Bent damaged broken but not defeated!

[Blain]

This is for all who are hurting who are broken hearted whose spirits are weary who are in deep sadness and are losing hope.
The enemy can and will attack you especially if you are on the right path especially if you are getting close to God. This means you are dangerous to him and so he will attack you any way he can he will try to weaken your faith he will try to sap your hope he will fill your heart with doubts worries and insecurities.

But you are far stronger than you think especially if you lean on God and rely on his strength and power not yours. You have heard what the enemy has said about you who he says you are now let me show you what God says about you

And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ)--if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him (Romans 8:17).

Psalm 147:3
He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds. (NIV)
1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. (KJV)
Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. (KJV)
Philippians 4:6,7
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (KJV)
Proverbs 3:5,6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.
Matthew 6:8b
for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. (KJV)
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek, to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound. – Let Jesus Christ heal you…
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (KJV)
Hebrews 13:5
I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. (KJV)
Psalm 27:14
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. (KJV)
Psalm 34:18
The Lord is near to those that have a broken heart, and he saves those who have a contrite spirit.
Isaiah 40:29-31
He gives strength to the weary, and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (NIV)
Psalm 27:5
For in the time of trouble…. he shall set me up upon a rock. (KJV)
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, ye who are weary and overburdened, and I
will give you rest. (KJV)

Forgive me for the long post

 

[Gentle Lamb]

Thank you, definitely needed this

 

[BFine]

Thanks.

 

[Emmy]

Dear Blain. You are right, bent, damaged, broken, but not/never defeated.
Jesus gave us good advice in Matthew 22: 35-40: " The first and great Commandment is: Love God with all our hearts, with all our souls, and with all our minds. The second is like it: love our neighbour as we love ourselves."
Straightforward and easy to remember Love is a Christian`s great weapon, with love we overcome all enmity and wrong feelings.
Paul told us in 1) Corinthians 13: 13: " Now abides Faith, Hope, and Love: these three; but the greatest of these is Love." We also have been told: Love covers a multitude of sins, and " On these two Commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets." God is Love and God wants loving sons and daughters.
We also know that Satan and his followers will run away from all love and compassion. Also: Love is very catching. Let us treat all neighbours/ all we know and all we meet, treat them as we would love to be treated.
The Bible tells us: " Repent and be Born Again," change our selfish wants and wishes for loving thoughts and deeds. God will see our loving efforts, and God will approve and bless us. We keep asking God for Love and Joy, then thank God and share all Love and Joy with all around us. We keep asking and receiving, then thank God and share all with our neighbour.
The Holy Spirit will help and guide us, and Jesus our Saviour will lead us all the way: JESUS IS THE WAY. We might stumble and forget at times, but then we ask God to forgive us, and carry on loving and caring.
Just ask and receive Love and Joy, thank God and share all with our neighbour.
Let us be a sign-post to God in this imperfect world, and Never be damaged, broken or defeated. Remember: " Ask and we will receive", then share it all around. God will be honoured and Satan will flee. I say this with love, Blain.
Greetings from Emmy, your sister in Christ.

 

[Blain]

You know I honestly have no idea if it is the enemy attacking me or my own stupidity ( probably both) but I have been having so many issues and problems. I am constantly in pain constantly tired or not feeling good Granted I am not that responsible with my diebetes and I drink a whole LOT of caffiene but I have never had these problems or at least most of them. The pain throughout my body has been going on for two years at least and I went to the doctor and found my joints are inflamed we have no idea why though.

I never slept correctly to begin with but I keep waking up several times during the night for many reasons sometimes I have to go to the bathroom sometimes I simply just wake up for no reason and some times I can go back to sleep others I cannot and I am either in pain trying to go sleep or I simply cannot at all. I have always had medical issues ever since I was a little kid and it seems as I get older I continue to get more and more maybe from the cancer I once had or maybe not idk.

in all honesty my body is a wreck my past is very gruesome from my severely abusive parents who did things to me that are to gruesome to say on here to the cancer I received at age twelve to my life after cancer where my body has never fully recovered and is damaged in more ways than I count. Not to mention with all of this I go through a lot of spiritual hardships I deal with things that im not sure how many ppl in Christ have to deal with.

However I will fight until the very end I will never give up until I am in his arms and he is mine forever I will never stop until I truly see with his eyes and his alone love with his heart and as he does, the way in which the fleshly heart never can. I don't care what the cost is what I have to go through what I have to sacrifice or what kind of pain and suffering I must go through I swore to the Lord that I would be stong like him I would be love on the level as his heart and that we would fight together to be truly strong in him to be just like him in every way possible on the deepest level possible however I told him the conditions that must always be met.

We cannot and will not seek desire or try to be strong for my own sake it can only be out of a very deep and intimate love for him and others it cannot and will not ever be about me or else I refuse to seek to be strong in the first place. none of this is about me not life not faith not even eternity it has always been about him and always about all of them no matter who they are what they have done or how black their heart is.

I often would ask him what it means to be strong what it really means to be a Christian and I know what it is because I look at him at who he is how far he si willing to go for the sake of just one lost child how much he is willing to suffer how deep and rich how beautiful and powerful the love is for them how he sees others with the opposite eyes we see with.

Perhaps this suffering truly is my fault because after all from the beginning of my faith I knew the cost of seeking and receiving such a love and faith and strength in him but I didn't care I accepted this from the start and maybe before I was born he knew the dedication and the level of willingness to suffer for love for his sake and his children and perhaps this is why I have suffered so greatly and severely in life because the covenant of the heart that he and I made was predestined.

Or maybe not idk but I hope my short testimony will inspire thos to never give up