Anthony Sanders (21
Apr 2009)
"I Just Returned To Say Thank You For Your Grace And Mercy "James 5:7; Psalms 39-13,""
Praise The Lord To All.
Oh, I want to
see Him, look upon his face, there to sing forever of his saving grace,
on the streets of glory let me lift my voice, cares all pass, home at
last, ever to rejoice. This is the hope of the saints of the living
God. But it comes with a price, not of silver or gold, but with the
precious blood of Jesus, how can one imagine the supreme sacrifice of
the lover of my soul?
It brings tears to my eyes, when I
think about the nails, I drove into his body, the thorns which I placed
on his head, and the spitting, mocking, taunting, the whipping which I
placed on the lover of my soul, I cursed at him, I lied on him, and
many more despicable untold acts I laid on the lover of my soul, and
His response? Father, forgive Anthony Wilson Sanders, for he knoweth
not what he doeth.
Yes, I take this personally. Who
wouldn't turn to a loving God like this, with "all" their heart, mind,
soul, and strength? Who wouldn't make an attempt to return and say
thank you Lord for your unconditional love towards me, I dare anyone to
"wholly" fall in love with Jesus.
Many times in my walk
with the Lord, I have fallen flat on my face, I read about Peter
denying him thrice, but Anthony has denied Jesus countless times, there
is something about preachers kid's indeed, it seems like satan saves
his best punches for us, and seems to connect with them quite often on
the preacher's kid's, nevertheless we have no excuse! One of the things
that I would find myself doing while in my backslidden condition,
quoting the word of the Lord, yes, even while I was under the influence
of Jack Daniel and etc, what was put in me, "as a child" went with me
to the hog pin also.
Going to Sunday School every Sunday,
and Sunday morning worship service, Sunday night service, I can recall
my mother taking us to church in the middle of the week year after
year, on Tuesday night prayer meeting, Wednesday night bible class,
Thursday night evangelist service, and on Friday night young people
service, and as long, as we was living in our father house, we went to
church! As soon as I became of age I ran from holiness, I thought I
would make up for lost time. with my simple self "Psalms 116-6."
So
glad He followed me, so glad He followed me, i'm glad He condescended,
and followed me, my heart was very bad, my heart was very sad, but now
i'm glad that the LORD followed me. It was in the year of 1989, in the
month of April, while fasting and praying, when I asked the Lord where
was my place on His body, the LORD responded to me by saying you are my
hands, I then responded back to the LORD, by saying, LORD, what do you
want me to do with your hands? He responded by saying "Polish My Feet!"
Well, at that time I began to search the scriptures
concerning His Feet, and I was amazed to see in Revelation 1:15, the
Apostle John describing the vision of Christ and when I read about His
feet "like unto fine brass," as if they burned in a furnace; it was
"without" doubt the confirmation in alignment with the will of God
regarding my occupation in the vineyard for my Lord.
I did
realized at the time, that the ministry which was handed to me by my
Savior, would be in a teaching capacity, and I told it, as Joseph told
his dream, I was excited, but, that other fellow, "satan" heard me
broadcasting to the saints what was revealed to me by the Lord also,
and so to speak, just as Joseph had to experience much pain, and
disappointment before his dream materialized, so it has been concerning
my life, it was, while in "A" I saw "Z" the Lord revealing to me His
purpose for my life, and I was so excited, but it seems from "B to Y"
the Lord had forsaken me, I utterly tried to "run away" from the Lord.
It
was what He showed me in "A" which preserved me in spite of my
failures, and short comings. During the molding possess from "B to Y"
one can rest assure, if God makes you a promise, no demon, or satan,
can prevent it from coming to pass concerning your life. I am now
living out "Z," concerning His will and purpose for my life, as was
made known to me, by my Lord and Savior in April 1989, concerning "His
hand, Polishing His Feet" I must admit, after realizing what sacrifice,
and pain, and responsibility which comes along with being identified
with HIM, it takes nothing less than the GRACE of GOD to stand up in
one's life. It will take none other than a TOTAL COMMITMENT to Him to
be effective in His vineyard.
Brother Anthony W Sanders
THE WAY BACK TO PENTECOST (Deut. 33:3)
Acts 2:36-40; 4:11-13,