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Losing myself...
moxicarose:
--- Quote from: Extol on May 18, 2011, 11:22:09 PM ---Jessi,
Thanks for this beautiful testimony! It's such a comforting moment when we stop worrying about our "lost" friends and family members; putting away our own efforts and entering into His rest (Heb. 4). The Gospel is truly Good News! Even if it appears bleak at times, all--even atheists--will be saved!
1 Corinthians 15:22-23: "for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive, and each in his proper order..."
Jesse ;)
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Thank you! I really needed to be reminded of that...entering into His rest. I have been bombarded lately with some 'scriptural proof' regarding 'proper observing of sabbath rest' from a well meaning person, and I know in my head that entering His rest is letting go completely of 'working' to gain merit or approval, and trusting God to work through and in me...
my heart is weak, though...So glad He's already working on it!
Stacey:
--- Quote from: moxicarose on May 18, 2011, 05:01:26 AM ---The other night I had dinner with some of my deeply atheist family members. One of them, my sister, is a more recent atheist, as she and I were raised together in the same reformed baptist household. The others are family by marriage. I have struggled in the past with some gripping sadness over the spiritual condition of my family, but more recently, as God has allowed me to digest and learn from the teachings here, I have been becoming almost blissfully devoid of worry or concern over it. This is not to say that I am not praying for them and hoping that they might learn truth, but I don't feel so much anxiety about them anymore! I am hopeful that this feeling will be something that God gives me for everything in my life, so that I can truly be 'anxious for nothing'. And believe me, I'm good at worrying..:/ The realization that I've been given a peace that I didn't have before made me feel like I'd lost a part of myself, but, in a really good way...(maybe like losing a baby tooth?)
All I know is, I'm ready to lose more..I'm longing for this peace over my life and to overflow into those lives around me. :)
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Amen moxicarose! This is a Super Testimony. Isn't it a huge relief when some of God's truths finally start to sink in and the weight of the world begins to lift off our shoulders? You know what I mean? To begin to know without a doubt that the Father will see to it our unbelieving friends and family will eventually be converted and saved is a tremendous revelation and burden lifting experience.
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