DARE TO BE A SAINT PATRICK!

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DARE TO BE A SAINT PATRICK!

MARCH 17, around 461 AD, St. Patrick died.

As a teenager, the Roman Legions guarding his community in Britain had to be withdrawn to defend Rome, as invading hordes, such as the Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals and Huns, were overrunning the borders.

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Unprotected, Britain was attacked by raiders, who carried away thousands.

Patrick was captured and sold as a slave in Ireland, which was ruled by the Druids, who practiced witchcraft, Ishtar / Molech worship and human sacrifice. 

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For six years Patrick herded animals for a Druid chieftain, as he wrote in his Confession:

"But after I came to Ireland---every day I had to tend sheep, and many times a day I prayed---the love of God and His fear came to me more and more, and my faith was strengthened.

Saint Patrick was like David in the Bible. David tended sheep for many years before God led him to the opportunity with Goliath.

In the same way, God wants to spend time with us. God wants to hang out with us.

This takes time away from all of our friends and parties. When we get away and tend our sheep it is easier to focus on God.

Let's Think about this. Patrick was a slave in a a place ruled by the Druids, Sorcery and Witchcraft.

Some of us are in a Place where there is a foreign god. A place where people practice Sorcery, Witchcraft, Drugs, Pot, Ishtar, Molech, Anubis ect..

It might be called something else today but it is the same and originates from Nimrod at The Tower of Babel or the spirit of Nimrod which is Satan.

For example: Obama Care and Romney Care mandates the worship of Ishtar (goddess of sex - contraceptives) and Molech (god of death - RU486 - morning after pill) in the Healthcare Law.
Patrick didn't run away or join them in their acts.

Patrick looked at it as an opportunity to lead people to Christ. First he spent 6 valuable years of time alone with God.

Saint Patrick knew these people were:

Lonely
Afraid
Guilty
Uninspired
Empty
Afraid of the future

These people were no different than us. They were seeking God however they were seeking the god of pleasure. A god that would fill their needs on their terms not on the terms of the God of the Bible.
Paul talked about this in the New Testament with the Epicurean Philosophers. He reasoned with them about the false gods that they were worshiping and said, "Jesus is the one you are looking for not the false god's you have been seeking."

This "Unknown God you have inscribed here on this rock is Jesus. He will fill the Emptiness and Loneliness in your life and give you a great plan for the future."

Sadly the Epicurean's didn't respond.

In the same way as Paul, Patrick found out what their needs were and showed them through his Actions the True Love of Jesus Christ.

"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care!"
Zig Zigler

You can make a Difference just like Saint Patrick did!

DARE TO BE A SAINT PATRICK!

Later on Saint Patrick made a Huge Impact in Ireland and throughout Europe.
Saint Patrick Baptized 120,000 people.

Saint Patrick founded 300 churches.

He wrote:
"Patrick the sinner, an unlearned man to be sure. None should ever say that it was my ignorance that accomplished any small thing, it was the gift of God."

In the next century, Irish missionaries sailed back to Europe and led many of the people that overran the Roman Empire to Christ.

DARE TO BE A SAINT PATRICK!

Just Go! Leave Nothing Behind!

Rick