king-priest
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a7x said:i'm not going to lie.... as much as it might seem evident to most of you, i really am going under. it's almost as if i'm lying to myself, when i clearly know that i'm not okay... and it just makes things worse. i can't help it. the worst thing is that, i know what i have to do... but i just can't put myself up to it..
i've always been oppressed by my past- they taunt me. just how the way things are, and the way that I am is a constant reminder of where i've come from and what i've been through. my life.... is a broken record, or a figment of someone's imagination. i feel alone... not that i don't have friends or family, but their companionship is of no use. i should seek help, but i know it won't help me. God is the only solution and I MUST trust in Him.... but He's making this a bit more difficult than I could handle.
Life is nothing but a lucid dream.....
You know your not some figment of imagination...you are an ambassador of Christ...you are a king through His royalty and you are a priest through His blood. You are an heir of all that He has been given to Him by His Father ...our Father. You are a son of God by birthright. You share in His glory and power. You are baptized by the Holy Spirit. You are His beloved.
Now....as for the statement that He's making it a bit more difficult than you can handle, well, now that....that's not true. He will NEVER put anything on you that you can't handle. And you know...even though to you ...it may not seem that you can handle it but you can, and He knows it. His Son Jesus Christ has provided all the tools necessary for us here on earth before we go to Him. He has provided that in eternity past.
God doesn't send His Son to die for salvation only and then let His children fend for themselves....He gave us His Word and the Holy Spirit. Jesus conquered this world so we may know that we too can walk this world and endure.
Since you and your wife were one flesh and one spirit, you are used to walking with her...your partner...your other half. But since she's with Her Lord and you are still here, you have to learn to walk all over again. But you know, instead of being only a half...He has given you Him.Your other half is/should be Him. Andby Him you will walk again.
But you have to excercise your spiritual "muscle" everday...with here a little and there a little. Precept upon Precept and line upon line. It's not enough to just say you will trust Him...read ...and mix your faith with a verse and APPLY it. Soon that small spiritual step will grow and turn into spiritual walking. And don't forget to feed yourself on His WORD. Without spiritual food you can't make the journey. His [Word] food will sustain you.
And just as any runner knows that the key to running the race is good food and excercise[training]. Well, He has provided the best food possible....divine food.....His Word. Trust that He is always there and made the way for you to succeed...to win in the end. For all God's champions begun with determination and fluent intake of doctrine and discipline[training].
You know...emotions were designed to appreciate God. But even emotions can be tainted by the old sin nature. Jesus Himself didn't have a sin nature but yet He didn't want to go to the cross and asked to let His cup pass Him. But He kept His emotions in check and so can we. For He knew that He must go to the cross to save us. And we were the prize that His eyes were on when He went willingly to die....for us, for me, for you.
Emotions can be decievers if left alone to run rampant without bible doctrine to teach it to respond the right way instead of reacting. So we may learn to respond to Him and appreciate Him and what He has done for us. To know that true happiness comes from Him.
Many different people have had many trials and tests and many tragic events happen to them. And in our suffering...bring to memory His suffering. And through that God made a way through the pain and opened our hearts to Him. We are all stronger in the areas we were weak in.
We each have an area of strength. Some rape,abandonment,addict,abuse, disease, or disasters.Even the passing of a loved one. The list goes on but you know no matter how long the list is, God taught us to walk again with Him and each one of us are stronger in different areas. This site is evident to that.
Since the beginning of the human history with Adam and Eve, people have been married and people have died. It is good to marry.Marriage is an instituion by God that we have someone to express our love to. And as much as you might not think so, death is good to. For to die is to gain. We all shed our flesh to be with HIM.
His Word is comfort to those that pass as well as for comfort to those who has must remain.
FAITH + BIBLE DOCTRINE +APPLICATION = FAITH REST.
oCCUPATION WITH CHRIST IS THE KEY TO LIFE.
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