{"id":1646,"date":"2011-01-06T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:10:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T20:10:38","slug":"little-choo-choo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/little-choo-choo\/","title":{"rendered":"LITTLE CHOO-CHOO!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ephesians 2:8-9<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFor by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I try to keep a supply of \u201cFour Spiritual Laws\u201d with me at all times. Over the years I have been able to lead many people to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ by using the \u201cFour Laws.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last Sunday at church we were discussing the little diagram found toward the end of the small booklet. That little choo-choo train diagram illustrates what we need to remember after a person becomes a born again believer. There is a small engine, a coal car and a caboose.<\/p>\n

The little engine, Fact, represents the promise of God\u2019s Word for salvation to those who believe. God says we must be born again to obtain an entrance into God\u2019s heavenly kingdom.<\/p>\n

The little coal car represents our Faith to receive God\u2019s promise of salvation. It is not by doing good things or being good that saves us, but having the trust in what His Word says. God said it, I believe it, that\u2019s good enough for me!<\/p>\n

The last car in the diagram is the caboose. It represents Feeling. The train can run with or without a caboose. Actually, most trains stopped using a caboose over 20 years ago. We may experience a wonderful feeling when we trust Jesus for salvation, but it is not essential. We thank Him with or without a warm and fuzzy feeling.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n

– \u2013 \u2013 Pastor Cecil<\/p>\n

360-570-0074
\nPastorCecil@Daily-E-Votional.com<\/a><\/p>\n

P.S. \u2013 You can find previous E-Votionals covering a variety of Scriptures and topics to help you in your walk with the Lord at www.Daily-E-Votional.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"100<\/a>P.P.S. \u2013 I have completed my first book, 100 of Pastor Cecil\u2019s Select Illustrations<\/a>.<\/em> The cost is $12.95 plus shipping. You can now order it online by going to https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/book-by-pastor-cecil<\/a> . . . You may want to consider this book as a thoughtful gift idea for those who do not have Internet access or as helpful sermon illustrations for your Pastor.<\/p>\n

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Ephesians 2:8-9 \u201cFor by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.\u201d I try to keep a supply of \u201cFour Spiritual Laws\u201d with me at all times. Over the years I have been able to lead many people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ephesians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}