"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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