Grace of God in Amazing Events: A Collection of Short Stories

By Stanley Bird Snyder

This book provides strong encouragement for anyone who hopes to live a life within God's grace. For a lost person seeking salvation, this book contains a biblical journey of salvation through Christ Jesus. There are accounts of powerful events that prove we have a God who is all knowing and powerful who has demonstrated that love by sending his only begotten son Jesus, to be the way, the truth and the life.

Snyder has assembled these stories about events that portray the grace of God. These events happened with and by people that he knew personally. Later in his life, as an ordained deacon, Snyder has had the opportunity to lead others into salvation. In the closing chapter, he shares with us the script of a play that he wrote. It has been performed to positive acclaim in several churches.
Pete Pointner FAICP, ALA, ITE, author of Planning Connections Human, Natural and Man Made.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 8, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477273746

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© 2012 by Stanley Bird Snyder. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 09/27/2012

ISBN: 978-1-4772-7375-3 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4772-7374-6 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012917652

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Contents

Special Mention

Foreword

Rev. Ray Grossman

Call 911 In Prayer

Hitler’s Nemesis—Martin Niemoller

One Day Short In Time?

Powerful, Everlasting Testimony

Twenty Three Minutes To Eternity

Roy And The Mountain

Roy’s Prayer

Roy’s Turn-Around

Little Sister Carol

So Long Bill,—We’re Gonna Miss Ya!

Isaiah Chapter 53

Salvation—Eternal Life Assurance

Hail Jesus

Heaven Or Hell?

Angel In Disguise

Owi’s Home Going

You Need A Lawyer

Conclusion

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Dedicated To The Risen Christ,

Who Died On The Cross So That Many May Be Saved.

Special Mention

My children; Roy Stanley, Lorraine, Virginia,

Wayne, Michael and Scott, my mom and dad and sister Isabel,

my beloved wife Judy, and

Uncle Ed Bird, who was blind and encouraging to me.

Foreword

You can live forever—by way of a model.

The model is Christ Jesus, son of the living God.

He came that you might have life, and have it more abundantly.

He came to seek and to save the lost.

He is the way, the truth and the life.

No one comes unto the father but by him.

Jesus also said:

You must be born again to see the kingdom of heaven.

He said: I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Read on and see for yourself, these short stories of

amazing events by the grace of God, working through people.

Then you may ask, what is salvation and how may it help me?

Rev. Ray Grossman

Ray was an assistant pastor at The Anona Methodist Church in Largo Florida. At the encouragement of my wife Judy, I kept an appointment with Ray, to discuss my drinking problem. I expected an intellectual discussion on how to quit my drinking. I was an alcoholic, wanting alcohol for breakfast. On a hot day, May 26, 1976 at 2:00 pm, I was in Ray’s office in the new church building.

I thought it odd for Ray to take me over to the very old chapel on the premises. No air conditioning there, however, I felt at home in this oldest chapel in the county. We sat alone in the front pew where Ray asked me questions to understand me better. There amongst beautiful stained glass windows was a perfect likeness of Christ in the large window on the wall behind the altar. Ray took my hand and led me to the communion rail where we both knelt down. Ray asked me if I loved Jesus and I said yes I do. Tell him now, three times, which I did in tears. Ray prayed an intercessory prayer for God to help me stop drinking and smoking. He went on to pray, that through Christ Jesus and his death on the cross, that I accept that as payment for my sin. Then, by the power of his resurrection, I would go to heaven after I die. By his holy spirit he has guided my life unto good works and helped me to use my spiritual gifts to tell others of my salvation.

At this point I was shaking, perspiring and crying like I was having the DT’s (delirium trembling from alcohol withdrawal), which I never had before. I left there feeling strange and when Judy saw me, she said I looked like I was hit by a truck. I asked her to fix me a drink because I felt very strange. I thought that I needed one and she gave it to me. One mouthful and I threw it all up. Wow, I really was upset! At bedtime I tried my night cap and when I smelled it, I became nauseous again.

From that day until now, I have not had an alcoholic drink nor have I wanted one—praise God.

A year ago, I called Ray’s wife Mildred to thank him for leading me in prayer many years ago. Ray was in his nineties and living in a nursing home in Deland, Florida. He was very pleased to know of my new life and the holy spirit as my guide.

I was not immediately aware that Ray passed on to his heavenly reward on May 17, 2012. I had not been in close communication with him and his wife for over a year. On the day that he died, my thoughts turned to our experience together several times. These thoughts prompted me to call Mildred to ask about Ray and for permission to write this chapter in this new book.

I was stunned when Mildred told me that Ray had just died. Not because he died, but that I was thinking of him that very day. This assured me that we were God connected by the holy spirit. I prayed for Mildred and their family while on the phone with her.

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On that day 36 years ago, Ray Grossman led me unto Salvation, my life was then changed to be a non-alcoholic and to become a free person. Free from the grip of sin and the gnawing fear of drinking and other life issues. Know the truth and the truth shall set you free as our savior Christ Jesus has said.

Most of my life before salvation was filled with thoughts of defeat and low self esteem. One key