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  1. Christsfreeservant

    Abiding Peace

    Pain and sorrow know no bounds. Joy and laughter oft not found. Life depressing, oft distressing, Yields no blessing, so unresting. Trials often multiply. Friends are often passersby. Friendships failing, foes are railing, Hypocrites, they’re often bailing. Feel abandoned, left behind, By...
  2. Christsfreeservant

    Why are You Afraid?

    An Original Work / December 5, 2013 Based off Various Scriptures Do not be afraid. Your Lord is always by your side. Serve the Lord in righteousness Before Him all your days. Those who hate the light Will not come to the Lord. They fear their deeds Might be noticed. So, they hate the light...
  3. Christsfreeservant

    Heartstrings

    What’s pulling on your heartstrings tonight? Is it concern over a loved one who’s dying? Or o’er someone who’s sad, who is crying? Is it money that seems not to come When you direly need to have some? Is it fire destroying all that’s around? Or, is it water that’s not to be found? Is it that...
  4. Christsfreeservant

    Need to Endure

    Trials will come, You can be sure. Testing is part of life. Need to endure. Troubles increase. Need for release. Put your faith in your Lord. You will find peace. Sorrows you face. Tears, they will fall. You will find comfort when On God you call. Tempter lays snare. Do not be fooled...
  5. Christsfreeservant

    Timely Measures

    Timely measures are His treasures That He gives to make us better. Much is needed to make holy Those who follow Him so closely. God is sovereign over all things, Holy living to our lives brings, So He takes us through our trials, Some which come now through Belials. No escaping hardships...
  6. Christsfreeservant

    What the Lord Says

    The Lord Jesus gave me this song to encourage my heart. We have so many different voices speaking to us at various times – our own inner voice, Satan, the world, friends, family, church, and our pasts, etc., in addition to the voice of the Holy Spirit within us. Sometimes it takes much spiritual...
  7. Christsfreeservant

    Weathering the Storm

    Storm clouds gather. Though they may, I’ll choose not To be dismayed. Trust in my Lord, What he says. “Fear not” future. Fret is dead. Hope has conquered. Peace subdues. Lies of Satan Truth out rules. Nothing life can Throw at me Escapes Jesus’ Sympathy. God of comfort, Lord of love...
  8. Christsfreeservant

    Beginning to Sink, He Cried

    “Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by this time was a long way from the...
  9. Christsfreeservant

    Being Sifted Just Like Wheat

    “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat, but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.” Jesus said...
  10. Christsfreeservant

    Withstanding the Test

    “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. “Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘I am being tempted by God,’ for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no...
  11. Christsfreeservant

    Life's Ups and Downs

    Now life, it surely has its ups and downs. We never know when they will come around. We cannot know what tomorrow will bring, So, in every trial, we must sing. We have no control over floods and storms, Over things that happen not in our norms. We can’t anticipate everything. We have to...
  12. Christsfreeservant

    I say, "Goodnight"

    I say, “Goodnight,” I say, “Goodbye,” I say, “Hello,” now don’t you cry, For life is short in many ways, We do not know how many days. For time is ticking, ticking by, We do not know when we will die, It could be soon, it could be late, For we know not the final date. For we are born and then...
  13. J

    When God gets our attention

    Sometimes God has to go to extreme measures to get our undivided attention. This happened with Jonah and Balaam, not to mention others. Storms in our life may be as a result of God trying to get your attention. Feel free to watch the latest video on this topic here.
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  14. Christsfreeservant

    With Humility, Tears, and Trials

    Acts 20:17-21 ESV “Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, serving the Lord with all humility and...
  15. Christsfreeservant

    Can't Live by My Feelings

    Psalms 112:1 “Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!” To fear the Lord is to take him and his word seriously and to do what it says to do under the New Covenant. It is to honor God with our lives, to revere him, to worship him, and...
  16. Christsfreeservant

    Lacking in Nothing

    James 1:2-4,12 ESV “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” “Blessed is the man who remains...
  17. Christsfreeservant

    Don't Grumble! Trust God!

    Philippians 2:14-16 ESV “Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of...
  18. Christsfreeservant

    Sometimes He Leads Through Waters Deep

    Philippians 1:27-30 ESV “Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, and not frightened in anything...
  19. Christsfreeservant

    At All Times I Will Bless Him

    Psalms 34:1-3 ESV “I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!” At All Times I live in the USA. My husband...
  20. YahuahSaves

    Do you believe God can use satan as a tool to test our faith?

    I do.
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