice< b> “ WE ARE GOING TO KILL YOU ALL RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW, however if you wish to refuse this God, this Jesus that you serve you can leave right now and all will be fine with you JUST DENY THIS GOD.

Not one person moved one step the little boy looked  up at mom, as people started crying. The mom whispers, as she squeezes his hand and quietly and whispers “All is OK” so again the offer is made this time though they click the safety off turn the guns on the people.  Again no one moves the mom squeezes the little boys hand.  Then the 2 men lower their weapons and announce “let’s have Church!”

See they had been saved a few days before and they were not playing and they knew they could lose their life for declaring they were Christians so they wanted to make sure they were safe.

Now let us come back home, it is Sunday morning in your Church the choir is singing the Music Minister is leading the Church and the doors fly open and the same threat is made.  I wonder how many would leave the building, the sad part is I think more than we would like to admit.  This is not a game this is real life and Billy Graham said it this way “The problem with American Christians is no one is threatening to kill them”.  He is so correct, Christianity has been made to simple and easy for we Americans.  Most of us have more than one Bible in our home or even more than one type.

We act like praying is an inconvenience we whip out a quick prayer and jump up to go to work or to take a walk or something and at the same time can not find the Book of Daniel in our Bibles.  To a lot of today’s Christians only open that Bible when they have to at Church.  However Americans listen to the person speaking in Church and never question one word spoken and it becomes the truth from that day forward.

Today a large and I do mean large number of Churches do not have an altar call or even invite people to get saved.  I can not help wondering would some even know how to lead someone to the Lord.  A large amount of new Church buildings do not even have and alter, they are more concerned with the membership than getting Souls saved.  I call that a roll-a-dex membership.  If you could take all them members of all the Churches in any major city you would be shocked at how many members are on two, three or four Churches or even more.

You do not hear about the blood of Jesus nor do you hear about the Devil, we do not wish to offend anyone.  They are more worried about the offering than they are about the souls.  It is time to get into the Bible and preach about Heaven and Hell it is not we are all going to make it, it is not OK to not pray nor read your Bible.  It is not right to believe what they say and take it as Gospel.  We need to know it is OK we need to ask questions if we do not know the answer we need to find it.  It is time to know the truth and it will set you free.

I am tired of people being lied to and I am tired of people swallowing it hook, line and sinker I have listened to fantastic speakers before and they have no idea who God is.  I have been in churches that have no ideal who God is.  That is why when I write I like to use scripture for that is the word of God I did not make it up.  If I say something wrong I want someone to ask me questions and see if I know what I am talking about.

I have talked about clicking like before reading something it is no different going to Church and saying Amen and not know if what we just said amen to is Biblical or not or if it is even in the Bible.  Ball players be it baseball, basketball, football or any other sport one has to know the game rules the plays and the reasoning so why should being a Christian be any different.

We need to spend time with God in prayer, we need to read the Bible, we need to understand our God the world is full of contradictions the Bible is not.  We see deceit daily however never from God or Jesus or the Holy Spirit.  We might have a pastor that has sinned and tried to cover it up however it is not our place to judge him that is Gods job and he will do it.  So we do not need to get wrapped up in the day-to-day hassles of the world we need to make a decision and then follow through.

Question, does anyone belong to a health club or spa, ever belonged to one.  If so did you go to the club and go into the lobby and pick up a book and read it or take a nap and then come out after a year or so of doing that physically fit or lost weight?  No, you have to use the equipment there you need someone to instruct you on what to use and how to get where you want to be.  Going to Church on Sunday or even Christmas and Easter does not make one a Christian it is a process and one has to read and practice.  He also has to be instructed and taught what to do and how to do it.

Being a Christian is a way of life it is turning away from what you were and becoming what you are to be.  God is glad that one goes to Church however He has so much more to offer.  However one has to be committed to Him and listen to Him to become what He desires us to be.  I am sure all have heard you are at the cross roads of life, or the high road low road story.  I would like to add something about it.  There is no crossroad nor high or low road, there are no stop signs nor yield signs,  There is one road and two ends one end is Hell the other end is Heaven and everyone is going one way or the other.  No one is standing on the side of the road watching all are moving toward Heaven or Hell. U-turns are permitted we were born into a sinful world, and sometime in our life we have a chance to turn around and head up to Heaven, a choice one has to make the choice.  No one can make it for anyone else each has to do it on their own.

God does not want to make anyone to serve Him he does not want to make you to pray, nor go to church, nor tell others about Him.  Once one is saved that is a choice now in Gods word we are told what we should do and the whys and hows to accomplish those things.  However you must make that decision.  It is a decision to follow Jesus, it is a decision to tell your friend about Jesus and what he did.  I have heard almost all of the excuses of why one does not witness to someone else or why someone does not pray out loud.  I am embarrassed to pray in public I might say the wrong words,  I do not know the scripture will enough to do that.  Well I am here for that purpose I am here to teach and train others how to pray and witness.  And starting today there are going to be some lessons and training.  Teachings and growing going on.  God has called us to Him for a reason.  So here is what is going to happen.

I am registering the name and building a website, most is already done.  On that website I am putting in a Chat room.  That chat room will be there for members only.  I will be asking the members of Abounding Love Ministries Worldwide (aka) ALMs and The Prayer Outreach to join the website and the Chat Room.  Only members will be allowed in the Chat room and there we will talk about praying and witnessing and anything else that we feel lead to do.  There will be no reason for not doing it and talking about it we are a family we pray for each other we take care of each other and we understand each other.  I am here for all and I will and do pray daily for guidance.

So now I am asking each one that reads this to respond to it either on the website or in the group good or bad I need to know how each feels about doing this and committing to it. I need these groups involved and we will be learning together.  As I have always said if you ask a question I do not know the answer to I will find the answer and I will tell you.  It is time to do something for God and I think we need to learn how why and when.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart in and God will respect and help us grow for Him we do all…

Thank you for reading and may God bless and be with you and watch over you. And America it is time for us to BLESS GOD again…

Isaiah 46:4 (NKJV) Even to your old age, I am He, And even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; Even I will carry, and will deliver you.

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