Way too many times we settle for crumbs, when there is plenty or so much more than we realize in our human reasoning or our perception. Many times we do not know what to do in life financially, because of the stress of everything that we truly need, the list sometimes is long or endless. There seems to always be a demand on everything that we have. I know how to find an answer for all of my needs and it is God, in whom I truly serve, He has an answer for me and for you, my Dear Reading Friend, a person might say, "Oh Yah... Then how do we find, the answers, for all of our needs?" God is everyone's answer and we find our answers through and by calling upon Him, in times of prayer. There seems to never be enough money to work with, on a single income or that weekly check. Why do we settle for crumbs, when, we serve a God that has plenty. This world will give you crumbs, but in my Father's House, He will give you plenty. Jesus said that He come to give us life and to give it unto us abundantly. Every Child of God needs to realize this one thing that God is our refuge, and our help, we should never count on this worlds system, because man will always fail you, but God has a better plan. In the plan of salvation, we can always look to God, for all of our answers and all of our needs. Way too many of Gods Children settle for crumbs, when there is a supply of plenty that never runs dry, in my Father's House; He doesn't know anything about crumbs, because His Love always gives plenty. In this world, I have found that many times when the chips were down in my life, when I call upon Jesus, an answer finally comes, with good news. We were born in this world, but once we become a Christian, we changed masters. Everyone is used to having nothing and crumbs are from the devil, this world blinds us of a future of abundance. We are not used to living in life with plenty, especially, if you have been poor or living poorly. Living a life of, fighting to make ends meet, many do not realize or know that we can live in life and have abundant favor with God or that He gives us life and can lead us into a life of abundance, in His great favor toward us His Chosen People, we are His Saints. When we gave our life back to God, we changed masters, the devil is not our source of our supply, any longer, we switched hands, our master is God now, our minds need to realize, Satan gives you crumbs and God gives us, from His Table of plenty. A person can settle for crumbs, but why would, a person settle for less, when there is plenty, at my Fathers Table? How can a person find this kind of love and Gods great favor? God's written Word says if we keep Gods commandments that we will find favor with God and with man. Take heed to hear these Words in scripture, because it is God's Word unto anyone that will hold, to His Word and trust in scriptures, as you read them. Every Child of God will have to look to God, for their needs, He is our God and His Word cannot lead us in a wrong direction, only the devil does these kind of things, we changed hands, we changed masters, and we now do not have to settle for crumbs when there is plenty at my Fathers Table. Do not settle for crumbs when there is plenty. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE I was barely scraping by, my wife was the only one working and I did not know what to do, so I made a prayer call unto God and I told Him my problems that I was having, I never looked to Mom or my Brother or any of my three Sisters, I went to God in prayer and He said something to me that made good sense, because He gave me His Counseling and His Grace, all wrapped up in one small little Word from God and this is what He wrote in my heart and mind, for my tuff situation that I truly was in, because I was eating crumbs and for a long time and never even knew it. God told me to go to the newspaper office and run an ad for ROOFING JOBS and I only had a twenty-dollar bill to my name and I was broke.
About the Author: My name is Pastor Luke L. Chapman. I haven't always been a preacher, quite the contrary. When I was a young teenager everyone always said: "Boy what a good kid Luke is. He is a wonderful young man." Because of a stepfather that had no love for me, my clothes were packed for me and placed on the front porch on Christmas morning. Arrangements were already made for a near friend to pick me up to take me to my real dad's home. This became a cycle unto me. I learned soon to take flight in life, realizing I'm on my own. I was kicked out of school for truancy, failure to want to go to school and to learn. This started a foundation for my life, for my ongoing future. My new friends taught me how to smoke, drink, and cuss and to tell lies. I graduated to smoking weed and using cocaine. I never drank or used cocaine on a regular basis. I just started on weekends or invited parties. I got married and had a Child when I was 21 years old. But, with a lifestyle of drinking, spending money in bars and not on bills or in my home, I soon went through a divorce. Does this sound familiar, like today's youths? At this time, now I'm remarried my wife and I are both cocaine addicts. My wife smoked weed? I sold weed and cocaine to supply our habits. My wife left me one day. I was arrested the same day and put in jail. In jail, I bowed my knees on the floor in my cell. I was the only one there that day. I called upon Jesus and was saved and sent to North Central Correctional Institution. I never thought anyone cared. But I was so wrong. What was meant for evil for me, God changed for the good. Prison became My Bible College. Prison was where God counseled me about my morals. God taught me about being a good husband, a good father unto my Children and how a preacher must live and act. I served six and a half years in prison to learn not do use drugs, not to walk through life aimlessly. I learned my lesson. God raised me up to be a preacher in prison. Prison was my lifesaver. Wow, what a statement one might say! The reason prison was my lifeline was I could have graduated to the other side of life... Six Feet Down. I almost did! I had a heart attack, just before I was sent to prison, from smoking crack cocaine. I almost died. Your Friend... The Harley Davidson Preacher Man Luke L. Chapman Gods Vision... A Ministry of Fire For information contact THE VILLAGE CARPENTER PUBLISHING HOUSE, PO Box 133, Lakeview, Ohio 43331 USA or see TheVillageCarpenter.info