New Hope For Recovery

09/02/2024

03/30/2024

Good morning ☕️😃 I woke up around 3/3:30 last night with this scripture on my mind. About the only time you ever hear it read is when someone passes on to their new home with the Lord.

Psalm 23 is one of God’s greatest promises! It’s what we will receive from Him when we allow Him to come into our heart, Eternal Life!!! We obtain it right then not when we die!!!

Knowing where we will spend eternity is so important. We either spend it in hell or in heaven. Not knowing we are always searching for something to satisfy our soul and we live in constant turmoil searching for something to feel the void we have in our life.
Once we accept what Jesus did for us on the cross & believe in Him, He gives us a peace and understanding like laying in a pasture by a river soaking up the sun forgetting all our worries & cares. He comforts us, He guides us and we always know that He’s there for us.

Do you know where you will spend Eternity? If not you can know right now by talking to the Lord & telling Him that you believe He died & rose again so that all sinners can have eternal life. Ask Him to give you His Free gift of Salvation you’ll never regret it. The Freedom He gives is Amazing Grace!!🙏🙏

”The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul:

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me;

Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: And I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.“

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: And I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

02/20/2024

It’s a Beautiful Morning 😃 ☕️ ☀️

”Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.“ James‬ ‭1‬:‭12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Is there anything in your life that you are enduring right now that God might be using for His glory and your good?
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God, nothing compares to how great you are! The heavens declare your glory and the earth points to your power! You are holy and set apart! You are above every area of my life, and it is by Your hand that my world is held together. All glory and honor belong to you alone! Hallelujah and Amen!!🙏 ❤️

01/06/2024

What if…

Christians loved all Christians as we are commanded by Almighty God to do…?

Not just Christians who look and act like We think they should, but All Christians.

Republicans and Democrats.

Rich or poor.

All skin colors and nationalities.

Christians who attend church and those who Don’t or in many many many cases those who “can’t” for whatever reason.

What if instead of using our facebook and social media platforms to be critical and condemning we went to visit them and let them know they’re in our prayers and that we miss them and Ask Them if there’s anything we can do to help them and then after we have listened with open minds and hearts invite them…?

I’m not a fan of politicians as a rule and I don’t believe almost anything any of them say. Why? Because they are high priced used car salesmen in my opinion and they have never given me any real reason to believe anything they say.

For many many people, they feel the same way about “Christians” as a rule. Are we Acting like Christians when we talk negatively about other Christians? Christians with a different perspective? Christians who look different than we do? Christians whose church or culture or skin color are different than ours? How incredibly arrogant of us to think God isn’t as smart as we are and what was He thinking when He allowed them and their ministries to grow.

The greatest commandment in the Bible is to Love the Lord with all our hearts/minds/souls and to love our neighbors as we love ourselves.

Do We? I mean We Christians?

When I was very young my Sunday school teacher at the time Brother John who I LOVED like no one else and left permanent deep marks on my heart and soul said that the number 1 deterrent to Christianity for the non-saved is Christians. I remember how profoundly that effected me and how broken hearted I was. That was 30 years ago and I’m more broken hearted today than ever scrolling through my Facebook and seeing how the “Christians” in my feed talk about and treat others. Most especially they seem to particularly ridicule and criticize other “Christians”.

Somehow, I just don’t believe that is going to appeal to the people. Some, if not most, of the people that are doing the finger pointing and criticizing are Pastors or clergymen and they most often like to criticize other Pastors or clergymen.

Sound familiar? Picture a podium on a platform with several other people standing with their own podium and call it a “debate”.

Is that really what we want to portray to the world?

Bare with me…

When I was young the church I went to had a youth group I was involved with and we went into the community on a regular basis and talked to neighbors and did chores for them and bought groceries for them and did whatever and Loved on them. They knew who we were and where we were from but we didn’t make a big deal about that as much as we did that Jesus loved them. We Loved them. I don’t remember if any of them came to church, but I remember them and I remember us going all the time.

In and out of churches for the next 4 decades in multiple states and I never saw any other churches or youth groups doing that. I began getting pneumonia repeatedly in 2007. By 2009 we had all but given up on me being able to go because literally every time I went I would have trouble with my asthma and I ultimately ended up with pneumonia in both lungs. Sometimes I would end up in the hospital sometimes not. I was angry. I was hurt. I didn’t understand Why!

Fast forward to 2018. I had been forced to leave everyone and everything I loved (except my Precious Hubby) and I was more alone than ever in my sweet little condo. One day when hubby was home there was a knock at the door. It was a lady who wanted to invite us to church. A thank you card from me and a couple visits from the Pastor and his family later and I got a phone call. They had a room they said that used to be a nursery but it had a window that looked into the sanctuary and they had a baby monitor so I could hear…
It took a few tries and they literally changed everything throughout the entire place (no more plug ins and all cleaning supplies were changed) so I could Safely go. I was a complete stranger to them but they Loved me! I had lost so many friends who I thought were true genuine friends that I could never lose because I was sick. I was no longer of any use to them. One left because she wasn’t ready to stop wearing perfume. But God. This church family of complete and total strangers Loved me and they knew nothing about me. My thank you card in 2018 explained briefly why They renewed my faith in mankind. In churches. In Christians. They Go into communities and prisons and hospitals All The Time regularly and Love people. We are All Gods people wether or not we want to be. Are they perfect? Nope. Am I? Ha! I’m the most wicked person I know. I think they have it going on. I think they “look” like Christians. I think they Act like Christians. I hope and pray that someday when I grow up I will look 👀 like my true heart feels.

We All see and hear what we want to at some level.

Consider looking inward and asking yourself what You are doing for Gods kingdom and focus your energy there instead of criticizing others about how you think They should do it.

Something to consider.

One knock on my door changed my life. I get to Go to church now. Safely. I’m Forever Grateful.

Consider being more concerned with the status of someone’s eternal destination than wether or not they attend church. Concern yourselves with wether or not they’re Saved. They may not have time to attend church first, but they can be saved in a moment.

Given the opportunity, we can All at least understand someone’s position and feelings to some level. More often we “see” what we think we know and we truly don’t know anything at all. There’s 3 sides to every story. Yours, theirs, and the Actual truth is Gods. He loves those you’re criticizing and condemning every bit as much as He loves you and He died for them every bit as much as He died for you. Remember that when you allow yourself to have those feelings in your heart towards your fellow man. No matter who they are. I have seen people cheer and actually Laugh when someone they don’t agree with is hurt or even brought to “justice” completely lacking in compassion. Can you be like that and be saved? Absolutely. I personally don’t believe you can be like that And be “right with God”. My opinion. I personally believe to be “right with God” you should be Full of Love and Compassion for All mankind.

Consider Love over criticism. Look In and Up. Love you 💗🙌🏼🙏🏼

Written by Tina Parsons

01/04/2024

God is the answer to all things 🙌❤️

11/26/2023

Can't say it enough.....
Let's be clear.

If you end up burning in hell for all eternity, it won't be because you have a tattoo, or because you drink beer, smoke ci******es, or cuss. It wont be because you had an abortion or had a child out of wedlock. It wont be because you spent time in prison. It won't be because you didn't do enough good deeds. It won't be because you didn't belong to the right church or religion. It won't be because of that stupid thing(s) you did that you don't want anyone to know about. It won't be because of what anyone else did to you...

It will be because you refused to receive Jesus Christ (God's Son) as your personal Savior. HE already paid for all the stupid stuff you have done and all the stupid stuff you are going to do when He died for YOU on the cross and rose again. He offers salvation as a FREE GIFT because, let's face it, if it was up to us to earn it, we would have no chance.

The gift of salvation is there for you to receive. The decision is totally up to you. The price for your sins has been paid, the way to heaven for you has been made. God doesn't care about your past. All you have to do is ask for forgiveness and accept Him into your life.

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