Dear Defender of Freedom,
You are appreciated and honored! Our prayers are with you daily. Thank you for your courageous sacrifice. I don't know who will recieve this Bible , but our loving Lord and Savior Jesus Christ does and has a plan for your life! My name is Loren and I lived for myself for 57 years; a liar, drunkard, adulturer, etc. I goofed on Christians and mocked them, even resented them. I was so consumed in myself that I thought they were judging me! In November of 2000, I was on the brink of divorce and all that goes with it. I was in my backyard one night and I asked out loud, "God, if you're real, show me!" God was in fact already drawing me closer to Him. Psalm 51:17 says, "The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentent heart, O God." I saw the dead ugly man I was and it was God's grace that penetrated this hard heart. Salvation cannot be earned, it is a free gift. We must recognize we are all sinners; born that way through Adam. Read Romans 10:9-13. Jesus paid the ransom by dying on the cross and rose! He conquered death!
May God keep you,
Loren and Kathy