God's Words of Encouragement

By George D. Jackson Jr.

This book shows the many ways to write in acrostic, such as the following:
Merry Christmas: The First Christmas Story, page 6
M Is for Mary: Mary, the Handmaid of the Lord (Luke 1:38)
Gods Favor, page 6 (This one is my favorite.)

God wants to direct your path, and then other things you need would fall into place if you depend on Jesus as he depends upon you, and then serving God will be wonderful and beautiful.

Thank, page 7
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.
Thank
T Is for Testimonies (Ps. 119:119)

I love Gods testimonies.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 21, 2015
• ISBN: 9781514400272

George D. Jackson Jr.

I wrote for the journalist club back in junior high school, then I started writing back in 1995. I went to Friendship Community Church in Dover, Pennsylvania, and started writing acrostic from Pastor Dennis Hall’s sermon notes, and he encouraged me to do some writing. Then someone sent a sample to Xlibris Publishing, and they asked me if I could put my writing in a book, so I did, and that’s how I put my book together. Thank you for everyone’s encouragement.

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GOD’S WORDS

OF ENCOURAGEMENT

GEORGE D. JACKSON, JR. [SPARKY]

Copyright © 2015 by George D. Jackson, Jr. [Sparky].

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAGE

MY KEMPTON AND LEBANON PA. FAMILY

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS STORY — Page 6 [MATT. 1:1 2:23] [LUKE 1:1 - 2:40]

GOD’S FAVOR

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS & WORDS OF LOVE BY SPARKY

THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR ME

SIN IN THE HOUSE

I AM PRAYING FOR YOUR HEALING

I AM A BLESSING FROM THE LORD

WISDOM

PRAYER IS THE KEY TO HEAVEN

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON DICK AND MARY CARPER

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON CLIFF AND THELMA BEST

BECAUSE OF GOD’S LOVE EVERY DAY IS VALENTINE’S DAY

CAUSE OF LOVE JESUS WANTS TO BE YOUR VALENTINE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU (2)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

LONGING FOR A CADILLAC

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

BLESSINGS ON PASTOR JACK & DEE CASHMAN

BLESSINGS ON PHIL & RUTH CASHMAN

BLESSINGS ON RICK & ROBIN HURT

MAPQUEST BY LINDSAY ROBERTS

RESTORATION BY CHERYL SALEM

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON TERRY AND JUDY STAMBAUGH

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON GORDON & BONNIE SPRENKLE

MARINES

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON JAMES & MARTHA CASHMAN

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON MICHAEL & MANDY CASHMAN

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON OFFICER FRIENDLY DALE STRICKLER

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON MARK & CAROL SALMON

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON MIKE & ANGELA KOPPOLA FROM SPARKY

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON PASTOR DOUG & MARY HEININGER

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON GREENWOOD-JACKSON FAMILY FROM SPARKY

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON JORDAN KRESS FROM SPARKY

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON LARRY & SARA DELAWDER FROM SPARKY

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON STUART KNAUB FROM SPARKYOFHD

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON TOM & MARTHA SCOTT

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON JOE AND LINDA WEAVER

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON PASTOR CHARLIE AND BARB BUBB

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON RICHARD AND LINDSAY ROBERTS

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON PASTOR LEON AND DONALENE DENLINGER

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON DENNIS AND DARLENE REESE

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON JERRY AND SUSIE JACOBS

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON JERRY AND KRISTYJACOBS"

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON JOHN AND SHARON STOCKSTILL"

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON PASTOR DAN AND KIM MOHLER

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON BRENTON AND SUSAN DOWNS

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON BUCK AND JOANN GARBER

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON DEAN SCOTT AND BEVERLY FAIRCLOTH

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON THE TWINS DEANA & DIANA MARKEL

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON PHILBERT & MARGARET STAHLE

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON PHILIP & MELISSA RUNKLE

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON THE JACOBS BROTHERS

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON DAN AND NANCY KEETON

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON THE COURIERS DAVE, DUANE & NEIL

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON RANDY AND JANE SIMPSON

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON THE PALMETTO QUARTET

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON THE DIXIE MELODY BOYS

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON THE ELITE ED AND JOY O’NEIL

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON TIM AND MEREDITH JAMES

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON GARDEN SPOT PROMOTIONS

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON ART AND THERESA JACKSON FROM MOM AND DAD

RON & LOU ANN HOUCK BY SPARKY

NEW JERUSALEM

BLESSINGS ON ADAM & CHYNA LITTLE

BLESSINGS ON JOSEPH & BARBRA FIELDS

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

JERRY & KRISTY JACOBS

GOD’S BLESSINGS ON DENNIS & RUTH HALL FROM SPARKY

11-21-10 THANKSGIVING

11-22-10 THANK YOU LORD FOR YOUR BLESSINGS ON ME

11-27-10 THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I SHALL NOT WANT

12-01-10 BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS

12-25-10 MERRY CHRISTMAS AND BLESSINGS ON YOU

12-28-10 GOD’S GIFT OF GRACE TO YOU

01-02-11 HAPPY NEW YEAR’S TO YOU

01-03-11 THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

01-04-11 THE GIFT OF JESUS IN PERSON

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

01-15-11 A NEW YEAR AND A NEW YOU IN JESUS’ LOVE

01-28-11 JESUS IS THE GATEWAY TO OUR LOVE

01-29-11 OPEN UP YOUR HEART FOR A HEART TRANSPLANT

02-04-11 GOD’S PLACE IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE

02-09-11 A HOLY CURIOSITY IS A SPECIAL GODLY GIFT

02-19-11 SWEATING FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD

02-28-11 GOD COMMANDS US TO LOVE OTHER PEOPLE

03-02-11 CAN YOU SPEND AN ORDINARY DAY WITH JESUS?

03-15-11 PRAYING WITH CONNECTING POWER WITH GOD

3-16-11 WHERE DO YOU WANT GOD TO WORK IN YOUR LIFE?

03-23-11 GOD SHOW HOW I CAN HELP WHAT YOU ARE DOING

03-31-11 GOD’S ANSWER MIGHT BE YES, NO, OR NOT YET

04-06-11 THE MOST DANGEROUS PRAYER GOD PLEASE USE ME!

04-15-11 GET PEOPLE CONNECTED TO JESUS ONCE AGAIN

04-17-11 FINALLY SOMETHING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT TODAY

04-24-11 WHAT TO DO WHILE WAITING FOR A MIRACLE

05-01-11 WE HAVE A CHANCE TO BE GOD’S MASTERPIECE

05-08-11 LEARNING HOW TO OUT LIVE OUR LIVES

05-15-11 TEAR DOWN THE WALLS YOU’RE LIVING BEHIND

05-22-11 DO GOD’S WORK FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS

05-29-11 DO NOT GIVE UP! GOD DID NOT GIVE UP ON YOU

06-05-11 HOW TO GIVE GOD WHAT HE WANTS THE MOST

06-12-11 HOW TO GET GOD’S BEST FOR YOUR LIFE

06-19-11 HOW TO COME TO GRIPS WITH THE REAL YOU

06-26-11 SERVING GOD CHANGES AND MAKES YOUR LIFE

07-03-11 HOW TO OVERCOME THE EVIL AIMED AT YOU

07-17-11 WHEREVER YOU ARE CHOOSE TO BE ALL THERE

7-24-11 THE ART OF ACTING INTENTIONALLY FOR GOD

7-31-11 THE ART OF RISKING AWKWARDNESS FOR GOD

08-07-11 LETTING GO AND LETTING GOD TAKE CONTROL

08-14-11 GRACE IS GOD’S RICHES AT CHRIST’S EXPENSE

08-21-11 GOD’S SUSTAINING GRACE IT HELPS ME STAND

08-28-11 GOD’S GRACE WILL HEAL OUR WAY OF THINKING

09-11-11 LEARN HOW TO BE COURAGEOUS FOR THE LORD

09-17-11 WHO CAN BE WEIRD IN THE GOD KIND OF WAY

09-24-11 TIME TO BE WEIRD IN THE GOD KIND OF WAY

10-02-11 GOD HAS RICHES THAT MONEY CANNOT BUY YOU

10-09-11 PLEASE GOD MAKE HIM FIRST IN YOUR LIFE

10-16-11 KEEP A DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU & TEMPTATION

10-23-11 WHAT BREAKS YOUR HEART BREAKS GOD’S ALSO

10-30-11 BLESS THOSE WHO PUT THEIR TRUST IN THE LORD

11-06-11 ARE YOU DEEPLY ROOTED IN GOD’S WORD TODAY

11-13-11 GOD IS GOOD CAUSE HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER

11-20-11 JOSEPH’S LIFE HAD DREAMS, FAITH & FORGIVENESS

11-27-11 GOD ALLOWS US TO LIVE ON BORROWED TIME

12-01-11 BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS

12-04-11 CHRISTMAS IS A GOOD TIME FOR GOD’S FAMILY

12-11-11 CHRISTMAS IS A GOOD TIME FOR GIVING LOVE

12-18-11 CHRISTMAS IS A GOOD TIME FOR GIVING HOPE

AMP

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NIV

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AMP

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NASB

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ESV

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KJV

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NKJV

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TLB

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NLT

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PAGE

MOST OF ALL THANK YOU JESUS FOR YOUR WORDS AND HELP

IN MEMORY OF BROTHER JAKE — JOHN LEESE

IN MEMORY OF PASTOR JACK OF YORK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

AND PASTOR JACK CASHMAN’S FAMILY

I WANT TO THANK DAVE RING FOR HIS ENCOURAGEMENT

I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE DAWN & MY FAMILY

MY AUNT MARY JACKSON

PASTOR CHARLIE BUBB

PASTOR LEON DENINGER

PASTOR DOUG HENININGER

PASTOR DENNIS HALL

DICK AND MARY CARPER

JERRY AND SUSIE JACOBS

PASTOR MIKE KOPPOLA

PASTOR DEE CASHMAN

OFFICER FRIENDLY DALE STRICKLER

PASTOR DAN MOHLER

RICHARD AND LINDSEY ROBERTS

MARK AND CAROL SALMON

LARRY DELAWDER

TOM SCOTT

HARRY AND CHERYL SALEM

ED O’NEIL AND THE DIXIE MELODY BOYS

DAN KEETON

JERRY JACOBS JR.

TIM JAMES

RANDY SIMPSON

MY KEMPTON AND LEBANON PA. FAMILY

I started writing back in 7th grade back in 1964 I wrote an essay on Why I would stay in School! When my girlfriend died in 64 I quit writing for a while. On August 28, 1994 at the Kempton Blue Mountain Gospel Festival Dave Ring preached a sermon called I have Cerebral Palsy, What is Your Excuse? I started written in acrostic. {When you write lines containing word: a number of lines of writing, especially a poem or word puzzle, in which a combination of letters from each line spells a word or phrase}

Around March of 1996 Dick Carper had a stroke and I made him a special acrostic. I wrote these by using the healing scriptures. I AM PRAYING FOR YOUR HEALING — Page 9 and DICK AND MARY CARPER — Page 11

I was encouraged from Cheryl Salem’s RESTORATION — Page 20 when she was on Make Your Day Count program & MAPQUEST — Page 20 by Lindsay Roberts (Make Your Day Count) I don’t remember how the Lord gave me New Jerusalem — Page 59 THE FIRST CHRISTMAS STORY

[MATT.1:1—2:32] [LUKE 1:1—2:40] — Page 6 The Lord gave me this from the Song C is for the Christ Child I made a Christmas card with this on it. I put GOD’S FAVOR — Page 6 as a fill-in.

I wrote THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND WORDS OF LOVE — Page 7 when I was sick for a couple of days. I used the 23rd Psalms for a basic idea. I wrote THANK YOU FOR PRAYING FOR ME — Page 8 I wrote this when I wanted to thank people for their prayers while I was sick. I used SIN IN THE HOUSE — Page 8 as a fill-in for that page.

I wrote I AM PRAYING FOR YOUR HEALING By Sparky — Page 9 using the scriptures with the word heal, healed, or healing in them. I wrote I AM A BLESSING FROM THE LORD — Page 10 from scriptures with bless, blessed or blessing in them. I used WISDOM — Page 10 & PRAYER — Page 10 from the song PRAYER is the key to heaven but faith unlocks the door. I had a shirt with that on the front & PRAYER on the back and 2 sofa pillows.

I wrote CLIFF AND THELMA BEST — Page 12 for their 60th anniversary they sat in the 2 seats in front of us for a few years at Kempton, Pa. One year I wrote Because of God’s Love every day is Valentine’s Day — Page 13 and another year I wrote CAUSE OF LOVE JESUS WANTS TO BE YOUR VALENTINE — Page 14 and made them into a Valentine’s Day cards. One year I wrote HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU 1 & 2 — Page 15 and made them into Happy Birthday Cards I wrote HAPPY THANKSGIVING — Page 16 and made it into a happy Thanksgiving Day card. I used LONGING FOR A CADILLAC — Page 16 as a fill-in for the page. I wrote MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR — Page 17 and made it into a card.

I wrote HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BY SPARKY — Page 63 so I could tell people Happy Anniversary. I made another one HAPPY ANNIVERSARY — Page 71 I wrote JERRY & KRISTY JACOBS — Page 63 for their open house one New Year’s Day. I wrote ART AND THERESA — Page 55 when my son got married. I wrote RON & LOU ANN HOUCK BY SPARKY — Page 59 when my boss Lou Ann got married. I wrote BLESSINGS ON ADAM & CHYNA LITTLE — Page 60 for my 2nd cousin’s wedding I wrote BLESSINGS ON JOSEPH & BARBRA FIELDS — Page 61 when a co-worker at Harley-Davidson got married. I tagged this on NEW JERUSALEM — Page 59

The grandparents to 2 of our grandchildren BLESSINGS ON RICK & ROBIN HURT — Page 20

The grandparents of 4 of our grandchildren BLESSINGS ON TERRY AND JUDY STAMBAUGH—Page 21

These are 2 families near us when we lived on Westwood Dr. in York, Pa.

‘PHILBERT & MARGARET STAHLE — Page 47 PHILIP & MELISSA RUNKLE" — Page 48

Every year 2nd Sunday in June we have a family reunion so I made this as a reminder GOD’S BLESSINGS ON GREENWOOD-JACKSON FAMILY — Page 29 & in memory of my mom, grandma and great grandma. Joe is married to my sister named Linda JOE AND LINDA WEAVER — Page 34 I wrote ART AND THERESA — Page 58 when my son got married. I wrote RON & LOU ANN HOUCK BY SPARKY — Page 60 when my boss Lou Ann got married. I wrote BLESSINGS ON ADAM & CHYNA LITTLE — Page 60 for my 2nd cousin’s wedding I wrote BLESSINGS ON JOSEPH & BARBRA FIELDS — Page 61 when a co-worker at Harley-Davidson got married. I tagged this on NEW JERUSALEM — Page 59

We lived in West York from March 84 till March 2002. I have a friend he was called OFFICER FRIENDLY DALE STRICKLER — Page 25 He retired as the Chief of the West York Police Dept. Marine Corps buddy Gordon and his wife from York, Pa. he helped me get into the Marine Corps League GOD’S BLESSINGS ON GORDON & BONNIE SPRENKLE – Page 22 I wrote a saying for the MARINES — Page 22

We went to