Voice Of Freedom September 2024

Voice Of Freedom

 IT’S BEEN A BUSY YEAR SO FAR IT SEEMS THE OLDER YOU GET THE BUSIER YOU GET. 41 YEAR AGO I STARTED THE RESCUE MISSION AND GOD TOOK GOOD CARE OF US THROUGH THE YEARS. WE NEVER HAD TO TAKE GOVERNMENT MONEY OR UNITED WAY MONEY AND GOD SUPPLIED THE NEED. LOOKING BACK OVER THE YEARS A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE PASSED. BOTH DONORS AND PEOPLE WHO HAD PASSED THROUGH THE MISSION AND WE MISS THEM ALL. WE CAME TO KNOW MANY WHO REACHED OUT AND HELPED THE MISSION, AND THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO PASSED THROUGH OUR DOORS. BACK IN THE 80’s WE HAD A BLACK MAN WHO CAME TO THE MISSION AND HIS NAME WAS FRED PHILIPS. HE STOOD 6”3 IN TALL AND WEIGHED ABOUT 350. HE WAS THE GENTLE GIANT.  BACK THEN WE MADE CANDLES TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE MISSION AND FRED BECAME MY BEST CANDLE SALESMAN. FRED PASSED IN ABOUT 2001 FROM CANCER. STILL MISS HIM TODAY.  HE CALLED ME DAD. WE HAD MANY EXPERIENCE’S OVER THE YEARS. WE HAD A MAN THREATEN TO BLOW UP THE MISSION AND THE F.B.I. CAME AND GOT HIM AND WE NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN. WE HAD A MAN WHO TRIED TO BURN DOWN THE MISSION BUT THE FIRE HE SET WAS IN FRONT OF A STEEL DOOR AND THAT SAVED THE MISSION. 2001 WE MOVED INTO OUR NEW BUILDING AND IT SERVED THE PURPOSE OF THE MISSION UNTIL 2022. WE HAD A TREE SERVICE AND I HAD A WILLOW TREE FALL ON MY LEG. I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE MONTHS AND I GOT A DESIGNER LEG OUT OF THAT AND COULDN’T DO WHAT HAD TO BE DONE.  I HAD NO ONE TO TAKE OVER SO WE SOLD THE MISSION.  SINCE I WAS ONLY 80 YEARS OLD I DID NOT WANT TO RETIRE SO WE STARTED CHRIST CHAPEL AND GOD HAS BLEST. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP MANY PEOPLE WITH FOOD, HOUSING, AND GAS AND THAT IS ONLY  POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DONATIONS OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE.

HIM AND WE NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN. WE HAD A MAN WHO TRIED TO BURN DOWN THE MISSION BUT THE FIRE HE SET WAS IN FRONT OF A STEEL DOOR AND THAT SAVED THE MISSION. 2001 WE MOVED INTO OUR NEW BUILDING AND IT SERVED THE PURPOSE OF THE MISSION UNTIL 2022. WE HAD A TREE SERVICE AND I HAD A WILLOW TREE FALL ON MY LEG. I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE MONTHS AND I GOT A DESIGNER LEG OUT OF THAT AND COULDN’T DO WHAT HAD TO BE DONE.  I HAD NO ONE TO TAKE OVER SO WE SOLD THE MISSION.  SINCE I WAS ONLY 80 YEARS OLD I DID NOT WANT TO RETIRE SO WE STARTED CHRIST CHAPEL AND GOD HAS BLEST. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP MANY PEOPLE WITH FOOD, HOUSING, AND GAS AND THAT IS ONLY  POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DONATIONS OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE.

TODAY WE HAVE A LOT OF HURTING PEOPLE SOME FROM NOT MAKING ENOUGH MONEY TO GET BY AND THEY NEED A LITTLE HELP, TO SOME WHO JUST CAN’T MAKE IT FROM PAYDAY TO PAYDAY. WE NO LONGER DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS  BUT WE DEAL WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO HAVE HAD A DOWN TURN IN THEIR LIVES AND NEED A LITTLE HELP TO GET BY. A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE NEED THE LORD AND THAT IS WHERE OUR CHAPEL COMES IN. WE PREACH THE WORD EVERY SUNDAY MORNING AND WE GIVE OUT FOOD BOXES EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNING FROM 9:30 TO 12:00. WE OFFER THE GOSPEL TO THOSE WHO WILL ACCEPT IT. MANY DON’T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH GOD. THEY BLAME HIM FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THEIR LIFE. WHILE IT’S NOT GOD’S FAULT IT IS THEIR OWN FAULT FOR NOT DOING THINGS RIGHT IN THEIR LIVES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND YOU AND YOU SEE HURTING PEOPLE EVERYWHERE IT’S A PROBLEM THAT NEVER SEEMS TO GO AWAY. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THE POOR YOU WILL HAVE WITH YOU ALWAYS. I JAMES CHAPTER 1 VS 27, READS, ” PURE RELIGION AND UNDEFILED BEFORE GOD AND THE FATHER IS THIS, TO VISIT THE FATHERLESS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR AFFLICTION, AND TO KEEP HIMSELF UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD.” AND I BELIEVE WE CAN ADD THE HOMELESS AND ALL THE HURTING PEOPLE OUT THEIR.

ARE WE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS? THERE ARE A LOT OF PREACHERS WHO TALK ABOUT THE LORDS RETURN. IN MATT CHAPTER 24 VS 44, READS,’ THEREFORE BE YE ALSO READY: FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR YE THINK NOT THE SON OF MAN COMETH.’ THEN IF WE GO TO VS 30,’ AND THEN SHALL APPEAR THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN IN HEAVEN: AND THEN SHALL ALL THE TRIBES OF THE EARTH MOURN, AND THEY SHALL SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING IN THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY, VS 31,’ AND HE SHALL SEND HIS ANGELS WITH A GREAT SOUND OF A TRUMPET, AND THEY SHALL GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER.’

ARE YOU READY TO MEET CHRIST WHEN HE CALLS YOU OR WHEN HE COMES? IF NOT PRAY AND REPENT AND ASK CHRIST TO FORGIVE YOU OF YOUR SINS AND JESUS BLOOD WILL SET YOU FREE FROM YOUR SIN LIFE AND GIVE YOU A NEW LIFE WITH CHRIST AS THE HEAD OF YOUR TEMPLE. AFTER ALL YOUR BODY

IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST, AND HE ONLY DWELLS IN A CLEAN TEMPLE. SO WE ARE TO STAY UNSPOTTED FROM THE WORLD. BUT (IF WE SIN) NOT WHEN, WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER AND THAT IS JESUS CHRIST WE GO TO HIM AND ASK HIM TO FORGIVE US IF WE SIN AND HIS BLOOD STILL SAVES US FROM SIN, BUT IF THE PERSON GOES ON SINNING HE OR SHE NEEDS TO REPENT AGAIN AND JESUS IS THERE TO HEAR AND ANSWER YOUR PRAYER.

REMEMBER THIS, ” LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY CAN SEE JESUS LIVING IN YOU.’