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Heber

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Hi folks,

Just back again for an update - or should that be downdate?

Thank you all so much for your prayers - they are certainly valued.

One good thing is that I have been awarded an MA (Manchester Uni) for my dissertation on the Messianic Movement (so I do not have to pay out any more to complete that). My normal College tutoring work is also now under threat and may soon cease because of the recession; student numbers have been dropping because folk do not want to start expensive courses!

Apart from the above the movement towards I know not what is going forward at an alarming pace - just over 4 months to go now, so I am still winding down towards that and seeing its knock-on effect in other areas of life, too.

There continues to be very little sign of anything happening in the near future to alleviate the problems that loom, though G_d has it all in hand, I'm sure, and I wait to see what he has in store.
 
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Heber, it is good to see you back here, please try to keep in contact!

You know all of Israel was backed up against the Red Sea, Reed Sea, whatever, and with Pharaoh in front of them they all were up against the wall, but at the last minute when the enemy thought that he'd won, G-d pulled through! It may be nerve wracking while we wait but we must let our faith kick in high gear then!

One day at a time, that is all we are to worry about, and leave the rest to him.

Some verses to help you

Mark 6, especially 8-11
Psalm 18
Psalm 34:22
And my favorite standby

Proverbs 3:5 - 6

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Remember there is a season for everything. We must not order our lives like unbelievers do, they trust in money, in investments, in 'security', but we are to trust in G-d alone. He will not forget you. :hug:
 
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Shalom Heber,

Sorry to hear about you car. Here is a psalm for you:

It is good to give thanks to יהוה, And to sing praises to Your Name, O Most High; To declare Your kindness in the morning, And Your trustworthiness each night, On ten strings, and on the harp, To the sounding chords of the lyre. For You have made me rejoice with Your work, O יהוה, I shout for joy at the works of Your hands. O יהוה, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep! A senseless man does not know, And a fool does not understand this. When the wrong spring up like grass, And all the workers of wickedness blossom, It is for them to be destroyed forever. But You, יהוה, are on high forever. For look, Your enemies, O יהוה, For look, Your enemies do perish; All the workers of wickedness are scattered. But You lift up my horn like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil. And my eye looks upon my enemies; My ears hear the evil-doers Who rise up against me. The righteous one flourishes like a palm tree, He grows like a cedar in Leḇanon. Those who are planted in the House of יהוה Flourish in the courts of our Elohim. They still bear fruit in old age; They are fresh and green, To declare that יהוה is straight, My rock, and in Him is no unrighteousness.
(Psa 92:1-15 The Scriptures 1998+)

Blessings in The Father and His Chosen and First begotten Son,

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Would you believe it - someone has run a key along my car from headlight to tail light! Hundreds of £'s worth of damage.

Thank God it's only the car!

What more can go wrong?

It's all going to start getting better soon- just watch! :crossrc:
 
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Amen, Contra!
Glad to see you, Heber.It will get better soon. God woulndt have you go thru all of this for nothing. THat is just not how he operates.

"Discipline is hard for the time being, but the fruits are sweet" You are being prepared for something great,i bet, for He has a plan.

Good point about "its just a car", Contra, as well !:) Just as I spoke to
a friend stranded in UK because of the volcano-related travel restrictions.She wisely said " its hard, but there are worse things then having to deal with unexpectedly grounded plane. Like, for example, "a plane hitting the ground ,unexpectedly"

H,you remain in our prayers.
 
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Hi again folks,

I have been told that my big white chief (in a worldy sense) is paying me a 'pastoral visit' next Wednesday - first time he has been to see me in 10 years!

I expect it will be sort out my departure and what to do with my belongings etc - they cannot go into storage. They say there is no prospect of any work at this point in time that they could offer to me.

Prayer is the only hope - and I value your prayers.
 
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Heber,

I pray that you are supplied with what you need in terms of another job, place to live and anything else you are in need of. I myself have been unemployed now since March and have ran out of money altogether. At least I have car insurance till Sept. I am blessed with a room that an elderly lady has rented me and tells me I don't need to move out and says she understands how it is to be unemployed. Also I don't get any unemployment since I was fired from my last two jobs. Being going through a lot of stress dealing with people at those two jobs I lost. One who was belittling me, oh how I hate my pride and anger at times. I don't feel well in owing her rent. I have lost confidence in myself for even longer then before these last two jobs and more so since I was fired. Haven't been fired from any job for like ever before these last two jobs. So I pray and hope for you Heber that The Father provides for you in your needs.

“Do not worry then, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ “For all these the gentiles seek for. And your heavenly Father knows that you need all these. “But seek first the reign of Elohim, and His righteousness, and all these matters shall be added to you. “Do not, then, worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow shall have its own worries. Each day has enough evil of itself. (Mat 6:31-34 The Scriptures 1998+)

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Maybe there is another field you can go into or you can sell some of your things. None-the-less, I am sure you have considered many options, so I pray that G-d shows you the next road on your journey of life, that He lights the way with signs and open doors, that you find providence in Him in this trying time, and if at all in His will that He allow you the opportunity for fellowship that you have so clearly brought to this forum. Godspeed you to whatever blessing He has in store for you.
 
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A slight change has happened, not for the good, though.

On Wednesday another senior person is now coming to see me, then the 'boss' (about whom I have already spoken) is coming on Thursday and wants a 3.5 hour 'pastoral' meeting with me! He's never shown any real pastoral interest before - even when I have been ill or when we had some pastoral problems with members, some 5 years ago, so why now?

This is certainly NOT good news as far as I can see - I have a spiritual sense of foreboding about all this. None of my congregation's officers know why these people are coming, so it is not a complaint from the congregation about me.
 
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Be careful Heber to not fall into the pit JOB did, that of fear.

For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. 25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.

I pray that you will be strengthened and you will not let this visit put fear into you. Go to the L-RD , fast if you must, clear you head of all worries and seek what he wants from you.

Lean on him as did Jacob in his darkest hour.........

2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean , and change your garments: 3 And let us arise , and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went .
 
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Just wanted you to know that you are not alone. I have been unemployed for a year and half. I am waiting to see if I will get a new home loan to keep my home. I have started my own business but it takes time to get these things off the ground. I have hope though. There was silver lining in it all and that is I got out of what I saw as corporate slavery that was killing my soul. It opened my eyes to possibilities and opportunities. If you put your mind to it you can make anything happen. Decide you new path, pray and you will find a beautiful new life.

See the doors that are opening and not the ones closing!
 
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Oh dear!

My reference to spiritual foreboding was the fact that I think this has more to do with a satanic attack than just mere man being bloody-minded about things. Hence the fact that prayer is the ONLY way to deal with it.

There are some aspects of all this I am not at liberty to share but the job goes with the house so: no money and no job means no house. To get more work for the next few years I need a home (and money to pay the rent), which I will not get very easily because I will have made myself unemployed in the eyes of the law. The waiting list where I live, for local authority housing, is one of the largest in the country - so not much hope there. In the interim I have a house full of furniture etc that needs to go somewhere until I find a way to get a home - selling it all is not a realistic possibility since I would then have to buy everything new when I find somewhere to live!

I am not so much fearful, as greatly concerned that believers can act like this and make someone almost destitute because he is following his conscience, and without a fair hearing, too.
 
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