Pastor John,
I found this old email I sent to you back in Nov. 2009. It came to mind as I was walking in my door from work. All the events since 2009 sure make it a lot more real to me.
Paul
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From: Paul
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 8:42 PM
To: John Clark
Subject: Our choices determine our future.
Hey John,
I listened to your sermon from Sunday. The title was called, “Your choices determine your future.” I felt as though it was going to be good. It was! Here are some things that really touched me that you preached.
(1) Our lives, right now, are the result of the decisions we have made in the past.
(2) After Adam made his decision, after the deed was done, he had no more choice. He could only reap what he had sown. You are going to reap what you have sown!
(3) Whether we want it this way or not, our choices determine our future. Adam lost his happy life. He ate sorrow the rest of his time on earth. He had no choice about that because he had made the wrong choice.
(4). You then asked a question John, you asked, “Do you have any good thing in your life that you want to keep?” “Do you really want to keep your blessings?” The key is to live like you want to keep them. You have to have thankfulness for what God has giving you – health, wealth, the people in your life – treat those people and things like you value them because things can change, and will change.
(5). God told Adam, “In the day you eat thereof, you will die.” Adam didn’t believe it, and he didn’t value his happy life, so God gave him another one.
(6). Don’t play around with your blessings. You may wake up one day to find them gone, and there may not be a way to get them back. Value them!
(7). God has blessed us with the freedom to make choices, but once our choice has been made and the deed done, the results are entirely up to God.
You have no say-so in that. We have to take advantage of the opportunity to make the right choices!
This was just the first four tracks of the cd. It made me consider the times, today. God is so good! Let’s choose God first.
Thanks,
Paul