The story is told of a young man who was one day driving an old worn-out car on a desolate road in a downpour. All of a sudden, the engine died. As he coasted to the side of the road, a car happened to be coming down the road. The driver stopped, got out of his car, and asked the young man what was wrong.<\/p>\n
The stranger opened the hood, tinkered with something, and signaled the young man to turn the ignition key. When the car started, the amazed young man shouted, Thanks, I was afraid the engine had failed for the last time.<\/p>\n
The stranger replied, Every car has at least one more start in it if you can get a spark. The same principle applies to people. Someday you will have occasion to apply this knowledge. Remember, as long as a single spark of life remains, its not too late for anyone to make a fresh start.<\/p>\n
Years later, this once-stranded driver became a minister to inmates in a large prison. He told them the above story of the stranger who had helped him get his old worn-out car started so many years ago, and the wisdom he shared:<\/p>\n
Remember, as long as a single spark of life remains, its not too late for anyone to make a fresh start.<\/p>\n
Just as God gave Manasseh a new start when he repented (2 Chronicles 33:11-13), He can give us a new start as well.<\/p>\n
Dear reader, if your engine [life] has seemingly failed dont despair! Through godly repentance, you can begin again (2 Corinthians 7:8-10; cf. 2 Samuel 12:1-14).<\/p>\n
Remember, As long as a single spark of life remains, its not too late to make a fresh start.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The story is told of a young man who was one day driving an old worn-out car on a desolate road in a downpour. All of a sudden, the engine died. As he coasted to the side of the road, a car happened to be coming down the road. The driver stopped, got out of … Continue reading “Only A Single Spark – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}