Anyone who is saved is a child of the King of Kings
*Disclaimer, computer’s still in shop, please forgive the quality of this missive*
Life and death is in the power of the tongue…. God
God spoke, and it was….As a man thinketh in his heart so is he……. What is in our heart comes out of his mouth… I could fill this whole thread about the importance and power of what Born again Christians say.
So, my beautiful wife, Winnie, and I have been continuously preaching the precious gospel of Jesus Christ to this particular group Great children for 10 years non stop (Christianity is a lifestyle, not an event).
These little guys have a life so hard and strenuous that it would make a muscle man from Venice Beach roll on the floor and cry like a little girl, after just one day
Our preaching doesn’t really seem to have the effect on the kids that We wish it had. Today Sofi wore a princess dress. The moment we saw her in that beautiful dress, Winnie and I both called her
M (probably through the Holy Spirit) ‘Princesa’. The kids were already mocking her because she came ‘overdressed’ for the occasion.
When we called her princesa, the mocking turned into angry cat calls and insults, because they got jealous Of Winnie’s special attention. Sofia seems to have gotten saved recently. It didn’t really phase her. She is now nobility. She got it! She was a kid of the king! All the kids in pureHear say the sinners prayer with us. Sometimes it sticks, sometimes it doesn’t, I believe it really stuck with Sofi.
There’s a popular christian song called ‘La Princesa’ that I immediately played On my Smartphone right then and there for all the kids to hear. It’s talking about a street girl who got saved and became a princess so it was a hit! It’s actually the real life testimony of a Colombian street walker, and she sings it herself! https://youtu.be/T2rif8CsZmU
Our message suddenly turned from our planned and structured ‘how to resist sin’ to why Sofi was a princesa….. it was an easy answer because her new daddy is the King of Kings. The Whole mood changed among all the kids, when they realized that they would be a prince or princess once they accepted the King of Kings into their hearts.
Another case of where God taught us something that isn’t specifically mentioned in the Bible, but demonstrates what the Bible is all about. Praise His Holy Name!
God does that. There are no Fórmulas. I got saved Differently than everyone else. We each got Saved through completely different settings. There are no Systems that work in evangelism. It’s the Holy Spirit that guides and directs. It’s God’s Holy Spirit that sheds the love of Christ abroad in our hearts. It’s Him that gives us grace. It’s Him that gives us faith. It’s him that gets all the glory. If it’s not Scriptural, it’s Nothing: no one has the secret sauce to 100% success. Only god and no one else. Who know’s what works at any given time? Only God does, trust him for souls, don’t worry about who gets the Biggest head count nor about who gets Credit for the ‘conversion’.
I Find there to be a lot Of confusion In the evangelical circles because few know The five solas of Christianity. (pilars of The christian faith)
They are:
1. Sola Gratia (grace alone)
2. sola fida (Faith alone)
3. Solus Christus (christ alone)
4. Soli deo Gloria (glory of god alone)
5. Sola Escritura (Scripture alone)
1a. like i mentioned before, god has given me 8 Million+ ‘2nd chances’ Because he has grace (Grace alone)
2a. God has given me faith. Faith to believe in the Resurrection Power of jesus christ. Faith to Believe that he is the only way. Faith to believe that my words have power of life and death. (Faith alone)
3. that i know it’s only jesus. I don’t talk about any Other religious thought. One way, jesus, the mediator between god and man. Not prophets nor saints. There is only one god. Only he can save us! (Christ alone)
4. it’s not about me. I am not doing this to make friends. I don’t want glory or fame. I don’t want anyone to say ‘praise PureHeart’. I Want only one person to get all the glory. There’s Only one throne in my heart. God! (Glory of God alone)
5. although we didn’t make a point today using bible verses, we made a point reiterating what the bible says. Making a point From Scripture is using scripture. It’s not the words themselves that save, it’s the meaning Of the words, and the holy Spirit’s application of it Genesis 1:2 ‘And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.’ (Scripture alone)
God does His perfect will and If we love him and follow him we will do his perfect will and desire it as well.
romans 8:28 ‘All things work Together for good, for those who love the lord.’
Good night Princes and Princesses!
Dean and Winnie Peters
Joyfully serving the ‘least of these’ in Managua Nicaragua
www.whatistheloveofGod.com
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I don’t have pictures because I only have a smart phone right now at my disposal but here are two professional videos of PureHeart (thanks to Solon)
https://youtu.be/t21xhcZt2_8 Christmas 2021
https://youtu.be/P53C4jY1-eo PHCF overview
Happy New Year!!
Love Dean and Winnie