Daniel's Letters - # 2, October 18, 2010

Created by Kate 13 years ago
Dear Rev. Nancee and my Sisters & Brothers in Christ, I thank you for all the mail I have received. It is just another way God is telling me He loves me and wants me to come closer spiritually to Him. Your prayers, love, and support are so much what a fallen Christian needs, and believe me, when I leave this place (the Jacksonville Jail) I will be more like Christ. I have been reading and studying God's Word every day. When I come across something I don't understand, God puts someone there to help me understand what I am reading. I have been praying for more understanding, wisdom, and spiritual guidance and self-discipline. God has been really feeding me. Even though I am growing closer to becoming more like Christ Jesus, I know the devil is mad now, but it says in God's word that the devil may tempt us still, but he can't have us any more. This time I am doing now, I believe God allowed it to happen because He knew I didn't want to give up a few little things I was holding on to. I know God don't want part of me He wants all of me. When I became saved, God showed me a lot of love in so may different ways. I know He's real because of this, but what I was lacking was the fear of God. "Believe me when I say I got the fear of God in me now too." "Wow." God has a lot of love and mercy to give if we just give up and accept it. I have been using my testimony to lots of men in here. I believe Christ is working through me to help motivate them to become closer to Him. I am doing my part in what God wants us to do and that is trying to convince the next human being that God is really REAL. So what I am trying to say is that even if it seems like a bad situation, God can pull a lot of good out of it. I know I will never be free from sin, but I do know God has washed our sins by the blood of Jesus. Even though our sins are cleansed, that don't give us the right to keep on sinning. I have learned a lot about living a Christian life from a lot of you members (of St. George) and am still learning now. I might not be as good as a Christian yet as most of you, but I know God loves me just the same. God has used a lot of you to help me become more of a born-again man, and I greatly appreciate you all. Some things are done to be proud of. So be Proud Fort George Island Episcopal Church for loving and showing this new born-again Christian how to serve and live the way Christ Jesus would want me to live. I have also learned that serving God is serous business, but it can be fun and pleasing if we do it His way and not our own way. So with that I leave you with a little Christian humor: I once hear a Reverend say at a retreat, "If one of you making this retreat has not sinned ever, you should report to your local chancery office immediately. If you have never committed a sin, then undoubtedly they will stuff you - mount you - and put you in a museum!" Ha Ha Ha! Thank you for keeping me in your prayers. You all are in my prayers too. I love you all. Daniel