Last Sunday, my former Youth Pastor and friend, Patrick McGoldrick, preached a sermon on the sovereignty of God. Patrick was recently diagnosed with ALS (see post here), and to hear him tell his testimony of the Lord's sovereignty and working in his life was humbling, encouraging, and challenging. This may have been the last sermon that Patrick is physically able to preach. However, his testimony of God's grace and goodness can be seen in his daily life and in the many lives of those he has ministered to throughout the years, of which mine is one.
I encourage you to watch this video and be challenged. We so often take for granted the ability to physically preach the Word of God - do your words preach Christ? Do you take every opportunity you can to tell of what a wondrous and holy God we serve?
"I
charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to
judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching...As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry."
2 Timothy 4:1-3, 5
For some of you, you may watch this and empathize with Patrick's testimony. Do you know the Lord? Or are you trusting in "man's ways"? I encourage you today to confess your sins, trust in Christ as your Lord and Savior, and live your life for God's sovereign ways!
"If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For
it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is
with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved."
Romans 10:9-10
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