Resurrected With Jesus,
There is nothing in the world I enjoy more than preaching the Word of God! When I was seventeen years old I was called to preach. I remember being approached by my concerned parents when the rumors filled their ears about me being called to preach. They did not know how to handle the news as they were very concerned about my future. It was not "Good News" to them. My life was planned out... you know a respectable life... go into the military, college, mortuary school. I had spoken to them about becoming a mortician and the possibility of attending a "Mortuary School" in Lexington, KY. I was greatly confused because a part of the calling on my life was when the Lord said, “I want you to bring the dead to me!” So I was ready to bring the physically dead to Him and not the Spiritually DEAD!

But . . . the Lord had other plans! Hallelujah! He saw something in me that no one else could see.

Today, I want you to know the Lord has plans for you. He wants you to prosper in this life and that no harm would come near you. He has a Hope for you (hope always points to the future)! He is with you in the trials (external circumstances) life presents and tribulations (the mental battles and frustrations). Keep your heart, mind, and Spirit directed toward His divine purpose and will. The Lord is WITH you! Can you say that! The Lord is WITH me!

“For I know the plans that I [am] planning concerning you,' {declares} Yahweh, 'plans for prosperity and not for harm, to give to you a future and a hope.” --Jeremiah 29: 11 (Lexham English Bible)

Resurrected with Him,
Ric