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| Posted by Mel-S - 08-15-2010 05:27 PM |
adoring1 Wrote:Praise His name...yes he is a God of second and third and fourth and infinite chances...Mel if you believe that Christ was born the son of God...died on the cross and rose again...then you have faith...and it is more than enough. What you lack is patience...and that is caused by your desire to have those desires met now and not on God's schedule. God teaches us patience through tribulation...through trouble and disappointment. The longer we resist acceptance of his timing and therefore his will...the more disappointment we receive...to teach us the lesson...and therefore the longer we wait for his answers. Surrender to his will saying to him...Ok God...whatever you do is for my good in whatever time and truly meaning it...and therefore accepting his will frees him to move. My precious girl...understand this is not about your desires to God...he could grant them instantly if he wanted to. This is about your relationship with him...your trusting him, your acceptance of him as the sovereign king...and I have learned that he will keep us at a stopping point until that lesson is learned again and again until he can trust US to accept HIS will. I encourage you to meditate on these principles...perhaps starting with the words...your will not mine Lord...so that God may grow you to the point that he can bless you with the desires of your heart. May you receive the richness of those blessings...In Jesus name...Amen! It's true... my patience is very lacking... and it seems the more I lose patience from time to time, the harder it is to wait and it seems I have to wait even longer... Maybe if I had the patience, maybe God would have granted them quicker... maybe I should just have more patience... Sometimes I think it's going to take forever and a day for these to be granted since these are very big desires, not small ones, in my opinion. It is in His timing, not mine... and I know to accept that. All I can do is keep pray and believing they will come true... and I shouldn't worry on how long... because who knows, it can happen tomorrow or within another hour... it'll happen sooner than I think... and I believe all will be granted 100-fold and for all to come true. |
| Posted by adoring1 - 08-15-2010 05:10 PM |
| Praise His name...yes he is a God of second and third and fourth and infinite chances...Mel if you believe that Christ was born the son of God...died on the cross and rose again...then you have faith...and it is more than enough. What you lack is patience...and that is caused by your desire to have those desires met now and not on God's schedule. God teaches us patience through tribulation...through trouble and disappointment. The longer we resist acceptance of his timing and therefore his will...the more disappointment we receive...to teach us the lesson...and therefore the longer we wait for his answers. Surrender to his will saying to him...Ok God...whatever you do is for my good in whatever time and truly meaning it...and therefore accepting his will frees him to move. My precious girl...understand this is not about your desires to God...he could grant them instantly if he wanted to. This is about your relationship with him...your trusting him, your acceptance of him as the sovereign king...and I have learned that he will keep us at a stopping point until that lesson is learned again and again until he can trust US to accept HIS will. I encourage you to meditate on these principles...perhaps starting with the words...your will not mine Lord...so that God may grow you to the point that he can bless you with the desires of your heart. May you receive the richness of those blessings...In Jesus name...Amen! |
| Posted by Mel-S - 08-15-2010 04:58 PM |
| Understood... I still have faith... but the amount of faith (and patience) I have just isn't enough... and I want more than enough so my dreams will become real someday. I pray and hope that all of them (including restoration of my relationship) will come true. I believe in second chances... and God is a God of second chances. |
| Posted by adoring1 - 08-14-2010 05:50 PM |
| I meant...Mel's absence of patience... |
| Posted by adoring1 - 08-14-2010 05:14 PM |
| Father please help Mel know while her prayers are definitely NOT wrong...your absence of patience IS. God is not a cosmic bellhop who sits and waits to receive our list of petitions and then delivers them checking them off to make us happy. His sense of knowing goes far beyond anything we can imagine. We must offer our prayers and wait. We can continue to pray earnestly but then we still must wait. Mel...what will you do if it is God's will that this relationship not be restored for 5 years or 8 or ever? If we are to be true believers we have to ask and know that God will do what He does when he is ready...IF and WHEN He thinks it is best for us and not a minute before. No amount of whining or crying or asking will change His timing...(I should know as I used to be one of the biggest of the whiners! :-) Pray and then be still...the longer you watch that kettle of water waiting for it to boil...the longer it won't! Relax...let go...and Let God! And in the meantime...go on with your life and be blessed! In Jesus name!!! Amen! |
| Posted by ashley6349 - 08-14-2010 02:21 PM |
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Mel, no, your prayers are not wrong. I've gone through situations myself where I felt that my little faith at that time wasn't enough. God strengthened my faith through those trials though. He increased my faith, helped me to tell mountains to move, showd me how to bind any negative thinking or situations. I still have struggles too, but through my trials, God increased my faith, and he will increase your faith too. God I pray that you provide Mel with direction. She desperately needs direction in all of these areas that she is struggling with and questioning. Help her to first seek your direction. After she has sought your direction God, give her the strength to carry out those things that you have asked her to do. Help her to hear you and not to ignore your calling or direction, even if it doesn't seem like what she wants, because your way is better than our way. Please provide joy for her, restoration of a strong faith, healing, and guidance. show her your love and help her to see how you are working for her. In Jesus' name, Amen. |
| Posted by Guest - 08-14-2010 01:36 PM |
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Mel remember that for God nothing is impossible he can move mountains for us. Just believe and dream as a little child, as the bible tells us, and keep on going with faith in your heart and allowing God to be you all in your life. He will give you the desires of your heart better than you could had ever dream. Just never give up and remember it's in his timing not ours. In the meantime keep moving forward with your life, and serving God. Concentrate on God and leave it all at his cross for it's only Him who knows what our future holds for us, just be open to his will. Dear Lord help Mel to put priorities first with you being on the top of the list. Have your perfect will be done these situations and in Mel's life. I pray in Jesus name, amen. 
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| Posted by Mel-S - 08-14-2010 01:12 PM |
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I'm in a bit of a rut lately. I know God is a God of second chances. I know with Him anything is possible... but with the smallest bit of faith that I have, is it enough to prove the impossible, or to make what seems to be impossible through Christ? I always keep my little "Dreams/Desires/Prayers List" folded up under my pillow, carry it around in my pockets, anoint the list often... Am I doing to much? Or am I showing too little faith? If my faith is as small as a mustard seed, I can move mountains, right? But is the mustard seed faith even enough...? Sometimes I do not think it's enough... Today before I went to work, I asked my mom to help me put on the chain cross necklace my dad gave me. Mom said "I hope you're not just putting on the necklace just so you think God will bring you two back together just by wearing this necklace... I hope you're not wearing it just for that because it's for the wrong reasons." I know Jesus died for our sins, yet it is why I wear the necklace, and also as a trigger symbol to let me know that with God anything is possible especially when it comes to my dreams/prayers (one of them being for me and my (ex)boyfriend to reunite in love and eventually marriage). I know that is one of my dreams/desires/prayers, but mom must have forgotten that I have other prayers too, and I'm wearing it for those prayers too, one of them she should know... I don't know... FOR HER TO STOP SMOKING. I think she has been slacking to cut back lately... Mom almost went back to smoking 2-3 cigs lately because of dad's surgery that went great. Mom gets nervous and scared when it comes to dad's health, or me, so she smokes because it "calms her down". Doesn't she know it's also "KILLING her quicker"? Mom thinks the only reason I'm wearing the cross necklace it's because of me praying desperately for me and my (ex)boyfriend to reunite again... Yes, I am still praying for that, but it's not the ONLY THING I'm praying on! Mom couldn't get the chain on the necklace on me, so she told me to just carry it in my pocket. So I did. Still it didn't feel the same... Is praying for the restoration of a relationship wrong? (I'm asking generally, like when someone prays for restoration of something or someone they love in their hearts, is it wrong?) Is praying for the things I'm praying for wrong? The only thing I want is for my mom to be healthy, my dad to be stronger and healthy, to have the one I love (my (ex)boyfriend) back in my arms again, and for all of us to be a family! I could care less about college... Mom and Dad never went to college, they're doing fine... I could care less about going to Japan... How am I going to have the money and time to even go...? And kittens... Mom doesn't like kittens for one, two the landlords charge $50 per dog/cat on rent... and the rent is like $1100 a month... And gaining weight... God knows I am actually underweight... An average 19-year-old woman, my height being 5'5"-5'6", is from 120-133. I'm only 85. I want to be healthy too...! I still want all of those things... I still want every single one of my dreams and desires to come true, but am I killing my own dreams? Or is it useless to go on, knowing now that thanks to what my mom said that if she thinks that wearing the necklace as a trigger symbol to my desires and prayers is the wrong thing to do... it's never left my head all day at work today... I want them all to come true... I don't believe it's wrong to pray on someone you love. I don't think it's selfish... All are desires I feel God put in me! And if God put them in me, how are they wrong, because God is always right? I don't know what to do... I really need more faith now... I really desire for all of these to come true, really I do. God is a God of second chances... with Him anything is possible! But is anything possible through God? Lord, I know what I want to pray for. I know what's in my heart. Please show my mother that these dreams mean a lot to me. All she said is that I might be wearing it for the wrong reasons... and all of my dreams are for good, not evil! For love and not hate! Is praying for my mom to stop smoking wrong? I don't think so. Is praying for my dad to be stronger and healthier wrong? Absolutely not. Is praying for someone you love to be with you and commitment and love to shoot from both ends wrong? God is love and I love too, so how is that wrong? Is praying for my education wrong? Some people never get the chance to have one, so why can I not pray for the career I've been wanting to do since I was 10 and now going to college for it? I believe in second chances, and I know what's right and wrong because God teaches me right from wrong. Yes, parents do so too, but no parent can do it better than Him. I know these prayers of mine will come to pass and restoration and healing of everything I ask for will come in Jesus Name. I feel that I'm the only one within my household that these dreams of mine are very strong dreams... and I feel that I'm the only person who keep praying for these to do so. I don't think mom is praying for them, simply because it's what I want... She doesn't think some of these prayers are what God wants, but Mom doesn't even know what God does and does not want. What if God didn't want her to start smoking because He knows it will harm her body and lungs? I think He didn't want that. I think He doesn't want her to smoke anymore... and the one I keep pestering her about the smoking, she asks God to give her the strength to stop smoking, but she says that if she were to stop, something else can happen to her, like emphysema. She thinks if she were to stop, then she'll get emphysema or some other type of disease. Or if she doesn't stop smoking, she can get some type of lung disease or cancer or other illness. She feels it's a "damned if I do, damned if I don't" kind of thing when it comes to smoking... and still I pray and want her to stop... I still pray for my dreams and desires to come true... all of them... this week has been hard for me... very hard. Please God, please see of these dreams and prayers I have in my heart... I know they are not wrong, because I feel You put them in me. There was a sermon I was looking at on TV the day of my dad's surgery about You, God, helping me make my dreams come to pass and become a reality through You. Please God... I need you help on everything... My mom, my dad, the one I feel I'm destined to be with (my ex), my college, my dream of going to Japan and living there, a couple kittens to care for, for all of us to become a strong and loving family, and for me to gain weight... are these prayers evil? I'm not asking for money, to be famous in my animation career, or anything like that... I go what's in my heart, not in my head... I don't think these dreams are all in my head... Please God, help me see them come to pass... help me see them become reality because through You anything is possible. God please give me more patience and faith... it's all I think I can have right now because physically, I can't do anything... mentally, I'm up-and-down... emotionally, I'm at a stop-and-go... spiritually, I feel mustard seed like faith isn't enough... I need more than enough... God, help me get it. Help me have patience. And God, I know you care of what's in my heart... please grant them as fit. All of them. Not one to go unfulfilled or unanswered... They all connect to love and success... And these dreams should not be one or the other... they shall be filled with faith and love... that's all I have... but it is enough? ...Please have them granted and filled 100-fold. Have my family see my dreams through their eyes. Let these dreams be seen through Your eyes too... All of this shall successfully be fulfilled for a happy life not only for me, but for the ones I dearly love. In Jesus Name. Amen. |