A true friend loves you in good and bad times. He/she overlooks your faults and forgives. A friend will share your joy and and cry with you in sorrow. Would keep confidences and never reveal to others the secrets you have shared. A true friend is precious and to be treasured.
You are truly blessed if you have one or more true friends. Why not do something special for your friend today?
Proverbs 17:17
A friend loveth at all times,
Jesus loves me! This I know,
For the Bible tells me so;
Little ones to Him belong;
They are weak, but He is strong.
Refrain:
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.
Jesus loves me! This I know,
As He loved so long ago,
Taking children on His knee,
Saying, “Let them come to Me.”
Jesus loves me still today,
Walking with me on my way,
Wanting as a friend to give
Light and love to all who live.
Jesus loves me! He who died
Heaven’s gate to open wide;
He will wash away my sin,
Let His little child come in.
Jesus loves me! He will stay
Close beside me all the way;
Thou hast bled and died for me,
I will henceforth live for Thee.
There are some things that last down through the ages and this hymn written in 1860 is one of those things. Most young children that go to Sunday School learn this song from a very young age. It is still an important message today for young and old.
JESUS loves me!!! JESUS loves you!!!
2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
“We witness not because we love people, but because we love God.”
Tom Curtis
SOS Events
John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
What a wonderful future born again CHRISTIANS have because of our love for Jesus. He is preparing a place for us and we cannot even imagine the wonder and beauty in Heaven.
If you are not 100% sure you are going to Heaven contact SOS via email or call Tom at 813-784-8242. You do not want to miss what God is preparing.
Next week is Valentine’s Day. We think of it as a day to show love to the person or persons we love. We send cards, candy, flowers or a gift to that loved one. Nothing wrong with expressing love to people we love. In fact we should show our love 365 days a year to everyone we hold dear.
The greatest love we can experience in life is to accept the love that God showed to us when He sent His Son, JESUS, to die on the cross and pay the price for our sins.
The next few days the focus will be on LOVE. The Bible has much to say about this subject.
John 3:16
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.
This is a photo of a few of SOS Senior Servants. They meet usually on the first Thursday of every month. Yesterday, the majority consented to meet next week instead to allow Carolyn to go with her husband as he spoke to another group of Senior Citizens in Lakeland.
The meeting went well. A great thanks to SOS Senior Servants for their faithfulness and love for SOS Events ministry.
God expects us to be busy for Him even after reaching “retirement” age and these ladies have been faithful to His Word.
Matthew 25:21
21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant:thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things:enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
This is one of God’s promises to us if we trust totally on Him. He is with us every step of the way.
240 Decisions
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
2008 Strawberry Festival is now completed.
240 people made decisions for Christ. We are so thankful for each person. The oldest was a lady 88 years old and the youngest was 6.
One exciting thing happened with two young boys who came in the booth to be saved. As Tom was filling out the card (we get name, address, age, phone # and a short testimony from each person who makes a decision) the 2 boys came back, each one holding the arm of their mother. One of the boys actually pushed his mother into a chair so Tom could tell her and their father how to get to Heaven. Both Mom & Dad received Christ and what a joyful time that was for this family of 4.
Ten churches participated in the 11 day event. 74 Christians who were trained by SOS.
This is reposted from 2008. Why? To show how important it is to be involved in soul winning at events. In 3 weeks is another opportunity to win souls at Strawberry Festival in Plant City, FL. If you live in the area you will miss out if you don’t take advantage of the event the Lord has given you to participate.
If you do not live in the area you can be a blessing by praying. Pray for souls to be saved, for the trainings of new workers, for the workers as they witness and the staff that sees that everything runs smoothly.
Luke 10:2
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few:pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
“We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results.”
R. A. Torrey 1856-1928
This quote was accurate 100 years ago, how much truer it is today. Are you too busy to pray? Lack power in your life? What about your church?
It is the command to every Christian and every church to win people to Christ but it cannot be done without the Holy Spirit power, which comes from prayer.
Jude 1:20
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
