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anniej:
I've been talking to my husband about all I've been learning from Ray and how God has opened my eyes to His truths in a magnificent way (my husband is resistant to this at the moment). However, God has been confirming what I've been learning all over the place, especially when my husband is around.
So Saturday, we're driving past a church we attended briefly many years ago. To my great surprise, its marquee said, "Christ Ressurected Saves All!"
I pointed it out to my husband and he said, "Well, they don't mean it the way you're thinking." My heart started pounding because I didn't want to get into an argument with him.
I know that I must be patient and let the Lord work in my husband's life. There's nothing I can do to "convince" him of something he simply cannot see right now. Still, it's great when God uses physical things to make His point!
What an awesome Lord He is!
Annie
indianabob:
Friend Annie,
Interesting experience.
My wife and I attended church almost every week for years and it was she who saw right through the errors that were being taught. She went along to keep peace and I think because she loved me and the kids and wasn't threatened by
what I was trying to accomplish through "works" like tithing. Although we didn't tithe perfectly, we made a stab at it and the family suffered for it.
Since 1999 we have been mostly a home church and studied alone although I did try to fit into one small local fellowship of older citizens. It eventually ended when they made it clear that they weren't ready to learn any more than they already knew and were still wrapped up in the world's holidays.
So, here we are a few years older and closer to the goal.
I hope you will feel comfortable sharing more of your experiences with all of us.
New friend Bob
--- Quote from: anniej on July 20, 2010, 10:22:52 AM ---I've been talking to my husband about all I've been learning from Ray and how God has opened my eyes to His truths in a magnificent way (my husband is resistant to this at the moment). However, God has been confirming what I've been learning all over the place, especially when my husband is around.
So Saturday, we're driving past a church we attended briefly many years ago. To my great surprise, its marquee said, "Christ Ressurected Saves All!"
I pointed it out to my husband and he said, "Well, they don't mean it the way you're thinking." My heart started pounding because I didn't want to get into an argument with him.
I know that I must be patient and let the Lord work in my husband's life. There's nothing I can do to "convince" him of something he simply cannot see right now. Still, it's great when God uses physical things to make His point!
What an awesome Lord He is!
Annie
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sansmile:
Hi Annie,
Hello i am Sandie x
My husband first read bibletruths, and i didnt know he was reading them. One day he handed me some papers, they were from web site, the papers were "the Origin of Hell" from the Lake of fire series. He came home from work and i was weeping at the truths i had read and really had always knew. We hugged and wept together, him mostly because i could see those truths too xx
God bless you Gods will will be done x
Dave in Tenn:
Hi, Annie. It's been my experience too that the Lord has confirmed in a lot of different ways what I've been learning here, sometimes just by watching TV. :)
I'll tell you a story similar to yours. I went to my mother's small baptist church's Christmas cantata this past December. There were maybe 20 people in the choir and I was listening to the music and lyrics. Sometimes they were just silly and unScriptural, but there's a LOT in the traditional christmas scriptures that 'tell the truth' about the Grace of God.
So they are up there singing these upbeat 'praise songs' with words like "Praise Jesus the Savior of the World" and it dawned on me that not a one of them was smiling. What a bunch of sourpusses! I guess I would have had a hard time singing that too, if running through my mind was the kind of 'editing' (adding to and taking away) they were forced to do. "Praise Jesus the Saviour of the World (providing 'the world' means 'those who use their god-given free-will to accept Jesus into their heart before they die')".
You can't keep a rythm up with that kind of thinking. :D
santikos:
Annie, at least you are sharing with your husband. i have not really tried to share with my wife but i know i will have to sooner or later. i hope that i get confirmation when she begins to see the truth. it is hard because she only reads Spanish and it is hard to explain certain things. this weekend i went to church, while sitting there, the speaker gave a testimony. speaking about a guy who was sick said the sinners prayer 2 days before he died, and now he is with the lord glorifying him. i wanted to shout, as one politician did recently, " YOU LIE". but i just held my tongue. i pray for your and my spouse to come to the truth if God wills.
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