"Praise The Lord For He Is Worthy"
Welcome to Barbara's Blessings!
Hello, Friends! Let us praise the Lord with everything that
is in us. Magnify the name of Jesus above all other names....
Psalm 128:1 & 2 "Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that
walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine
hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee".
This is why I am so blessed, and I want to share my blessings
with you. Coming to know Jesus Christ as my Saviour was the
start of the blessing flow. He is your answer to all of your
problems. He is my Rock; He is my joy; He is my everything...
Oh how God has blessed my family ... poured out His blessings
from on high over and over, so much that it overwhelms me
sometimes. God is my refuge and my Saviour, my help in time of
need.
I am a pastor's wife, married to my dear husband Chuck 47 years.
We have 5 grown children -- James, Tracy, Jack, Victoria, &
Michelle; 11 Grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren. The Lord has
blessed me abundantly and beyond all measure, and I would like
to share some of the blessing I have with you. We took him literal when he
said go forth and multiply, amen, and happy is the man whose quiver is full.
Please come inside and see all we have to offer. I am sure you
will go away saying how wonderful it is to be with God's
people. Remember now, the door is always open, and the Light is
forever burning! That Light is Jesus -- He is the Light in this
dark world, and He is the Light of my life.
Barbara's Testimony of Saving Grace
I was saved in July of 1974. Praise God!
I remember like it was yesterday. I just kept thinking "Well, I
am not that bad, and maybe when I get older I will get saved.
I have too much living to do now...." Sound like familiar lies
from Satan? Well he had me pretty blinded. I had been a
terrible person, deep in sin, and so as not to give glory to
Satan in any way, I will not expound on these sins. My husband
had gotten saved, and he kept telling me ,"Oh the Lord is
coming back; and I am going to Heaven! And, Honey, you are not
going to be able to go unless you ask Christ to save you."
Well, I went two weeks watching, keeping my distance from his
Christian visitors, and wondering how the Lord could save a
rascal like my husband.
Then one Sunday, we had gone to Church, come home, and everyone
was in the bedrooms napping but me. I was on the sofa in the
living room. I never napped there.... See, God had it all set
up from the beginning! Well, anyhow this man came up to the
door known as brother Jack. He had led my DH to the Lord, and
he started talking about the Lord and asking if I were to die
today was I 100% sure I would go to Heaven. I was only 31
years old at the time! Did he know something I didn't know?
Was I sick or what? And of course I had no where to run or
hide; he had got me, and the Lord was working in my heart big
time by now. I could feel the heat, and feel my face flushed,
and still wanting to run and hide. Then finally I just broke
down, the Lord broke through all barriers, and I cried out,
NO I AM NOT SURE!!
Jack said, "Wouldn't you like to be sure?"
"Well yeah," I answered; so he read many scriptures, and I
could feel the Lord tugging at my heart. I kept thinking,
"no, no, no," and finally a peace came over me; and crying
and exhausted, I bowed my head and asked Christ to forgive me
of my sins and cleanse my heart from all evil, and to come live
inside of my soul.
"Oh Jesus!" I cried out, "save me, save me now, Lord!! save me!"
And guess what? He did! Amen and amen, and I have never been
the same since! Oh I love to tell this testimony! I always said
Satan thought he had me all tied up, snug and fast asleep. His
big mistake was he left me alone; and when he came back, well
GLORY, I belonged to another Master! I had made Jesus my
Saviour, and I belonged to Him now. Praise God!! Don't you know
how upset Satan was at that, and wow, did he start to attack us
then; he surely was not going to let us be happy in serving the
Lord. But greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world!!
And my God has proven it over and over again through my
Christian life.
Well, even before I was saved I can see His
mighty hand leading me. I think the smartest and the dumbest
thing I ever did was to promise God my children if He would
make my husband whole again. My husband had been a Rock
Drummer, and into many drugs. He over-dosed one night, and I
thought he would never come around again. But GLORY!!! little
did I know what the Lord had in store for us. But I was a lost
woman calling out to God to help me. I knew I would not give
myself, but I offered my children in my place (so foolish I see
now). Well, God did make my precious husband well again, and I
did keep my promise to God. I sent my children on the Sunday
School Bus faithfully for over 3 years, and then they went to a
little Church, only about 3500 members, ha ha. Through this
loving ministry God sent the man out to our home, and he told
us about Jesus. Oh what a Saviour is this man Jesus! And the
rest of the story is history.
Praise God for saving this wicked old soul. And for those of
you who do not know, my husband is a Pastor now! God delivered
him from ALL evil, changed his direction in life, (this is
repentance) completely. SO ladies with lost husbands, hang in
there! If God can save mine and make him a preacher, HE surely
can save yours, too!
STATEMENT OF FAITH
1. We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three
Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
2. We believe in the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His
sinless life, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His
bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in
His personal return in power and glory.
3. We believe in the ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the
believer is enabled to live a godly life.
4. We believe mankind is saved by grace through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ
alone and not by works, righteous living, confirmation, baptism, church
membership, or being raised in a Christian home or church.
5. We believe the King James Bible to be the inspired and infallible Word of God
and is the only written revelation of God given to mankind.
6. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; those who are
saved, resurrected to eternal life. Those who reject Christ's free gift of
eternal life, to a resurrection of damnation in the lake of fire.
7. We believe that the moment someone truly accepts Christ's free gift of
eternal life, that they are then indwelt by the Holy Spirit and are "born again"
(John 3:3) and that this 'New Birth' is essential to salvation. Without the 'New
Birth' the person is still dead in their sins and is lost.
Jesus Loves you, and so do I!
Remember, God said it, that settles it!!
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