What have you learned in 2011?

[Brielle00]

I believe there are lessons learned in each season to develop our character and strengthen us in the faith .

What have you learned in 2011?

I'll start...

1) I cannot compare my life with others, but instead compare my life with the word of God.

If the word of God is not the standard for my life then I will lose focus and fall into temptation.

2) I have to hold onto my faith. The enemy comes to kill, steal, and destroy.

3) I cannot be wise in my own eyes.

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy path.

 

[Lakatide]

I learnt that I, personally, find it hard to be in a relationship with someone who doesn't share my faith.

 

[Brielle00]

I learnt that I, personally, find it hard to be in a relationship with someone who doesn't share my faith.

Amen! I'm adding that to my list as well .

 

[edwardfsmith]

Life will not get any better despite any effort of mine to make it better there is no hope.
So rely on Jesus for the strength to keep going and living the life I have.

 

[tturt]

That my extra time was mostly filled with doing "good" things but then I didn't always have the time nor energy to do the particular things Yahweh wants me to do. So I've stepped back recently which included resigning from some things at the church. Now only focusing on what He wants. I'm asking a lot more questions of Him. It would have been more comfortable to stay the way things were but His peace has been abundant.

 

[whatfor]

I focus too much on myself

 

[1watchman]

I have come to realize more fully that the coming of the Lord Jesus for His bride is VERY near, and after more than 50 years of Bible study I conclude the church will be gone from this world soon.

 

[Peripatetic]

One thing that I've learned more strongly this year can be summed up in this quote by Martin Luther King Jr.:

A positive religious faith does not offer an illusion that we shall be exempt from pain and suffering, nor does it imbue us with the idea that life is a drama of unalloyed comfort and untroubled ease. Rather it instills us with the inner equilibrium needed to face strains, burdens, and fears that inevitably come and assures us that the universe is trustworthy and God is concerned.

Contentment is a constant struggle for me.

 

[AMM87]

That it's real! God is up there and Jesus Saves!

 

[BorisL]

Not everything I want is what I actually need.

Everything I do I should do with humbleness and love. I should never start something with thoughts of acomplishing greatness, but rather experiencing joy and love while doing it.

I am nor better nor worse than any of my brothers and sisters on this Earth. And I should never be concerned with who is better or not, but I should rather walk with open arms and open heart so that others may feel the love that God is channeling through me.

May God be praised forever!

 

[kimmyh51]

Ive learnt in 2011 (my first year as a christian - 24th dec is my 1 year anniversary (or should I say our (as in me and god/jesus, LOL i feel like I need to make god a card

Anyway I have learnt....

God is not the killjoy portrayed,
God is fun, and funny, and helps out with everything from healing, and comfort to finding socks
That while Satan is trying to convince me every time I slip up, that I am no longer saved, God already knew about every single 'slip up' i have and will ever make in my life, and he choose to forgive them all before I even did them (and I have a feeling he doesn't like it when me or anyone else assumes that he might change his mind on that one)
That god is creative, warm, real, amazingly tolerant, and much more of a 'person' than the distant grumpy deity up there in the sky I imagined. But also that if I were in his physical presence, I truly think Id probably drop dead on the spot or something, simply because I couldn't cope with his majesty. - Not because he would make me drop dead, but because he would be SO amazing in ways I couldn't begin to fathom, that my mind would not be able to cope, nor my physical body and Id drop dead, lol
That I'm very very lucky...

 

[kimmyh51]

hehe and I have not been to this forum in a long long time, had no idea what my log in was and as I went to submit the above was thinking how I would remember my log in, and then thought - god will make sure I can post this
and wollah, Im already logged in

cheers god

 

[edwardfsmith]

Lately I have been feeling the burning desire to make 2012 a beautiful happy joyous year.

Lord please give me the strength needed to move forward and be apart of a great year to come.
With you as my center and guide help me do your work and transform the maybe’s and if’s and almost’s in life into connections and certain love, joy and wonderful blessings.
help me bring good feelings to others and allow me to feel good!

Starting today lets melt the away the hard painful year of 2011. Let the pain wash away and let us be renewed for a great 2012.

 

[paul1149]

The more I allow Him to increase and me to decrease in my life, the more peace I have and the happier I am.

 

[_GodIsGreat_]

1) Trust your instincts. When your gut is telling you something, listen to it.
2) Evil exists. Bad people exist.
3) The truth matters.
4) Put God first. Before you want a job, before you want a boyfriend, etc., God needs to be first in your life. He is the foundation to all.
5) Satan is real, and you need to be on the lookout for his attacks. He will try to trip you up and sabotage you at any chance. That's why it's important to ask for strength.
6) It is important to keep in constant communication with God. You don't need to say anything fancy like, "Thou art so great." God just wants you, your thoughts, your feelings. Be REAL with him. He already knows your thoughts anyway. He just wants to hear you say it.
7) Your sin can hurt other people, too.
8) You really have to believe in the power of God. No matter how bad your circumstances might be, you really have to put your trust in him.
9) God can work miracles. He may not put you in a mansion or seat you in a nice car, but he can do miracles with your heart. He can totally change your thinking.
10) Forgive. I went through a horrible time this year where I was hurt badly by someone. As a non-Christian, I would not have been able to forgive. As a Christian now, I am not only able to forgive him, I have been praying for him and asking God to help him change. That is something I would have never been able to do had it not been for God.
God works miracles.