HOPE FOR AMERICA in the Marketplace

GOD’S REAL BAILOUT

BY DICK HOCHREITER

www.ThePrayerCompany.com

Greed has been a major contributor to America’s down-ward spiral.

The Government Could Do A Few Simple Things If They Wanted To Truly Bail Us Out:

• Freeze the fuel prices @ $2.00 per gallon
• Fix the Mortgage Rate @ 4.5% for 40 years
• Homeowners should be able to refinance their mortgages @ 4.5% for the remainder of their home loans

This could help restore HOPE for Americans.
It would stimulate our cash flow and boost our confidence for a better financial future.
Remember:  Amateurs built the Ark   …Professionals built the Titanic.

The fact is God desires to bail you out of your hopeless situation…

Jeremiah 29:11 says that, God offers “a future and a hope” for everyone!

This is the Story of how GOD BAILED ME OUT in my time of trouble

  I had a small manufacturing company that produced off-road clothing.  I was working 60 to 80 hours a week.  I thought I knew what I was doing but, I seemed to be spinning my wheels and making no profit.  As a matter fact, I was losing money.  I thought that if I borrowed more money, it would all work out. I was wrong.  Finally, one day I came to work and realized I couldn’t make payroll.  I had already borrowed hundreds of thousands of dollars with no way of paying it back.  I felt I had hit rock bottom.  There was no way I could make it work any longer.  I had failed! 

Everything I had worked for was buried in dept

  I didn’t know where to go or what to do.  I was broke.  I remember walking into my office and feeling like such a loser.  I had made a mess out of everything!  It was then that I got down on my knees and said, “Lord if you are real, I need your Help!”  I went to church, but I didn’t think God cared that much about my business.  However, I was wrong… Again! 

I PRAYED AND GOD ANSWERED!

  It was clear, God said, Repent of dept.”  I couldn’t have agreed more: I hated the dept I had gotten myself into.  The word repent literally means to turn away and to desire God’s higher way.  So, I prayed, “Lord I agree with You.  I want to ask You to forgive me of my dept and the mess I have made.  Please help me to do what is right.  Show me how to do things Your way.  I want to surrender my life and business to You.  I realize that everything I have comes from You.  I want to give you control of everything.  In Jesus’ name.  AMEN.”  I figured what more could I lose?
  The next day I went back to work and I looked over the finances.  I only had $800.00 in the company’s bank account but, I needed about $5,000.00 in order to cover payroll.  However, I felt strongly that God was telling me to give $400.00 to a missionary who I knew.  I thought, “This is CRAZY,” but I wanted to obey.  I knew God couldn’t do any worse than I already had done. 

I KNOW GOD SPOKE TO ME… HE IS REAL

  I wrote the check and took it to the missionary.  When he looked at the check he began to cry.  He said,  “Just this morning I prayed for this specific amount to cover some of my needs.”  That confirmed it.  I knew God spoke to me.
 
  When I returned to work I called my employees together for a meeting.  I explained what had happened with the payroll and I asked them to forgive me.  I asked them if they would pray with me so that God would help me to know what to do next.  Right then and there, we all prayed together.

CHURCH IN THE MARKETPLACE

  I had an overstock of fabric that was off-colored.  Unfortunately, I had invested a lot of money into it and no one wanted to order anything made from it.  My employees and I began to pray that God would help us sell it.  Within a week, a man showed up who needed that specific color and he was willing to pay top dollar for it.  God also prompted people to pay delinquent invoices to my company.  When machinery would malfunction, instead of stressing over how I was going to afford to pay for it to get it fixed, we would pray for wisdom to help us fix it, and He would.  My employees and I began to see God at work in the marketplace.
 
  God opened the door for us to receive a contract for millions of dollars of business.  However, we needed a specific fabric that was only available through a company in Japan.  God led me to meet the only salesman in the U.S. that represented this company.  Needless to say; God had bailed me out.  Within eighteen months, my business was out of dept and many of my employees had repented from their sins and put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.  I realized that God had a great interest in my business and I could help others recognize His love for them.

DO YOU NEED GOD TO BAIL YOU OUT?

God wants to help you,
but first you must believe
you need His help…
 
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved”
John 3:16-17
 
“Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean no on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.”
Proverbs 3”5-6
 
Matthew 4:17 says “…Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand”
 
Repent means to change your mind,  agree with God and turn from your wrong thinking.
 
WRONG THINKING = SIN
 
RE = “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thought; let him return to the LORD, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.”   Isaiah 55:7
PENT = “For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.”  Isaiah 55:9

DO YOU NEED PRAYER?

Are you struggling with finances, health, or family?  Call “The Prayer Company” Hotline 909-553-7050 or e-mail dick@theprayercompany.com
 
Philippians 4:6 tells us “Don’t worry about anything’ but pray about everything.”
 
If you were to die, would you know for sure, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you would go to heaven?
 
If yes, you have Jesus. If no, YOU NEED JESUS!  He is the only one that has paid the price for your sin and dept on the cross.  He loves you!

The Word of God Says:

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”  Romans 3:23
 
“For the wages of sin [is] death, but the gift of God [is] eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  Romans 6:23
 
“But as many as receive Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.”  John 1:12

If you would like to receive Jesus say this prayer:

Dear Lord Jesus,
 
  I repent of my sins, please forgive me.  I invite you into my heart today and I want to ask You to fill me with your Holy Spirit.  I believe that you have risen from the dead and that you are coming back for me.  Give me a passion for the lost and a hunger for the things of God.  I pray for a Holy boldness to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Thank you Lord, for bailing me out of my sins.  I am saved, I am born again, I am on my way to Heaven because I have Jesus in my heart.  In Jesus’ name Amen!