Dear Roger,
Being a Chess Player all my life, well since I learned at a YMCA Summer Camp
when I was eight years old, being the President of the United States Blind
Chess Association for 2 terms (4 years) and Vice President for 2 terms (4
years) having played thousands and thousands of games even with a World's
Grand Master, I can really appreciate this message you post my Christian
Brother!
It is Wonderful!
----- CHECKMATE
One of the things a lot of people don't know about World Chess Champion
Bobby Fischer is that his favorite hobby is visiting art galleries and
museums. Once while on vacation in Europe, he became captivated by one
particular painting called Checkmate
It was the picture of a chess game. On one side of the board was Satan
with a smug and sinister smile on his face. On the other side of the board
was a young man with tears running down his face and sweat pouring down his
forehead. He was biting his fingernails. Satan was reaching out to make the
last move. The young man looked terrified. Apparently, he thought he had
lost the game to Satan.
Again, the painting is called Checkmate. Satan smiled. The young man was
panicked. And as Satan reached out to make the last move, things seemed
hopeless for the young man.
After six hours of staring at the painting, Bobby Fischer said, "Bring me a
chess board." He set up the board exactly as it was depicted in the
painting. After a few moments, he began to smile. "Young man", he said, "I
wish you could hear me because I have some good news for you. Things aren't
as dark as they seem to be. I have studied this game for more than six
hours, and I have discovered that it's all right to allow the devil to make
his move. Because after he makes his move, I've found that there is one more
move on the board!
Let him make his move. You'll be the one who says, 'Checkmate!' There is
one more move on the board."
Do you see what this means for you? You can live with the confidence that
your life is never checkmate. With Jesus there is always one more move. So
you can have the courage to face tomorrow, no matter what happens today. For
with Jesus the darkness never overwhelms the light, evil never defeats
goodness, and death never overcomes life. Christ is risen, and so shall we.
Rise out of the depths of despair. Rise out of the depths of the grave. Rise
out of the depths of whatever holds us back from lasting intimacy with God.
While Bobby Fisher never realized the true power of God on his side as an
atheist, he logically described a true attribute of God. God loves to do the
seemingly impossible; when it seems as though there is no alternative to
defeat, no avenue of escape or no answer to a dire problem and we are
"pinned to the mat", then God pulls the carpet out from under the supposed
victor and soundly defeats the evil at its own game.
Would you join the side of a war that cannot win? How foolish to think that
just because the dark side announces, "Checkmate", the game is over; the
winning has just begun and God's win will last for eternity.
Get right with God, you will need Him to win your war very soon.
Think about this story today!!!
This story is from Reverend Dr. Gary Nicolosi:
Consider your own calling, brothers and sisters.
Not many of you were wise by human standards,
not many were powerful,
not many were of noble birth.
Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise,
and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong,
and God chose the lowly and despised of the world,
those who count for nothing,
to reduce to nothing those who are something,
so that no human being might boast before God.
1 Corinthians 1:26-29
Thanks in advance.
God bless,
Roger Khouri
With Best Regards,
God Bless,
Alan
Plantation, Florida
This is our prayer
Holy God, thank you for Jesus, our Savior.
No words are adequate to express our love and devotion to you for such an
incredible gift!
Through him we give and live our thanks to you.
Amen.
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