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Feeling well today, yesterday too. It is been great the last two months, though deeply depressed at times, was still not as bad as the times before that. i dare say things are improving.

This has been a bad year depression wise otherwise. i hope that the better moods increase and that my depressive moods will be less low.

i want to encourage everyone to pray for our dear friends and brothers Tempura and Yusuphai who have not visited us for some time now.

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Yes - they haven't been on for some time. When I first came to CF, the three of you were the first people I met and I found so much wisdom from each of you. Hopefully, they're very busy with their faith walk and are enjoying times of peace. I do know, however, that Yusuphai is in a difficult position and can only get on here when the powers allow.

Strange, how you feel you know people well even though it's only through a few short comments or exchanges. But that's what this is all about. Prayers indeed!
 
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I do know, however, that Yusuphai is in a difficult position and can only get on here when the powers allow.

Yusuph has been a member of CF for many years and used to come around a lot in years gone by. We have weathered some difficult times together, supporting and praying for each other.

The last few years he has come around less. China blocks many sides. Often Yusuph couldn't get through the barriers. i hope Yusuph is fine. Like me he often struggles with severe depression, but usually the doctors can find some medication for him and get him back on track.

Praying for an unseen brother can be hard for satan can whisper all kind of lies into your mind. All we can do is pray The Lord surrounds him with His loving truth, for being a Christian in communist China is not easy.

Tempura has also been around for many years. He is a dear brother who has often greatly encouraged me battling my sins to find the grace of God and hold onto that. It is a bit strange that suddenly he goes of line for 7 weeks. In Finland it has been Summer so maybe he has gone of into the bush hunting or something for a few weeks. i sure hope he didn't get Covid, it are dangerous times.

i have found some very dear brothers and sisters over the years. Often we communicated not only through posts but also PMs. i think a lot of people find it easier to share the things that burden them, or they struggle with, over line, than face to face.

To share with each other the works of Jesus in our lives is what fellowship is all about in my books. Brothers and sisters can argue about theological perspectives for years, i have never been interested in that. i know that Jesus teaches each one us the things we need to know in life. To the riches of His love what can compare? Those brothers and sisters who love God, all know the love of God, and that is the Spirit in which we find Christ's unity alive and well.

Sometimes after years they come by to visit and we share where The Lord has all taken us over the time we hadn't talked to each other. Such are always good times.

How have you been since we spoke last? i have had two good days now and am going into my third for so far i'm feeling fine. Which is very welcome for i've had some very hard times recently.
 
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Yusuph has been a member of CF for many years and used to come around a lot in years gone by. We have weathered some difficult times together, supporting and praying for each other.

The last few years he has come around less. China blocks many sides. Often Yusuph couldn't get through the barriers. i hope Yusuph is fine. Like me he often struggles with severe depression, but usually the doctors can find some medication for him and get him back on track.

Praying for an unseen brother can be hard for satan can whisper all kind of lies into your mind. All we can do is pray The Lord surrounds him with His loving truth, for being a Christian in communist China is not easy.

Tempura has also been around for many years. He is a dear brother who has often greatly encouraged me battling my sins to find the grace of God and hold onto that. It is a bit strange that suddenly he goes of line for 7 weeks. In Finland it has been Summer so maybe he has gone of into the bush hunting or something for a few weeks. i sure hope he didn't get Covid, it are dangerous times.

i have found some very dear brothers and sisters over the years. Often we communicated not only through posts but also PMs. i think a lot of people find it easier to share the things that burden them, or they struggle with, over line, than face to face.

To share with each other the works of Jesus in our lives is what fellowship is all about in my books. Brothers and sisters can argue about theological perspectives for years, i have never been interested in that. i know that Jesus teaches each one us the things we need to know in life. To the riches of His love what can compare? Those brothers and sisters who love God, all know the love of God, and that is the Spirit in which we find Christ's unity alive and well.

Sometimes after years they come by to visit and we share where The Lord has all taken us over the time we hadn't talked to each other. Such are always good times.

How have you been since we spoke last? i have had two good days now and am going into my third for so far i'm feeling fine. Which is very welcome for i've had some very hard times recently.


Can you PM each? You are a very faithful friend - in this world, people are disposable and we just let valuable fellowship go. I'm guilty as anyone - we need the brothers and sisters in Christ more than anything else to help us walk through this insane maze called earth.

I've been going through one of the worst times I've had in 30 years - however, then I was not a Christian, and it's different now. I only wish others could see what He will do if we only ask him.

This past week I believe God has shocked me into knowing that He's in control - while trying to plan and manipulate life, it all tumbled down. I would say 'Here God, take this burden,' then grab it all back and do it my way instead of waiting for His direction. Circumstances haven't changed much, it's me that's changing - through his good grace. And that's where fellowship with Christians comes in. Others, though well-meaning, just pull us back into the world. Real Christians keep us focused on Him.

I have a book, 'Jesus Calling' by Sarah Young - it's daily but I mark excerpts and re-read. It says that when our mind goes after adverse events, and we try to control situations, 'our thoughts close in on the problem like ravenous wolves' and we forget that He is in charge. Stop the striving, it warns, and stop to see what He will do - for He is the Lord. That's where I am right now - it's not easy, but the only way. So I'm doing OK as compared to a week ago.

Cherish these good days you're having - and be joyful. We can look back on days when we didn't know the love of Jesus and how grateful we can now be - no matter what's going on. As long as I keep that mindset and pray without ceasing, it'll work out according to His plan - and the energy will be there when new struggles arise.

I'll be praying that the others are also in His good care.
 
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It says that when our mind goes after adverse events, and we try to control situations, 'our thoughts close in on the problem like ravenous wolves' and we forget that He is in charge. Stop the striving, it warns, and stop to see what He will do - for He is the Lord. That's where I am right now - it's not easy, but the only way. So I'm doing OK as compared to a week ago.

i understand that the wrong that has us captive takes us on a confusion ride. Where our thoughts seek to find a solution to the problem but can't find it.

To be led like a sheep is not easy sister, i have also really struggled with that. So often we want to tell God what to do, while really we need to fall in line and let Him take charge of the situation.

i understand now that nothing happens for nothing, everything is with purpose, all we have to do is watch and learn from His ways, so we will follow in His footsteps.

Can you PM each? You are a very faithful friend - in this world, people are disposable and we just let valuable fellowship go.

It is the worst part of the internet. i have met so many dear brothers and sisters but have not met any one in their skin, only through correspondence. i was in pm conversation with Teemu, off and on, for a long time. He didn't say he was going away. And yes at times he comes irregular, but i don't think he has been off line this long.

Take in His loving truth sister. Accept whatever direction Jesus is taking you on. You carry a wealth of information on how to find relief when suffering, having been through the suffering and hardship you have gone through. It is like that for me as well. So many people are going to face the great desolation coming up, Jesus will need lots of believers who love and know Him and His ways to help those hurting ones.

Often all we can do is pray. However that is the most powerful thing we can do. Giving God control. That is what went wrong in our fallen world in the first place, we stepped out of His loving truth into the lies and misery of satan. Can't wait to see that evil burn eternity.

Lets keep our eyes peeled on Jesus sister. He is the perfecter of our faith. It is because of Him that we survived bad life attacking in the first place.

Lets send all our love to Jesus. He deserves it.


Peace.
 
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Feeling frustrated with the world i live in. Australia has turned into a prison island. They are shooting peaceful protesters with rubber bullets. They spray old people with pepper sprays, more and more they deny work for the unvaccinated, and making laws to shut them out of Medicare and government pensions.

i have been fighting increasingly hard to keep my anxiety times under check but it is getting harder and harder. i fear for my children and grandchildren. What does the future hold?

The dark forces of evil are attacking humanity from everywhere.

i pray Jesus keeps us safe.
 
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Feeling frustrated with the world i live in. Australia has turned into a prison island. They are shooting peaceful protesters with rubber bullets. They spray old people with pepper sprays, more and more they deny work for the unvaccinated, and making laws to shut them out of Medicare and government pensions.

i have been fighting increasingly hard to keep my anxiety times under check but it is getting harder and harder. i fear for my children and grandchildren. What does the future hold?

The dark forces of evil are attacking humanity from everywhere.

i pray Jesus keeps us safe.
Beloved one, let us consider again what we have heard our Lord said:

“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.””
‭‭John‬ ‭16:33‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved one, our Lord asked us to be in Him.Yes, our Lord asked us to stayed united in Him.
Beloved one, we are not of the world though we are in the world. Our Lord said in the world we have tribulation.

What is tribulation?
tribulations is defined as a cause of great trouble or suffering or a state of great trouble or suffering.

Yet our Lord told us to be of good cheer, that is, to find joy in union with Him, for our Lord Jesus Christ have overcome the world, that is, our Lord have overcome tribulation and fear, that is in the world.

So beloved one, don’t be frustrated with the world, but let us be of good cheer.
And let us be united in the Lord.

For we heard:
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:35‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So apostle Paul told us to stay united with the love of Christ, even the tribulation shall not separate us from His love.

For we also heard:
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭1:3-4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved one, this assurance we have when we are in tribulation that the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us.

Why there is tribulation? This is what we have heard:

There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, -Romans 2:9

So what also said about tribulation:

“And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭5:3-5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭5:10-11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So beloved one, let us glory in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produce in us the perseverance of Christ, produce in us the character of Christ, produce in us the hope of Christ. Now the hope of Christ does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

So beloved one, let us be thankful to Christ that we shall be saved by His life. Let us be of good cheer in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

For we also heard:
“And I said to him, “Sir, you know.” So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭7:14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭61:10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So beloved one, let us wash our robes or our self righteousness and made them white in the blood of the lamb. For we should submit ourselves to God’s righteousness through faith in Christ Jesus.

Beloved one, let us also consider this:
“yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭13:21‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. -James 3:2

So beloved one, let us consider our Lord who does not stumble in what He said, for our Lord is a perfect man, also able to bridle His whole body. When we are united with Christ as His body, He is able to bridle us and we united in Him will not stumble in what we in Him, said.
So when tribulation arises because of the word, we who have rooted ourselves united in Him, we immediately would not stumble.

Also about tribulation, this is also we have heard :
““Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24:9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.””
‭‭Acts‬ ‭14:22‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved one, let us bear the suffering of tribulation for the Lord’s name sake. Let us as the Lord’s disciples, let our souls be exhorted to continue in the faith, and saying, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”

For our Lord also said about tribulation :

““I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2:9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved one, our Lord knows our tribulation.Also, we need to perceive what our Lord knew the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews by nature and are not, but they are a gathering of Adversary of God.

Also we heard:
“so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you,”
‭‭II Thessalonians‬ ‭1:4-6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So beloved ones, let us walk in the commendation that apostles have us; let us endure the tribulation with patience of Christ
and faith in Christ. Let us be counted worthy of the kingdom of God for which we also suffer; since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble us.

Also about tribulation, this is we heard:
When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and obey his voice. -Deuteronomy 4:30 ESV

Beloved one, let us return to the Lord wholeheartedly to the Lord our God and obey His voice, that in Him we shall peace and united with Him through faith, we overcome tribulation and fear, that is in the world.

May God’s peace be multiplied to you.
To God be praise and glory and honor. Amen.
 
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Beloved one, let us return to the Lord wholeheartedly to the Lord our God and obey His voice, that in Him we shall peace and united with Him through faith, we overcome tribulation and fear, that is in the world.

Amen. Brother

Thanks for bringing my focus back to Jesus. It is just that it is getting really nasty here and it is hard not to be effected by it.


1 John 4:16-18
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
 
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Amen. Brother

Thanks for bringing my focus back to Jesus. It is just that it is getting really nasty here and it is hard not to be effected by it.


1 John 4:16-18
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
Beloved one, who we are in Christ, are not determined where we live in this world.
For we are not of the world, so where we live, we live in Christ.

Beloved one, who we are in Christ, are not determined by what yesterday’s news were saying, today’s news are saying and tomorrow’s news are going to say.

For we heard:
But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God. Whether it is love or hate, man does not know; both are before him. -Ecclesiastes 9:1

Beloved one, who laid this to heart ? This is what we have heard:

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. -Ecclesiastes 1:1

So beloved one, we should consider how we are made right through Christ, how we are made wise for salvation through the Holy Scriptures and how our deeds are in the hand of God.

For we also heard:
The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand. -John 3:35

So what we have done, what we are doing, what we are going to do — so we consider The Father loves the Son and has given all things (including our deeds ) into His hand.

So we should just rest in His love. When we rest in His love, we also rest in His peace; for we do His commandments, we abide in His love so we can enter the joy of the Lord.

For we heard:
Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. -Romans 5:2

Beloved one, through Christ we have access by faith into the grace of God which we stand.
So beloved one, through Christ, we stand not in our circumstances of our countries.

In our countries, let our hearts and desire for them is that they may be saved.

In my country, there are those who have zeal for the wrong god or gods, or god of the secular world, and there are those who have acted according to their own self righteousness. So they are many not only in the government positions but in secular positions — they have not have zeal for the right God according to knowledge that is in Christ Jesus. What apostle Paul counseled us:

For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans, who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God and are contrary to all men, forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins; but wrath has come upon them to the uttermost. But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored more eagerly to see your face with great desire.”
‭‭I Thessalonians‬ ‭2:14-17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So beloved one, for we also suffered the same things from our own countrymen, just as they did from the Judeans so let us as brethren became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus.

Let us love our countrymen that they may be led aright by praying that their hearts may be opened to receive the grace of repentance of our beloved Christ and His gospel.

Let those who held unbelief repent when they see us abiding in the true peace of Christ.

Beloved one, pray that you may have this peace of Christ:

Abba,
I ask that You may give to me,…, the peace that Christ leave with us, the peace that He gives to us.
For I believe, that You are our Heavenly Father who gives good things to us.
Thank You, Abba, that you grant us this peace always in every way.
I believe Abba, that neither our heart will be troubled in any way nor afraid, for You are with us.
Amen.

May God’s peace be multiplied to you, and your family.
To God be praise, glory and honor. Amen.
 
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May God’s peace be multiplied to you, and your family.
To God be praise, glory and honor. Amen.

Thank you very much again brother, it is very true today i slipped when i saw all the violence and heart break going on in my country. We have been betrayed by our own government. Life is going to be hard soon. i have become soft on the goodness we have been enjoying for so long. i see now that i'm more attached to my physical reality than i ought to be.

They are turning this country into apartheid between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. i know this is evil. They are so strong! Who can stop them? i voice the complaint of Habakkuk all over again. Especially thinking about my grand kids being the victims of this all in the future.

My mood is low i have been struggling with severe anxiety i found it so hard to stay in the love of Christ today. i want my people to rise up and throw the government out and all other kind of rebellious feelings welled up. That is what heeding fear does, it wants to defend itself. i have been giving all of that to Jesus to take care of i don't want bad life to dominate me again.

So Jesus had already been calling me. i felt so overcome and miserable. i know when this is so then i have eaten the wrong diet again and need to spew it all out and not let it spread throughout for it is bitter gall.

Like i said it is my mood making this so hard i have a mood disorder and can struggle in some moods much more than others.

Yet now Jesus has made contact with me when i'm like this. Your post and His word calling me from within and without arrested me in my fallen reality and called me to fix my eyes back on Jesus.

Still low in my mood by the stronghold of misery surrounding me is no longer there. For i know that outwardly we waste away but inwardly we are renewed day by day.

Love Jesus for showing me His salvation today. i forgot this promise!
Deuteronomy 5:10
"but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments."

(My children and grandchildren are completely save with Him.)

Be blessed brother.
 
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The anxiety is still raging but i'm not scared any more the peace of Jesus is back in my heart even though satan is trying everything to get me to heed my anxiety again.

Such a pain that i have an anxiety disorder. i have struggled fears since my first memories. Jesus has made me very strong but i never had to face these fears before so i have little defence against it.

i love letting the word bring me back into His peace.
 
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I like Santoso's comment that 'wherever we live, we live in Christ.' And from Jeshu, let 'the Word bring me back into His peace.' This is truly how we help each other to combat the way of this world.

I could not believe what is happening in Australia - a country I always viewed as the epitome of freedom. And now, the United States is falling into the same chasm. I can't let myself deal with it as my anxiety is at a peak right now and just watching the news in horror compounds it all.

A friend sent this to me this morning: "Psalm 23 has been one of the chapters that has kept us grounded in the truth. As you read the Psalms you get to see David in every part of the journey... before everything is finished or figured out.

I love the moments where it seems like he speaks or declares over himself the truth even when it doesn’t feel like He’s walking in the fullness of it — moments like “even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL” or “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.”

I love the picture of God showing up in the middle of the battle, setting a beautiful table and serving a meal when we’re surrounded by the enemy. God is not stressed about the battle; He sees the outcome before the battle even began. The same thing is true when it comes to our lives.

When we’re battling fear, depression, or anxiety over the hard things in life, I read this scripture and remind myself that God is with us. He shows up in the middle of the process even when we don’t fully see it. He guides us through the dark seasons, and even when we’re surrounded, God is so confident in the outcome and His goodness that He sets a table in the middle of it all. My hope is that I’m aware enough of what God is doing to see when He sets a table for me, whether it be through community, through a specific scripture, or just speaking truth to a moment through the Bible or His still small voice."
 
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I could not believe what is happening in Australia - a country I always viewed as the epitome of freedom. And now, the United States is falling into the same chasm. I can't let myself deal with it as my anxiety is at a peak right now and just watching the news in horror compounds it all.

i think this is where i have to draw the line, pray for my country people fighting for freedom, but not watching the horrible carnage the government makes of that.

i haven't struggled with excessive anxiety for a few years now, still get bouts, but with all the bad news, and our livelihood under threat it has been steadily increasing. i know that Jesus' love cast out fear so it so for me to stay close to Him. Staying in His loving truth is very important doing that.

My hope is that I’m aware enough of what God is doing to see when He sets a table for me, whether it be through community, through a specific scripture, or just speaking truth to a moment through the Bible or His still small voice."

Yes i have learned to heed the living word best. At first i used to heed that small still voice but satan tricked me pretending he was Jesus doing that, so i learned only to heed the word spoken in love for God, me, and my neighbours. His voice has become so very much clearer since i have done that.

So good to know we have Jesus right with us. That He and our heavenly Father dwell in Spirit within us, through the truths of God's word.

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Beloved ones, hear a song :

“In that day sing to her,
“A vineyard of red wine!

I, the Lord, keep it,
I water it every moment;
Lest any hurt it,
I keep it night and day.

Fury is not in Me.
Who would set briers and thorns
Against Me in battle?
I would go through them,
I would burn them together.

Or let him take hold of My strength,
That he may make peace with Me;
And he shall make peace with Me.”

Those who come
He shall cause to take root in
Jacob;
Israel shall blossom and bud,
And fill the face of the world with fruit.

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭27:2-6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So beloved ones, don’t worry about briers and thorns in any country. Our Lord knew what to do.

But it is of important that we perceive the grace of God when we heard,”
Or let him take hold of My strength,
That he may make peace with Me;
And he shall make peace with Me.”

Beloved ones, don’t be anxious about briers and thorns.
Beloved ones, let us consider ourselves whether we have taken hold of God’s strength, that we may make peace with God the Father;
And we shall make peace with the Lord.

Beloved ones, being anxious about anyone in any country who offended us — do not help at all — our self righteousness did not produce the righteousness of God.

For we heard :
Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.”
‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭5:16-19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Therefore beloved ones, we regard no one according to the flesh ! From now, we regard no one who offended us in any country according to the flesh ! So we must regard everyone according to the Spirit of God, for we know Christ now according to the Spirit of God.

Beloved ones, if you are in Christ, you are new creations. So let us behold all things have become new.

Beloved ones, let us remember that we have been reconciled to God the Father through Christ Jesus, that we have been given the ministry of reconciliation. That is that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them. Beloved ones, if God do not impute their trespasses to them, we also should not impute any of their offenses to them, for we heard that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. Beloved ones, so daily we release forgiveness to anyone in any country their trespasses. Let us examine our work whether we have ministered reconciliation to them who trespassed us.

Now then, let us as ambassadors for Christ, that we are. Let us implore those who trespassed us as though God were pleading through us: we implore them on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.

For we heard:
Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6:1-2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each one examine his own work, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For each one shall bear his own load.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6:3-5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved ones, we heard apostle Paul’s counsel as brethren if a man is overtaken in any trespass, whether they are believers or non believers, we who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering ourselves lest we also be tempted.

Beloved ones, let us bear with the disagreements with those who trespassed us. For those who trespassed us are burdened with disagreements with us. So let us bear this burden. And let us fulfill the law of Christ, by restoring them in a spirit of gentleness to be reconciled to God with the love of Christ.

Beloved ones, let us endure for righteousness’ sake. Let us suffer for His name.

For we heard this consolation:
“so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
‭‭II Thessalonians‬ ‭1:4-8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So beloved ones, so don’t be anxious. But this is what we have heard:

“And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭12:2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved ones, I extend myself to you — be transformed by the renewing of your minds so that your souls would not be hungry and your desire will be satisfied in Christ Jesus.

May God’s grace be to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
To God be praise, glory and honor through Christ Jesus. Amen.
 
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That is that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them. Beloved ones, if God do not impute their trespasses to them, we also should not impute any of their offenses to them, for we heard that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. Beloved ones, so daily we release forgiveness to anyone in any country their trespasses. Let us examine our work whether we have ministered reconciliation to them who trespassed us.

So true brother i have been praying for our governments daily. Oh that Jesus would slay the wicked in their hearts so they would find new life in Him, bringing those deeply lost ones into His loving truth instead of being the puppets of the wicked.

Our Priestly service is that we should pray for those fallen ones, just like Jesus did, for we know that death will result in following a sinful path.

1 Timothy 2:1-6
I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.

Hear O Lord i cry. Please redeem those who have gone astray and are now ruled by lies, please bring all of them into your eternal flock.

In Jesus name i ask.

Amen.
 
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Beloved one, I was concerned that you were anxious. I was wondering whether you have considered this:

For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

I believe that you have been called to liberty from anxiety.

For we also heard:
“Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”
‭‭John‬ ‭8:36‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So I believe that the Lord has made you free, that you just have to believe that you shall be free from anxiety.

May God’s peace be with you in every way.
To God be thanksgiving through Christ. Amen.
 
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Beloved one, I was concerned that you were anxious. I was wondering whether you have considered this:

For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”
‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

I believe that you have been called to liberty from anxiety.

For we also heard:
“Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.”
‭‭John‬ ‭8:36‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So I believe that the Lord has made you free, that you just have to believe that you shall be free from anxiety.

May God’s peace be with you in every way.
To God be thanksgiving through Christ. Amen.

Oh my dear brother if it were only so easy. i have suffered from fear all my life, ever since i was a little child. i have have 100 percent He can heal me, but God always showed me i can not force His hand doing that. i ask God to heal me, (many times,) but He told me He made me for His glory the way i was, and that one day i would understand why this was so.

Fear is a normal part of our psychophysical make up. We both know that if there is danger then fear raises the alarm. i however have a mood disorder which triggers my feelings without me having anything to do with that psychologically. i have not been plagued by anxiety for quiet some time, but the last few days i have cycled in to this anxious mind again.

So my anxiety has usually very little to do with how i'm feeling or what i'm thinking. Rather constantly riling me up, severe anxiety tries to scare me, hour after hour. Only staying in the truth of Jesus can help me fight such anxiety, but even then the anxiety wont go, but i wont be in it, like it used to be, that was terrible, for when i believe my fears they turn to lightening strikes frying my alive.

i used to frightened all the time and had lots of paranoias, but Jesus set me free from all of them teaching me to face my fears rather than crawl away in them, like it used to be.

Now often times i have no anxiety whatsoever for months on end. The last severe bout i had was 2018-2019, then it lasted for six months it was terrible.

i do have anti-psychotic medications to quell them, and that works a little, at least when i'm not sick, but i have stopped using them for i'm trying to learn to live without being brain dead all the time in my depressive bouts.


i do know Jesus has trained me very well fighting the wicked who use anxiety to magnify themselves and i have learned to understand how they trap people in their own fears telling terrible lies and torture them within, like they used to do to me.

i know God's perfect love cast out fear and i use His loving truth all the time to achieve that when i fall, like i did yesterday. Jesus is making me stronger than fear can cast at me, that must be good for something.

i also really like how Jesus gets good out of my bad life, it makes the wicked furious when they see that.

Jesus is my all time Hero brother. He got me back on my feet again.

:hug:

Psalms 34
I will extol the Lord at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
I will glory in the Lord;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
Glorify the Lord with me;
let us exalt his name together.



I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant;
their faces are never covered with shame.
This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,
and he delivers them.



Taste and see that the Lord is good;
blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
Fear the Lord, you his holy people,
for those who fear him lack nothing.
The lions may grow weak and hungry,
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Come, my children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Whoever of you loves life
and desires to see many good days,
keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.



The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are attentive to their cry;
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to blot out their name from the earth.



The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.



The righteous person may have many troubles,
but the Lord delivers him from them all;
he protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.



Evil will slay the wicked;
the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
The Lord will rescue his servants;
no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.



 
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Oh my dear brother if it were only so easy. i have suffered from fear all my life, ever since i was a little child. i have have 100 percent He can heal me, but God always showed me i can not force His hand doing that. i ask God to heal me, (many times,) but He told me He made me for His glory the way i was, and that one day i would understand why this was so.

Fear is a normal part of our psychophysical make up. We both know that if there is danger then fear raises the alarm. i however have a mood disorder which triggers my feelings without me having anything to do with that psychologically. i have not been plagued by anxiety for quiet some time, but the last few days i have cycled in to this anxious mind again.

So my anxiety has usually very little to do with how i'm feeling or what i'm thinking. Rather constantly riling me up, severe anxiety tries to scare me, hour after hour. Only staying in the truth of Jesus can help me fight such anxiety, but even then the anxiety wont go, but i wont be in it, like it used to be, that was terrible, for when i believe my fears they turn to lightening strikes frying my alive.

i used to frightened all the time and had lots of paranoias, but Jesus set me free from all of them teaching me to face my fears rather than crawl away in them, like it used to be.

Now often times i have no anxiety whatsoever for months on end. The last severe bout i had was 2018-2019, then it lasted for six months it was terrible.

i do have anti-psychotic medications to quell them, and that works a little, at least when i'm not sick, but i have stopped using them for i'm trying to learn to live without being brain dead all the time in my depressive bouts.


i do know Jesus has trained me very well fighting the wicked who use anxiety to magnify themselves and i have learned to understand how they trap people in their own fears telling terrible lies and torture them within, like they used to do to me.

i know God's perfect love cast out fear and i use His loving truth all the time to achieve that when i fall, like i did yesterday. Jesus is making me stronger than fear can cast at me, that must be good for something.

i also really like how Jesus gets good out of my bad life, it makes the wicked furious when they see that.

Jesus is my all time Hero brother. He got me back on my feet again.

:hug:

Psalms 34
I will extol the Lord at all times;
his praise will always be on my lips.
I will glory in the Lord;
let the afflicted hear and rejoice.
Glorify the Lord with me;
let us exalt his name together.


I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.
Those who look to him are radiant;
their faces are never covered with shame.
This poor man called, and the Lord heard him;
he saved him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him,
and he delivers them.


Taste and see that the Lord is good;
blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.
Fear the Lord, you his holy people,
for those who fear him lack nothing.
The lions may grow weak and hungry,
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Come, my children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Whoever of you loves life
and desires to see many good days,
keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
Turn from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.


The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are attentive to their cry;
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to blot out their name from the earth.


The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them;
he delivers them from all their troubles.
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.


The righteous person may have many troubles,
but the Lord delivers him from them all;
he protects all his bones,
not one of them will be broken.


Evil will slay the wicked;
the foes of the righteous will be condemned.
The Lord will rescue his servants;
no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.

Beloved one, let me share this article of faith that I heard:

Possessing the Promise of Healing

By Rev. Kenneth E. Hagin

Divine healing is an accomplished fact. It is a gift, like salvation, already paid for at Calvary. Have you accepted God’s gift of healing? Are you experiencing it in your life in full? If not, it’s time for you to possess the promise of healing and enjoy complete health in every area!
“I have prayed and prayed. I have been in healing meetings all over the country and have been prayed for many times, but still I am not healed. Can you help me?”

This plaintive appeal has been heard many times by ministers. They pray for sick persons, but often the sick leave as they came—not healed.

Why is it that some are healed instantly while others trudge from place to place seeking healing, only to be disappointed time after time?

Why is it that some who are pillars in the church often suffer for years while others who are less devout receive a sudden miracle from God?

Is God a respecter of persons (Acts 4:34)? Or have we failed in our approach to healing, lacking a complete understanding of what God’s Word teaches on the subject?

Possess the PromisesMuch emphasis has been placed on the practice of anointing with oil, laying on of hands, and praying for the sick. But there is more to healing than anointing with oil, just as there is more to salvation than prayer.

The anointing oil, the minister’s prayer, and the laying on of hands are simply methods, or points of contact. In themselves, they do not heal. They are avenues through which we can release our faith in God’s Word.

Much emphasis also has been placed on the gifts of healings (1 Cor. 12:28), which are among the gifts of the Spirit mentioned in First Corinthians 12:8–10: “For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues.”

There will be manifestations of these supernatural gifts when people preach them, teach them, believe in them, and yield to the Spirit of God; but these gifts are not always in operation.

Often new Christians are healed by such special manifestations. Then the next time they are sick, instead of believing God’s Word, they expect to be healed in this same way, and they are disappointed when they are not.

I have found in my ministry that supernatural manifestations of healing usually are seen either among sinners or among denominational people who have not heard divine healing taught. I have seldom, if ever, seen them work for Full Gospel people.

Why? Because gifts of healings and supernatural manifestations are given primarily to advertise the Gospel and to gain the attention of those outside the Church. The believer should be healed by releasing his faith in the Word of God.

We must distinguish between healings obtained through supernatural gifts or manifestations and those obtained by exercising faith in God’s Word alone.

It also must be understood that an individual does not operate these supernatural gifts; they are manifested through him. I can’t make them operate any time I want to; I can only stay open for the manifestation of the Spirit of God as He wills (1 Cor. 12:11).

We should stay open for the manifestations of the Spirit of God, but we do not have to wait for one in order to be healed. That’s good news, friend. God wants us to be healed, and He has made provision for us to receive and possess healing.

The gifts of healings have been manifested many times in my ministry, but I cannot make them work at will. I can’t push a button or pull a lever, so to speak, and make the gifts start working. They operate as the Spirit wills. Yet we are instructed not to wait for Him, since He has already done something about our healing at the cross.
Healing belongs to us. It isn’t simply a matter of prayer. It isn’t simply a matter of some spiritual gift in operation. Healing belongs to us because it has been provided for us by the Lord Jesus Christ.

When I tell people they don’t have to pray to be healed, they look at me in amazement. Many have failed to receive healing because they have based their faith on prayer instead of on God’s Word. They expected prayer to do for them what God’s Word will do for them. Prayer is successful only when it is based on the promises in God’s Word.

When people come to the altar for prayer, find out what their need is. If a man comes to be saved, you could pray for him for six weeks, but until he acts on what God said in His Word, he will get up and go home unsaved.

Turn to God’s Word. Show him what the Bible says. Get him to believe it and to act upon it. As far as God is concerned, the man is already saved. From God’s standpoint, salvation is already bought and paid for. So it is not a matter of God’s saving him; it is a matter of his accepting the salvation God offers!

Similarly, it is not a matter of God’s baptizing someone with the Holy Spirit; it is a matter of the person accepting the gift of the Holy Spirit that God offers. Likewise, it is not a matter of God’s healing an individual; it is a matter of the person accepting the gift of healing God has already provided.

Some say, “Well, I believe God is going to heal me sometime. I believe that in God’s own good time and in His own way, He will do it.” That kind of thinking is out of line with the Word of God. First Peter 2:24 says, “. . . by whose stripes ye were healed.”

Notice it says, “were,” not “going to be.” If I believe what the Bible says, then I believe that we were healed. Peter is looking back to Calvary. I was healed then. I accept that healing now.

God laid on Jesus our sickness and diseases; Jesus bore them. He was “stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted” with our diseases (Isa. 53:4). Therefore, Satan has no right to put on us what God put on Jesus.

Someone may say, “It may be the will of God for me to be sick. God may get more glory out of my being sick than if I were well.”

What right, then, would God have to put your sickness on Jesus if He wanted you to keep bearing it? There is no need for both of you to bear it. Because Jesus bore it, you are free!

All of God’s blessings and provisions are conditional. He gave us His Word to let us know what conditions must be met in order for us to receive these blessings. They won’t just fall on us automatically like ripe cherries fall off a tree. There is a God-ward side and a man-ward side to every battle and to every blessing. God has His part to play, but man also has his part to play. Man’s part is to obey God and to receive what He has provided.

Paul said that what happened to Israel happened as an example for us (1 Cor. 10:11). When God led the children of Israel out of Egypt (which is a type of the world), He didn’t abandon them in the wilderness; He had a further blessing for them. He had another land for them: Canaan’s land.

Canaan is a type of the baptism of the Holy Spirit and our rights and privileges in Christ, which include healing. God promised the children of Israel repeatedly that He was going to give them that land. When they finally crossed over the Jordan River into Canaan, God said, “Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses” (Joshua 1:3). God had said He would give them the land, but the people had to possess it.

That’s how it is with our rights and privileges in Christ. Healing belongs to us. God has provided it for us. But we have to possess it. Unless we possess the provision, we will not enjoy its benefits.

Many people are waiting for God to do something about their sickness. They say, “If God ever heals me, then I’m going to believe it.”

I have talked to sinners who had the same idea about salvation: They wanted to leave it all up to God. One man said, “If God wants to save me, He will. I’m just waiting on God.” I couldn’t talk him out of the notion, and, sadly, he died without God.

God’s Word says that it is God’s will to save people. He invites them to come: “. . . And whosoever will, let them take the water of life freely” (Rev. 22:17). The responsibility for receiving is on man’s side.

The believer sometimes makes the same mistake when it comes to other things God’s Word promises. He thinks erroneously, “If God wants me to have this, He will give it to me. If I don’t get it, He doesn’t want me to have it.” We need to get into the Word of God and find out what belongs to us. If something is promised to us, or if it is provided for us in His Word, it is His will. All we have to do then is to possess it!

We need to settle this in our minds, because as long as we waver, we will not receive anything. James 1:6 and 7 says, “But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering, For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.” Often we don’t receive because we waver.

Healing is a gift, like salvation, already paid for at Calvary. All we need to do is accept it. All we need to do is possess the promise that is ours. As children of God, we must realize that healing belongs to us!
 
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As children of God, we must realize that healing belongs to us!

Yes i believe all that. i have no problem at all believing God can heal me. Yet He said to me that i was made like i was for reason and that in His truth it is no illness but His gift bestowed on me.

When He said that it seemed absurd, for i was psychotic at the time, but later i began to understand more and more what He was saying. For seeing the wicked gave me opportunity to curse them, which is what i do now whenever i see people display their activity. i curse the wicked doing the hurting and pray for the hurting person. Jesus has really blessed me doing that.

So Jesus baptised me with suffering to teach me the His loving truth. i know this is very true. Why complain about the suffering then? Or think it is wrong? As long as i serve Jesus loving God and neighbour truthfully it is worth everything.

Now i'm cursing the spirits attacking God's people world wide. Truth is a rare commodity, they have such easy access in to peoples hearts, nobody warned them of the dangers, not even a lot the Churches.

So sad to see that.

We have to witness to the truth of God's salvation. We have to show people God's healing is spiritual first of all, and not place so much importance on our physical realities but seek His kingdom to come. We wont inherit that in our flesh and blood anyhow. Can't wait to be rid of this body of decay.

So that is where i'm focussing on. Praying for the hurting. So many people in pain. It is terrible. When i suffer myself then i have more passion in my prayers for those hurting ones then when i'm feeling fine.

Can't wait to see the wicked burn and captivated hurting people freed in His loving truth.

Have a read of this truth i discovered down there cast down by lies. How many tarry there not knowing how to escape their misery?

Blind Faith.
Darkness has been my food,
my companion,
and my jailer,
all day long.

Blind am i to see,
the place i'm at,
stuck in the darkness,
so overwhelming.

Where is my Christ?
Where is His light?
snowed under my own plight.
With no ability to stand!

The darkness is so real!
My heart cast down,
my soul in sorrow,
dining on misery.

Yet am i looking right?
Is my truth not anti-Christ?
Can His love ever be gone?
What lies rule my heart now?

Jesus knows my inner reality,
His truth meets me down here,
coming to the pit of my existence,
letting His Light flood my darkness.

It is for me to trust The Lord,
and the truth of His Word.
Blindly accepting His love,
is for me even down here.


 
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Yet He said to me that i was made like i was for reason and that in His truth it is no illness but His gift bestowed on me.

When He said that it seemed absurd, for i was psychotic at the time, but later i began to understand more and more what He was saying.

Beloved one, I may not perceive what He said to you but beloved one, always get to His words in the Holy Scriptures for affirmation.

Beloved one, I just don’t want you to be led by preconceived notion when you were weak, that may or may be not from the Lord.

So beloved one, whatever you may hear, find this truth in the holy scriptures, and stand on that grace of God that you hear.

May God’s grace and peace be with you. To God be thanksgiving through Christ. Amen
 
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Beloved one, I may not perceive what He said to you but beloved one, always get to His words in the Holy Scriptures for affirmation.

Dear brother what would you conclude when God gives you a hearing and you beg Him to heal you and He answers you like The truths of this word?
Isaiah 43:7
"everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.

i knew He was right, for He spoke through my very inner being showing me the very things gone wrong with me because i was living down here in sin, yet such was not wrong at all in His kingdom and very handy to have even.

This brought me much hope!

For i have freaked the wicked since my earliest memories but now this ability showed me Heavenly glory. Glory i will never ever forget.

This is why i being afflicted by the wicked all the time does not upset me that much any more, for, like i pointed out before, with Jesus bad life turns to good life. Sure times of depression can be hard, especially when satan is attacking full on, like he has been since the day i was born.

Since that meeting with our Heavenly Father i have steadily grown fighting the enemy. They hate me with a passion and try to sour my life especially when i'm in my down or anxious moods, but more and more i survive by simply cursing them out of my life.

So why be upset with our Father about that? Before my illness was my greatest curse, now it is becoming my biggest blessings, for it forces me to keep my eyes on Jesus, for when i'm weak He is strong.

Think about when i'm down in my pit in the darkness and i'm praising Jesus! Or i'm praying for other people down that low, or lower. Or praying for The New. Such passion to have sickness go away my dear brother healthy people don't know.

This is how Jesus baptised me into His Kingdom, through suffering, more and more my heart runs over with thankfulness that this has been so. For where i suffered desolation before, now is lush growth and lots of fruit trees. An New Eden!

As a matter of fact the dead sea in my life is not salty any more. The river of life running from Zion made sure of that. Everything is coming true what Jesus promised me would come true, so what could hinderer Jesus? Could anything separate me from God's love in Christ Jesus?

As far as i'm concerned God was completely right when He said He formed and made me for His glory.

Every day i praise Him for His goodness and love in my life.

Be blessed brother.

All Praise To Our God

Beloved Jesus it is You we all adore.
You are the One who loves us more.
You are The One who always cares.
You are the One who everything shares.
You are The One deserving all Praise.
You are The One who bought us Grace.

Spirit of God You gave us Jesus to know.
Praises to Him from our sinful lips to flow.
The Living Word in You becomes our life.
Your loving truth ends all our inner strife.
Sanctifying our ailing spirits on The Way.
Bringing us God The Father when we pray.

Heavenly Father Above All You we adore.
With tear streaked faces flat on the floor.
marvelling at Your undying graceful Voice.
Hallelujah in Your unfailing Love we rejoice.
Egocentric and sinful world we leave behind.
Knowing Eternal Goodness in You we will find.
 
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