God's Calling Us to...
CALL ON JESUS ~
"The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came upon me; I was overcome by trouble and sorrow. Then I called on the name of the LORD: "O LORD, SAVE ME!" -
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My mom would always teach us, "If you ever get in trouble call on Jesus." I used to think, "Yeah, yeah, alright" until I was walking home from school one day and this man mugged me. He jumped out in front of me, and I looked at him like, "this is not happening!" We lived off a busy street, but every car had stopped--there was nothing. He went to grab at a necklace I had on and grabbed so hard that he knocked me to the ground. Then he straddled on top of me with his legs and bent down. I thought, "Oh my God, I'm about to be raped, killed, and there's no one around!"
I was looking around, "Where'd all the cars go!?" Under my breath I kept saying, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus." He said,"What'd you say?" and I said, "Jesus?" He was like,"Don't say that!"
I said, "Oh Jesus!" because I saw this thing worked. I started saying, "the blood of Jesus" remembering my mother say, "Call on the blood of Jesus" so I said, "the blood of Jesus!" and the man got up and ran! He was so mad at me for calling that Name, but he ran.
After that, I went into my house because it had really disturbed me. I thought, "This is deep." I was looking for cars and they weren't coming. I have seven brothers and no one was home. They all could have beat him up, but they weren't there.
So I realized, "Jesus did it. I called His Name and the man ran." The spirit that was leading that man was like, "Don't call that Name!" When I realized that Name was as powerful as it was, I said, "I've got to know who He is."
Ever since that day, I stopped going to church just because I had to. I started going because I wanted to know who in the world He is. Who is Jesus that people could get scared just by hearing His Name? I went to the concordance. I got all the things that He did, and then I read the stories about Him. I've just been fascinated with Him ever since because the Name is powerful, JESUS!
--DEBBIE WINANS
God's Calling...
FOR ME
In times of danger, call upon the Name of the Lord Jesus. The Bible says "From everlasting to everlasting the LORD's love is with those who fear Him, and his righteousness with their children's children" (Psalm 103:17).
Calling Out
---TO GOD --
Yesterday, today, and forever You are with me. I will trust in Your Holy Name.
