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Religion Personal but not Private

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Religion Personal but not Private

The world today seems to say that what you believe is a private matter. It is all right if you believe something but you should not bother other people with what you believe. Keep it all to yourself.


Some parents boast that they will not even teach their children their religion. This, of course, means that they have none that they believe to be true.
Just because what one believes is quite personal it does not mean that it must be kept private.

The problem with truth is that it cannot share its throne with any error. Truth, by definition is the enemy of all error. When Pilate asked, “What is truth?” he walked away. Jesus had told His disciples that He is truth and Life and the only way to the Father. (John 14:6 ) Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.)
         
The trouble with Christianity is that it allows for no other way to heaven. All other religions provide for an entrance into heaven another way. Jesus said that those who enter another way are thieves and robbers. ( John 20:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.)

Now here is where what you believe that is personal should not be kept private. When you see a skull and cross bones on a package of poison. What you believe demands that you warn others in other words don’t keep it private.

If you see a building on fire and believe that people should escape and do not warn them you would be wrong. So, if you believe that there is a hell and that without Christ people will spend their eternity there, you need to make the others aware. You cannot save anyone from hell but your responsibility is to warn them and to tell them about Christ.

As a Christian, you can share what you believe. If they say, “But I don’t believe that” your response should be to tell them that “That is what the bible says, “He that believeth not shall be damned”, (Mark 16:16 ) Whoever believes .. will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

That’s all. Do not add anything to it. Logic will not convert but the Holy Spirit can.
          

The more you witness to others the easier it is to remain faithful. A story is told of a young man who wanted to go to Bible College. He told his congregation that he planned to work for a Logging company. They tried to warn him that working around men like that would mean a great deal of teasing and tormenting. He went anyway. He returned to inform the church people that he did not experience any hazing. They were surprised until he explained, “They did not even guess that I was a Christian!”
          
State your position early in every relationship for while it is personal it is not private. (Pastor George Van Sandt)
 

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:  “Most people want to serve God but only in an advisory capacity.” – Dr. Adrian Rogers

ANGER

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Today’s topic is concerning anger.


The reason for writing on this subject is that anger is the most used trigger in most addictions. It is not that anger in and of itself is sinful. For in Ephesians 4:26 we read “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry”
When people become angry they will often suddenly become very hungry. That hunger can be for food but it is also for drink, drugs, and sex.

When you are at peace within yourself you are more able to control appetite than at any other time. So let us look at anger.

What causes anger?

Anger happens. It may not always be in your control to choose anger but it should always be in your control what you allow anger to do to or through you.

I say “not always” for some of us are too sensitive (easily pained, annoyed, etc). We expect even drivers on the road to get out of our way. My mother would say that we wear our hearts on our sleeves. Such exposed hearts are easily hurt. For this reason we need what my wife calls Elephant’s skin.

We need to have a servant’s heart. Matthew 20:28 “Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
How to control anger.

The first step is to recognize that you are angry. Don’t deny it. Don’t confuse it with hurt. When a person is hurt we all want to kiss it away BUT when one is angry we guard ourselves with anger. When you feel angry you need to choose your reaction.

The second step is to delay your response. Speaking while angry will enable you to make the greatest speech you will ever feel sorry for making.

The third step is to recognize that anger is reserved only for enemies. It is an enemy that makes us angry for our friends we make some sort of an excuse. Matthew 26:50   Jesus replied, “Friend, do what you came for. Jesus refused to let Judas cause Him to react in anger.

The forth step is to recognize that your anger gives the one who causes it control over your feelings. When I see a parent hitting a child I want to ask him/her, “Why are you doing that?” The answer is probably “the child is making me” when we became adults we should have put away childish things.

The fifth step is to contact your attorney and turn the situation over to him. Jesus taught us that we have two such attorneys. One is in heaven (Jesus) and the other is with you here (The Holy Spirit).

May you find help and encouragement with every kind of anger. Remember Paul said not to let the sun go down on your anger, It is not that your problem must be solved before sundown.. Don’t hold on to your anger for you are as much a prisoner as the offender. Let him/her go and get on with the freedom from anger. (Pastor George Van Sandt)

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: “If I put things in between me and Christ, it is idolatry. If I put CHRIST between me and things, it is VICTORY!

Just a few more thoughts on forgiveness

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Just a few more thoughts on forgiveness.

There are some things that forgiveness does not do:
1.     It may not stop the pain of the hurt right away.
2.     It may not be “once and for all”.
3.     It may need to be repeated over and over,
 
Now why is this so?
It is so because forgiveness has to do with our anger and it takes some time for us to sort out what we are angry about. And by the time we do, it is so stored within our memory bank that it is difficult to extract anger right away.


It may be repeated over and over because every time we remember the act we regenerate the anger and thus the process must be repeated; God gives Himself amnesia (Hebrews 10:17) “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”  But we have trouble in that area.

If we can totally forget the offending act, we will find ourselves in the same position. Suppose someone were to attack you when alone in their presence. It could result in the same action, so by remembering we can avoid the repeating of such act.

When Jacob and Esau met on Jacob’s journey towards Isaac, he finds forgiveness from Esau but they do not suddenly become loving twins. It does not erase the offence that Esau felt. In Genesis 33:18 & 19 Jacob bids farewell to his brother with a promise to meet again at home then crosses the river and buys property. He knows that when Esau remembers the hurt, his life would be in jeopardy.

Another thought that I cannot emphasize enough is that forgiveness benefits the forgiver more than the forgiven. We may think that we are letting him/her off of the hook when we are really laying down the pole, so that we can be free to move on. To not forgive means that you must keep all of the negative feelings that you have. 
      
In time, that will become a heavier burden than you can handle.
While forgiveness will not restore the original relation it can be the foundation of a new relationship. It can make you a more giving and forgiving person.

Bitter people are unhappy people. Grateful people are happy people. That does no mean that they are never sad but being aware of the good times can lead to happiness.

Forgiveness helps create a healthy person. Most happy people experience less common sicknesses. Keeping anger is draining and creates pain and illness. It takes a lot of energy to stay angry. From morning to night you must keep guard lest you forget one reason for being angry.

Now here is a good question.

Why do angry people hit objects that hurt them like walls and trees?  You may say that it is because they do not want to hit the offending person. But why hurt themselves. May I suggest that as a small child they heard their father say, “Stop crying or I will give you something to cry for?”

What is he teaching his child? That only physical pain is worthy of tears and that emotional pain is not real. It is the pain of personal hurt that we are dealing with. The pain is real. It is not helped by expressing anger but will be helped by forgiveness.

Constantly expressing anger does not relieve it. What it truly does is make it harder to control. So, forgiveness not only frees us from the past but it helps us handle future hurts.

May God grant us the ability to forgive and to be forgiving. (Pastor George VanSandt)

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: “God doesn’t want a PLACE in your life. He demands and deserves PREEMINENCE. God’s throne is not a duplex!” – Dr. Adrian Rogers

Another Thought on FORGIVENESS

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Another Thought on FORGIVENESS

They came into my office somewhat disheveled. It was obvious that they had not slept for sometime. He sat with his head in his hands while she sat with a Bible in her lap. Both were in great pain.

She had just heard of his infidelity. He had confessed.  She opened the session with the burning question of the moment, “How can I say that what he has done is OK?”  “You can’t,” was my calm response.  “But I have to,” was her anguished retort “Who told you that?” I asked knowing full well it wasn’t her pastor.  “My pastor told me that I have to forgive him.” They had been married for almost 40 years. She wanted desperately to save the family that God had created through them.  “Can you tell me the circumstances surrounding the adultery?” I put this question to the man.  After some time, I began to realize that he was full of remorse. The only thing that could heal this damaged relationship was forgiveness.  “But how can I say that what he did was OK?!” Her face and tone of voice showed that the hurt and anger was truly great.  “I never said that you had to make it OK. It can never be OK. Do you think that forgiveness is the same as OK?” I continued.  I have often found that even mature Christians rooted and grounded in Scripture struggle with their inability to forgive.  I try to remind them that an easy forgiveness is the seed of future failure. The offending party is often tempted to think that there was no harm done and will be tempted to repeat the action. This is not to be taken as a license to hold on to anger. Hurt becomes anger when held in the heart.  The next question is the pivotal point.  “What did Jesus say on the cross?” was the question that I put to her.   “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34)  “Are you sure that he used the word forgive? Why did he not inform the Father that what they were doing was OK? ”  “It is because,” I continued, “ignorance is no excuse for wrong actions. Just ask any policeperson; OK and forgiveness is not the same thing.”  “I understand what you are saying–that I must forgive–but I can’t.”  “That is true. Open your Bible to Philippians 4:13 “I can do everything through him who gives me strength”  “I have tried that but Christ has not helped me to forgive. It hurts too much!”  “True, so stop saying I can’t and tell God and yourself the truth, God will not do it for you or even with you. Many Christians like to use the word CAN’T for WONT. If the hurt is so fresh and great, it is OK to want justice and not mercy” “Then since I need justice, it is alright for me to be angry”  “No, What I am saying is that it is a normal reaction. You must engage your will before God can strengthen it. Can’t says that my will has nothing to do with it. What is Christ going to strengthen?”  “What does admitting that I do not want to forgive do for me?”  “First understand that most Christians stop trying to forgive and just try to make it OK. They say look what they did to Jesus so I must say that what was done to me is OK.  NO! What they did to Jesus was wrong too!”  “I think I am beginning to understand”  “Here is the secret, IF SOMETHING CAN BE MADE OK IT NEVER NEEDS TO BE FORGIVEN. IF IT CAN NOT BE MADE OK IT NEEDS TO BE FORGIVEN. So, unlock the prison door and with God’s help set yourself free.  “When can I be free of this pain?” she asked.  “When you are able to stop saying I can’t forgive and recognize that you won’t forgive. Then, when you want to be rid of the pain, you go to Christ and tell him that your heart’s desire is to forgive and Christ will enable you to forgive. Don’t make it OK just Forgive!”

Please use this information to help you forgive each other whether the offender is male or female, friend or family, neighbor or coworker. Just enjoy the freedom that forgiveness brings. (Pastor George Van Sandt)
 
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: “To KNOW Him is to love Him. To LOVE Him is to trust Him. To TRUST Him is to obey Him. And to OBEY Him is to be blessed by Him.” – Dr. Adrian Rogers

Why do we need to forgive anyone?

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Why do we need to forgive anyone?

Freedom Fighters for this week will challenge you to think.

One day I walked into the reception area during a conference. I think it was a Thursday afternoon when I met a young woman who was alone and our conversation went something like this I greeted her with “Hi. You look happy. How is the week going for you?” “Oh, it is just great,” was her reply, “I have finally forgiven my father.” My response at this point caught her by surprise, “Why have you forgiven him?” “I had to. If I did not forgive him, God would not forgive me?” “Really?” was my surprised response? “Yes, if we do not forgive then God will not forgive us.” “Do you really believe that?” “That’s what the Bible says.” Her remark should have stopped my line of inquiry. “It certainly seems to say that,” was my reaction, “but I thought that God’s love (and forgiveness) was not conditional. That is the most conditional kind of love that I can think of.”

Fortunately she agreed with me but timidly continued “Why did God say that we should forgive in order to be forgiven?”  “He didn’t” I pointed out that in the “Lord’s Prayer” we ask God to forgive us in the same way that we forgive others. So it is our request for God to treat us as we treat others, “I am not so sure that we really want God to do that!” “Do you mean that God will forgive us no matter how we treat others?” was her reaction. “Isn’t that more like unconditional love and forgiveness?” “Yes, but now I am confused. I have tried all of these years to forgive my father but I did not have to!” “I didn’t say that. You can hold on to your anger and hurt until the day you die BUT you cannot experience God’s forgiveness without forgiving.” “It sounds like we are back at the beginning. If I don’t forgive, I won’t be forgiven.” “No, it is quite the opposite. God will and has and always will forgive His children but no child of God can sense His forgiveness while holding on to un-forgiveness.” “Why?”  “Because, how can you feel forgiven for everything that you have done when you are unable to forgive another for some slight hurt or small offence. It stands to reason that you are not greater than God so the debt that another owes you can never equal the debt that you owed God.” “Oh, I think I see what you mean. ”Yes, to enjoy the full and free forgiveness of God we must freely forgive one another” “Suppose he never asks for my forgiveness?

“If you wait for someone to ask you, that person has control over your happiness. Do you want to give that control over to another? It is better to forgive and move on with the happiness that one finds when doing what is right.” Why do I write this? Because if you are waiting to forgive, you need to go to God and “By Faith” forgive another, not to be forgiven, but because you are forgiven!

(This week’s Freedom Fighter’s have been written by Pastor George Van Sandt)

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: The difference between the Anti-Christ and Christ is that one gives you a number and the other gives you a name. When Jesus comes will name be called or will your number be up? – Dr. Adrian Rogers

This Yoke’s for You

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This Yoke’s for You!

We don’t know a whole lot about yokes in our culture. Most of us have probably never seen one. After reflecting on Jesus’ invitation to come to Him and take His yoke (Matthew 11:28-30), I decided to do some reading about yokes, and I learned a lot.One thing that I discovered is that any good oxen in Jesus’ day were better dressed than I’ll ever be.

I buy my suits off the rack at J.C. Penney. The oxen of Jesus’ time wore custom-made yokes. They were perfectly fitted to each yoke of oxen by the yoke maker. One-size-fits-all was unacceptable.The yoke had to fit perfectly. Without the perfect fit, the oxen faced injury or infection. They could injure themselves pulling heavy loads of the yoke didn’t fit. Or, the misfit yoke could rub the oxen’s skin and cause abrasions or cuts that could get infected. Custom-fit was the only way to go.Jesus’ hearers knew all that. They could have surmised that Jesus’ call to the yoke implied a good fit. When He said to them My yoke is easy, they knew exactly what that meant. When they got in the yoke with Him, it would fit perfectly.

So it is for you and me. Jesus, all-knowing, all-powerful and every-where present, fits His yoke for you and me to the exact measurements He knows we need. It won’t bind on us, and it won’t hurt us. The yoke He offers us will hold us in His presence and never feel like a burden. Rather, we’ll know perfect comfort for the journey with Jesus. Your yoke might well not fit me. Mine probably wouldn’t fit you. Each of us will discover the pleasure of a custom fit!We can always trust Jesus to do what is best for us. We know His character and love well enough to know that He’ll never call us to anything less than what is best for us. The yoke will always fit. When Jesus says take My yoke, He’s saying this yoke’s for you! (Today’s Freedom Fighter was submitted by Pastor John Strain, First Baptist Toms River)

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT …: The supreme test of goodness is not in the greater but in the smallerincidents of our character and practice; not what we are when standing in the searchlight of public scrutiny, but when we reach the firelight flicker of our homes; not what we are when some clarion-call ringsthrough the air, summoning us to fight for life and liberty, but our attitude when we are called to sentry-duty in the grey morning, when the watch-fire is burning low. It is impossible to be our best at the supreme moment if character is corroded and eaten into by daily inconsistency, unfaithfulness, and besetting sin. Frederick Brotherton ( F. B. ) Meyer

Choosing the Yoke

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Choosing the Yoke

After Jesus invites us to himself and gives us rest, He goes a step further. He says to us “Take My yoke upon you and learn from me . . . .” The implications of this instruction almost boggle the mind. Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, offers us the privilege of walking with Him each day! Think about what that means. Every day we have Jesus’ presence. Not one day goes by that we don’t have His guidance. Each day we walk in yoke with the One who can protect and provide for us! What possible reason might we have to decline the yoke?

The construction of Jesus’ instruction is much more powerful in the Greek New Testament. Those who heard Him speak these words would have understood that He expected them to choose the yoke immediately. He wasn’t offering them something to think about. Instead, He said to them, Take the yoke right now; make your choice right now!

Warren Wiersbe writes that the “come” of verse 28 and the “take” of verse 29 are “crisis” experiences; they need to happen right now! We hear Jesus’ invitation to come to Him, and we come. We hear His invitation to take the yoke, and we do it. By the work of God’s Spirit in our lives, we know both are the right thing to do.

Discovering the benefits/blessings of coming and taking begin immediately. The discovery process lasts for the rest of our journey with Jesus. We’ll continually learn from Him. We’ll find deeper levels of rest, peace and trust as we walk with Him in the yoke.

We must understand, however, that the discovery process begins with choices that may well feel like a crisis. Jesus’ demands on our lives are always for our best. Choosing obedience often is frightening because we yield control and don’t know what to expect.

Jesus comes to us and tells us to choose the yoke. Only a very foolish person would choose to decline the opportunity! (Pastor John Strain)

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: A sinful act involves worship of the wrong kind, submitting ourselves at that moment to serve the appetites of our pride or lust, and so repentance is literally a transfer of our worship back to the One who rightfully owns it….. Worship has been misunderstood as something that arises from a feeling which “comes upon you,” but it is vital that we understand that it is rooted in a conscious act of the will, to serve and obey the Lord Jesus Christ. The feelings, the joy of having been forgiven, follow on as a consequence of our reunion with him. Graham Kendrick

COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE

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COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE

“Let us therefore draw near with CONFIDENCE to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need.”
Hebrews 4:16

I’ve told you before that I am thick-headed and a slow learner. Yesterday I had one of those “duh!” moments. We are going through some tough days financially as a ministry. We’ve been here many times before in the life cycle of the ministry, and God has always been faithful.

I have really tried not to worry and fret over this, but at times, it gets pretty overwhelming. For 11 years we have not had to borrow any money from the bank which is a God thing. At our Board meeting last Friday, someone mentioned taking out a line of credit and inwardly I cringed. Thankfully we all agreed – we are going to trust God!

Yesterday I was really feeling in that overwhelmed state and I said to myself (that’s for you Brian …) “I wish my friend Pastor Conant was around. I’d call him and get him to pray!” Then there was that moment we’ve all experienced. My son Zach calls it the “duh” moment – when the light clicks on. What did I write in Freedom Fighter yesterday about having “a private audience” with the God? Did I not read that yesterday morning? “DUH!”

Pastor Conant was a great prayer warrior because he had confidence to go directly to the throne of grace. Jesus made it possible for him to do that. But I have that same privilege and opportunity to do that at any time of the day or night. I can solicit others to pray about issues with me – but I need to be praying myself.

Did you ever find yourself asking someone to tell someone else something for you? “Hey, in your meeting, tell so and so _____________,” only to have the person say – “Tell them yourself!” Well isn’t that what I was doing?

I knew that I would get hit this morning – so here is what I read:

“We are to rely on HIM as our VIGILANT PROVIDER, who ‘supplies all our need’ (Philippians 4:19; Psalm 34:22). He does not always employ ravens to feed His Elijah’s, but by one means or another, He sustains them if they really rely on Him. We would not eulogize poverty, yet one of its blessings is that it keeps us more directly looking to God, and thus occasions more evidences that our extremities are God’s opportunities.

But we are obliged to add a qualifying word. Our relying on God must be marked by three characteristics. First it must be a REAL relying; not merely pretended or imagined. Second it must be CONSTANT. We must be like the godly man of Psalm 112:7: ‘His heart is FIXED, trusting in (relying on) Jehovah!” Third, our relying must be UNADMIXED! It must be on our LORD ALONE! A willy-nilly faith dishonors God and leaves its double-minded exerciser self-frustrated. We must learn to say with David, ‘He ONLY is my Rock … My soul wait thou ONLY upon God … He ONLY is my defense.’ (Psalm 62:2, 5, 6)” from AWAKE, MY HEART by J.
Sidlow Baxter (Zondervan)

I am thankful that today is a new day! I will continue to ask people to join me in prayer, but they are going WITH ME to the throne of grace! “Forgive me, Lord, for depending on others to pray when I have the privilege of a having “a private audience with you. Thank You, for this reminder, Lord.”

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: “Give me a hundred men who fear nothing but God, and who hate nothing but sin, and who know nothing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified, and I will shake the world.” John Wesley

HEAD’S UP – Next week we are traveling with 45 senior citizens to the beautiful islands of Hawaii. Pastor George Van Sandt, my pastor growing up, will be our guest Freedom Fighter writer for the week. Pastor John Strain will be sharing with you both weekends.

You Have An Audience of One

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YOU HAVE AN AUDIENCE OF ONE

Ok, I admit that I have a real problem in this area. Some of you won’t be surprised. I really have to work at staying focused when I am talking to someone – especially when there is something else going on around me. I have to really work hard at making sure I have eye contact with the person I am speaking with, otherwise it is very easy for me to drift off and to listen in to the conversations around me.

I have prided myself over the years that I am a good multi-tasker. I can listen to music and write and read. But when it comes to listening, and doing it attentively, I am realizing that I have to make a concerted effort to really zero in on the one talking to me.

Yesterday two dear friends came into my office and both of them talk rather loudly and were both jabbering on a high decibels and at a rapid rate. My brain felt like a ping pong ball trying to keep up with what they were saying. It was pretty funny!

I began to think about the awesomeness of God. Imagine what it must be like for Him to have millions of people praying and crying out to Him at one time, and yet He is able to zero in our prayers as if we were the only one in His presence. And the Hebrew word picture in the Old Testament for listen when referring to God, says that He listens with BOTH ears!

This morning I read in Psalm 18 from THE MESSAGE: “I call to God, I cry to God to help me. From His palace he hears MY call; MY cry brings me right into HIS presence – a private audience! That is absolutely mind-boggling to me! When I pray to Him I have a private audience with the God of the universe! I have his undivided attention! Amazing!
Amazing! Amazing!

That’s the God who LONGS for you to talk with Him throughout the day, my friends! Take time today to enjoy your private audience with the KING!

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: “How often I have treated my quiet time as “Give me” time, when I am concerned with MY emptiness, MY weakness, MY weariness, and MY sinfulness. My, My, My! I fail to see that Jesus Christ also has a need. He needs MY love, worship, obedience, and above all, MY company. I need to sit by HIS side as a dear friend, sharing His heart secrets as He shares mine, rejoicing in the mutual balance of our love.” – Glynn Evans

Stumbling Blocks Part 2

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STUMBLING BLOCKS (Part 2)

“Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”
Hebrews 12:1

Good morning, men. Today is a new day and another day to see God at work in our lives. Yesterday I shared the first part of a devotional reading from the book STREAMS IN THE DESERT (Zondervan) and now here is part 2.
I pray that today it will speak to someone’s heart. If that someone was you, I’d love to hear from you.

“The devil has two very masterful tricks. The first is to tempt is to become DISCOURAGED, for then we are defeated and of no service to others, at least for awhile. The other is to tempt is to DOUBT, thereby breaking the bond of faith that unites us with the Father. So watch out!
Do not be tricked either way!

I like to cultivate the spirit of HAPPINESS! It restores my soul and it keeps it so perfectly in tune that Satan is afraid to touch it. The chords of my soul become so vibrant and full of heavenly electricity that he takes his fiendish fingers from me and goes somewhere else!
Satan is always wary of interfering with me when my heart is full of the happiness and joy of the Holy Spirit.

My plan is simply to shun the spirit of SADNESS as I would normally shun Satan, but unfortunately I am not always successful. Like the devil himself, sadness confronts me while I am on the highway of USEFULNESS.
And it stays face to face with me until my soul turns blue and sad! In fact, sadness discolors everything around me and produces a mental paralysis. Nothing has any appeal to me, future prospects seem clouded in darkness, and my soul loses all its aspirations and power!

An elderly believer once said, ‘CHEERFULNESS in our faith causes any act of service to be performed with DELIGHT, and we are never more moved ahead as swiftly in our spiritual calling as when we are carried on the wings of happiness. SADNESS, however, clips those wings or, using another analogy, causes the wheels to fall off our chariots of service.
Our chariot then becomes like those of the Egyptians at the Red Sea, dragging heavily on its axle and slowing our progress.”

Good words to consider this morning.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: “I am the visible part of the invisible Christ. He is the invisible part of the visible me!” – Dr. Adrian Rogers