Luke

  I will not be ashamed to share with you how my life was before I accepted Jesus as my Lord and savior. It was dark. Very dark and bleak. There was no hope. It felt like I was in a trap and needed to be rescued. Someone else was operating my life. Someone dictated what I watched on TV and someone operated my mind of what I was going to become. And I was a slave to that someone. Well, reading Ephesians I understand now who that someone is. It is the spirit of disobedience. Also the lusts of my flesh lured me and held me in bondage. My eyes were blinded. I did not understand God's word, the bible, even if I read it.  But one day I decided that I am not going to walk this way. I cried out to Jesus for help. I screamed to God to help me. God in His mercy rescued me. He made to taste His love for me. He picked me up from the trap. He delivered my soul from sin. His grace made sure that I didn't go back to the old sinful lifestyle. Ephesians 1 says that when God rescued us from sin...

THE OUTCAST: I feel like an outcast I don't fit in anywhere Not in the world or even in the church  Days seem drudging My thoughts are exhausted I have chosen grief to be my friend There is no one who can be trusted No one who speaks good No one who encourages another They say they believe in Jesus But do not believe in His power and grace  To transform a sinner to a saint Like Elijah I hate my life What good is my life to me I am an outcast Cast aside and thrown away  Yet I find my hope in His Word I will meditate on His word daily And though my walk is feeble God will send me help Then I will race like Elijah I will be swifter than Ahab And I will overtake him to Mt. Carmel And give glory to My God.