UP TO OUR NECK IN TROUBLE

Isn't that the way it is with all of us? Oh, not all the time. But we've been there. In hot water. We need someone to throw us that lifeline.

If you haven't read Don Piper's book Ninety Minutes in Heaven, you must. It's the true story of what happened to him when he was pronounced dead, confirmed dead by 3 ET's and one former Viet Nam medic. That same medic prayed him back to life. In those 90 minutes when he was dead, he went to Heaven.

And that's all I'm going to tell you. Ok , one more thing. It took him fifteen years to write or co-write the book. It took him two years to tell his wife about it.

Now, that is it. No more. But if you want to read about the power of prayer, specific prayer; if you want to read about God's grace and God's sovereignty, and many other things, then you must read it. It's simply one of those rare books that can alter your life.

Speaking of alter. A couple was getting married. The bride was ridiculously nervous. The preacher told her that she only had to keep three things straight. Number one, she would march down the aisle on the arm of her Father. Two, when she got to the altar, she would meet her husband to be. Her last act would be to give her husband the ring after she had received a ring from him.

She wanted to simplify, to put it to memory. She reduced it to three words; three words that had significance--Aisle, altar, him. And she kept repeating, "aisle, alter, him." And she probably did.