Comments on: THE THIEF ON THE CROSS…OR THE POACHER IN THE BED http://mikepier.org/2010/05/22/the-thief-on-the-cross-or-the-poacher-in-the-bed/ Living The Dream In Africa Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sandra http://mikepier.org/2010/05/22/the-thief-on-the-cross-or-the-poacher-in-the-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-4316 Sandra Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:11:07 +0000 http://mikepier.org/?p=567#comment-4316 God has been trying to teach me the same thing! It is not about me!!!! It is not about me!!! It's not about my happiness, my feelings, my comfort! It is about His glory!!! So glad you were able to surrender your "self" and see His glory through the eyes of someone who might have had a different eternity if you hadn't. May I be so obedient! God has been trying to teach me the same thing! It is not about me!!!! It is not about me!!! It’s not about my happiness, my feelings, my comfort! It is about His glory!!! So glad you were able to surrender your “self” and see His glory through the eyes of someone who might have had a different eternity if you hadn’t. May I be so obedient!

]]> By: Mary Held http://mikepier.org/2010/05/22/the-thief-on-the-cross-or-the-poacher-in-the-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-4250 Mary Held Wed, 26 May 2010 15:13:01 +0000 http://mikepier.org/?p=567#comment-4250 WOW MIKE! This is so beautiful! I just saw someone post in the news feed that they enjoyed your last email... that sent me immediately to your site to find out how I can get the emails. I never noticed the option at the top of your page! So 1) I am now signed up for future updates (HOORAY!) and 2) I am so blessed by this post, I am in tears. THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT... period. I love you, man! Miss you bunches! So excited about how God is using you! WOW MIKE! This is so beautiful! I just saw someone post in the news feed that they enjoyed your last email… that sent me immediately to your site to find out how I can get the emails. I never noticed the option at the top of your page! So 1) I am now signed up for future updates (HOORAY!) and 2) I am so blessed by this post, I am in tears. THIS IS WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT… period.

I love you, man! Miss you bunches! So excited about how God is using you!

]]> By: Heather Watson http://mikepier.org/2010/05/22/the-thief-on-the-cross-or-the-poacher-in-the-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-4246 Heather Watson Mon, 24 May 2010 19:46:23 +0000 http://mikepier.org/?p=567#comment-4246 Wow! Now that's heavy! Brought tears to my eyes thinking of that man's lonliness, fear and desparation. Thanks so much for sharing that and reminding us to keep our own eyes open and to look into the eyes of those around us and pay attention to those divine appointments where we are the vessels intended to bring the message of eternal life and hope to those right here in our own world! Love you! Wow! Now that’s heavy! Brought tears to my eyes thinking of that man’s lonliness, fear and desparation. Thanks so much for sharing that and reminding us to keep our own eyes open and to look into the eyes of those around us and pay attention to those divine appointments where we are the vessels intended to bring the message of eternal life and hope to those right here in our own world! Love you!

]]> By: Elisa Malo Brooks http://mikepier.org/2010/05/22/the-thief-on-the-cross-or-the-poacher-in-the-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-4240 Elisa Malo Brooks Sun, 23 May 2010 00:03:58 +0000 http://mikepier.org/?p=567#comment-4240 Gosh, Mike! That makes me cry just reading it! What a huge blessing! I had a similar experience in that I didn’t want to go to visit my family in Cocoa for Easter. I didn’t want to miss Easter at MY church. WHYYYYY do I have to miss every Easter where so many get saved…wah, wah, wah. Anyhoo, I ended up going to Cocoa and Kent convinced my sister to go to a church down there that she had been wanting to go to, but never had anyone to go with. My sister loved it and got a taste of what church can be like. Secondly, that Easter weekend I also asked my (step) mom to come up to Celebration a few weeks later, and she did. She never knew there were churches like ours. My point is, I was fussing about not being able to satisfy my own desires, and God showed me (yet again) that it’s not about me. :-) Gosh, Mike! That makes me cry just reading it! What a huge blessing!

I had a similar experience in that I didn’t want to go to visit my family in Cocoa for Easter. I didn’t want to miss Easter at MY church. WHYYYYY do I have to miss every Easter where so many get saved…wah, wah, wah.

Anyhoo, I ended up going to Cocoa and Kent convinced my sister to go to a church down there that she had been wanting to go to, but never had anyone to go with. My sister loved it and got a taste of what church can be like.

Secondly, that Easter weekend I also asked my (step) mom to come up to Celebration a few weeks later, and she did. She never knew there were churches like ours.

My point is, I was fussing about not being able to satisfy my own desires, and God showed me (yet again) that it’s not about me. :-)

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