He Lives Within

                                         Galatians 2:20a
                        "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless 
                         I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:"

        Some experience, all the Good News about all Jesus does for them.  They realize that the Good News begins for them personally in the new birth of water and spirit.  But they feel, "I am not ready.  I am not good enough yet."  Just think of how Apostle Paul felt when he was chosen by the Lord Himself to become one of the writers of God's Word.
        We all have feelings of inadequacy, which we ought to have, because sin has weakened us all.  That is the point of the Good News.  We will never be "good enough" to measure up to God's greatness.  If we depend on "Righteous things" we have done, we will never be ready.  But the Good News turns around our failures in this way:  When we recognize our failings and need , then we are most ready for the Savior.  When we realize our deadness, then we are most ready for the new birth ("the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit").     Amen!!    

                                       May God Bless You
                                        And Your Families

                                                     Minister Robert A.Lail Sr.
                                                     The Cross Life Ministry