WHAT A WONDERFUL MOMENT!

Thursday - February 6, 2020

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“For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves” – Colossians 1:13

On August 13, 1963, miners Henry Throne, David Fellin and Louis Bova entered the Sheppton coal mine in Sheppton, Pennsylvania.

That day, the roof of the mine collapsed, trapping the three miners 300 feet below ground. After several days a borehole successfully revealed that two of the miners, Henry Throne and David Fellin, had survived in a small, narrow chamber. Bova was never found. Rescuers dropped provisions to the miners and subsequent larger boreholes were made, including the final large hole bored with the assistance of billionaire Howard Hughes, and the two surviving miners were successfully raised to the surface on August 27.

Throne and Fellin were rescued after spending two weeks underground.

Henry Throne said: “Until now, I never went to church more than a couple of times in my life. Now I’ll go regular. I want to keep thanking God.”

We too have fallen and needed to be saved. Yet in our darkest moments, Jesus Christ came into our lives and rescued us, giving us eternal life. Today in prayer, praise the Lord for saving you!

“Salvation comes through a cross and a crucified Christ.” – Andrew Murray

God’s Word: “he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit” – Titus 3:5