A Worthwhile Investment: Founding of Three Remain

While at church recently, my pastor spoke on Malachi 3. The sermon was entitled Robbing God . I highly encourage you to listen to this sermon. It is exactly what this culture and country need to hear.

This summer much of my time was spent investing in my first business A Whimsy Willow, and gathering inspiration for a future house. Nearly most of my time was spent in either of the two, if I wasn't with family or friends.
 My pastor, Afshin, said many things that were like a two edged sword straight to my heart. I realized that my time was more invested in what is temporary.  It was a hard reality to face but the words God spoke through Afshin were exactly what my soul needed to hear.

Afshin spoke of how only three things are eternal: God, His Word, and the souls of men and women. Nothing else will go with us to heaven. That is why it is so important to invest in all three areas! First, invest in your relationship with the Lord. He is your Creator and loves you dearly. Strive in your relationship with him to know him better and to learn more about him personally. When you know more about him, you won't be able to help but love him more.

Secondly, invest in the Word! God's word is powerful and "does not return void", ever! (Isaiah 55:11). THERE IS POWER IN THE SPOKEN WORD! Spend time daily, hourly! in the Word of God. For it feeds your spirit and helps it grow. The Word of the Lord is alive and is so worth investing your time and energy in. It is not just a book. No, not just a book at all. It is the Word of God, living and breathing.

Lastly, invest in the souls of man! In the end when we all must face the closing of our eyes to this world, the only thing we will take with us is our soul. No money, cars, houses, clothes, jewelry, degrees, jobs, nothing. This world is but a blink, and it is our job as believers to help show others the love of Jesus Christ. This does not just mean be kind and compassionate. This means risk everything that you may save a soul from eternal hell!

Charles Spurgeon gave the most poignant sermon I have found on the subject of saving souls: Compassion for Souls . In this he talks about how "You may know the truth of the doctrine, but you do not know the doctrine in truth if it makes you gaze on the wrath to come without emotions of pity for immortal souls."  Please, I beg you, read this sermon. It will move mountains in your heart, if not bring tears pouring from your eyes for regret of not having done more earlier in your life for the lost souls.

If nothing else remember this from Spurgeon, "It ought never to be that a soul should perish of ignorance within a mile of where a Christian lives." "Let it be said by each [believer],'If a soul perishes, I, atleast, will have done all in my power to reclaim it." (pg.13 Sermons on Women in the Bible, Spurgeon).

It is worth our every ounce of energy to invest in these three things. For in the end that is all that matters, all that will last, all that is eternal.

All of that to say, this new venture of mine, Three Remain, came about from that simple sentence of Afshin about the three eternal things.  I was sewing other projects when the Lord inspired me to create this. "You will create for me. You will invest in what is eternal."

So here I am, telling you about this new venture in hopes that you will join me in this eternal investment. First we seek to glorify God, and grow in knowledge and affection for God. Secondly, we seek to invest in God's word and see it "run ahead" (2 Thess. 3:1) to all people. And thirdly, that the souls of people might be saved through this invest in God's word, and the knowledge of the basis of this project.

50% of all profit from these products goes directly to OneVerse , while 25% goes into the supplies needed to make these products.

The money we have is not ours. It is God's. He knows what we need, and will always provide for us. So let us return to him what is his, and invest in what three things will remain: God, His Word, and Souls.