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VICTORY IN JESUS
by Irvin L. RozierVictory in JesusThis is story number three (out of 50) from my book.Eccl 9.12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.One night about 11:30 PM, I received a phone call from my sister who lived 200 yards from me. She said, I've been trying to call you for 30 minutes but all I got was a man cussing me out. I...
A SUICIDE PREVENTED
by Irvin L. RozierMatthew 8.9 For I am a man under authority; having soldiers under me: and I say to this man Go and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.One Saturday night, I was asleep on the couch when the Lord woke me and directed me to go over to a friend's house. The command was urgent. I hastily dressed and drove over to Waycross where my friend lived. I knocked on her door but could get no answer. She was a single parent and had...
AN ANSWER COMES AND A DEATH FORETOLD IN A DREAM
by Irvin L. RozierMatthew 1 verse 20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.Joseph listened to the angel of the Lord, believed his dream was from God, and obeyed the instructions. Many times throughout the Bible, in both the old and new testaments, God has spoken to his own in dreams, given...
RESCUE THE PERISHING
by Irvin L. RozierRescue The PerishingNumbers 12.6 And he said, hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.Before I went to bed one night, I prayed and asked the Lord to send encouragement. I drifted off to a deep sleep and began to dream a very vivid dream. In this dream, I was in a church preaching to a large congregation of different races and people. I was speaking these words, Either you...
THE GOOD NEIGHBOR
by Irvin L. RozierMatthew 22.39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.Mrs. Kelly, a dear departed neighbor, was a woman who really practiced what the above scripture reads. She was a quiet-spoken humble woman of God. I met her and her husband when I first moved back to the neighborhood in 1987. Both of them enjoyed their yard, especially all the flowers and shrubbery they had planted over the years.Christmas morning, 1989, was especially beautiful here in...
The Beautiful Garden
by Irvin L. RozierMatthew 13:3 And He spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow.Every time I read the above passage of scripture, Im reminded of a good friend of mine, Dorsey. When I was growing up, I helped a local farmer and developed some friendships that lasted. Dorsey also worked for this farmer. My daddy, Reverend A. J. Rozier, was their pastor, so they nicknamed me preacher. After years spent in the U.S. Army, I came back home and...
I HEAR THE CLOCK TICKING
by Irvin L. RozierThe silence of the house was interrupted by a soundThe clock loudly ticked as the second hand moved aroundTime was slipping away, minute by minute, day by dayI could do nothing to keep time at bayWhere did those 18,980 days of my 52 years goI started searching high and lowAfter many days seeking, I concluded at lastThose days, weeks, months and years were in my pastHow many more days do I have to liveIt is in God's hands, my breath He does giveThe past is behind me,...
THE WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS
by Irvin L. Rozier The Wonderful Christmas Genesis 33:5: And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the woman and children, and said, who are those with thee? And he said, the children which God has graciously given thy servant. Children are a gift from God. He had blessed me to have two wonderful daughters and a good son. When their mother left in 1986 I became a single parent to six, eight, and eleven year old children. My heart grieved for them as they missed their mother. After the Lord...
TOILET PAPER AND OTHER ROADSIDE GIFTS
by Irvin L. RozierMatthew 6, 31, 32: Therefore take no thought, saying, what shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.I was a single parent with three children, and we were out of toilet paper, and I had no money to buy some. I prayed and asked the Lord to give me enough money to make it through that day. Shortly thereafter, a friend of...
FOOD ON THE TABLE
by Irvin L. RozierFood on the Table...story number 22 out of 50 from my book, My Walk with the LordPsalm 37.25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.During a period of unemployment the money was scarce. I was a single parent with three growing children to feed. As I read my Bible that morning, the above scripture spoke to my heart. We were down to a couple of cans of beans and some grits. I went to the Lord and asked Him to...
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