I Thes 1:5 "Places in My Heart Have Never Heard the Gospel" (Oct 13)

I Thes 1:5  ~ The gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction.  I am haunted by the words of an amazing Christian woman, Paula Rinehart:  "There are places in my heart that have never heard the Gospel."   Praying this day that the Power and Spirit of God would move in full conviction.  On Monday of this week, two of my very good friends were diagnosed with stage II and stage IV cancer while two of my good friends passed away from cancer and I attended the most amazing funeral for Charlotte's husband----they lost their home/possessions in the wildfires last month, and Charlotte lost her husband to cancer this month.  Oh my!  Crabb wrote today in an email:  "We want the good time of enjoying godly kids, of making a difference in people's lives, of involvement with close friends, of experiencing God's peace.  So we invent biblical strategies for seeing to it that our dreams come true.  We call them models of godly parenting and disciplines of spiritual living and principles of financial stewardship----all designed to give us a legitimately good time."  There's something wrong with that picture.  There are places in my heart that have never heard the Gospel.