Thanks for the reminder.  I really needed to remember that today.

Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: "MV" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: Romans 8:28


> "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those
> who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."
>
> If I have a "life scripture", one which sort of strikes an ultimate chord
> with me for life in general as we continue to live and breathe here, this
> is it. It tells me that no matter what happens in life, if it appears a
> blessed thing or  a cursed thing, good or bad, happy or sad, gain or loss,
> warm or cold, timid or bold, whatever we encounter, we can stand strong
> knowing that things will be OK, that is as long as we continue to "love
and
> follow God ,and are called to His purpose" Basically all things turn good
> for God's kids eventually even if we can't see it at present. It might be
a
> good thing to look at this scipture today as we give thanks, I'm sure we
> can all find several situations in which we encountered that were turned
to
> the good.
>
> Brad
>
> At 07:56 AM 11/24/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >Phil,
> >Thanks for sharing this with us.  What an awesome story and it just shows
us
> >how God performs miracles everyday.
> >Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
> >Virgie and Hoshi
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 1:10 AM
> >Subject: Romans 8:28
> >
> >
> > >     Many of you likely have never heard of a man by the name of
> > > Lester Roloff.  Brother Roloff, as most people called him, was one
> > > of the most unusual preachers on the planet.  He has been dead
> > > since the early eighties when his private airplane crashed
> > > unexpectedly, and for no reason that was ever determined by
> > > officials, and Brother Roloff went home to be with the Lord.  His
> > > ministry was headquartered in Corpus Christie, Texas.
> > >
> > >     Brother Roloff started a home for girls there many years ago.
> > > He was a Baptist preacher, by the way, but it was hard to tell
> > > sometimes because he walked closer to God than  just about any
> > > Baptist I ever knew.  The home for girls started out being for run
> > > aways, drug addicts, and eventually Brother Roloff would even go
> > > and take the worst mentally ill cases from Texas state hospitals
> > > and bring them to his ministry headquarters and work with them.
> > > His ministry had an overall 95 percent success rate.  Eventually,
> > > he started a home just for unwed mothers, a home for the elderly,
> > > another one for boys, most of whom were criminals and former drug
> > > addicts, some even were murderers, and he branched out into a
> > > couple of other southern states; planting other such homes for
> > > boys and girls in trouble.
> > >
> > >     Now that I have told you who he was, you'll appreciate the
> > > following story I heard Brother Roloff tell this week on a radio
> > > station that still plays Brother Roloff's sermons.  By the way, I
> > > heard Brother Roloff preach many times back in the seventies here
> > > in Denver.  Brother Roloff was more of a story teller than a
> > > theologian but that man could preach.  I still have some of his
> > > sermons on tape, too.
> > >
> > >     Brother Roloff was preaching this week on Romans 8:28, All
> > > things work together for Good to them that love God, to them that
> > > are called according to His purpose.  The story goes this way.
> > >
> > >     Brother Roloff said a man was a coal miner and worked deep
> > > underground.  Of course, back when this story happened, life was
> > > much different and the coal miners then, as they are today, are
> > > rough and tough men.  One man was a Christian and he witnessed
> > > often to others in the coal mines.  When things went wrong, or
> > > even when good things happened, this Christian man would call out
> > > loudly, and say, "Romans 8:28" and the men would laugh and make
> > > fun of him.
> > >
> > >     One day the men were sitting on the ground and waiting for
> > > their turn to climb into the cage and be lowered hundreds of feet
> > > to their work area.  An old hungry skinny dog came up to where
> > > they were sitting, and grabbed the Christian man's lunch bucket by
> > > the handle and quickly ran off into the woods.  This Christian man
> > > was nick named by the other miners as Romans 8:28 so when he
> > > jumped up and began chasing the dog to get his lunch back, they
> > > all yelled, There goes Romans 8:28.  What do you think about that
> > > now Romans 8:28?  They all got a big laugh watching Roman's 8:28
> > > running into the woods and making fun of him.
> > >
> > >     the cage came up and these men climbed on board and went down
> > > to their work areas but Roman's 8:28 had to wait for the next cage
> > > ride to the bottom of the shaft because it took him awhile to
> > > catch the dog and get his lunch back.
> > >
> > >     When all the men climbed on to the next cage to ride to the
> > > bottom, something went terribly wrong with the equipment and the
> > > cage plunged all the way to the bottom of the shaft.  they all
> > > died but Romans 8:28.  Yes, Romans 8:28 was the only survivor.
> > >
> > >     The passage that is so often quoted during times of tragedy,
> > > is really a miracle passage of promise to the Believer in Christ.
> > > It often brings comfort but in this case, it brought a miracle of
> > > life.  It sure made me think differently after hearing this story
> > > the other day.
> > >
> > > Phil.
> > >
> > > Victory Isn't Something You Have; It Is Who You Are.
> > > www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
>
> Brad
>
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