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Praise God! His Light will conquer darkness everywhere you go!Hi guys, I went to Dads this morning and as I walked into the house it was dark and scary and creepy and I thought, Enough of this so I started praying out loud and ask the Lords blessing over the house and for all negativity to be gone in Jesus all powerful name. It was like a light switch flipped and the house was bright and I had tingles all over me.. Just then, Like 10 minutes later my buddy showed up cause we were going to bush hog and look in the barn today, He walked in and said hey it it much Brighter and feels totally different in here now, doesn't it? Lol
I just feel the Holy Spirit at work in my life right now and I know I am having ups and downs but I KNOW God is working and in control I am so very blessed in everything. :]
Matthew 11:12 New American Standard Bible (NASB)Hi guys, I went to Dads this morning and as I walked into the house it was dark and scary and creepy and I thought, Enough of this so I started praying out loud and ask the Lords blessing over the house and for all negativity to be gone in Jesus all powerful name. It was like a light switch flipped and the house was bright and I had tingles all over me.. Just then, Like 10 minutes later my buddy showed up cause we were going to bush hog and look in the barn today, He walked in and said hey it it much Brighter and feels totally different in here now, doesn't it? Lol
I just feel the Holy Spirit at work in my life right now and I know I am having ups and downs but I KNOW God is working and in control I am so very blessed in everything. :]
I see the back row christians that are true to church every Sunday and Wed but never seem to have any "trials" or problems of any kind.
Soooooo I am etheir doing something really good, Or something really bad because I have been hit hard the last two years.. lol
It seems if I look at it, It breaks, If I speak to it, It rebells, If I love it it leaves. Arrrggghhh
I believe this is spiritual warfare and if it is, Then why are "all" the others not getting this as well? I know those of us who are and many who never have been "hit"
This takes me back to my post about that place of perfection and I think we all pretty much agree that our righteousness comes from and through Jesus Christ and nothing of us..
So now is there a place that James 4:7 really ever happens?
There has to be or else it wouldn't be in the bible, So WHY can't I seem to get there??? lol[
Not everything is the devil or spiritual warfare... people do things, make choices... some people ain't going to stay forever in one's life...people move on.
Relationships change and or end completely for whatever reasons.
Things break down and or fall apart..things don't last like they use to... anybody who owns an Apple product know that... specially the earbuds that cost so much... they just don't last...lol!
[/QUOTE]Life happens... all of us going through stuff but not everyone "wears it" on they faces so everybody know about it...situations at my church:
The guy who's in good humor, volunteers lots and has great stories to tell at church... his wife been gone for years and keeps putting off counseling and reconciliation.
The sweet and kind teenage girl who's always at church... she's in a very dysfunctional non-christian family and they live separate lives.
The smiling lady who teaches ladies and works in the library...she has been battling cancer for years and has a husband who has seizures, also has short term memory, he can't drive and can't be left alone.
I ask because some of us get "hit" yet others others don't, I see other pastors and members going on joyously and seemingly never having the big attacks like some of us others do. That is why I wonder if I am doing something wrong as to why the devil hasn't given up and quit like James 4:7
The Word says rejoice when persecuted so I have a lot to be happy about lately lol
Thank you and I don't seek anything for me personally because I am so blessed by God already in all ways.Scotty - Ah I see that the moderators saw fit to move your string over here. I suspect it will get more of the attention it deserves here, as more people comment here. Again, I have been praying for you, for light and healing. You seem like such a nice person, one who deserves good things.
Amen and thank you :]I wonder about the effectiveness or validity of a Christian who is never spiritually attacked (and no I'm not judging, that is Gods place)
You get hit because you are a threat to Satan and ONLY by what God will allow because in His wisdom He knows it will make you stronger etc and even more good will come out of it.
I don't believe if you are following Jesus that you won't be a threat or persecuted in some way.
No one can rejoice in a normal way when these things happen. We are told to rejoice IN THE LORD ( knowing our place in Christ is assured and that we are pleasing Him, the peace that passes all understanding)
So take heart, if God be for us, who can be against us?
Yeal, it was kind of like that with Job. He wondered why he suffered so much, but really it seems he was never given the answer, at least not in full. We can pray to understand, and sometimes we will, be given the answers, but here is one of several Bible verses which hints at the why of it all, at least sometimes...Thank you and I don't seek anything for me personally because I am so blessed by God already in all ways.
I Just want do His will, Sometimes it's just hard when we do not understand the "why"
I ask because some of us get "hit" yet others others don't, I see other pastors and members going on joyously and seemingly never having the big attacks like some of us others do. That is why I wonder if I am doing something wrong as to why the devil hasn't given up and quit like James 4:7
The Word says rejoice when persecuted so I have a lot to be happy about lately lol
I do not know if anyone else here has been noticing all the dreams and visions that people are having lately? I dreamed last night that I talked with Dad.
I received a call from a number with a bunch of 7s and I noticed that because there were so many of them. Anyway he called me and we was talking away and I was telling him about cleaning and bush hogging and all at the farm and it dawned on me what had occured.
I said Dad why did you do this? He started crying and said that was sorry and that he made a mistake and that it was supposed to have been cleaner than that, As he was talking he started fading away and I said I love you Dad and he said, I cant understand you? and I kept saying I love you but the line was blank.
I do not know if this was of God or not but I think I feel a little better.
I disagree. What else is there than doing the great commision???? This life is a vapor and then gone. Eternity is a loooong time friendJust because people look happy doesn't mean they are happy. It takes alot of work to keep up appearances. It's better to be honest and real with yourself than force yourself to be something you aren't.
When I was younger I engaged in alot of the type of religion you describe (I have not always been Lutheran), there was alot of psychological pressure, especially the idea we were supposed to witness to everybody. But I've come to a completely different religious perspective since then and realize it was the result of immaturity and bad theology.
Maybe? I know is mighty big and can do a lot so I will just say maybe and maybe not. But I feel better!I've had similar dreams. It's a normal part of grieving.
I do not know if anyone else here has been noticing all the dreams and visions that people are having lately? I dreamed last night that I talked with Dad.
I received a call from a number with a bunch of 7s and I noticed that because there were so many of them. Anyway he called me and we was talking away and I was telling him about cleaning and bush hogging and all at the farm and it dawned on me what had occured.
I said Dad why did you do this? He started crying and said that was sorry and that he made a mistake and that it was supposed to have been cleaner than that, As he was talking he started fading away and I said I love you Dad and he said, I cant understand you? and I kept saying I love you but the line was blank.
I do not know if this was of God or not but I think I feel a little better.
I disagree. What else is there than doing the great commision????
This life is a vapor and then gone. Eternity is a loooong time friend
I think we are all ministers and all called to show the love of Christ by example. I am a pastor and I have a pastors heart, That doesn't mean I am called to any higher level than the janitor, Just different positions within the body. Yet we all have a position.Taking care of yourself and your family isn't enough?
Look at the context: Jesus is speaking to the apostles. The great comission is done by people called for that purpose within the Church. Not all people are called to be evangelists or apostles.
I'm not sure what you mean by that. Life here on earth is brief so we should spend our ill gotten mammon wisely. There's no need to invite more grief on yourself than you have to.
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