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soberxp:
Mat 19:21  Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven;

Spiritually speaking, if we sell  (ie;acknowledge His Truths to others)  what has have been given to us concerning the Truths of the Spirit to those who are poor in His truths,we then will become more like Jesus the Christ who is that perfect treasure in heaven.
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I never thought that try to tell my story in my Country, it's so hard to go into such action,cuz NOW most of the chinese people do Money worship,they don't care about Faith n what's true Faith(i.e:bible,word of god).

from what I know,I thought if I tell my story in other Country,even had a much better effect.I try and got far,doesn't size up to my expectations.

I do not know what to do now,cuz why only I can see that Scene,as we know china has 1.3 billion people on the surface,and there is no one else has seen that Scene.I said all of this,cuz I know some of folks will thought why only you saw that Scene? or what I've seen,is it motion picture special effects?(LOL!if I can do that,I should say I would go and bang my head the Hollywood.)

I really don't want to be famous,I only want to tell the truth,I am just a common man,I never feel that I'm Special than anyone,even I have seen Something special,but we need! anyone on the surface needs!!

lauriellen:
geoff,
your testimony is very touching...i am sorry you have sufferred so much, but i know that although you have lost everything in this world, you have gained much in Gods kingdom....i strongly believe God purposefully keeps us so uncomfortable in this 'world' so that we will keep our minds on Him and His kingdom, not physical/carnel things of this life.....i know from my own experience, that when things are going 'great' in the here-and-know, my heart is far from God and i am busy living the 'good-life'....i feel terrible that this is how it is, but it has just been true for me...i have come to see the trials that come and go in my life now as a comfort of sorts, as i know it will keep me close to my God.....like Paul says, everything else is just dung, God is all that matters....=)

jingle52:
Hi Geof,
I’m overwhelmed by the suffering and loneliness depicted in your testimony and would like to thank you for sharing such an intimate confession with us here on this forum. I cannot even begin to understand what it must have been like for you. It humbles one to think that, what one is going through, is because our maker and creator has ordained it that way, and that His chastisements only brings us closer to him and in this walk of life, you Geof, are finding the answers you have been searching for and can now understand God’s word in a different perspective, thanks to Ray’s teachings. This walk was necessary to give you peace and accepting God’s will for you. Thank you once again for sharing such suffering, and oh, I also love reading the Psalms.
Blessings!

Hello Marlene,
Thank you for your testimony too, God has surely blessed you with such a loving and considerate husband! Rejoice in His Mercy. Marlene, I think we should all share our suffering and our weaknesses here on this forum, I think it helps us stay humble and focused on God’s will, don’t you?
Blessings!

Hello Arc,
What profound feelings you are expressing and I can relate to the crying out from your heart to our God Father and creator for all His Mercy, Love and also His reasons (and acceptance) for putting much evil in our pathways (we all have to go through some experience with evil/problems in different ways and in different doses, some often and others only occasionally), the knowledge that we can do nothing without Him, the knowledge that we are nothing without His Love and Mercy, makes us humble and desirous to live according to His ways.
I am very much aware of the dangers that you and your family face every moment of each day…. The choices that one has to make to stay alive and to live respecting others with peace and dignity in your heart. Two of my nieces were burgled and raped some years ago and they went through a traumatic experience, but God Almighty spared their lives, my sister was burgled and thankfully they were at work, but their home was vandalised, yet, our faith in God has not diminished. The every day trials and tribulations in our daily lives is how God tests us, when I had a serious fallout with my husband, which lasted seven years, I focused on a Gospel choir for my healing and our choir sang for different charitable events twice a month, the choir practice and friends that I made there was God’s way of having mercy on me to overcome my shock and coming to terms with what happened in my marriage. Yes, Marlene, there is a way He turns something bad into good.
I talk to God often (in my heart), asking His forgiveness, when, on my way to work I often cannot give a particular homeless person a euro for that day, yes, I will often have change, but then I think the dignity of that man will be offended if I can only give him the small change I happen to have in my pocket at that moment. God knows what my position is, He knows what is in my heart and I also thank him for giving me the health to go to work that day….
Coming home at night, I often look up to the sky and see the twinkling star patterns and the moon hanging there, and Bless His Holy name for the mighty and excellent works in the skies above me. Sitting in my daughter’s room and using her laptop, I can see the sun on it’s way to setting in the west over the rooftops, hanging like an orangey red ball in the sky, yes (I think), that is His creation for giving us light, warmth and energy, for making everything grow… Oh, the Lord is Great and Powerful in His Love and Mercy.. this balances out some of the evil in the world around us. Am I making sense? I love to acknowledge the smallness of men and the Greatness of our Creator. We have a lot to be thankful for, yes? Go in peace my sister in Christ.
Blessings!

Roy Coates:
every day I am reminded of the irreversible damage I have done to myself, others, credit damage and shame to my family. Very humbling. I do my best to count today's struggles has blessings. Knowing that God is in control I find comfort. It is still hard.

Thanks Geoff for your timely post

Pini56:
Hi all,

That Testimony took me nearly seven hours to write. I wonder how Ray does it for so long at one time. When I had finished I was so stiff and sore. But anyway thank you to all those who responded:

Lauriellen: I'm sorry to hear about your son. But those Scriptures you posted must have comforted you a little bit by putting one of them on your Son's headstone, very comforting scripture for me also. And yes having Faith in things we can't see is to me what it's all about. I get very frustrated some day's and wonder what I should be doing. At the moment the Lord has got me in wait mode. So I listen to music, play computer games, go tenpin bowling, play cards with some friends, and go for long walks, all the time thinking I shouldn't be doing these things because I tend to forget the Lord. And when I study God's word for long periods I get very tired. I don't work you see and filling my day is hard. At the moment I mix all these things up. Not good I know but until the Lord gives me more direction I have to be patient and do the best I can. Thank you for your input.

Deborah: I can see your pain. Thank you for your insight. What you have said speaks for its self. That is sometimes what we need to go through to see the deeper truths of God. The Lord does direct our steps as you said, sometimes it seems very harsh this path we walk. But here is a scripture that has helped me, I hope it keeps you going as well:

30 For we know the one who said,
“I will take vengeance.
I will repay those who deserve it.”
He also said,
“The Lord will judge his own people.”*
31 It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 Don’t ever forget those early days when you first learned about Christ. Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering. 33 Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were beaten, and sometimes you helped others who were suffering the same things. 34 You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail. When all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew you had better things waiting for you in eternity.
35 Do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord, no matter what happens. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
37    “For in just a little while,
the Coming One will come and not delay.
38    And a righteous person will live by faith.
But I will have no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”*
39 But we are not like those who turn their backs on God and seal their fate. We have faith that assures our salvation. Hebrews 10: 30-39. NLT.

God love you Deborah.

Marlene: Your right, its in those darkest times that we call out to God. Its sad that most of the time this experience hardens people's heart towards God and they turn away from him. Its good to see that someone like your self has come through and has benefited so greatly from it. Your story has encouraged me.

Thank you and may God's Grace fill your heart.

Soberxp: Wonderful scriptures also. It must be terrible for you in china. Don't give up. Endurance will get you the prize in the end and that prize is Christ.

God bless you Soberxp.

Jingle52: Thank you for your kind words and yes this suffering has brought me closer and closer to God. I have asked the church many questions in my life and a lot of the time contradicting what I had read in scripture with their answers. I didn't go to church that often for that reason. There were other reasons also but I won't go into them. Its funny but when the Lord called me over 30 years ago, the only book I was really interested in was Revelation. It has taken a long road of hardship before the lord finally opened up that book to me using Ray's website. I recognise that Ray is a teacher who truly does teach the truths of God. And I thank the Lord for him. The light has truly been turned on. And yes I have left Babylon for good.

Thank you for commenting and may the light of God shine upon you also.

Roy Coats: The foremost reason that has kept me going is that I always believed that God is in control no matter what people were telling me and what state the world was in or for what state I was in for that matter. Thank you for reminding me.

God Bless You Roy Coats.

Hear is something to contemplate:

1 I am the one who has seen the afflictions that come from the rod of the Lord’s anger. 2 He has brought me into deep darkness, shutting out all light. 3 He has turned against me. Day and night his hand is heavy upon me.
4 He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones. 5 He has attacked me and surrounded me with anguish and distress. 6 He has buried me in a dark place, like a person long dead.
7 He has walled me in, and I cannot escape. He has bound me in heavy chains. 8 And though I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayers. 9 He has blocked my path with a high stone wall. He has twisted the road before me with many detours.
10 He hid like a bear or a lion, waiting to attack me. 11 He dragged me off the path and tore me with his claws, leaving me helpless and desolate. 12 He bent his bow and aimed it squarely at me.
13 He shot his arrows deep into my heart. 14 My own people laugh at me. All day long they sing their mocking songs. 15 He has filled me with bitterness. He has given me a cup of deep sorrow to drink.
16 He has made me grind my teeth on gravel. He has rolled me in the dust. 17 Peace has been stripped away, and I have forgotten what prosperity is. 18 I cry out, “My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the Lord is lost!”
19 The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words.* 20 I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss. 21 Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: Lamentations 3: 1-21. NLT.

There is Hope. Continuing:

22 The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! By his mercies we have been kept from complete destruction. 23 Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each day. 24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!”
25 The Lord is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him. 26 So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord. 27 And it is good for the young to submit to the yoke of his discipline.
28 Let them sit alone in silence beneath the Lord’s demands. 29 Let them lie face down in the dust; then at last there is hope for them. 30 Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them. Let them accept the insults of their enemies.
31 For the Lord does not abandon anyone forever. 32 Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion according to the greatness of his unfailing love. 33 For he does not enjoy hurting people or causing them sorrow. Lamentations 3: 22-33. NLT.

Peace to all. Regards Geoff.

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