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O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] window live messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 7:24 AM Subject: A Place In The Victory Parade >A PLACE IN THE VICTORY PARADE > > If you're going to be a great coach in sports, you generally need to be a > great motivator. The team > rises to the level of the coach's motivation. Now, when > your team is an entire nation that is under heavy attack, the coach had > better be one incredible > motivator. The nation was Great Britain. The time was > the beginning of WWII, when the team seemed like it was losing badly and > the coach was the Prime > Minister Winston Churchill. He may have been the most > inspiring leader of the 20th Century as he motivated his nation to make > tremendous sacrifices and > win a seemingly unwinnable victory. In those early days > of the war, he desperately needed the cooperation of the leaders of > Britain's coal industry. Their > extra sacrificial efforts would be critical to keeping > the war effort going. The way he did it was masterful. Churchill asked > those industry and union > leaders to picture the parade at the end of the war. Look > at the proud British sailors who kept the sea lanes open, and the soldiers > who valiantly fought the > land war, and the airmen who heroically won the battle > in the skies, followed by the coal miners of Britain whose work made those > victories possible. > Churchill said, "They will not be in military uniform, but > they will have won a place in the victory parade." > > The ultimate war, the one with the most at stake, is still raging. It's > the war between the forces > of Christ and the forces of darkness for the lives of > the people Christ died for. The battle has never been more intense, > especially as it approaches its > climactic stages. Here's the question: "Will there > be a place for you in the great victory parade of King Jesus?" > > Our word for today from the Word of God comes from 1 Samuel 30. David has > just won a mighty victory. > He has left behind 200 men who are just too exhausted > to go to that battle, so he has assigned them to guard the supplies. Some > of those who had just > fought the battle don't think that those 200 should share > in the spoils of the victory. The Bible says, "The share of the man who > stayed with the supplies is > to be the same as that of him who went down to the > battle. All will share alike." > > There's an exciting Biblical principle here. God considers those who fight > the battle and those who > support them as equal contributors and equal shareholders > in the victory. In Philippians 4, Paul urged those believers to support > his ministry so "my fruit > will be credited to your account." In the accounting > of God, every person Paul reached for Christ, his supporters reached for > Christ. Can't you just > imagine getting to heaven and God showing you your account, > and you're asking, "But, Lord, where did all these names come from? I > don't know these people." I > can imagine the Lord saying, "They were reached by such > and such a ministry or through your church and you helped. You reached > these people, too. Would you > like to meet them now?" > > You may feel like your part in the Lord's work is insignificant. You say, > "All I do is volunteer > some time, I just drive, I just pray regularly, I give > some money, I just cook, all I do is just work behind the scenes." Listen > to God's words: "The share > of the man who stayed with the supplies (who worked > in that unglamorous, no glory role) is to be the same as that of him who > went down to the battle. > All will share alike." Now you may feel your work is > insignificant, but Jesus doesn't. He promises an eternal reward even for a > cup of cold water given > in His name! > > So don't minimize the eternal value of the work you do for Jesus, of your > part in the greatest > battle of all, the battle for people's never dying souls. > You may not have worn the uniform of a soldier, but I believe there is > going to be a place of honor > for you in the parade. For anyone who contributed to > the war. I hope to see you in King Jesus' Victory Parade. > > Contact me at: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, KY 40402 > Home # 606-364-3321 > Cell # 606-438-2557 > Church # 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
