Messages by Gary L. Crawford
2Timothy 2:21, TEV He will be used for special purposes, because he is dedicated and useful to his Master, ready to be used for every good deed.
If your desire is to know God in a real and personal way. If you are ready to follow Him at all cost, dying to self, this study will show you the way. Warning! You will come face to face with Satan and his demons if you commit to taking this course. You will never be the same, if you are willing to be dedicated and useful for God.
These Messages, are to guide and direct you to have an Amazing relationship with, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
Gary L. Crawford “ Jesus Kid”, trained disciple of Jesus Christ.
About the Author
Gary L. Crawford is seventy-seven years old, and has been a Jesus Kid for 72 years of his Life. He was Born Again at the age of five years, when he knelt and prayed, asking God to come into his heart. His life was changed forever.
The first fourteen years of his life, was lived as a Baptist Preacher’s kid. During this time, he experience many things people did in the Churches, his dad Pastored, that brought many questions, regarding how Christians should live. Gary has spent his entire life walking and talking with his friend, The Holy Spirit. When Gary saw people doing things he had been taught was wrong, The Holy Spirit would say, Life doesn’t have to be that way. “There is a Better Way. “
Through the years and seeking The Way, The Truth and The Life in and through Jesus Christ, Gary discovered the secret to having an abundant life. A life with meaning and purpose, asking The Holy Spirit to make him all God has created him to be.
It is Gary’s heart desire, to share all he has been taught, and experience with people who know him and all people around the World.
“See The Better Way Ministries” is sharing The Better Way with people in many different Countries today.
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“The Better Way” by Gary L. Crawford
Hello, I am going share something with you that is worth more than
all the gold or money in The World. You have the right to believe what I share or reject it. It is your Choice.
Have you heard the Story of Jesus?
Have you heard how he was Born in a manger, died on a Cross and rose again three Days Later?
God Created all things:
His Father (God) created all things including animals and men. Placed all in a beautiful garden with everything they needed. Told Adam & Eve, don’t eat from the tree in the Middle of the garden or you will die.
Along comes the Father of Lies: Genesis 3:1-5
Serpent Comes : The serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘you must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” the serpent said to the woman“You will not die,”. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
They chose to listen to their enemy and disobeyed God, and eat the fruit on the tree.
The Bible speaks of two trees, the tree of life, and the tree of knowledge:
Muslim’s are teaching a Lie.
They say God didn’t banish Adam & Eve from the Garden Because of Sin. They say he put them out of the Garden to keep them from eating from the Tree of Life. 1/2 Truth. If Adam and Eve had not disobeyed God, they would still be in the Garden.
God put them out of the garden because they sinned and to keep them from eating from the other tree, the Tree of Life. Had they eaten from the
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Tree of Life, they would have lived forever as sinners and from the presence of God. Forever Separated from God.
Human Wickedness
Genisis 6:5 When the Lord saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time, 6 he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret 7 that he said, “I will wipe out these people I have created, and also the animals and the birds, because I am sorry that I made any of them.”
Through the Years God made many Covenants with men:
The people did not keep the covenants , and continued to disobey God.God decided to make a New Covenant with man. His final Covenant. God sent his son to Earth to overcome sin and make a way for us to be restored to him and have fellowship. Jesus came to show and teach us the way, the truth and that he is Life.
The New Covenant
For generations, Israel ignored the terms of their covenant with God, breaking commands and living by their own definitions of good and evil. Amidst rebellion and exile, the Hebrew prophets spoke of a new covenant, saying that God would one day fulfill all of his promises, repairing his relationship with his people and blessing the nations with a New Covenant.
Jesus is the New Covenant
When you Ask Jesus into your heart, you receive the forgiveness of sin, your relationship with God, is restored, you receive the Holy Spirit and power to Live, “ The Better Way”. You are no longer condemned to death you are Born Again of the Spirit. You become a New Born Spiritual Baby, with the power to become a son of God. Jesus is the only way to enter The Kingdom of God. Believe in him.
John 1:12-13 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on
his name: 13 which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
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My Story
Born Again set free from penalty of Death, Jesus took my place. I received the Holy Spirit
John 10:10
10 The thief(Satan) comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I(Jesus) came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Satan : came to do all he can to steal, kill and destroy what God has given you.
Jesus came to give you life and an Abundant life He will Meet Your Needs
Philippians 4:19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
He has a plan for your life
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Satan came to kill, steal and destroy you. Jesus came to give you a “Better Way”. He has a plan for you
He will teach you
Psalms 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.
Who are you going to Trust?
Someone who is going to steal, kill and destroy you or Jesus who came to give you life and provide your needs
It is up to you to decide what you are going to do.
If you want to be Born Again and become a Jesus Kid. Raise your Hand.
Now say this prayer with me!
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Dear God, I believe that You sent Your only begotten Son Jesus Christ, to die on the cross, so that by believing in Him I can be forgiven of my sins, and be redeemed because His innocent blood was shed for me. I believe that it is only through His death on the cross and resurrection that I can be Born Again, and made right with You. In Jesus Precious Name. Amen
Now abide in Christ
The following scripture is for those Born Again by the Holy Spirit. For a “Jesus Kid”
Passage John 15:7:
7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
I have found every scripture to have a key word. That one word must be understood and put into effect to experience what it means.
abide by the rules:
comply with, obey, observe, follow, keep to, hold to, conform to, adhere to, stick to, stand by, act in accordance with, uphold, heed, pay attention to, agree to/with, consent to, accede to, accept, acquiesce in, go along with, acknowledge, respect,
If you abide in me.
For instance, abide in me. Could this mean, take everything we do, every minute we live, to God in prayer? Asking the Holy Spirit for guidance and direction, rather than doing things on our own.
My words abide in you.
As a Jesus Kid, we should hunger and thirst for the word of God, crying for milk from the Holy Spirit, looking to the Holy Spirit to teach us the meaning and understanding of God’s Word. The Bible is the living word of God. The Truth.
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It shall be done unto you.
Taking everything to God in prayer, knowing his word and standing on it, come boldly to his throne asking for what you need according to God’s will and plan for your life, it will be done.
You are now a “Jesus Kid”. Take everything you do to God in prayer in Jesus Name. You have the Holy Spirit living in you. He will guide you and teach you all things if you ask Him to help you.