Meet Me In The Stairwell

You say you will never forget where you were when
you heard the news On September 11, 2001.
Neither will I.

I was on the 110th floor in a smoke filled room
with a man who called his wife to say 'Good-Bye.' I
held his fingers steady as he dialed. I gave him the
peace to say, 'Honey, I am not going to make it, but it
is OK..I am ready to go.'

I was with his wife when he called as she fed
breakfast to their children. I held her up as she
tried to understand his words and as she realized
he wasn't coming home that night.

I was in the stairwell of the 23rd floor when a
woman cried out to Me for help. 'I have been
knocking on the door of your heart for 50 years!' I said.
'Of course I will show you the way home - only
believe in Me now.'

I was at the base of the building with the Priest
ministering to the injured and devastated souls.
I took him home to tend to his Flock in Heaven. He
heard my voice and answered.

I was on all four of those planes, in every seat,
with every prayer. I was with the crew as they
were overtaken. I was in the very hearts of the
believers there, comforting and assuring them
that their faith has saved them.

I was in Texas , Virginia , California , Michigan ,
Afghanistan ....
I was standing next to you when you heard the
terrible news. Did you sense Me?

I want you to know that I saw every face. I knew
every name - though not all know Me. Some met
Me for the first time on the 86th floor.

Some sought Me with their last breath.
Some couldn't hear Me calling to them through the
smoke and flames; 'Come to Me... this way... take
my hand.' Some chose, for the final time, to ignore
Me. But, I was there.

I did not place you in the Tower that day. You
may not know why, but I do. However, if you were
there in that explosive moment in time, would you
have reached for Me?

Sept. 11, 2001, was not the end of the journey
for you. But someday your journey will end. And I
will be there for you as well. Seek Me now while I may
be found.
Then, at any moment, you know you are 'ready to go.'

I will be in the stairwell of your final moments.

During the next 60 seconds, stop whatever you are
doing, and take this opportunity. (Literally it
is only 1 minute.) All you have to do is the
following:

Stop and think and appreciate God's power
in your life, for doing what you know is pleasing to
Him. Christ is strength.'

Light vs Dark

This came to me on the internet. I thought it quite appropriate with our ongoing series, ‘Know When To Speak.’ Many times we think we will say something to a friend or family member at a better later date. How do we know when that time will come when the Lord will be waiting in the stairwell?


“For God so loved the world, that He gave His Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16…sound familiar? Let’s go a bit further with this scripture. (17) “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him. (18) “He who believes in Him is not judged, he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” (19) “And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil.” (20) “For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.” (20) “ But he who practices the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”

Pretty heavy……Let’s apply this to a few issues going on today. We can start with our government legislators taking God out of everything they can get their hands on. I can furnish you a copy of the preamble to every state constitution, which ties God and government together. What about abortion? Or, what about same sex marriages? Reading over the passages above from the book of John, we can see why there are a fairly large number of people who would like to take Christianity out of everything. They are operating in the dark where their evil deeds can not be seen or exposed. As sad as it sounds, we are getting what we have let happen. In 1963 we could have stopped everything. The vote came up to take prayer out of schools. The 3% (those wanting to take prayer out), outvoted the 97% who did not. We didn’t react then. Now, look where we are! Just imagine…..If we had stopped that vote from happening, things would have probably been a lot different today. Something like Roe vs Wade would never have happened. We would not have murdered 50 million children that God gave as gifts. Hmmmm….How does that last sentence hit you?

We’ve let it happen. Now, it’s going to be
A lot tougher to get things back in order. We can do it!! We need to make our voices heard by our elected representatives. These people work for us….we don’t work for them!

Be aware of tricky legislation coming at us. Presently, the government is discussing methods of trying to stop all internet activities under the pretense that there is a cyberspace security threat. It’s just another way to prevent you from getting current information. There is no cyberspace threat. There is even chatter about cutting cell phones off. We just need to watch carefully these issues that will affect us all.

If you read over the scripture illustrated here. (John 3:16-20), you’ll start to understand how many of the problem areas have started and continue to grow at a fantastic rate. It’s up to us to fix it……

Know When To Speak #9

Does this all make sense to you? During the last eight months we’ve gone over the points to discuss when speaking to someone about their eternal future. If you will notice, all points are God’s points. And, as far as any statements I have made, they are all backed up with scripture. The gospel is God’s words delivered by His children to those who have not heard the ‘good news’.

If you reach this point with someone, you might want to go through a few high points when you ask them if this makes sense. You might say: “Let me clarify what this means.”

1. Transfer trust to Jesus alone.
2. Receive Christ as savior
3. Receive Christ as Lord
4. Repent (Turn direction of life)
Pray with them to receive Christ.

Next month we’ll discuss this further.

(Sorry…No humor section this month)

Special Prayer Request!

A friend of mine, Angela, who lives in Colorado, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She is scheduled for surgery on Tuesday. Please include her healing and speedy recovery in your prayers.