My Story for His Glory - 1690 Words

My Story For His Glory Experiencing God’s Glory Past. Freddy Allen Augustin Good Afternoon Zion, It is an honor to be in God’s House this wonderful morning. I always love the time to thank God for all he has done for me. I also like to thank the church members and staff. Before we proceed on with the Holy word, let us open our Bible to Job 38 and consider a few verses where the Lord started tossing some tough questions at Job. 4†Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? 5)Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line on it? 12†Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place, That it might take hold of†¦show more content†¦She had no idea He had come to raise Lazarus from the dead that very day. Which push Jesus to say these words in John 11:4, â€Å"This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.† I too have a story. When I first came to the U.S., I didn’t know too much about drugs until a friend of mine introduce me to it but I knew that if anything I don’t smoke, so my friend was smoking and he offered me some and his words were â€Å"It won’t hurt you, all you do is puff puff pass it.† But he would insist but I’d try it. In my mind I was thinking what would happen to me I started preaching since I was 5 and now I done come here to the U.S. knowing I never smoke and now I’m not about to try it. Later on I went to church with my mother because there was a week of prayer, you know sometimes the devil manage to make me start losing likeness in church. But the pastor was making a call to altar, and he started mentioning how we young people are more involved in the world than we are in the church, we should let God use us instead. He started telling the story of young man name Frantz who came to America and was going down the wrong path, while telling his story he would walk around my way and look at and touch my shoulders. He came to a part where he said the young man was during drugs and he ended up dead without having a relationship with God at that instant minute he was standing right next to meShow MoreRelatedWhere Men Win Glory, Jon Krakauer794 Words   |  4 Pages Glory. It is an honor that all men, even if they are not aware, strive for. The definition of â€Å"glory† is different for everyone. To one, â€Å"glory† might mean graduating medical school; to another, it could mean taking center stage in a play as the applause surrounds her. 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