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Lord’s <strong>Knights</strong> #480 <strong>Mar</strong>ch 20<strong>19</strong><br />
Run for the Son<br />
God has His own timing and His own special way of calling each person to repentance.<br />
For some people, a large event with powerful<br />
speakers and emotional music is what works.<br />
For others, a patient conversation with a<br />
trusted friend is the key to unlocking a heart.<br />
And for others, God uses pain as His attention<br />
getter.<br />
C.S. Lewis said "God whispers to us in our<br />
pleasures, He speaks in our conscience, but<br />
shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to<br />
rouse a deaf world."<br />
This story from Eastern Europe shows the power of the gospel to transform a soul in pain.<br />
Summer had arrived and people milled about outside, enjoying the weather. Maksim took little notice<br />
of his surroundings as he left his house that afternoon. He had one thing on his mind: buying alcohol.<br />
Maksim had heard all the arguments from friends and family—even "religious" reasons—about why he<br />
shouldn't drink. So far, the arguments fell short of convincing him he should change. Numbing his<br />
mind was all that mattered.<br />
As Maksim walked down the street toward the liquor store, he heard music. A group of enthusiastic<br />
young men and women stood ahead on the sidewalk near the curb, playing guitars and singing songs.<br />
They also handed out flyers, inviting passersby to a showing of "JESUS."<br />
Instead of avoiding them, Maksim confidently approached. "Time to enlighten these people," he<br />
thought.<br />
After a short conversation, the group made a deal with Maksim: If he would attend the film showing,<br />
they would listen to Maksim's reasons for "why there is no God." So he agreed to attend the screening<br />
later that night.<br />
When the movie ended, Maksim stood up and said he had changed his mind—he didn't want to debate<br />
them. No longer proud and boastful, he said his reasons for doubting God's existence were not valid.<br />
Maksim then asked the men and women how he could personally encounter the Jesus he had just seen<br />
and heard in the film. His newfound friends led him in a<br />
prayer of repentance, and Maksim accepted Christ as his<br />
Savior. Now Maksim attends a local church and plans to<br />
be baptized.<br />
A face-to-face encounter with Jesus showed Maksim his<br />
need for a Savior. The pain he was numbing with alcohol<br />
could finally be healed by the One who died to take on all<br />
our pain.<br />
Who do you know in pain? Could Jesus be the answer they are looking for? Could you be the one to<br />
introduce them to Jesus?<br />
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