FROM THE PIT

Wednesday - March 29, 2023

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“He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.” – Job 33:28

Larry Blue was sexually abused as a child and he tried to numb his pain. “I had started gambling, looking at pornography, drinking alcohol at 13 years old, and I grew mushrooms and sold them at school,” Larry said. “I made my own acid or LSD and sold that at school. Just about anything I put my hands on was becoming an addiction.”

In September 2001, Larry was arrested for his 7th DUI and was handed a 14-year prison sentence. “The judge right away started to tell me, ‘You can forget about getting a bond. You can forget about getting bail. You are going to prison.’”

For the first time in years, Larry started to pray and also started reading the Bible. 

He went to a prison church service where the pastor challenged the inmates to give their lives to God. He was immediately delivered from all of his addictions. He also gained the courage to forgive his childhood abuser.

Larry said: “God has done miraculous things in my life in such a short period of time. Don’t wait. Reach out for him now.”

The Lord is in the practice of redeeming souls lost in sin and giving them eternal life. Today in prayer, praise the Lord that He found you lost in your sin, that He redeemed you through His precious death on the Cross, and granted you eternal life in Him.

“Redemption never comes by our own efforts. Spiritually, redemption cannot happen without a Redeemer. This word is precious because it reminds followers of Jesus that relationship with Him has been purchased at great cost.” – Bob Snider

“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.’” – Galatians 3:13