FOREVER TOGETHER

WITNESS




4-29-13




FOREVER TOGETHER---STEPHEN AND PAUL




There are 2 men
In my mind from the Bible
That will be forever
Linked together


Stephen---the first Christian martyr
Who gave up his life for Christ
And Saul---later Paul
Who stood by and approved
Maybe, in fact, even ordered Stephen’s death


Forever together
You and me
Forever linked with God
Forever in God’s word
And in God’s heart
That’s the way it has to be


When they began stoning Stephen
As Saul stood by and watched
Stephen prayed,
“Lord Jesus receive my spirit
Lord do not hold this sin
Against them”


And, of course, God heard Stephen’s prayer
As he hears yours and mine


Out of death---grew life
The death of Stephen---turned in to
The life of Paul
And the beginnings of Christianity


Picture this
You are a great hater of God
And the new Christian movement


You have persecuted many Christians
And it is widely known


As you near
The end of your journey
A light flashes around you---a light from Heaven
You get knocked to the ground
And you hear a voice say,


“Saul Saul why do you persecute me
Go in to the city
And you will be told what to do”


You slowly get up off the ground
You cannot see a thing
Your traveling companions
Don’t know what has happened


The lord sends Ananias
To place hands on you


Scales from Saul’s eyes fall off
Saul can see again
See better than ever
Saul becomes baptized
Filled with the Holy Spirit
And has great vision for God’s new Kingdom


Forever together---Stephen and Paul
Out of death grows life
Life and the vision for a brand new world


How about you and me
Can our life be converted
Can our life be changed
To a life devoted to God
To a life of loving others


Forever together---Stephen and Paul
Forever together---you and me
Forever together---God and us
Tell me Lord---can it be


“For whoever wants to save his life
Will lose it
But whoever loses his life for me
Will find it” Matthew 16:25


Forever together Lord
You---Stephen---and Paul
Forever together Lord
You and us


Forever together Lord
For out of death comes life


Forever together Lord
You and me


Robert P. Wallman
5-11-11


Ps WITNESS 4-29-13




“But the Lord said to Ananias-“GO! This man is my CHOSEN instrument
To carry my name before the GENTILES and their kings-and before the people of Israel-
I will show him how much he MUST SUFFER for my name”
Acts 9:15-16




misc. WITNESS 1-25-14
& 12—26&27-15 and 1-25-20