what a weekend....

what a weekend for our God...boy did he stir people up or what??? That sermon on sunday confirmed alot of things for me, and also for our group..
what i learnt?

People are the most important thing to Jesus!

im laughing at how God unites his children, like Tali, i was also struck with Gods mercy over non believers who have not gone to church, who did all sorts of things that easily put them in the "outcast" box.The prisoner on the cross next to Jesus is one of my favourites stories from the bible, the prostitue story is my number one.

The speaker said " I wonder what Budda or Mohammad would have said if that prisoner asked them to remember him when they get to their kingdoms" Mohammad probadly would have said " have you made your pilgrim to Mecca? and Buddah would have said " how far are you in your journey of spiritual enlightenment"

Our Lord and Saviour, did not ask these questions, he simply said instantly "TODAY, YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE"

TODAY being the key word... how awesome is our saviour!
He did not waste a minute pondering over religious and spiritual practises, nor did he contemplate how the religious followers and leaders would say about such undeserving mercy.. instead he delivered and saved a prisoner who did all kinds of things unimaginable to man..

unlike Man, Jesus did not say "wellll...i donnnnoooo, you have been pretty bad, and your past is way to colourful for heaven, just hang in there and ill go speak to my father and see what he says, or welll...that guy who went to church everysunday asked first" Jesus did not hesitate, he didnt need to pray about it, nor did he need to sleep on it....HE SAVED that one person because that person mattered to him.He loved that ONE person, the same way he loved me and you and carried that cross and died on it! so that he can say to us "TODAY you will be with me in paradise"

the speaker then went on to say "this prisoner is hanging off the balconys of heaven, encouraging us and cheering us on,,,saying " it happenned to me, it can happen to you, he saved me, so he can save you..no matter what you have done"

the Lord loves us so much, the bible says " there is a celebration in heaven when ONE sinner repents"

I want to bring that ONE sinner to christ...it was more confirmation for me that ONE person is as important to the Lord as a 100, that one person is my ministry, that one person i must make a decision to LOVE, to invest in, to sacrifice my time and energy for, to die to myself for...that its not the numbers the Lord looks at, nor will he ask me when i get to heaven "how many people did you bring to christ zella?"

instead he will ask me "did you love my sheep?"
and I would love to say "YES, I DID LORD"