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| Posted by JW123 - 10-25-2011 12:57 AM |
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I think that the message contained below is for you today and always. Just Believe! The great thing about God and His Word, is that he has made it so simple. Sadly, there are lots of books, magazines, audio or even people who will tell you things that you should do to make your life joyful and worth living. ...With all those things around, sometimes it even confuses us because of the diverse views that are available out there. Don't listen to man and the world, for it will just complicate things. Go to the source that controls the situation. THE BIBLE - GOD'S WORD!!! BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION God didn't say that if we become a Christian, it will all rosy and easy for us. In John 16:33 Jesus is giving his disciples his instructions for when he goes to be with the Father. In verse 33 ‘in the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” We are to expect tribulation; we tend to think that it is strange that bad things are happening to us. We feel picked on, we say how unfair it is, but Jesus warns us we shall have tribulation. It will be apart of life. God did not create us to have this kind of life, but because sin came into the world, the world and our bodies became imperfect; we became susceptible to disease, to attacks from the ruler of this world. Satan. * When Jesus says He overcame the world, He means He overcame sin and death. When He bids us to walk in His way and by His light, it is because He has walked this way before us. He knows where the sharp stones and stumbling blocks lie hidden and where thorns and thistles are the most severe. BELIEVE THAT GOD IS GOOD Know this, that God is good and all tings that come from Him is good. We again must know where the bad things come from. They come from sin and the prince of this world, Satan and not God. Satan's only purpose is to make your life miserable. He wants you to think that God is not capable of anything and that He does not care for you. These are the lies of the enemy. In Psalms 34 & 37, it speaks of his desire to give us the desires of our hearts, how he wants to deliver us from all our afflictions. He is not angry with us; he is not looking to withhold things from us as punishment. In Psalms 84:11 “no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Our problem is we give into the lie from Satan of how unrighteous we are. How bad we are deep down, how we fall short of the mark. These are all lies, because you received the atonement, you are now seen through his eyes “as white as snow.” We can go boldly before the throne, not because we see ourselves as right, but because he sees us as right. It is one of Satan’s tactics to bring guilt, or a feeling of unworthiness, so that we won’t even ask God for the thing we need and the answer that God wants you to have. BELIEVE THAT GOD IS POWERFUL God can pull you out of the situation you are facing now. Fear has a tendency to give us amnesia. We quickly forget that to God all things are possible. No matter what kind of sickness you have, he can cure you. We forget that he effortlessly spoke all things into existence. He is all powerful, His power is endless. He knows our body better than any doctor, scientist, even better than ourselves. After all he created us all things are from him. Nothing is more powerful or on equal power as God. There is not an impossible situation or thing for with God all things are possible. We must believe this in order for the impossible to happen. It is important to remind us though of this very thing. He is powerful enough to change any situation. “Is anything to hard for the Lord?” Genesis 18:14 says, and the answer is no. Blind eyes can see, limbs can grow, the dead can rise, marriages restored, forgiveness giving, even our minds can be transformed or metamorphosis. We can expect the impossible to become possible. In Isaiah 26:4 “for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.” He is just waiting to use it in your situation. We should expect supernatural things to happen in our lives. BELIEVE THAT HE IS ABLE AND HE WILL After we recognize that God can do anything. After we recognize he has good intentions toward us that he is good. We then must know that he is willing to do it for you, today. Every story that you have read in the Bible are true. He still wishes to be that kind of God today as he was in the Bible. This is where most people are misguided about God. They think that God either won’t do this for them, or that God will do something when he wants to. They think of him as inconsistent some even think he is moody like we are. There are days when you want to do a lot of things. Then there are days that you just do not feel like doing anything at all. We think God is the same way, we beg him to try and get him to act. We fast to get His attention, we cry out, we go and do good deeds. We do all this in an attempt to get God to move for us. He is our heavenly Father and He says He will be a better father than any earthly dad. He even has been proactive to help us in the world. He has already taken care of all our disease, infirmities, sins, he has giving us weapons to defend ourselves, and weapons to go on the attack. God has already spoken your victory. You no longer must get his attention you must use what he has giving you. Your only must trust that he will. God is no respecter of person, what he has done for one he will do for everyone. God is waiting on us to ask, to believe, then to receive. He does not act until we give him the permission. We have a law called “The Good Samaritan,” it is to protect a person who performs first aid on someone. When you go through first aid training one of the first things taught is we must ask the victim if we may permission to perform first aid. With God we must grant him the authority to act on our behalf. BELIEVE...JUST BELIEVE! When we FIRST accepted Jesus Christ, the only thing we are required to do is believe. Hebrews 11:6 says “he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. We are saved by faith, and we are healed, delivered, provided for also by faith. Faith is simply believing that God will do what he said he would do without having it first. It is knowing that you are healed before a doctor or even your own body says it. Its taking God’s spoken Word as truth over what your senses say. As you read through God’s word you find out that it is not hard to receive from God. In Matthew 9:28-29 “and when he was to come into the house, the blind man came to him: and Jesus says unto him, believe you that I am able to do this? They said unto him, yea Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying according to your faith be it unto you.” Just believe means that no matter what it looks like on the outside. God loves you unconditionally; you don’ have to change before receiving his forgiveness or healing. He wants to meet you where you are at right now. He will help you change but he first wants to show you that he loves you. Jesus preformed so many miracles in the gospels and he always asked the person or the person confessed that they believed he was able and willing to act. |
| Posted by Godhassavedme - 10-24-2011 10:43 PM |
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Dear God, Lord we know that you do not put more on us then we can bare and no weapon(the enemy)formed against us shall prosper. Please LORD Jesus bless this young Brother so that he will know that you are the light at the end of the tunnel and with you all things are possible. I know it can seem like nothing will ever go your way but I can testify to you today that I was released from Prison in 2003 without a hope or a prayer. It didn't happen for me all at once in fact I never realize my blessing until recently. I work for $6.00/hr for 60hrs a week and could bare afford to take care of myself let alone my son. I never prayed or anything I just keep doing what I was doing but I knew that I had to do better so I just keep pushing forward. At the time I didn't know God has something great waiting on me I just knew stop was not an option. I continue to fight the good fight and now I'm a supervisor for a fortune 500 company. God IS GOOD!!! Mikeeray God will never abandon you, sometimes he puts us there different tests and trials to see how we handle it so when it time for us to get what he has for us then we will really appreciate it and give him the Glory.. Stay fast and continue to pray and all will pass and you will find your way in the LORD OUR GOD. IF you have time send me a private message and let me know where you live so I can see if I can help with the Job situation. GOD BLESS YOU!!! |
| Posted by mikeeray - 10-24-2011 08:42 PM |
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Dear God, Thoughts of giving up are filling my head again. Dying seems more Reasonable than living everyday Broken. I could share these thoughts with people and all they would want to do is stop me from following through yet offer nothing on how to end the pain of Feeling Broken as a Person and less than as a Man. You gave us this life to live without an instruction manual. Maybe you wish us to rely on others for their experience, yet they do not offer Hope for a better day than the last. We have instincts that we listen to yet Road Blocks stop us Humans from progressing. I won’t place blame on this set of people or that set of persons. Roadblocks that seem insurmountable, hurdles that at every turn block any forward movement. You have put a wonderful woman in my life who I adore and love. I keep my baggage separated and we get along well. We spend quality time together and share times of non-drama. We also help each other get through our most difficult times. Asking her for money is not an option or solution as she spends way to much on me as it is. I cannot find a job. I cannot generate income. I have great talent and skill in problem solving software and hardware issues on the computer, yet I’m unable to find a job in this field. Is this a sign that I should be doing something else? If so, could you be a little more clear and point me in the way you would have me go? I am willing to follow your lead if you would guide me... Maybe I’m not listening? I meditate. I quiet my mind. I pray and ask for help... I often give you all my problems because that’s what I was taught to do. I’ve given up drugs altogether as I cannot afford them and they do not release as they once did. I don’t drink. My only vice seems to be living on the Internet, information overload at times. Today, I volunteer my time to a nonprofit org to keep busy and get out of myself. It is a wonderful place, the work atmosphere is amazing and I would love to be employed there. Sure, I have dreams of winning the lottery, of sharing my winnings with my family and friends. I grew up thinking that wishes are Dreams not worked for. I believe today that Dreams are the same, you can work for them to see no output. I just went bankrupt, gave back a car I can no longer afford and now life off my Aunt. They say money can’t buy happiness, I say that lack of money can’t either. Talk to me, share with me what I should do, Help me along this Path. Put a guide in my path, who can offer directions. But please don’t be a stranger. I often ask to hear from you as I once did when I was younger. I love you too. That does not take away the feeling of giving up. Dear God, I really don’t know what I want or need. I know I need your help to guide me away from the edge. I know I’m afraid and yet have faith in you or I wouldn’t be writing this. If I’m to live in poverty, Fine. But give me purpose and allow me to survive not on someone else’s back. Help me to feel not Broken but whole. Help me to contribute financially to my future or at least to a daily living. Goals allot of people seem to achieve yet i cannot. If time doesn’t exist and there are infinite possibilities to every moment, please help me find mine and point the direction to go as my choices have failed me. Help and Guide me, direct me on your path. I ask for help finding a job. Amen |