Thursday, December 04, 2008

30 days to live

What would you do if you found out you had 30 days to live? That question has been the topic of many sermons and songs, such as Tim Mcgraw's, Live Like You Were Dying.

But what would you really do if you had 30 days left?

This past Sunday we showed a video of someone from Foothills Community Church who basically found out that he had just a short period of time to live. His name was Ray Stamm. Ray and his wonderful wife Lucy have been part of Foothills Community Church since our days in the High School. By his own admission the music style and volume of Foothills was not the type he would listen to in his car, but Ray was passionate about seeing people reached for Christ, so he set his personal desires aside to see young people come to Christ.

Ray has battled with cancer for many years, but this time the cancer got the best of him and he has gone on to be with the Lord. but before he died we went to his home and interviewed him about his faith. In a sense this video would be a legacy that would continue reaching people for Christ even after he was gone.

This video was shown at his funeral, and this past Sunday we showed it during my message. It is one of the most amazing videos I have ever seen. If you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a favor and click this link and watch it(Ray's video begins at 31:25)

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