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SCREAMING SIRENS

 

By Ada Nicholson Brownell

 

 A siren’s wail penetrated the early evening air. A young mother ran out of the house. She imagined her child lying in a pool of blood somewhere in the street. But she found her toddler playing happily in the yard.

Another mother parted the living room drapes, looking anxiously toward the street. Why was her teenage son so late driving the car home from the store? Was he now breathing his last beneath the wreckage of the automobile?

A father, just returning from work, heaved a sigh of relief when there was no fire truck in front of his home.

A young fellow coming out of a supermarket chuckled. “Somebody’s getting a ticket.”

Sirens can mean many different things. They make imaginations run wild. But their main purpose is to warn. They want motorists and pedestrians to get out of the way of a speeding ambulance, fire truck or police vehicle. Those who don’t give the emergency vehicle the right-of-way often cause serious accidents, creating an even larger emergency.

Other warning sounds are evident in our world—violence, war, revolution, famine. More important the rise of atheism from our schools, and churches that offer everything but the gospel and the Word of God.

Centuries ago a physician wrote a warning about these problems. Its theme: When these things encompass the earth, a great event is about to take place—and every person should prepare for it. Dr. Luke, more widely known as St. Luke, penned the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament and the book of Acts, relating the words of Jesus when he was on earth.

One of the warnings he delivered was about the second coming of Christ (Luke 21:7-36) that came from the mouth of Jesus.

Matthew sounded a similar warning. The warnings foretold about the destruction of Jerusalem in A. D. 40, but then Jesus connected events that would come to pass that would precede His Second Coming.

The Lord mentioned his second coming to his disciples several times, Here’s what he said in Matthew 24: “And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. “6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

“ And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come…”

According to the Scriptures, today’s world tensions are dovetailing into the Battle of Armageddon, described in the Book of Revelation.

Today’s warnings are largely ignored. Some people have heard about the Second Coming all their lives –and they say, “It hasn’t happened yet.”

They may end up like those who have had to run to storm cellars so many times without experiencing a tornado, they have become callous.

Are you ready for Christ’s return? Have you accepted Him as your personal Savior? ”He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John 3:36).

Heed the screaming sirens of the times, warning you to get ready. Jesus is coming! Whether you are dead or alive when he bursts through the clouds with the sound of a trumpet, if you’ve repented of your sins and made Jesus Lord of your life, you’ll meet him in the air, and from then throughout eternity you’ll be with the Lord. (See 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18).

“Two men shall be in the field, one will be taken and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill. One will be taken and the other left. Watch therefore, for you do not know the hour your Lord doth come” (Matthew 24:40-41 KJ).

NEXT: More quotes from the Bible about the catching away of the church and Christ’s second coming. “Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.

THE GOD-SHAPED VOID WITHIN YOU

By Ada BrownellI covered one of the first seminars on the Human Genome Project,

FOLLOWING THE TRACKS

Following the Tracks and Dealing with SnowBy Ada BrownellI thought I was going to retire. After all, I’ve been writing for publication since I was in my teens.I was bored with retirement in a hurry, and I still had things I wanted to do. When I told people about some of the adventures we had working for the Rio Grande Western Railroad, they asked, “Why haven’t you written that story?”So, I kicked retirement aside, and made my way back to my desk.We married in October 1953. Les asked me out when I was barely 15 and he was 19, and already working as an agent–telegrapher for the railroad. Daddy would have chased him off, but he was my brother-in-law’s brother.I wasn’t any ordinary 15-year-old kid. I’d been cleaning houses and taking care of children since I was in the sixth grade. Then I helped my aunt manage her small motel, even painting and updating rooms and the exterior.When Les asked me for a date, he had about a half dozen girls chasing him because our church didn’t have many guys. I was the youth leader. Sometimes I sang solos during regular services, so I was noticed for more than my red hair and freckles.I was surprised when Les asked me out, and kept being surprised at how determined he was to make me his wife. My older sister had been engaged at least three times, so when Les asked me to marry him, I thought, “That’s once.”He sent me telegrams (he could send them free) that I picked up at Fruita’s railroad depot every week when he worked out of town. He wrote letters too.So we dated about a year and had a beautiful wedding. Then we began living all over Colorado’s majestic mountains, and even ventured into Utah, into the multitude of places where the D&RGW needed a telegrapher.We spent our first anniversary at Pando, near the top of Tennessee Pass, and lived in a log cabin across from the depot.In Avon we moved into agent’s quarters in the railroad station, but within reaching distance of the dispatcher’s phone, and we could hear the click of the telegraph key’s sounder from the living room. The bay window where Les worked sat only about ten feet from the tracks.In Malta, we lived in a railroad boxcar, with a lean-to mud-room and living room built on. Some small railroad towns had no company housing and few rentals available. When we arrived in Thompson, Utah, only one house was up for rent—a dilapidated shack covered with wind-blown tar paper on one section, and rusty corrugated metal on the remainder. No bathroom. An ancient wood-burning cook stove sat in one end of the two-bedroom building. We used old stove for heat and cooked on our gas range.My rich Uncle Bill, a builder, dropped by to see us there. I was mortified. He looked around and grinned. “I could build a house like this for about fifty bucks. But take a picture of this, and when your kids grow up and want to borrow money tell them, “We started out the hard way.”We eventually bought a beautiful 50 X 10 mobile home and parked it on railroad land.I started a Sunday school in the five years we lived in Thompson—population 98, four bars, a uranium mill, an acid plant, a school, and no church. We had sixteen faithful kids, and on Easter, some parents came.We drove 38 miles to Moab to church on Sunday nights. Les worked on Sunday morning.Later, we lived in two-mile-high Leadville, Colo., and one night our water froze. Les was bumped, and working somewhere else, so I rushed out with a fake fur coat over my nightgown to thaw it out, and got stuck out there because the door froze shut. I found out the next day the temperature had been 30-some degrees below zero.We had many other “near disasters,” but when you’re following the tracks of Jesus, He’s always beside you. Les worked for the railroad more than forty years. We moved twelve times the first three years we were married, and since chalked up more. God sent amazing people into our lives everywhere, and Jesus walked with us every step, even calling us to unexpected ministries and joy.We’re in our 80s now, married 66 years.*Copyright Ada Brownell 2020

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July 4: How God's mercy brought America through hard times

By Ada BrownellA phone call from our daughter. “Better turn on the news.” A click, and I sank into a recliner. Flames shot from the World Trade Center and people jumped out windows. Then a large aircraft plowed into the remaining twin tower, exploding top floors and setting the remainder of the crumbling skyscraper on fire. A short time later, a plane made a direct hit on our Pentagon, and another headed for the White House.We were at war. Our soldiers still fight the tentacles of terrorism trying to strangle the last breath of freedom from our nation and the world.What a joy liberty has been in the decades I’ve lived! No bombs lighting the sky in the distance or jarring my bed at night. During my childhood I trembled during World War II when the town siren screamed, “Blackout.” But sirens stopped, our homeland was safe despite carnage at Pearl Harbor, and Americans lived free.  Yes, war bruised our nation. I remember my sister’s scream when she received the call revealing her fiancé was killed in World War II. We feared Russia during the cold war, and during the Bay of Pigs crisis we wondered if atomic bombs would level our nation before morning. We’re still burying our young killed on battlefields abroad.Throughout history, America went to its knees for God’s help. They cried out to the Lord during the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican-Indian War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, the War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq; and interventions in Granada, Panama, Bosnia. I’m thankful for those who fought, gave their lives or were maimed.Liberty prevails, and I believe it’s partly due to our Judeo-Christian heritage that teaches loving God and others. Another reason we have been blessed is our nation’s support of Israel.  "And I will bless those that bless you and curse the one who curses you,” God said of Israel (Genesis 12:1-3). Zechariah 2:8 speaks about God rising against the nations that plundered Israel – “for whoever touches you touches the apple of my eye." If we turn from God, it even affects the environment: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery…. Because of this the land mourns, and all who live in it waste away, the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the fish of the sea are dying” (Hosea 4:1-3).And the promise for obedience: “Then all the nations will call you blessed for yours will be a delightful land,” says the Lord Almighty (Malachi 3:6-12).Even with continued war and our nation divided by different agendas, we are free and blessed. The church still prays for our leaders and our country, and I thank God for His mercy and ask for more.Ada Brownell, a free lance writer and author of ten  books, is a retired reporter for The Pueblo Chieftain. 

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While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it’s not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that our dying bodies will be swallowed by life” (2 Corinthians 5:4 NLT).Tell your book club, your grief support group, Bible study group, family, friends ABOUT THE SALE!“You know what we’re doing?” friends asked the author when the Corona virus lockdown began. “We’re reading Swallowed by Life again!The author’s brother, a pastor, read the book at least three times.Ada Brownell worked seven years on the medical beat at The Pueblo Chieftain, and covered one of the first seminars on the human genome. In addition to being a newspaper reporter, her articles have appeared in more than forty Christian publications. She has authored ten books.
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Do you believe you could live with someone else’s heart or kidneys, but not without your body? Evidence shows we’re more than flesh. The author, a prolific religion writer and retired medical journalist, talks about the evidence; the wonder of life with all its electrical systems; the awesome truth about cell death and regeneration; mysteries surrounding the change from mortal to immortal; where we go when our body dies; resurrection; and a glimpse at what we will do in heaven. Questions and answers make this non-fiction inspirational book a great text for group study.
 Swallowed by Life written for support groups, religion classes, people with chronic or terminal illness, individuals who fear death or are curious about it, the grieving, and those who give them counsel.Review: “It was wonderful how the author merged the medical with the spiritual.”Available from some bookstores, Amazon and from the author. Buy it here on Amazon: http://ow.ly/U11Rn

  

IDEAS TO HELP YOU WRITE A REVIEW

By Ada Brownell
IF YOU ENJOYED FOLLOWING THE TRACKS, PLEASE WRITE A REVIEW AND POST IT ON AMAZON AND GOOD READS.Questions to give you ideas for a review, or to discuss with your book club.When you read my new non-fiction book, Following the Tracks: Life With the Railroad, what did you expect from such a book?What caught your interest? The author, the topic, the location, the history, the characters, an expected theme?How about the first scene? Was the telegraph operator fighting for his life in the first pages relevant to the book?What did you think of the way telegraphers delivered urgent messages to engineers in the 1950s?Why were changes necessary that took communication from telegraph to teletype, and then computers and Centralized Traffic Control? Why was it necessary to have an agent-telegrapher in depots in every little town and junction along the tracks, even after they quit selling passenger train tickets?How does CTC work and why has it made so many changes in the railroad operations?Why would readers cry, laugh, rejoice, and enjoy a book about railroad tracks, trains, and people? Would you still call the book “historical?” Why?© Ada Brownell

Here’s what one of my endorsers wrote: My family shared this story with the Brownells, as did many families along the tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. As I read Ada’s book, I was moved to tears, laughter, and prayers as the memories and old stories came bubbling up from the past. But it was not only the past that grabbed my attention, it was the assurance that each of us had, has, and will have, the grace of God on our lives no matter what our circumstances. As we follow the tracks with a young bride through the mountains, into the desert, and then to the city, we find proofs that the choice to trust God is never a mistake.  Ada’s concise reporter style makes this an enjoyable, encouraging journey along the tracks.--Lucretia Smith, Nurse, Educator, and Railroad Family



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WAYS TO HELP YOU WRITE A BOOK REVIEW

By Ada Brownell
IF YOU ENJOYED FOLLOWING THE TRACKS, PLEASE WRITE A REVIEW AND POST IT ON AMAZON AND GOOD READS.Questions to give you ideas for a review, or to discuss with your book club.When you read my new non-fiction book, Following the Tracks: Life With the Railroad, what did you expect from such a book?What caught your interest? The author, the topic, the location, the history, the characters, an expected theme?How about the first scene? Was the telegraph operator fighting for his life in the first pages relevant to the book?What did you think of the way telegraphers delivered urgent messages to engineers in the 1950s?Why were changes necessary that took communication from telegraph to teletype, and then computers and Centralized Traffic Control? Why was it necessary to have an agent-telegrapher in depots in every little town and junction along the tracks, even after they quit selling passenger train tickets?How does CTC work and why has it made so many changes in the railroad operations?Why would readers cry, laugh, rejoice, and enjoy a book about railroad tracks, trains, and people? Would you still call the book “historical?” Why?© Ada Brownell

Here’s what one of my endorsers wrote: My family shared this story with the Brownells, as did many families along the tracks of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. As I read Ada’s book, I was moved to tears, laughter, and prayers as the memories and old stories came bubbling up from the past. But it was not only the past that grabbed my attention, it was the assurance that each of us had, has, and will have, the grace of God on our lives no matter what our circumstances. As we follow the tracks with a young bride through the mountains, into the desert, and then to the city, we find proofs that the choice to trust God is never a mistake.  Ada’s concise reporter style makes this an enjoyable, encouraging journey along the tracks.--Lucretia Smith, Nurse, Educator, and Railroad Family
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How I Write Reviews

 How I write reviews  By Ada Brownell
I’ve reviewed more than 60 books for authors who are members of American Christian Fiction Writers. Besides that, I wrote reviews for non-fiction Christian books for The Denver Post in the 1980s.
When I open a book to read, I usually look to see where it was published. Because I’m a writer, too, I am familiar with a few secular and most Christian publishers so that sometimes tells me what to expect. The publisher’s name often tells me the denomination represented; doctrines; and sometimes even the type of story or premise that will be inside the book’s cover.
Since independent publishing has gained more respect, I don’t frown on an author going with Amazon or other reputable print-on-demand publishers. But I won’t review one from a publisher I know scams authors and doesn’t bother with editing. We used to never review a book done by a “vanity” publisher and a few of those are still around preying on people.
I usually look at the summary, table of contents, and then I critique in my mind as I read. With fiction, I jump into the story and watch to see whether I like the lead character and whether the person has a worthy goal. The minor character doesn’t need to be likeable, but even if he is the villain he needs to be developed enough to make me either like him or hate him early. With non-fiction, I’m looking for a great premise and a fresh way of approaching a significant subject.
The core of my review revolves around whether it is squeaky clean (even non-fiction can have unsuitable language, goals or suggestions) and in fiction I want enough plot to keep me reading.
During the course of working through the book, I take notes, and if I own it, I’ll turn down pages and underline sections I like, don’t like, or don’t understand. Then I’ll make notes in the front of the book giving page numbers and a brief explanation for indexing purposes. If it’s not mine, I make notes on little piece of paper and insert where I have a comment.
Great writers keep me reaching for my pen to write down sentences and phrases I might want to quote in a review. I usually don’t use them because of space limitations, but I might share them with my writers’ group and further advertise a good book.
Yet, there is something else important to me. I’m not looking for perfection. I want to know what the writer did exceptionally well, and I usually find it if I like the book well enough to read it to the end. Most of my reviews are 5-star because I focus on the one thing I can rave about. I don’t review books I can’t give at least a 4-star rating.
I take my notes, sit down to the computer and make myself think about the story and start writing. It’s amazing how fast it usually flows because I narrowed my focus. I never reveal important twists or the ending in a fiction book and no reviewer should.
The important thing is to sit down and write the review. Anybody can do it. Truth is, all you need to do is say, “I enjoyed it!”
I rarely write a review now since I’m cutting back on writing because of my age. Yet I still read, and read, and read. Here’s my new book, Following the Tracks on my Amazon Author page. https://www.amazon.com/Ada-Brownell/e/B001KJ2C06
 Among others, The Lady Fugitive,  an historical novel; Imagine the Future You,  a motivational Bible study; Joe the Dreamer: The Castle and the Catapult, a suspense novel for middle school up; Confessions of a Pentecostal; and Swallowed by LIFE: Mysteries of Death, Resurrection and the Eternal, a popular Bible study. Purchase the books on Ada’s author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001KJ2C06Ada’s blog: http://www.inkfromanearthenvessel.blo...

HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILDREN GET TO HEAVEN

By Ada Brownell



One of the first things I learned about parenting was that as a child of God, I didn’t have to do it by myself.
God calls others to help. Ephesians 4:10-12 says, “0He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fulfill all things.11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.”
Our children had great pastors, youth pastors, Sunday school teachers, evangelists, as well as great Christian friends who influenced them in the choice to give their lives and talents to Christ.
To help your children make the choice to “go to heaven” here are a few things my husband and I did when they were young.
·       Attend a full gospel church where the gospel is preached and rightly divided. Full gospel churches usually teach salvation comes only when we believe Jesus died for our sins, and resurrected on the third day. Full gospel churches believe in the divine inspiration of the Bible as God’s Word, the baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of supernatural speaking in other tongues. They also believe in Divine Healing, the Catching away of the church in the rapture, and the Second Coming of Jesus.
·        Scriptures for you to share: “If thou will confess the Lord Jesus and believe in thine heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved” (Romans 10:9). “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Another: “But you will receive power after the Holy Ghost has come upon you. And you shall be witnesses unto me …” (Acts 1:8). “And while they watched, he was taken up and a cloud received him out of their sight. .. While they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold two men stood by them in white apparel who also said, ‘This same Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven” (Acts 1:9-11).
·       Become a student of the Word of God, the Bible yourself. “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. (2 Timothy 2:15-16).
·       Teach them to become students of the Word. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16)
Hopefully your church has programs for youth like Royal Rangers, Missionettes, Bible Quiz, Talent contests, and services where young people can use their talents and ministries.
·       Watch who their heroes are. Expose them to great people—Bible characters and adults as well as teens who are living for God.
·       Go to missions services. When they’re just forming opinions and finding people to “worship” let them know the difference between fantasy, fiction, reality, and history. They may adore Spiderman and Star Wars characters, but they should understand they don’t exist, and when God enabled David to kill Goliath, David wasn’t a vegetable from Veggie Tales, he was a real person who lived, loved God and did great things in His name.
The three young Hebrews who survived the fiery furnace after refusing to bow down to the king, were real people like you, but God was there to protect them.
* Teach your children God loved them from the beginning of their lives. “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb” (Jeremiah 1:5).
However, when Jesus was born as a baby in Bethlehem, he was different from any other baby because he is God’s son. Jesus was in heaven before he came to earth. Jesus was there when the world and people were created. Jesus, God’s only Son; and the Holy Spirit were there in the beginning. “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth” (Genesis 1:26).
 Buy them great books that support your values, and if your child is in a public school, survey assigned books, which sometimes can be X-rated and ask for a substitute. If your students is required to study propaganda and false doctrine, survey it and teach your child why you don’t believe that. Don’t be afraid to approach a teacher, a principal or a superintendent of schools with your protests, and do it in writing. Yet be Christ-like not only as a witness to the educator, but also to your child.
Always ask for them to be excused from sex education classes, but teach them from the curriculum of a Christian School. Ask homeschoolers and Christian school workers for recommendations. Abeka has online Christian texts.

WILL YOUR CHILDREN GO TO HEAVEN?

By Ada Brownell

When I became a parent of a darling little boy, two big goals crossed my mind—I wanted my child to be healthy physically, and even when he was tiny, I wanted him to know God loves him, and to love the Lord back so he can make heaven his home.

Later, I would be the mother of five sweet adorable children and wanted the same goals for all of them. Praise the Lord all five our children, their spouses, and I pray their children all have repented of their sins and made Jesus Lord of their lives.

What a comfort it has been when cancer stole away our oldest daughter, Carolyn, she was serving the Lord and she went to heaven talking to her Savior and singing praises to him in her heart.

I was fortunate enough to grow up in a full gospel church that had Bible preaching pastors who knew how to rightly divide “the Word of truth,” and other teachers did the same.

It was in the Beginners’ class where any child under school age could come, that I began to learn about God. “Sister McPherson” was my teacher, and right off, I knew a secret. We sang “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so,” and that was good news to me. The teacher also talked about God’s love and she was so excited about it.

You see, I barged into my family, becoming the fifth girl and eighth child and my siblings weren’t excited about another baby. They’d been beat up by the Kansas Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and my oldest sister, Marjorie, was so mad about bringing another kid into the house she wouldn’t even look at me for a week.

Later, the family told me about it and thought it was funny. I didn’t. I always felt I didn’t deserve to be there. So someone loving me warmed me all over, and I loved Jesus right off.

Then something happened to our family. They had just moved to Colorado, and Marjorie’s new friend invited her to the little white church on a corner in the middle of Fruita. Marjorie accepted Jesus as her Savior, and changed into the most joyful, loving person in the family. My mom and the older children knew about Jesus, but they went further than that and invited the Lord into their lives. Our house was full of love and joyful singing about the Lord and his love.

I understood before long that when you live for Jesus you’ll live forever. I also discovered by listening to preaching that when I asked Jesus, he saved me from my sins, hell and Satan’s devices. I knew at an early age, "For God so loved the world that he that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him will not perish, but have eternal life (John 3:16).

So I wanted my children to know God the way I did. As the other children were born, they also filled our house with joy and music. Yet I knew going to heaven doesn’t happen just because you go to church and have a Christian family. God expected each of us to decide ourselves to give our lives to Christ. He doesn’t force us. I can’t force it on my children. They must make their own decision. Anyone who listened to Billy Graham knows you “make a decision to follow Jesus” and then when you repent and accept him as Savior, you’re born again—a new creation in Christ Jesus!

Do your children understand salvation—how you are saved from sin, hell, and given eternal life? Ask them! God has no grandchildren. He’s merciful and loving, but will He reward your sons and daughters for rebellion, and refusing to obey His word? Ignoring His knock on their heart’s door, or slamming the door in His face?

Yes there is grace. Grace is what Jesus thought about when He willingly went to the cross, suffered unbearable pain, embarrassment, and agony of rejection by the people he came to save from hell and death. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16).

 But the same Lord who provided a way of escape from death and judgment, also said, “And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the Book of Life: And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works .And whosoever was not found written in the Bookof Lifewas cast into the lake of fire” (Revelation 20:12,15).
Yet it is not our works on earth that save us. It is work of loving God, accepting Jesus as our Savior, turning from sin, and to living for Jesus.


Titus 3:5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.

No matter how much they’ve gone to church, we need to tell our children and grandchildren Jesus is the only way to Heaven, and when we accept Him as Lord, our name is written down in Glory--in the Book of Life.

NEXT ON THIS BLOG, I'LL HAVE A LIST OF THINGS TO DO AND TELL YOUR CHILDREN SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL CHOOSE TO FOLLOW JESUS AND GO TO LIVE IN THE PLACE JESUS PREPARES FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO ACCEPT HIS SACRIFICE. WHEN HE LEFT EARTH HE SAID, "I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU...I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF, THAT WHERE I AM, THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO" --(John 14:2,3).