thank the lord i did. im struggling these past few days. the holy spirit has led me to preach. im in the military and have been for 10 years, i just surrendered and have had my calling now for years, but life and satan is really attacking me now, my wife has left our home.im struggling with what to do now with that and my calling , she believes in christ but does not believe as i do. i was raised in the church but she was not, how can i win this battle, ive laid it on the masters feet but its hard not to get frustrated
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kerux
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Brother, I'm gonna give you the best advice you will ever get. Are you ready? Okay here it is. Pray, Pray, Pray, and then just when you feel like everything is failing and nothing is going right, Pray more.
Alot of times in life, we get to the point where we feel as if our lives are falling apart. We have two choices at those times. We can A. Let the devil win or B. Pray and let the Father help us. Remember that the Lord said He will NEVER leave us or forsake us.
If you feel He has called you to preach, then preach. This doesn't mean you have to preach in a building. You can preach anywhere. You can preach at the local fast food joint, or in your own home if needed.
As for the situation with your wife leaving, talk to her, man to woman. Tell her how you truly feel. I don't mean you have to get all mushy, but let her know how you feel, about her and about what you feel the Lord has called you to do.
I hope this has helped, feel free to contact me anytime.
Alot of times in life, we get to the point where we feel as if our lives are falling apart. We have two choices at those times. We can A. Let the devil win or B. Pray and let the Father help us. Remember that the Lord said He will NEVER leave us or forsake us.
If you feel He has called you to preach, then preach. This doesn't mean you have to preach in a building. You can preach anywhere. You can preach at the local fast food joint, or in your own home if needed.
As for the situation with your wife leaving, talk to her, man to woman. Tell her how you truly feel. I don't mean you have to get all mushy, but let her know how you feel, about her and about what you feel the Lord has called you to do.
I hope this has helped, feel free to contact me anytime.
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strugglingbrother said:
... when the Lord called his disciples, they too had to be shorn of their securities. Don't think that your difficulties are all due to Satan. They may also be that. I think that the Lord may also be trimming you down so that you can bear more fruit.
About the wife... she may not understand it now, but if she truly loves you, she'd come back. If she does not come back, then perhaps it would be more liberating for you just to let her go. Just don't let her stay far. Woe her back. She just may be confused at the changes in your life.
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kerux said:
I agree! God's not gonna pull apart something that He put together!
While my situation is a little different, it's has some simularities. When I answered the call to preach, my wife had some issues with that. I thought that I was called to preach in the United Methodist Church (UMC) -- which, if you know the UMC, uses the itinerant system for it's pastors. Pastors are appointed by the Bishop and serve on a yearly basis. Pastors are subject to appointment at another church each year. I could have been appointed anywhere in North Georgia.
The issues that my wife had all came from this system. She didn't want the Bishop to tell us where we would live each year. And she had a REAL problem with this. I finally realized that God would not tear my marriage apart, He put it together. I prayed, and I realized that I had misinterpreted my calling.
My wife didn't doubt my call to preach -- only my call to the UMC. God used her to get me on the right path. Just a thought....
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Yo brother. That sucks man. So you're in the military and called to preach? I'm guessing you aren't a chaplain or the call wouldn't be bugging you. What going on with the wife? Is she concerned over your call to preach or something else?
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I had almost 16 years of Army service when God saved me and called me to preach. My wife had left me with three small children the year before. I was a soldier and a single parent. This tragedy drove me to my knees, where the Lord Jesus saved me. I left the Army, been preaching ever since and raised my children. This was 1987.
When I was in the Army, we had Army Regulations that governed soldiers in the Army. To a civilian, they meant nothing. In God's Army, we have the Bible as our regulation. To a non-believer, the Bible means nothing.
I prayed for the mother of my children for years; her children who were saved one by one did too. The Bible means nothing to her....she is a non-believer.
Read Ezra, Chapters 9 and 10..and 1 Corinth 7 verses 10 thru 17
walkin2e
When I was in the Army, we had Army Regulations that governed soldiers in the Army. To a civilian, they meant nothing. In God's Army, we have the Bible as our regulation. To a non-believer, the Bible means nothing.
I prayed for the mother of my children for years; her children who were saved one by one did too. The Bible means nothing to her....she is a non-believer.
Read Ezra, Chapters 9 and 10..and 1 Corinth 7 verses 10 thru 17
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