"Remember Me?"

"Remember Me?"

Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch Christian, who with her father and other family members helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II.  Her family was arrested due to an informant in 1944.  They were all sent to prison camps, and all of her family died in the camps, but only Corrie survived Ravensbruck Prison Camp.  Later, it was determined that Corrie was released from prison by a clerical error.  All the women prisoners the age of Corrie were killed the week after Corrie's release.  Corrie spent her life as a "Tramp For The Lord" going all over the world ministering to people, sharing her faith, and her experiences of God's provision and love while in the prison camp. 

                                           "God does not have problems.  Only Plans."

                                                                                (Corrie ten Boom)

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Martin Luther

The Protestant Reformation began on October 31, 1517, in Wittenberg Saxony, where Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Thesis on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

Luther's Ninety-Five Thesis

"You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say."

(Martin Luther)

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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa's original name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, and she is noted for her work with the poor around the world, for which she received the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize.  In 1950, she founded a religious order in Calcutta called The Missionaries of Charity.  The order provides food for the needy, and operates hospitals, schools, orphanages, youth centers, and shelters for lepers and the dying poor. 

        "I see God in every human being.  When I wash the leper's wounds, I feel I am nursing the

                                              Lord himself.  Is it not a beautiful experience?"

                                                          (Mother Teresa in a 1974 interview)

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We all can remember people we've heard of, known, or of whom we have been taught, that made an impression on us because of those people's mighty accomplishments.  They may not have had the same political and/or religious stance as our own, but the good they did in this life made people remember them.  Many of them are remembered because the Lord Jesus Christ transforms society, a Nation, and the world!

What about you and me?  Will the world remember us?  What have we done to leave our footprint or thumbprint on this hurting and hungry world?  Have we sung before crowds of thousands?  Have we written the Book on the Best Sellers' List?  Have we crossed the English Channel?  Have we left our own words in a famous quote?

        "Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory."  George S. Patton

              "It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."  Babe Ruth

              "To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone."  Harry Truman

           "I dream of men who take the next step instead of worrying about the next thousand steps."

                                                                                                                        Theodore Roosevelt

                        "Difficulties mastered are opportunities won."  Winston Churchill

       "Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged."

                                                                                                                        Ronald Reagan

Oh yes, notable people are remembered in earth, but the greatest of earth's accomplishments will occur in heaven.  It will be a glorious time; multitudes worshiping the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.  Then, suddenly, they spot you!  You witnessed to them, prayed them through to the Holy Ghost, brought them to Church, saw them get baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ; you watched them grow and win little lambs of their own; now they're dancing on golden streets, brushing against Angels' wings, singing a new song, robed in white, and crowned with Glory. 

One by one the souls come, asking you the question that makes the Lord Jesus Christ and the Angels rejoice; all of heaven shouts with joy for what you've done; 'You' are remembered with their heartfelt thankful question to You, "Remember Me?"

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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)