BELOVED, THIS IS A STORY OF A MAN WHO PLAYED CARDS FOR A LIVING, ALL HE WANTED TO DO WAS TO PLAY CARDS DAY AND NIGHT.

NOW LIKE MOST PEOPLE HE HAD A WIFE AND KIDS WHO LOVED HIM, BUT BELOVED, LITTLE DID HE KNOW THAT HE’S GAMBLING WAS DESTROYING HIM, AND HIS FAMILY.

YOU SEE BELOVED, PLATING CARDS WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM, THEN HE’S OBGANTION TO HE’S FAMILY, BUT LITTLE DID HE KNOW, THAT HE WAS GETTING DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO DEBT, BUT YOU SEE, LIKE MOST PEOPLE HE COULD NOT SEE WHAT WAS TO FULL UPON HIM.

NOW ONE NIGHT LIKE SO MANY OTHER NIGHT’S, HE GOT UP AND GOT DRESS AND WENT TO HIS WIFE TO ASK HER FOR SOME MONEY, BECAUSE HE WANTED TO GO OUT TO PLAY CARDS, BUT HIS WIFE SAID I HAVE NO MONEY FOR YOU TO GO OUT TO PLAY CARDS.

BUT THEN HIS WIFE SAID, I HAVE TO MEET MY SISTER AT CHURCH AND MAYBE SHE WILL GAVE ME SOME MONEY, YOU SEE BELOVED, ITS NOT BECAUSE SHE HAD NO MONEY, SHE THOUGHT MAYBE HE WILL GO WITH HER AND HEAR THE WORD OF GOD AND FORGET ABOUT PLAYING CARDS, SO HE PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND THEN HE AGREE AND WENT WITH HER.

NOW BELOVED, ON THE WAY TO CHURCH HIS WIFE WAS PRAYING TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GOD WOULD COME INTO HIS LIFE AND FREE HIM OF HIS GAMBLING, AND THAT HE WOULD RECEIVED JESUS CHRIST AS HIS LORD AND SAVIOR, AS SHE DID SO MANY TIMES BEFORE.

NOW AS THEY PARK THE CAR, HE SAID TO HER, WHY DON’T YOU AND THE KIDS GO IN TO THE CHURCH, AND I’LL WAIT HERE FOR THE MONEY, AFTER HE SAID THAT, SHE STARTED WALKING INTO THE CHURCH, AND SHE WAS STILL PRAYING THAT HE WOULD WALK IN AND RECEIVE JESUS.

NOW ABOUT 15 MINUTES HAVE PASSED, AND HE WAS WONDERING WHAT WAS KEEPING HE’S WIFE , SO HE DECIDE TO WALK UP TO THE DOOR AND PICK THOUGH, BUT HE COULD NOT SEE HIS WIFE AND FAMILY, BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH, ALL HE COULD SEE AND HEAR WAS PEOPLE KNEEING AND PRAYING,

AND THEN SUDDENLY BELOVED,HE SAW HIS WIFE AND KINDS KNEEING AND PRAYING AT THE ALTER.

AND NOW, AT THAT VERY MONUMENT SOMETHING HAPPEN, A SPIRITUAL FORCE OF WIND WAS MOVING HIS BODY AND FEET TOWARD HIS FAMILY,

NOW AS HE WAS GETTING CLOSER HE COULD HEAR THEIR PRAYING, AND THEN SUDDENLY HIS WIFE LOOKED UP AND SAW HIS FACE AND SHE KNOW HER PARINGS WERE ANSWERED, AND THAT NIGHT HE RECEIVED JESUS CHRIST AS HIS LORD AND SAVIOR.

WHEN I SEE THE ACE, IT REMINDS ME THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD.

AND WHEN I SEE THE DUES, IT REMINDS ME THE BIBLE IS DIVIDE INTO TWO PARTS, THE OLD, AND THE NEW TESTAMENT.

AND WHEN I SEE THE THREE, IT REMINDS ME OF THE FATHER , THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.

AND WHEN I THINK OF THE FOUR, IT REMINDS ME OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS, WHO PREACH THE GOSPELS, IT WAS MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN

AND WHEN I SEE THE FIVE, IT REMINDS ME OF THE FIVE WISE VIRGIN, WHO TRIM THERE LAMPS, YOU SEE, THERE WERE (TEN) OF THEM, AND FIVE WERE WISE AND THEY WERE SAVE, BUT FIVE WERE FLOOISH AND THEY WERE SHUT OUT.

AND WHEN I SEE THE SIX, IT REMINDS ME THAT, IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED THE GREAT HEAVEN’S AND EARTH.

AND WHEN I SEE THE SEVEN, IT REMINDS ME THAT ON THE SEVENTH DAY GOD RESTED FROM HIS GREAT WORK.

AND WHEN SEE THE EIGHT, I THINK OF THE EIGHT RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE THAT GOD SAVED WHEN HE DESTROY THIS EARTH, IT WAS NOAH AND HIS WIFE, AND HIS THREE SONS, AND THERE WIVES, EIGHT IN ALL.

AND WHEN I SEE THE NINE, I THINK OF THE LEAPERS OUR SAVIOR CLEANSE AND NINE OF THE TEN, DIDN’T EVEN THANK HIM.

AND WHEN I SEE THE TEN, I THINK OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT GOD GAVE TO MOSES AND ALL OF ISRAEL.

AND WHEN I SEE THE KING, IT REMINDS ME THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE KING, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

AND WHEN I SEE THE QUEEN, IT REMINDS ME OF THE BLESS VIRGIN MARY,WHEN THE ANGEL GABRIEL, SAID TO MARY, YOU HAVE FOUND FAVOR WITH GOD. YOU WILL BE WITH CHILD AND GIVE BIRTH TO A SON, AND YOU ARE TO GIVE HIM THE NAME JESUS.

AND WHEN I SEE THE JACK, IT REMINDS ME THAT THERE IS A DEVIL, THE ONE THAT COMES TO ROB. TO STEAL, AND DESTROY.

AND NOW BELOVED, WHEN I COUNT THE NUMBERS ON THE SPORT ON THE DECK OF CARDS, I FIND OUT THAT THERE IS ( 365 ), SPORT THAT’S THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN A YEAR.

AND THERE IS ALSO (52 ) CARDS IN THE DECK, THE NUMBER OF WEEKS IN A YEAR.

AND I SEE ALSO, FOUR COLOR SUITE IN A DECK, THE NUMBER OF SEASONS IN A YEAR, SPRING, SUMMER, WINTER, AND FALL.

AND THERE IS ALSO ( 12 ) PICTURE CARDS IN A DECK, THE NUMBER OF MONTHS IN A YEAR.