I want to celebrate a story of repentance from Saturday morning during our time with the guys around the table.
Each Saturday morning, the guys of the House of Moses along with a few others spend time going through the Scriptures. Some of the topics we have dug deeply into are:
- What are the attributes of a MAN following Christ?
- What does God want for me in my future wife?
This Saturday, we took a look at Genesis 4 and the way God called out Cain in his anger, warning him of his soon to be sin, if he did not repent. We then went on to share our temptations/struggles of the past week and then spent time in prayer. WE were finished!
Two hours later a knock on the gate revealed a local pastor and one of the students that attend the Saturday morning bible study. The pastor asked if he and the boy could sit down as the boy had something he wanted to share.
As the boy talked, he revealed that while he was at our house he stole a personal DVD player. Through brokenness he shared how wrong he was and wanted to seek our forgiveness. The pastor followed up his story by saying that this young man came to him out of conviction of what he had done and wanted to return the DVD player.
As I sat and listened to him, I began to rejoice inside along with the angles. Check out this verse in Luke 15:7
You see, this is FRUIT of the labor. The Holy Spirit is doing a work in this young man's life.
I do not even see the item that was potentially stolen and gone forever, but I look at the greatness of the work of the Holy Spirit and how this young man is learning to hear and obey HIM.
After all, didn't Jesus say that we should STORE up TREASURES in heaven...
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