August 20, 2023 – CountUp

Greetings my friends. It is Sunday August 20TH 2023, and this is the day that our LORD has made. Let us rejoice. Let us be glad in it. Let us celebrate this great new day of believing, following, trusting, loving, and being more like our Lord + Savior Jesus Christ. Let us love our neighbor as ourself.

This is the day that our LORD has made for me – the 20TH of August. This is the day – 17 years ago – that our LORD rescued and saved me from the darkness – a darkness that I didn’t even know that I was in. He saved me on that day in 2006, and I didn’t even know it until I realized what he had done for me days and weeks later once I began hearing, reading, and understanding His Good News. August 20TH is the most important date of the calendar year – and of my life. This is my #SalvationDay.

I absolutely love the start of the 40TH Psalm:

I waited patiently for the LORD to help me, and He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair – out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along. He has given me a new song to sing – a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what He has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in the LORD.

I’ve said it often over the past 17 years – online and offline – in writing and out loud. I would not be here today – and you would not know me today – and this blog would not exist today – if it weren’t for what my Lord + Savior Jesus Christ did for me on that cross and on that day – and on that day 17 years ago today when He asked me to follow Him, and I did.

For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal living word of God. (1 Peter 1:23 NLT)

This is the 269TH edition of #SundayScripture here on my blog. I previously testified my fantastic journey in Christ on Myspace, Twitter, Facebook, and the real world out there. I’m going to keep on doing that online and offline. I invite you to stay with me as I move closer to God with each new day that He has made. I pray that you move closer to God as well.

There is salvation in no one else ! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12 NLT)

I’ll continue the refresh, renew, and reboot of my sermon on “Pray & Believe” next – #SundayScripture.

If you wish to learn more about the God I know then stay tuned to #SundayScripture. The best is yet to come !

Thank you for reading my blog for this day, and may:

The LORD bless you, and keep you.
The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. AMEN.