Friday, June 11, 1999
Friday, June 11, 1999
He laid his hands on Saul and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to
you on your way here, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy
Spirit."
(Acts 9:17
NRSV)
People do all kinds of things to help make themselves better. We read, we jog, we take
vitamins. But there is one way to improve ourselves that is better than any other. That is to invite
Jesus into our hearts. Our Scripture lesson is about a violent man named Saul who let Jesus come
into his heart and became perhaps the greatest Christian that ever lived.
All we have to do is to pray, "Lord Jesus, come into my heart and help me to be what you want
me to be." That's better than a glass of ice water over the head any day! Even in this Texas heat.
Ronald Newhouse, Texas, USA
I don't know if you know this, but we adults are really funny sometimes. We have little routines,
little rituals that we go through that help us function. For example I was reading about the great
musician, Beethoven. Beethoven was one of the great composers of all time. He wrote beautiful
music. Do you know how Beethoven got ready each day to write music? He would pour ice
water over his head. He believed that it stimulated his brain. Maybe he didn't get enough sleep at
night and he used the ice water to wake himself up. We don't know.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, come into my heart. I've got some junk that needs to be cleaned out.
Amen.
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