Preludes to the Rapture

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At 10pm central standard time..the first call comes into 911 ..a man is hysterical screaming "my wife just disappeared" the 911 dispatcher replies "sir what do you mean...did she leave and not come home?" the man screams "NO ..I mean she just disappeared right before my eyes and all that is left are her clothes"

another 911 call comes through...its from county hospital and a frantic nurse cries out "ALL THE BABIES ARE GONE?"

a husband and wife are following a car down a two lane highway when the car they are following suddenly veers off the road. The husband jumps out and races to the car only to discover it's empty except for a pile of clothes in the driver's seat.

"Flight 411 this is delta tower...please confirm your plans to descend" "Flight 411?" "sir Flight 411 is not responding" nervous travelers begin to shout ..."what's going on we are passing our destination?" "but the cockpit is empty...the flight crew has disappeared"

BREAKING NEWS ...CNM ...Andrew Cooper reporting..."suddenly without warning ....Seemingly thousands if not millions of people have disappeared...911 emergeny response systems are crashing due to the overload of calls...wolf blitz stands by with word from Whitehouse Correspondents"...."this just in Andrew....100 car pile up on Los Angeles Freeway...wait another report...New York subway systems are reporting major subway crash.... The President and his wife... The First Lady are getting ready to speak to the nation..word is they are currently on a conference call with world leaders as again Andrew this is not a national crisis but reports are coming literally from around the world"

A liberal pastor's cell phone rings...it's a troubled parishoner..."pastor my children are gone...you promised that there was nothing to the rapture...you said it was a fairy tale"

MSNBD's Keith Doberman ..."reports thousands of people have just died in one of the worst airplane crashes in history....a 757 just crashed into downtown Chicago and exploded blowing up 4 apartment complexes"

A 20 year old run away who just weeks before cussed her bible believing parents and told them to never preach again...dials her parents phone hurredly only to hear it ring and ring...she hangs up and dials their cells only to get voice mail...her heart races as she recalls her dad's warning..."honey please turn to Jesus..He is coming soon"

ALL NETWORKS BEGIN TO BREAK IN......AN EMERGENY MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...."Good citizens of the United States...we are in the midst of THE MOST CATASTROPHIC EVENT OF OUR TIME......to be continued in life's theatre soon

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Priscilla Wright (Possum Hollow) stands by her stove stirring gravy..tears streaming down her face "Lord, what more can I do ...how many prayers must I pray?"

Just moments earlier she had made another one of her desperate attempts ..."Dan honey you know were having revival services tonight right?" "yea so?" he gruffly replied.."well honey we have a great speaker who's sharing on Israel and how that relates to Jesus soon return" "ya don't say?" "why I haven't heard that before" "say son ya want to go to church with ma?" Dan mockingly ask their fifteen year old son "whatever you decide dad..I'm with you" Dan turns back to his wife "honey why oh why do you get so worked up everytime a preacher comes to town talking about Jesus coming back..it's the same message that preacher's have preached for 2000 years and He hasn't come back yet and Hon I got news for you ..he's not coming back in our lifetime" "Now Dan Wright..you listen and listen good....Jesus IS coming back soon and you ask why I get so worked up?" She begins to sob "SEE PRISCILLA THERE YA GO!" "I got better things to do than get caught up in stuff that makes you act like that!" "But DAN ...the reason I am so worked up is because Jesus IS coming back soon and only for those who have made Him their Lord and Savior and everyone else will be left to face 7 years of the most horrific times this world has ever saw!" "Oh so this loving God ..."he is a loving God right?" she nods "this loving God is only going to take some but leave others? like your son? you mean to tell me you don't think you have a good son? Dan None of us are good enough to stand up to God's Holy Law..that is why Jesus died on the cross and all those who call upon Him are saved from God's coming wrath...can't you see...can't you understand that?" "Honey..I understand alright...me and God are closer than you think..besides You have enough of Jesus for the whole family in my book....now you just go on and fix up dinner and then you go right ahead and have yourself a grand ole time at your revival..me and Daryl will stay home and let you pray for us"

Priscilla had stormed off...tears continuing to stream down as she works on their dinner. "Lord even if they are left behind...please Lord...help them to see ..help them to hear and understand..please save Dan and Daryl ...no matter what it takes I pray again in Jesus Name Amen"

Priscilla had left that night for those services....little did Dan know how relevant that conversation had been...it would be his last opportunity to escape The Tribulation to come.

But as sad as Priscilla had been ...all those tears ..all those prayers..that heavy heavy burden.....she had been carrying...she was deep in prayer on her knees worshipping the Lord (she is ready).."Oh Lord your beautiful....your face is all I seek...for when your eyes are on this child" ......................then as Lightning flashes across the sky ..the Son of God responding to His Father's command ...stands up from His Throne and shouts a shout for the Ages..."COME UP HERE!" in that moment ..in the twinklin of an eye..Priscilla Wright born near a small little town near Possum Hollow who had grown up on the family farm...raised on a wooden pew at New Home Baptist Church...sunday school, vacation bible school...all her devotionals..her bible she had scribbled in over the years...the aches and hurts..the lifelong scars...all bundled up into the life of the woman of God...but NOW she travels through time ascending through the most glorious night....she has been raptured....tears running down her cheek..bows before the Alpha and Omega..the Lion of the Tribe of Judah..the One who was the fourth man in the fire..the Word become Flesh...the King of all Kings and the Lord of All Lords...calls out her name...takes her hands..stands her to her feet and dries the tears from her eyes "Priscilla my daughter..my faithful daughter...well done and welcome home"

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laying face down ...the floor stained with tears after hours of prayer and travail...he slowly rose to his knees he knew "Yes Lord" was all He could say Pastor Howard ...picked up his Bible and headed toward the sanctuary...His message today was not taken or googled off the internet...no yearly goody to be served. No this word was a word in season. The sanctuary was unusually crowded..but the pastor hardly noticed. His thoughts so intense...a boldness arising with each drawing moment.. "Take me past the outer courts, into your holy place..past the brazen altar...Lord I want to see your face" the people sang...Pastor Howard could barely contain the words inside...He strode forward to the podium as the song came to its end....Laying His bible down on the Podium...He looks gazingly out to the crowd. "People we are going to skip announcements if you don't mind....choir you are dismissed"

"Never in all my years of ministry have I ever been so stirred to deliver a message. I can truly relate to the Prophet Jeremiah as he said about God's word "it's like fire shut up in my bones""Father in the name of Jesus ...I ask for your help..let not a word come out of my mouth that is not coming by your Holy Spirit...let all who have ears to hear ..HEAR and all who have eyes to see ....SEE...let no life leave here without knowing they have heard from YOU Oh Lord...give me clarity I pray for your glory in Jesus name Amen.

"The title of this message is simply "ARE YOU READY?

"He opened his bible to 1 corinthians 15:51 and began to read

51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

The pastor thundered with great passion his hearts cry that not one in the building would be found wanting when that moment in time came to pass. He preached as if this was his last message...a fire burning in his soul ....knowing the terror of the Lord ...he begged and pleaded with all who would hear "Today is the day of salvation..now is the appointed time...many of you might be tempted to scoff at this message saying "Oh sure we have heard Jesus is coming many times and it's been 2000 years and yet the world continues....but Peter said this "know that in the last days scoffers would arise saying" "where is the promise of His coming?"

I tell you the truth ....Jesus will descend with a shout and call His church home...if you neglect such a great salvation today..if you harden your heart..if you mock or turn a deaf ear...two things are certain..you will find yourself an enemy of God heading for a time of His wrath that is to come and if you so happen to die in your sins...you most certainly are appointed to stand to face an eternity in a lake of fire. You might say ...that's pretty condemning preacher....but that's why I'm standing here..preaching with everything in me..."HEAR ME..this is a final call to someone here today..I feel it in my spirit" "Jesus came not into this world to condemn...He came to save!"

The pastor continued spelling out for the crowd of what the bible says will happen during the 7 years of Great Tribulation ...finally it came down to this

"In Closing....I WANT NO HEADS BOWED and NO EYES CLOSED....Jesus said this ...."If you will confess Me before men...I will confess you to the Father...but if you deny Me before Men..I will deny you to the Father" If you want to KNOW that you ARE READY ...that your sins have been forgiven an You are ready to make a public declaration of your faith and devotion to Jesus Christ..I want you to get out of your seat and run up to these altars and get on your knees and say this very simple prayer..."SAVE ME JESUS"

Inside that great sanctuary...a holy fear of God had fallen ..and when the pastor's call had gone out....hundreds got out of their seats and ran to the altar...tears flowing...people repenting.

Just a few weeks later that pastor walking by a new sunday school class in session ..."born again ..now what?" ...a joy springing up in his soul as the room is completely full....

that night ...that pastor and those new converts ..heard the shout "COME UP HERE" They Were Ready

[mikalikat]

Excellent. The Holy Spirit must be moving like never before and preparing us because I am sensing and seeing more and more of us getting ready in so many ways. Thank you for posting these.

[soundingthealarm]

Excellent. The Holy Spirit must be moving like never before and preparing us because I am sensing and seeing more and more of us getting ready in so many ways. Thank you for posting these.

Thanks so much for the encouragement!!! I've written these with this leading ...to stir repentance, intercession and an urgency to reach out while their is still time!

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TC sat in his prayer closet having just finished spending time alone with God....pen and paper in hand he began to write..."Dear family and friends, if you are receiving this letter it's because I love you so very much and feel to share this very important message with you. Now all of you know most if not all of my short comings and many of you have been there to experience alot of my personal ups and downs. So therefore you have to know this is not coming at you from any other angle than straight from my heart.

First and foremost I hope all of you know that I love Jesus Christ. He means everything to me. But in saying that ..let me say I truly believe the only reason that the apostle Paul said he was the chief of all sinners was that TC hadn't been born yet. Some of you would be very fair to say TC's a hypocrite and I totally understand. Again I have fallen short many times and feel so unworthy to write this letter but at the same time..feel so compelled.

As many of you already know I believe that these are the "end times" and if you don't it's because of my timidity and hence this letter. Many would scoff and say "where is the promise of His coming?" "it's been said for 2000 years" but in the bible Peter warned that would be a sign his coming was very close..Peter said "in the last days scoffers would arise saying the very same thing" you might also say "no man knows the day nor the hour..but Jesus also said this...."how is it you can look to the sky and know a storm is coming but yet you can't discern the signs of the times?" True know man does the exact hour Jesus will call his church home but Jesus himself said we would or should know the season.

What are the signs to look for? A global depression, growing escalation of hatred toward Israel, ....wars and rumors of wars(war on terrorism, North Korea-South Korea, India-Pakistan, Israel-Hamas, Iran threatening to blow Israel off the map)...people running everywhere (to and fro)...love waxing cold....earthquakes in diverse places..greed on a major scale...the world gone mad...and days like Noah and Sodom and Gomorrah. The bible says that at some point the whole world will cry out for a "man" to step on the scene and save them ..starting with two major issues. The Economy and Israel. Right now you all can testify that everyone is looking for answers ...not just here in America but worldwide. Someone please bring relief. And I am sure you all have watched over the last few years the mounting violence in Israel. When has there ever been such a global cry for peace?

So what is the reason for my letter? ...Jesus said there would come a time where He would shout "come up here" and millions of His people would be caught up to meet Him in the air....can you imagine that? He said it would happen in the blink of an eye or in the twinklin of an eye...THAT FAST. Please stop and think about that for a minute. If Jesus was to make that call right now ..what would be the result? Planes falling out of the sky as christian pilots have been called home. Car wrecks galore as unmanned vehicles run wild ...the panic, the heart break would all be unimaginable and undescribable..but please try and imagine.
and not long after that moment...a 7 year countdown will begin....any one still here will be left to face a time called Jacob's Trouble or the Tribulation Period. It will be a time that could easily be called the Perfect Storm. All of satan's fury and God's wrath will be unleashed upon those still here. Those who survive will have been divided into two camps. Those who have pledged allegiance to Jesus Christ or those who have aligned themselves with mankind and satan himself. If you align yourself with Jesus ..you will suffer martyrdom for your decision and if you choose mankind you will suffer eternal damnation. Either way you will die for your decision.

You might be saying TC aren't you being meladramatic??? I can't even begin to be dramatic enough to warn you of what is soon to come. I wish I could.

Think back to Hurricane Katrina..suppose I was the weatherman and I knew it was coming an the eye was for sure to hit the town you live in. But rather than offending you or for the sake of being politically correct chose to keep the "warning" to myself ...and because I did..you were blindsided by the storm and lost your life? what kind of person/weatherman would I be?????

Well according to my faith...THERE IS COMING A STORM upon this earth that will leave no person untouched by catastrophe...your Only hope to escape is through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

If you will believe with your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ has died and rose from the grave You will be saved~

Please, if you are reading this letter ....do Just That....Believe in Jesus and confess Him. I beg you.

Jesus said this..."If you will confess me before men I will confess you to my Father, but if you deny me before men I will deny You before my Father"

In closing...please let me restate that I am no better than anyone. Not at all..in fact I am the least of all...but I don't care about that ..I CARE ABOUT YOU....please hear this letter for what it says....I don't want you to be caught in the most horrific storm this world has ever saw ....a 7 yr storm that is coming as sure as death and taxes. Please REPENT if you haven't already and make Jesus the Lord and Savior of your life...I beg you ....because His Wrath will soon be poured out.

In closing...let me just say this again..."I love you all" ...if this hurts or offends you...I'm sorry ..BUT I'd rather hurt and offend you and have you HEAR this message and make sure you Know it and Jesus Himself than to stay quiet for fear and then someday stand before God and hear that you didn't make it because I cared more for my own pride than I cared for you!

TC closed his notepad and prayed one more time "Father ..I have tried to do as I felt you led me to do...I have wrote this letter of warning in your name..Please dear Lord, bless this message and convict all my friends and family to hear its urgent message for your glory and purpose in Jesus name I pray ..Amen"


TC sent out several copies...prayed over each one ....not many days afterwards... he sat lying in his bed ...dozing off when a sound from heaven came piercing the night "COME UP HERE" ....TC was READY!!!!!

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Rex sat down in his lazy boy after a hard days work. Lying beside his chair was the day's mail. Rex first popped the top on his ice cold beverage ..took a drink and let out a big sigh. Stress was bearing down...so many of his buddies had been layed off...a seeming haunting certainty was facing Rex...a job he held for years was on the chopping block. Hitting the remote to turn on the tv..."Wall Street fell another 5 percent today....fears mount world wide as jobless claims are staggering upward" Rex flip through all the networks and finally hit mute as he scrolled through his mail...."hmmmm a letter from TC?"

Rex tore open the envelope and began to read TC's heartfelt cry. TC had been Rex's golfing bud for years and although Rex knew TC was "religious" they had never really talked that much about faith....but as he poured through the letter...Rex sensed an urgency in it's tone..."why would he take the time to send this?" he thought....a tear trickled down ...


"""""In closing...let me just say this again..."I love you all" ...if this hurts or offends you...I'm sorry ..BUT I'd rather hurt and offend you and have you HEAR this message and make sure you Know it and Jesus Himself than to stay quiet for fear and then someday stand before God and hear that you didn't make it because I cared more for my own pride than I cared for you!"""""

Rex read through the letter several times....and almost picked up his phone...but something stopped him..and instead he felt led to read this one paragraph one more time


""""Please REPENT if you haven't already and make Jesus the Lord and Savior of your life...I beg you ....because His Wrath will soon be poured out."""""""

Closing the letter ...something strange began to happen...his heart pounding with intensity ...Rex found himself gripped with fear...knelt down by his couch ..."Jesus, my name's Rex...I'm TC's friend..and he say's I need to make you my saviour and Lord and that's what I'm doing right now....so if you don't mind...would you please be my savior?"

When the news broke "10pm cst time ...millions have disappeared"....Rex was gone...."HE WAS READY"

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Rex sat down in his lazy boy after a hard days work. Lying beside his chair was the day's mail. Rex first popped the top on his ice cold beverage ..took a drink and let out a big sigh. Stress was bearing down...so many of his buddies had been layed off...a seeming haunting certainty was facing Rex...a job he held for years was on the chopping block. Hitting the remote to turn on the tv..."Wall Street fell another 5 percent today....fears mount world wide as jobless claims are staggering upward" Rex flip through all the networks and finally hit mute as he scrolled through his mail...."hmmmm a letter from TC?"

Rex tore open the envelope and began to read TC's heartfelt cry. TC had been Rex's golfing bud for years and although Rex knew TC was "religious" they had never really talked that much about faith....but as he poured through the letter...Rex sensed an urgency in it's tone..."why would he take the time to send this?" he thought....a tear trickled down ...


"""""In closing...let me just say this again..."I love you all" ...if this hurts or offends you...I'm sorry ..BUT I'd rather hurt and offend you and have you HEAR this message and make sure you Know it and Jesus Himself than to stay quiet for fear and then someday stand before God and hear that you didn't make it because I cared more for my own pride than I cared for you!"""""

Rex read through the letter several times....and almost picked up his phone...but something stopped him..and instead he felt led to read this one paragraph one more time


""""Please REPENT if you haven't already and make Jesus the Lord and Savior of your life...I beg you ....because His Wrath will soon be poured out."""""""

Closing the letter ...something strange began to happen...his heart pounding with intensity ...Rex found himself gripped with fear...knelt down by his couch ..."Jesus, my name's Rex...I'm TC's friend..and he say's I need to make you my saviour and Lord and that's what I'm doing right now....so if you don't mind...would you please be my savior?"

When the news broke "10pm cst time ...millions have disappeared"....Rex was gone...."HE WAS READY"

GOOD STUFF BRO....Praise The Lord...
I have seen you using webstart good, my sites are with them...
PERSEVERE
GOD BLESS YOU:)

[myinnuendo999]

wonderful ministry soundingthealarm...

for about a year now I've had this concern to pray for God to protect my bible and flashdrive with all the writings and information on them.. Does God really need my things? no. But I have this strange desire to because I believe God's word and information will be hard to find. Truth will be drowned in the muddle of deception...

I pray many will come to Jesus through your ministering to Jesus... Thank you for such beautiful writing

[soundingthealarm]

wonderful ministry soundingthealarm...

for about a year now I've had this concern to pray for God to protect my bible and flashdrive with all the writings and information on them.. Does God really need my things? no. But I have this strange desire to because I believe God's word and information will be hard to find. Truth will be drowned in the muddle of deception...

I pray many will come to Jesus through your ministering to Jesus... Thank you for such beautiful writing

.....thanks for your encouragement "Come quickly JESUS!!!"

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"Tony I am not trying to make you mad" "THEN WHY THE &*^& DO YOU CALL UP AND PREACH THAT CRAP?" "I mean do you know how ridiculous you sound?" "don't you realize that your friends all think you have lost it? that you are some luny right wing fanatic?
and Yet for some strange reason you feel the need to call me as if there is something wrong with ME??"

"I'm not saying anythings wrong with you Tony...what I'm saying" "OH I KNOW WHAT YOUR SAYIN SIS" "your saying that I'm going to HELL RIGHT?" "NO TONY what I'm saying is that if you don't accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior ..then He says that those who reject salvation seal their own fate" "LIKE I SAID..YOUR SAYING SINCE I HAVEN'T JUMPED ON YOUR JESUS BANDWAGON THAT I'M GOING TO HELL....QUIT DANCING AROUND SIS..I KNOW PERFECTLY WELL WHAT YOU ARE GETTING AT AND I'M TOTALLY SICK OF IT" "Listen Tony this is the LAST thing I was trying to start...I have no desire to condemn you or make you mad..but your my brother and I love you...and let me ask you this Tony..."what can I do to get you to listen without getting so defensive?" "LISTEN TO WHAT SIS?" "to what I'm really saying" "OK SIS...you got two minutes....cause I got to hit the hay" "Tony, you were there all those years in sunday school...you know what I believe...you know the bible stories...Jesus died on a Cross Tony ...but why did He do it Tony...why did He die?" "oh No..I'm not answering no questions..your the one with all the answers sis ..go right ahead" "Tony He died for our sins....He took our penalty. And you know Tony the bible says and history confirms that Jesus Christ was a man who lived and died on this earth and was buried in a borrow tomb...and 3 days later rose again confirming His message that He truly is God ...and Tony He promised there would come a time where He would come again..and Tony that's why I'm calling...Jesus is coming...I truly believe it" "NO *&* WAY....No WAY you didn't just admit that you believe that sis" "Tony...I really do..and if you read the bible and you studied what it said ...you'd believe it too. Israel is God's time piece...He said there would come a day when the whole world would focus it's attention upon that tiny piece of Land ..watching for Peace to come ....when has there ever been so much news paid attention to that nation as now Tony? And Tony the bible teaches there would come a day when global markets in unison would begin to shake and that the whole world would cry for someone...anyone to bring calm ...when Tony have you ever saw or heard of such a time as this....whole countries on the verge of bankruptcy...prosperous states like California going broke...all the news is talking about is ..this bailout and that bailout...the truth is Tony there will never be a bailout ..this world is going to hell and Jesus said that today is the day of salvation...Now is the appointed time..chose this day whom you are going to serve?" "Please Tony I beg you...please ..I didn't call you to hurt you or attack you but just to tell you that I love you and my hope was that you would pray with me?" "PRAY? FOR WHAT?" "For Jesus to be the Lord of your life and your savior from your sins and what is to come" "THERE YOU GO AGAIN..MY SINS?" "what about yours huh?" "you think I don't remember all your crap sis?" "so forgive me if I don't just run to my knees trying to be like you" "It's not about being like me Tony..it's about realizing that the God who created you..is trying to get your attention and call you unto Himself before it's too late" "OOOH spooky sis...too late for what?" "to late to be ready to escape what's coming Tony....Jesus said there would come a time when He would call His people home and right after a season of trial would come upon this earth such as the world has never seen. Worse than even the Holocaust Tony" "Oh sis you have lost your mind..and I can't listen to this no more...so let me tell you this...I love you too..I appreciate what you are trying to do..but sis to be honest I think you need to see a psychiatrist or something I really do..but hey like I said earlier ..I got to hit the hay ok?" "Tony....(she begins to cry)...OH SIS..please ..SEE THAT'S WHY I don't want any part of this crap..."Tony...just promise me you'll think long and hard about what I have said..and get on your knees and call upon Jesus" "SIS THAT"S ENOUGH..your really ticking me off now...I'm going to hang up now...love ya ..BYE"

Tony hung up the phone and cursed..."I AM So blanking sick of her crap" His sister hung up and prayed "Lord, whatever it takes ..please get through to Him..Please God in Jesus Name Amen"


Over the next couple of weeks she went about her life....praying, and witnessing to other friends and family members.


BREAKING NEWS AT 10pm cst millions of people have suddenly .without warning disappeared......"Tony sat in recliner..cold beer in his hand.....rushes to his remote and turns up the volume ...SHOCK flows through his mind....picks up his cell phone and dials his sister"

just moments earlier his sister had been taking her make up off ..winding down for the night..."COME UP HERE" came THAT shout.....SHE'S WITH JESUS...SHE WAS READY

[mikalikat]

Continue on--excellent work! Possibly Chris might include these vignettes in the main page someplace for people to read? A great tool to share and use. Thanks so much for your work.

[soundingthealarm]

"Daddy, you going to church with us today?" Little 8 year old Addie had asked.."nah sweetie...Daddie's got a big football game to watch today hon..but you go right ahead" "ya like my dress daddy?" "oh my yes..you're my princess and you are the most beautiful girl in the world...now you go on with your momma and you be a good girl..ya hear?"

"ok daddy" ...sitting in her car seat...deep in thought ..."mommy...why doesn't daddy ever come to church with us?" Her mom humming her favorite worship song....fails to hear

walking into her sunday school class......little ms thing...takes her seat by her friends..plops down her bible and her "cuddle".....Mrs Carnegie walks into sunday school and greets all the kiddo's ..."well my don't we all look nice and chipper today"

Mrs Carnegie opened up with a prayer and then instructed all the kids to sing along with "Jesus Loves me this I know...for the bible tells me so"

Addie sang loud and bold..."YES JESUS LOVES ME....YES JESUS LOVES ME"

after the song....Mrs Carnegie feeling led to share..."why do you think it's important to know Jesus Loves you?" all the kids raising their hands to be called on to answer....one little boy answering ..."because He made us" another piping up "because Momma says if you don't love Jesus ....you will be in bad trouble someday" ...Addie's ears perked up...."what kinda trouble?" "bad bad trouble" the boy answered again.....Mrs Carnegie sensing fear in Addie's question ...interjects..."Addie.....Jesus loves You so much that He gave His life for you...let me say it like this.....have you ever gotten in trouble with your daddy Addie?" she knods her head up and down...."yep...my gum got on the couch" "was your dad really mad?" "yuh huh" "did he punish you?" "yuh huh" "he gave me a swat and a time out and I can't chew gum no more in the living room" "well what if you did" "I'd be in bad bad trouble"

"well let's suppose that you went home today and you chewed gum and you got it on the couch even after your daddy told you how bad it was to do....."oh no Mrs Carnegie let's not spose that" Mrs Carnegie chuckled.."I mean let's just pretend" "your daddy would be furious right and have to get someone in trouble right?" "ummm hmmmm" "well what if right when you were about to get in trouble Jesus came and took your punishment for you?" "that wouldn't be fair to Jesus" "yes your right Addie it wouldn't be fair" "but what if He did?" "he'd be the coolest" "why Addie?" "because He took my place"

And that's why Addie it's important to Know Jesus Loves you....because You have done things wrong that have hurt your heavenly dad...."I have?" "have you ever told a lie Addie?" ....Addie looks around the room sheepishly but knods her head up and down..."well Addie the bible says it's very wrong to lie and because you told that lie you are suppose to be in trouble but IF you ask Jesus to come into your heart....He has already taking your punishment for you....that's why He died on the cross Addie ...FOR YOU"

Addie's eyes opened a mile wide....."I understand Mrs Carnegie...I get it" ....."Jesus Loves me and He took my timeouts for me and all my swats?" "yes Addie that's right" "And the best part Addies is that someday you will get to live with Jesus forever and ever...but first you gotta ask Him into your heart ok?" "please can we right now Mrs Carnegie?" "YES WE CAN....does anyone else want to pray too?" Mrs Carnegie asked her class...One by one the hands were raised..."Dear Jesus...thank you so much for dying on the cross the bad things ..the sins we have done...come into our hearts and save us in Jesus Name Amen"

It had been a glorious day..Addie could barely contain herself....racing out of her car seat and into the house and her daddy's lap..."daddy ...daddy...guess what? I gave my life to Jesus today daddy"

"that's great sweetie....now you go on and help your mom with lunch...daddy's got a football game to watch"


But just a few days later at 10pm cst....came a shout from on high

In that moment...In the Twinkling of an eye......Addie was Caught Up to meet Jesus in the Air....SHE HEARD THAT SHOUT...She and Mrs Carnegie "were ready"

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"stuck in rush hour traffic....bumper to bumper, Cameron turns up the volume of his stereo..."I can only imagine...when that day comes" beginning to sing along......his mind wanders ahead of the traffic to where he wants to be ....home with his 6 yr old son CJ" He and CJ have a special bond...both had been through so much...it's been just over a year since that fateful night where they both sat at a dinner table to hear words from a woman they both had held dear...."I just want to be alone...can't you understand?" she had pleaded...."I JUST WANT TO BE ALONE!"

little Cj's bottom lip had quivered so tenderly when he heard those words...
"DIVORCE"..... he knew that word was something bad and was just old enough to understand it was worthy of tears..."mommy and daddy ...I don't want to be divorced" he had begged. Cameron too was devestated....NEVER EVER in all his life had he had any intention of going through such a trial...let alone bring it upon his child he loved so dearly. In fact he had resolved "it will NEVER happen to me" ....but now a year later sitting in traffic ...his stereo blares

"will I stand before you Jesus or in awe of you be still ..will dance in your presence or to my knees will I fall? ..I can only imagine"...the song continues....tears pouring as Cameron reflects....

That prior Christmas had been really rough on he and his son....they had left for the weekend ....only to return to an abandoned home....a home so full of memories for such a young boy..the only home he knew...but this year there was no christmas tree...and everything completely moved out...."daddy...why did santa not show up here?" "cuz son...he knew we'd be at papa and grandma's house"......."daddy ....why didn't Jesus or Santa answer my wish?" "what wish was that son?" "that mommy wouldn't want a divorce" "what did we do wrong daddy?" "what did we do wrong?"

stuck on the interstate...Cameron was so engrossed in the song ....continuing to reflect...3 months after the "divorce" he and his son had relocated a few hours south to a place of refuge and had started a new life in a small duplex....a very boring life to some ..but a very solid routine for CJ and His dad Cameron. Each night Cameron would come home and play catch with his son....talking about life and hope to come....how important it was to "love Jesus" and Know that someday ....despite every ounce of heartache experienced ...that "there would be a day" "that only they could imagine"...where they would stand before Jesus....and be able to live together forever and ever and that it was so important to know that Jesus AND Daddy loves him so very much. This day would seem to be like no other....Cameron could hardly wait to get home and toss the football around.

After what seemed an eternity...the traffic finally began to move....and speeding along the interstate Cameron arrived to his destination ....picking up his son Cj and headed to the duplex driveway where the two spent their time playing catch. Father and Son bonding....you'd just have to be there to appreciate how awesome it was.

Moments after the final toss..they both headed inside to share a meal and talk about whatever was on their minds..when in the midst of their meal....little Cj looks up at his dad and ask...."daddy ...it's just you and I huh?" "yeah son....You and I and Jesus...but "daddy what if something happened to you? .....Tears again fall down Cameron's cheeks realizing the sensitive and insecure nature of his son's question....."Cj ...if anything EVER happens to your daddy...you WILL ALWAYS and I mean always STILL HAVE JESUS" "yeah but daddy.....what would I do to be with you?" ....Cameron's heart begins to rip through his very chest ...pounding so intensely..."buddy listen...IF you have Jesus in Your heart .....we will always alway always be together ...that I promise" .....in the background..on the radio... a song begins to play "here I am to worship..here I am to bow down....Here I am to say that your my God"

In that moment ....Cameron began to sense the depth of his son's question...."Cj...this is a special night ...please listen to your daddy" Cameron sat and told his son all about The Cross and how very important Jesus death was and how 3 days later Jesus had rose from the grave and because of that death ..and burial and resurrection...that they both could have a sure hope that they too would get to be together forever and ever....Cj spoke up ..."daddy..I want to ask Jesus into my heart" and right there in that small little duplex..Cameron led his son to the Lord ...it was such an awesome night...indescribable......tears fell...crocodile tears to say the least. Cameron and Cj had been through such heartache and experienced such loss..but NOT this night..they were filled with such joy and peace...little Cj had layed down on his pillow and as his eye's grew heavy he asked one last question..."you proud of me daddy?"

It was 10pm cst ....as Cameron began to pull the cover's over his son..leaning over and kissing Cj on the cheek ..."the most proud son"...then "in the twinkling of an eye....A LOUD SHOUT CAME FRON ON HIGH" "COME UP HERE"..........THEY WERE READY

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Continue on--excellent work! Possibly Chris might include these vignettes in the main page someplace for people to read? A great tool to share and use. Thanks so much for your work.

very thankful for your words of encouragement....

my heart's cry is that if anyway possible these stories will encourage and inspire other's to share their faith, pray for family and friends like never before

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Dollar Movie Night...YEAH

Jeremy and some of his college cronies waited inline at tuesday night dollar night at the theatre. As was typical....long lines were assembling in hopes of securing a seat in the 9pm show.....WHY? for no other reason that there is nothing else to do on a tuesday night Jeremy supposed.

Jeremy was and had been the typical prodigal....raised on a church pew all his life....knew the bible from Genesis to the Maps in the back ...BUT once in highschool found it easier to "go with the flow" than to take "that" stand

Now he's in college and it's even harder....living in a dorm...every temptation he has ever heard about in youth services or his parent's lectures have hit him smack in the face.

Many a night in his dorm room he has fallen asleep with alcohol on his breath BUT his mom's prayers and lecture's blasting his thoughts......and despite the pull and seduction of this world....his mom's prayers have come out on top.. In recent months Jeremy has found himself drawn more and more to "cry out " to God for Help and boldness AND the Lord has answered...showing up in every area of His life.

NOW here Jeremy is ....In Line on a tuesday night ...none the less...minding his own business...going through traditonal motions of a college freshman away from home....when in the midst of waiting in this crazy long line ...he hears this thought pop in his head

"stand up on that bench and tell all those who wait to Repent"..........

Jeremy hears that thought then quickly blows it off..."yea right...as if that would be sane?" trying to pretend he didn't hear THAT thought...Jeremy tries to look around the room in a conscious effort to reject that thought

BUT....THE THOUGHT grows louder as the bench in question stands out as if heavenly sunrays were highlighting it ..scream out...stand upon me and preach

"God ...that's just spiritual pride inside of me trying to be "holier than thou".....NO WAY HOSEA.....God would never want me to do that


but over and over...try as he might...Jeremy defies the thought ..BUT Louder and Louder it grows in his mind


"the apostle Paul would have...John the Baptist too...and Peter did in front of thousands and over 3,000 men alone not counting women and children ...repented and believed upon Jesus Christ in a single day"

finally Jeremy could take it no longer....pacing back in forth in the foyer...."OK LORD, IF THIS IS REALLY YOU ..THEN GIVE ME BOLDNESS AND YOUR WORDS"

continuing to pace.....Jeremy finally stumbled onto the Bench'' then with a boldness he NEVER knew....he proclaimed...."EVERYONE....MY NAME IS....WELL NEVER MIND MY NAME....LOOK...I AM STANDING UP HERE WILLING TO LOOK THE FOOL BECAUSE ....I believe that God is wanting Me to share this simple message.....All of us are sitting here waiting in line to get inside to a movie....but there is coming a day ....where the bible says we will all be waiting in line for "our turn" to stand before God almighty as our Judge. Judge of what you might say? Judge of the gift of life that He gave us and what we did with that gift and the gift of His Son Jesus Christ"

And we will be judged Not by how good a person we are or were but by rather met God's standard.....did we keep his commandments....Did we ever Lie? did we ever steal? did we ever commit adultery? .....and if we broke even ONE of his Laws...then our eternaly destiny has been secured....HELL will be our home

"SHUT THE BLANK UP" flew from many lips in the line as Jeremy continued....YOU RIGHT WING FANATIC...YOU JERK...SHUT UP...YOU ARE SO HOLIER THAN THOU....."SHUT UP WITH YOUR HATE SPEECH"

as those many rebuttals came flying Jeremy began to break...tears flooding his cheeks...."please ..PLEASE hear me....I beg you to hear.....God created You in His image and is NOT willing that any should perish"...."today is the day of salvation...NOW is the time to give your Life to Jesus Christ"

suddenly out of nowhere two larger than life security guards came flying towards Jeremy ..their intent for sure..to remove this harbinger of hate from their theatre lobby.....BUT as tears streamed down his face....a young teenage girl cried out "what do I need to do?" and then another voice cried out.."what are you saying? what is it we are suppose to do?"

Jeremy looked at the two oncoming guys and held up his hand ...as if asking for patience...."Believe what you hear....Believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ" ."come over here and pray with me" and Jeremy stepped off the bench and walked out into a wider area of the foyer and several college age kids followed his lead....Jeremy stood trembling ..and said..."just pray after me".......

after a simple short prayer....many many people in that foyer had tears streaming down their face..when suddenly .."in the twinklin of an eye...A Shout from on High came" "COME UP HERE" ......THEY WERE READY

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David kept playing the message over and over "Hello you have reached David and Andrea ...sorry we can't come to the phone right now..BUT we are so glad you called ..PLEASE leave a message" BEEP

Again David rewound the recording JUST to hear Andrea's voice "Hello you have reached David and Andrea ...sorry we can't come to the phone right now..BUT we are so glad you called ..PLEASE leave a message" BEEP

AGAIN .."Hello you have reached David and Andrea ...sorry we can't come to the phone right now..BUT we are so glad you called ..PLEASE leave a message" BEEP

With each replay of her voice...tears flowed easier and easier....falling down onto the ground David began to pound the floor with his fist..."NO GOD...NO" ....."WHY?" Despair his new companion taunting his every thought.......flashing back to their last conversation

"David, please...I'm so tired of fighting with you" "WHO'S FIGHTING?" "I just want to know why you won't answer the question?" "David...I've told you...you KNOW the answer ..you just don't want to hear it" "DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT ANDREA?" "THAT MY LIFE'S A MESS because Your Church says so?" "NO DAVID...your life's a mess because you keep rejecting Jesus Christ!!!" "THERE..SEE YOU SAID ANDREA" "YOUR ADMITTING MY LIFE'S MESSED UP BECAUSE YOUR LOVING GOD IS PUNISHING ME!!!!" "No David... ..you are so wrong...JESUS is not the one punishing you....was he driving the car when you got the last dwi? was he the one who put the drink in your hand? Did he make you go to the hotel room with your secretary?" "HEY THAT'S A LOW BLOW!" "BESIDES YOU SAID YOU HAVE FORGIVEN ME?" "I have David ..but it still hurts...and it's NOT God's Fault...it's because of choices you have made....once you realize that going your "own way" is what is bringing all this hurt...and quit blaming anyone else...you'll realize you weren't created to go it alone...You need Help and there is no better place to start than on your knees crying out to Jesus" "Oh SHUT THE HECK UP WITH THAT CRAP..I am SO SICK OF ALL YOUR HOLIER THAN THOU BS"

"David...I'm done...I'm done begging..I'm done fighting ..I'm done" "HEY GET BACK HERE ANDREA...I'm NOT DONE" Andrea hops into her car and drives into the night......A few hours later...at 10pm cst ...cruising down I-44 crying her eyes out for her marriage and her husband....HEARD A LOUD SHOUT...SHE WAS READY

now David finds himself haunted with the guilt and hopelessness that comes from rejecting Jesus Christ....reaping a harvest of his own deeds ...staring him in the face THE GREAT TRIBULATION

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Johnny strode down the steps with a very self determined air. Finally, for the last time he was finished with those church going hypocrites. He’d had his fill of these pious folk who lied about everything.

His friend Bill walked beside him. The two were arguing about some matter from work. Johnny glared after enduring yet another burst of profanity from his foul mouthed friend. “You self righteous fellows air givin’ me a pain in the *****! Bill ranted. “I’m an atheist first and last and I don’t believe in a God. Science has proven that he does not exist. There’s no evidence that he does. Only fools who need religious crutches believe in him.” Something wicked stirred in Johnny’s mind. “Well, I never said I did.” The two friends were laughing and joking together on the way home as they mocked those stupid Christians and their Christ.

The pastor stopped by Johnny’s house several weeks later to see why he was not coming to church anymore. Johnny was not home, but his wife was. “Oh, Pastor!” she sobbed. “Something awful has happened to my husband. He hates God now and hates me for believing in Him.” The pastor tried to comfort her but had to leave to visit someone else.

The distraught wife dropped on her knees beside their bedside in their little house where she and her husband had spent a wonderfully happy twenty years of life together. Kneeling there on the cold tiled floor, she poured out her soul in agony before the Lord.

Johnny was in a foul temper. His wife had sent him several texts at work spouting Bible verses to him, but the texts went unheeded and unanswered. Why even bother with that garbage, he muttered to himself. Slinging a chair away from his desk, he plunked himself into it and logged on to his favorite Christian internet chat room. After a few minutes of discussion and heated argument, a Bible verse popped up on his screen.

19I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

“Oh, yeah, and just tell me how much of your words are right.”

20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

“Well – I – do what!?” Johnny gasped as if he’d been shot, then he slammed down the top of the laptop with a grand flourish.

Bill stopped by for a few minutes chat and Johnny told Bill about the strange message he’d received online. The two men laughed it off and then Bill informed Johnny that he was headed down to the corner market to buy a snack. But just as he was pulling out of the parking lot, a Honda van rounded the bend in the road and slammed into the driver’s side door. There was a tremendous crash. In a few minutes the ambulances and police cars came whizzing down the road to the site of the wreck. But they arrived too late to save Bill. No one ever dreamed that he would die so young in life. They all felt it was much too sudden. But Bill had heard God’s final words to him and had rejected them.

Johnny was glued to the window watching the paramedics arrive. One thought flashed through his mind; what if he himself died rejecting Christ? He knew that Bill had gone to Hell. What would become of his own soul if he did not accept the means that God provided for his salvation in sending His only Son to die in his place?

“What do I do, God” he prayed. Just as quickly an answer flashed before his mind. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.” He dropped to his knees and began to pray. Five minutes later, the angels were dancing for joy in Heaven as another soul said yes to the Saviour.

Five years later both Johnny and his wife were walking home from church side by side as they had once done together. Suddenly, the clouds burst apart for a split second as they heard a voice say, “Come up here!” They were ready!

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walking down the hall of his highschool for the last time of his senior year...Caleb can't help but to observe everything in a slow motion...time magically slowing down...reflecting upon the days gone by...spit ball fights ...freshman hazing...basketball glory...the usual malaise of the slow walk between classes and the hurried scamper after the first bell. Yet still loudest in his thoughts...Caleb looks at THE LOCKER...the locker where things changed so drastically this year WHEN Caleb heard something so loud in his spirit."be bold"..His Bible mistaken for his Biology book had found it's way to school.....this revelation annoyed when he realized his homework was still at home..heading to class as if walking the "green mile"...Caleb had walked to the head of the class bible in tow ..holding it out to begin his plea for homework forgiveness...

but little did Caleb know what was to transpire

timidly beginning his story "ummm Mr Mosher?" ...."Mr Mosher...I uhhh forgot" ....finally catching his teacher's attention Mr Mosher...fixed his eyes on THE BOOK....."CALEB!!!!" "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" "Umm I" "I SAID CALEB...WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" "You have no purpose in bringing THAT BOOK into this Class....That fable..that myth...that junk is NOT allowed in MY CLASSROOM....YOU HEAR ME?" "Sir?" "I said...that book is NOT allowed in my class...and you young man are on the verge of serious trouble if you don't get that thing out of my face" "BUT MR" "NOT ANOTHER WORD....YOU TAKE THAT BACK OUT OF THIS ROOM"

Something inside Caleb ignited as again he heard the words "be bold"....as all eyes sat fixed upon the heated exchange...."MR MOSHER..WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS BOOK THAT HAS YOU SO SCARED?" "That it will preach your funeral? That it's the number one selling book of all time? OR WHAT it holds inside? in a mocking chuckle Mr Mosher steps from behind his desk preparing for an all out assault upon this audacious student..."YOU THINK I'M SCARED? I tell you what I'm scared of Caleb...is of people who read this book and believe it...who believe it's lies and believe "WHAT? THAT WE WERE DESIGNED BY A DESIGNER?...THAT THOU SHALL NOT MURDER IS A BAD DECREE? THAT TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF Will do you harm? No sir Mr Mosher..the reason you hate this book isn't because your scared of those who believe..your scared of what it says about YOU? You love the darkness and you curse the light ..you want to know why?" "Oh yes Caleb please enlighten me" Mr Mosher says in derision...."Because your deeds are evil" "You boast in yourself and man's answer's ..you mock what you do not know...you lord over we your impressionable students with ideologies you proclaim in the name of science..BUT WHO CREATED SCIENCE?" "where did KNOWLEDGE COME From Mr Mosher?" "an atom..a cell....an explosion ..it's so obvious that we all are DESIGNED..and if there's a design THERE has to be a designer" "SO YOU SAY CALEB" ..."No Mr Mosher...so God Himself has said IN THIS BOOK"

"THAT'S ENOUGH" ...Mr Mosher scurredly opened his drawer and took out a pen and began scribbling I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS NOTE AND HEAD "DOWN THE HALL" ...as he was writing Mr Mosher noticed a drop of water had falling on his desk...looking up his eyes met Caleb's ....tears streaming down Caleb's face...."Oh so you want mercy?" "you sorry Caleb?" "Yes Mr Mosher....FOR YOU I want Mercy..FOR YOU I am sorry....his tears pouring....THIS BOOK YOU DESPISE..Has pronounced you GUILTY OF CRIMES for all eternity...But 2000 years ago..This Book became Flesh and dwelt amongst this world ...Jesus Christ was born of a virgin...lived..performed many many miracles...was sentenced to death and 3 days later rose from the grave DEFYING Science..Defying nature...and Proving He is THE ONE TRUE GOD ...and the reason He died Mr Mosher was because OF ME ..and Because of YOU" turning to face his sobered and glued to the exchange classmates...he continued "And BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU...JESUS DIED"

Today I came into this classroom with my bible because I made a mistake....I picked it up thinking it was my Biology Book....and I brought it in here to explain that I needed forgiveness for screwing up...for missing the mark...for leaving my homework home and I have faced Mr Mosher's Judgement and He has sentenced me "down the hall"

But everyone of us in this room ...have missed The Ultimate Mark...we have sinned against God's classroom..we have disobeyed in His Universe...and He has sentenced Us all "down the hall" But I have good news......JESUS TOOK THAT WALK FOR US ALL ....and 2000 years ago..he walked to Calvary and took My Place and Your Place and Died in our place and IF You ...Like I have already done...Believe in Jesus Christ and that He rose from the grave and Confess it with your Mouth ....You and I can live forever eternally in a DESIGNED Place called Heaven" and turning back to Mr Mosher...and that place was designed forr You too Mr Mosher"

Putting down the pen...and wadding up his note....Mr Mosher's hand shook nervously....standing back up and walking around his desk..Mr Mosher walked towards Caleb and asked "May I?" reaching out his hand for Caleb's... Mr Mosher shook Caleb's hand

slamming the locker door closed for the last time...Caleb's cheek streaming with a trickled tear...reflecting upon His Senior Year and THAT DAY His life...His school and His Biology teacher were changed forever!

The following year...in the midst of a cold winter night...lying in his college dorm...READING THAT BOOK......Caleb heard a SHOUT.....COME UP HERE

at the same time....MR MOSHER was sitting in his Lazy Boy....Praying....After reading THAT same book and He Heard that SAME SHOUT....."COME UP HERE"

THEY WERE READY

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I love reading these short stories, Sounding and KBR! I read them many times over at aretheyreadyforthis.com You have to check out that website! Go over there now!