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    SJL, Thank you for your time in response. Mine was not a wolf in sheep's clothing but my own father, who knew the real Truth. Yet, I am still...
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    Jim, thank you for reading and for responding and for sharing your thoughts on this subject. It would take a book to share it all with you, and...
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    Dear Christsfreeservant, Thank you for sharing your spiritual insight. Your topic is very timely, personally speaking, as I have struggled with...
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    You are loved by God and nothing will change that. There will be more in the future. Jesus knows all of it, yet loves you with an eternal heart...

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ByTheSpirit
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From 2013: One other time a gentleman was in our church and had received a serious accident at work. Slipped a disk in his back and damaged some vertabrae and was left in a limp walking very gingerly and with assistance from then on. Well he came to church and during alter call came forward for...
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The Lord talked to me once about how I had been struggling with praying for the sick and seeing no healing occur and He caught me in my ministerial studies class one day and He asked me why I think I haven't seen any healings. I responded that I thought I didn't have enough faith but I wasn't...
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So while I was at a Baptist youth camp as a teenager I had just recently completed my first ever fast and moved from Kansas to Missouri (Springfield). I attended my last youth camp with my church I grew up with (the Baptist one I mention occasionally) in July that year and upon arrival in...
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So more than a year ago I began asking the Lord for a great revelation of His self in my life. Felt like there was so much more I needed and was just lacking so I prayed. I fasted. I felt one night in one such prayer, the Lord reply back to me "30". I instantly felt that to mean I would receive...
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From 2002: Who hasn't felt upset with God at one time or another. He understands the struggle we face and I think telling God I'm upset even at you is a good thing, because it's honest and it opens us up for healing. One time I had just moved away from my family for the first time. Just out of...
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So this will be a different kind of testimony. Yesterday while at church my wife became suddenly very ill and started doubling over in pain with a severe migraine and nauseousness. I laid my hand on her and she said she felt a little better, so I asked my 5 yr old daughter to lay her hand on my...
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I recently committed to help a local Spanish Pentecostal church that my wife attends, and they have many very questionable doctrines. Well more like doctrines I don't agree with. Anyways, they told me before I could help I had to agree to wear nice slacks and collared shirts and possibly a tie...
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From 2013: My wife just sent me a text saying her shoulder was in intense pain. I'm at work tonight and can't be home with her, so I sent her a text back saying simply, "In the name of Jesus you are healed!" and 15 minutes later she texts me back, "The pain is going away... and is completely...
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Ok so I figured I would share how the Lord Jesus personally healed me and gave me new life, praise His holy name! To understand some of my story I have to tell you a bit about my past. I grew up in a small town in Southeast Kansas and from my earliest days I can remember being in church. I...
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One night I sat in silence before the Lord seeking his direction in my life. Seek Me, Know Me, Love Me, He said. So I asked him what that meant. He said, "You must seek Me, Bryan, in order to know Me. You must know Me, in order to really love Me. Just as a man must seek a woman to know her so...
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From 2013 Something the Lord has shown me recently is that He greatly desires to raise an army of intercessors. I saw a vast field of Soldiers clad in Roman armor, marching in formation as toward battle. In front of each formation was one individual with a standard held high. I asked Him what...
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What reason do we have for not sharing our testimony? It is a common theme among Christians that they have a hard time sharing the gospel because of: Fear Ignorance Uncertainty Untrained Fear We like to yell amen when the preacher asks: Who has the joy of the LORD today? We love the feels of...
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Holy Spirit, given from God! Poured out by the Lord Jesus! I treasure you! I adore you! I greatly appreciate the grace you have given me! You have taken me and led me, even when I was stubborn and hard hearted you were patient with me and full of love! My heart sings to you! My joy is...
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I will take you from where you are to where I want you to be. I am the Shepherd, you are the sheep! The sheep do not dictate to the Shepherd where to go or what to do. I lead you to still waters. I provide for you. I protect you. You must trust in me. Be consumed with my presence. When...
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My children, come to Me! I am waiting for you to come to Me for everything that you need and desire. Why must you feel as though you must accomplish all things in your own might and strength? Don't you realize that every good gift and thing is sent from Me to you to remind you that I am your...
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So I hear this a lot and still ask it from time to time myself: How can I live more completely by the Spirit? Romans 8:5 Those who have their minds set on the flesh are controlled by the flesh, but the mind set on the Spirit, is controlled by the Spirit. So we see the only way to live a...
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In 2013, the Lord showed me a large bucket He was holding. In it were various types of contianers, all of which were empty but had at one time been full. He explained to me very briefly that they represented the church today and those individuals who are just empty and have lost their way. He...
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Woke up some time ago to a blaring trumpet noise in my ears. I asked the Lord what it was and saw an angel in Heaven blowing a mighty trumpet. I then asked the Lord what that meant and He said to prepare for the end is near! Let us join together and cry out to the one who can save us from the...