There may be people who may read this; who knowingly or unknowingly may be looking to see if this is a critical piece. That is not the nature of this writing. It’s simply about a personal experience that clearly shaped my walk with God.
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When I was younger and not walking close with God; I had an enlightening experience. It was what my friend Rose calls a “defining moment.”
I always had two or three jobs even when I had a good job. We had moved into a new house and the financial needs became more demanding. I needed to be able to work at home and still earn extra monies. It so happened that an opportunity arose that allowed me to make money and a lot of it writing meaningful greetings cards and I leaped at the challenge.
BACKGROUND
I had written poetry for many years; all of my life in fact. When we were newly married in the middle of the night; something would wake me up and whisper poetry in my ears and I would jump up and write it down. When I became convinced that it could wait til morning, I would later find that it couldn’t, it would be long forgotten. All I knew was that it was beautiful. So I ended up with a huge stack of poetry in a bin from these nightly writings. My husband and I even thought of putting a computer in the bedroom for my nightly writings but we decided against it.
THINGS HAPPEN TO BELIEVERS
I knew the Lord as a little child. I am very thankful. I know that this doesn’t happen to everyone. God is love. I knew this as a child, but something happens to believers as we live in this world. I became sensitive to all of the unbelief that surrounded me in the wrong way. In my poems, Gods’ name would just pop up. Or Jesus name would just pop up. I really couldn’t explain it but they would be in the writings and nothing else would go there. I could be writing on anything, any subject and God’s name, His hand was always in it.
I GOT THIS JOB OFFER
I heard about a place that paid for your poetry if they could convert it into Greeting cards. I began to do some research and wrote a stack of materials. I went to the business and met the owner. I literally spent the entire afternoon there. I don’t recall her name and honestly I wouldn’t say it if I did. The lady paid me extremely well and promised me that she would give me a byline on the back of the Greeting Cards that were published. She then gave me a very large assignment. I was so excited.
THEN THE BOOM FELL…
This is a true story. As I was leaving she said: “One small thing. You mention God in your poetry, can you just leave that out? I usually don’t accept writings with Gods’ name in it but you didn’t have it in there a lot; but can you just do it less?”
She explained that she was an atheist. Now I had never met an atheist before. I couldn’t even understand how someone could have that mindset. I was shocked. I remember thinking how I couldn’t tell by looking at her. That was the most alarming thing.
MY RESPONSE…
I went numb. Those “visions of sugarplums” danced right out of my head. I just said the expected good-byes. For some reason I had parked a very long ways from the business. The walk back to my car was way too long. I was overcome with great sadness. I knew in my spirit that I could never return. I could not compromise my faith.
LOOKING BACK
I am very proud, because I wasn’t walking close with God then. There comes a time when we will all face DEFINING MOMENTS; what will you do then? What choice will you make?
Ephesians 6:16 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
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16Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

An umbrella protects me from the rain, but I prefer a raincoat with a hood. The bottom line is that they both work the same way. They don’t look the same but they both work and serve their purposes. Your faith is designed to do a whole lot for you. Dig it out and crank it out every day. Put on your shiled of faith and make a decision today that it is there for:
WHATSOEVER
WHOSOEVER
WHENEVER
HOWEVER
and WHY (ever) you need it. Make that decision today.
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Psalm 119: 130 KJV (King James Version)
A friend of mine needed prayer one day and I was moved by the Holy Spirit to pray with her. I was trained to pray scriptures and that’s what I do. I didn’t know of anything going on with her so I trusted God to give me the word. After we prayed, I could see that she felt better; just having heard the word of God. There was sheer relief all over her as if she had been freed from bondage. The Word of God can have that impact on each of us. I’ve known cases where the Word touched the hearts and lives of people from other faith backgrounds.
I know of cases of people who crave the Word of God from the bible even though that may not be their holy book. I’ve heard recently of the Word of God (the bible) delivering a woman from demonic possession as a result of practicing witchcraft.
The entrance of Gods’ holy word gives great light. It also provides understanding no matter how smart you are or you think that you are. Gods’ got fresh insight for you.
Each day, I purpose in my heart; to allow God to give me a different way of seeing things that I had not seen before.
The best Christmas present; I stumbled across. Here it is:
1. Make a list of your unsaved friends and relatives.
2. Minister God’s love all year long. (ideally, but you don’t have to)
3. Pray the prayer of Salvation to them and have them repeat it all after you.
4. Perhaps they have never made Jesus their Master or Savior or Lord of their life; maybe they need to rededicate their life to him.
5. I was happy that God had prepared the hearts of those whom I approached.
6. God will be pleased with your work. Keep your eyes on Him and follow His lead.
Below are some salvation scriptures and a prayer following
JOHN 3: 16“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[a] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
JOHN 5:24 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him [God] that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
JOHN 10:9 ” I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” (Said Jesus)
JOHN 10:28-29 “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father”™s hand.”
You must understand that a prayer cannot get you into heaven. God looks at the heart; I will not mislead you. This is very serious; it is life changing. The devil would like to deceive many, do not allow your loved ones to be deceived. This is a commitment; God is not playing; He is serious and every soul is important to Him.
We should do the following:
1. Acknowledge
2. Declare
3. Believe ( Have Faith)
4. Repent
Father, I acknowledge You and I know that You are real. Thank You for loving me amd counting me worthy of Your kingdom. I declare that You are God alone and that there is none like You. I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. I accept Him as the master of my life. Lord Jesus, I thank You for being put in a grave and I know that after that you were resurrected and rose from the dead. I thank You for saving me and making me righteous. Come into my heart this very minute. I repent of my sins and I put you first. Thank You for saving me now. I am now born again. Use me to do your work. In your name I pray, Amen
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Now this isn’t the end. You will need to see after them, encourage them, disciple them, Bless them, help them if you are able to get them in a good bible teaching church. You will need to follow up. Don’t leave them in the wind.
You don’t just have to do this at Christmas…but it is a good gift…






