You would pity me indeed!

This post is taken from grace gems and can be found here Grace Gems. I hope this helps you examine your heart as much as it has helped me examine mine. God Bless.


You would pity me indeed!
(Letters of John Newton)

Dear friend,Wickedness prevails and increases in our city to a dreadful degree! Our streets are filled with the sons of Belial, who neither fear God, nor regard man. I wish my heart was more affected with what my eyes see and my ears hear every day! I am often ready to fear lest the Lord should show His displeasure in some dreadful way!

And surely, if He were strict to mark all that is amiss--I myself would tremble! Oh, were He to plead against me--I could not answer Him one word! Alas! my dear friend, you know not what a poor, unprofitable, unfaithful creature I am! If you knew the evils which I feel within, and the snares and difficulties which beset me from without--you would pity me indeed!

So much forgiven--yet so little love to Jesus.

So many mercies--yet so few returns.

Such great privileges--yet a life so sadly below them.

Indwelling sin presses me downwards; when I would do good, evil is present with me! I can attempt nothing--but it is debased, polluted and spoiled by my depraved nature! My sins of omission are innumerable. In a word, there is . . .
much darkness in my understanding,
much perverseness in my will,
much disorder in my affections,
much folly and madness in my imagination!

In short, I am a riddle to myself--a heap of inconsistency!

Alas! when shall it be otherwise? I have a desire of walking with God--but I cannot attain unto it. Surely it is far better to depart, and to be with Jesus Christ--than to live here up to the ears in sin and temptation!

But, "We have an Advocate with the Father." Here my hope revives! Though wretched in myself--I am complete in Him! He is my wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption. On this "Rock" I build--for time and eternity!

Evangelism Training and Outreach

Do you want to learn how to biblically share your faith? Ray Comfort with Way of the Master Ministries is holding an evangelism training conference and outreach event July 24-26 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The conference begins Friday evening with a time of worship and then training. It continues all day Saturday with an outreach Saturday evening in Indianapolis. Sunday morning there is an outreach at the Allstate 400 race where, by God's grace, they plan to pass out 100,000 gospel tracts.

The cost for the training is only $20 (there is an additional $20 fee if you attend the race on Sunday morning.) After the race on Sunday morning, you can attend the church service where Ray Comfort is preaching at E91st Street Church.

You can read more about the conference here http://www.onemilliontracts.com/wotmconference/index.html

Do You Share Your Faith?

Here is a short video that may be of an encouragement to you.



To learn how to biblically share the Gospel go to Way of the Master

He drank the whole cup!

"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble! Therefore we will not be afraid, though the earth trembles and the mountains topple into the depths of the seas!" Psalm 46:1-2

Jesus Christ drank the whole cup of unmixed wrath for us! Please read today's grace gem. I'm sure it will encourage you in times of trouble as it has encouraged me.

http://gracegems.org/Grace_Gems.htm