Sign Me Up!
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Looking for a sign to bring you closer to God? Sign Me Up! will show you how God can use ordinary signs to bring you into a closer relationship with Him.
Enter into a dynamic, personal enriching relationship with the one who loves you the most.
Open the Bible and read the promises God has especially for you. Turn these pages and learn how you can make your own spiritual application to the next sign you come upon.
The family may learn a new road trip game as they look for road signs they can use to illustrate Biblical truths.
Exit this world, when it is time, with great joy and great peace.
The essence of Sign Me Up! is all about a personal relationship with God and how a close relationship with Him can be your experience, too.
Elizabeth A. Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop loves the Lord Jesus Christ, and it is her desire for everyone to enjoy a personal relationship with Him. A public school educator for twenty-five years, Elizabeth presently enjoys teaching a women’s Bible study and serving on the women’s ministry team at the Family Fellowship Church in Amherst, Ohio. Elizabeth and her husband, Ralph, reside in Amherst, Ohio.
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Sign Me Up! - Elizabeth A. Bishop
SIGN ME UP↑
Elizabeth A. Bishop
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WestBow Press rev. date: 09/17/2014
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
I Am Washable Too
Stop
Mix Together, Blend Well
What’s Holding You Back?
Set the Timer
Approved
No Parking Any Time
The Art Object
The Arrow
Zip
On Hold
Hand It Over
Do Not Salt
Footsteps in the Snow
One of a Kind
Watch Out for Fallen Rock
U-Haul
Men Working
Directions
Snuggle In
The Gate
Exit
I Didn’t Do It!
No Fishing
No Hazardous Materials
Turn on Lights
No Hitchhiking
Don’t Block Drive
U-Turn
House for Sale
How to Become a Christian
Discussion Questions
Acknowledgments
Having a family that loves Jesus is a great blessing. I am so very grateful to God for the family He has given me. Whatever life brings us we know we can rely on one another’s love and prayer support. Therefore, a huge thank-you goes to my husband, Ralph, my very best stalwart supporter; our daughter, Sheri, and son
-in-law, Troy; our son, Jeffrey, and daughter
-in-law, Lisa; and also our four adorable grandchildren Kara, Chantel, Bryce, and Maxwell.
My sister-in-law, Beth Bishop-Long, has skillfully edited Sign Me Up↑ and has expressed many encouraging words along with the process. Thank you, Beth!
Thank you to my sister, Harriet Mouer, for her encouraging ways and to Deb Giaimo, who played a vital role in keeping me on task and encouraging me to finish. I also want to express my thanks to Cal Kody for her continuing prayer support.
Thank you to all those who have encouraged me with this project. I am so very thankful for your friendship.
I also want to thank all of you for reading this book. I hope the illustrations from Sign Me Up↑ will encourage you to walk ever closer to Jesus.
Preface
My purpose in writing this book is to give others a glimpse of my personal relationship with Jesus while I give Him honor and glory for how He has so graciously touched my life and is continuing to change me.
Many of you reading this book are experiencing your own walk with the Lord. It is my hope the excerpts in Sign Me Up↑ will be an encouragement to you as you continue to grow closer to Jesus.
Some of you who are considering reading Sign Me Up↑ will be curious as to what living life with Jesus is all about. May I say to you that Jesus wants a personal, unique, loving, close relationship with you. Yes, you! He really does. If you decide to ask Jesus to be your Savior and Lord, the walk you will experience with Him will be amazing!
Writing Sign Me Up↑ has been a goal of mine for some years. As seasons passed, writing this book was always on my mind, and thus, I have felt I needed to be obedient in completing what I perceived to be an assignment. Around seven years ago I was privileged to be with a small group of women in the living room of my sister. Her friend Gail McWilliams was visiting. Gail has a phenomenal global ministry. (If you are unfamiliar with Gail, I encourage you to google her name.) Gail was praying over each one of us that evening. When it was my turn, Gail hesitated and thoughtfully expressed these words: Elizabeth, signs … symbols … are coming to mind. You are to finish.
Wow! I had not shared the book or content of the book with anyone other than my husband. You can imagine how encouraging and affirming those few words were to me. I still did not share what I believed was an assigned task; however, I did leave that evening with a renewed sense of purpose. Now many years later you are holding the completed project, Sign Me Up↑
I Am Washable Too
My friends and I were enjoying our third annual shop-till-you-drop day—the type of day where your friends pick you up at 9:00 a.m. and return you to your door at 11:30 p.m. We spent the day visiting stores of all kinds—discount housewares, discount clothing, discount pottery. And we knew that discount does count, and we packed every inch of the minivan as proof.
The day following our shopping