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It's Your
Spring Time
Mad March winds heralded the pounding April rain
Finally the long winter wait wanes into May
Fresh flowers suddenly spring up everywhere
The tender scent of the newness of life is here
Grays and browns
give way to greens and color
White, red, purple, pink and a host of others
God's creation is awesome because of Who He is
There is no one like our awesome Jesus!
Spring is the
celebration of the resurrection of life
But remember before a seed can grow it must first die
Repent and turn and "die" from your wicked ways
Turn to the Lord with much tears and thanks and praise
Your long winter wait is over, my friend
It's your
spring time to be born again!
--bro. tim pickl,
Saturday May 3, 2003 A.D.
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reference:
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die,
it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit."
John 12:24
1: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that
thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that
thou doest, except God be with him.
3: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter
the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5: Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6: That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7: Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8: The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst
not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9: Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10: Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen;
and ye receive not our witness.
12: If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13: And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even
the Son of man which is in heaven.
14: And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John Chapter 3
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
[born of the water!] every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ [why?] for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. [born of the
Spirit!]
"For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off,
even as many as the Lord our God shall call."
Acts 2:38-39
1: What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2: God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3: Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4: Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in
newness of life.
5: For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7: For he that is dead is freed from sin.
Romans 6
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