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Jeff:

--- Quote from: Joel on November 21, 2015, 12:51:58 AM ---Hi Jeff,
I'm sure God's will shall be done in your life, as well as all the rest of us.
How would it change things if he told you that you would live another 25 years or even longer?

Joel

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Joel,

I was thinking about this today.  I prayed for Gods will in me, and then I thought, "His will is already in me."  Every moment, of every day, Gods will is done.  There's never been, nor will be, a moment that Gods will has not been done.  Whenever I pray for Gods will, I'm too late - it's already accomplished - long before He created me.  I changed my prayer to "Thank you".

Jeff

Jeff:

--- Quote from: Terry on November 22, 2015, 12:11:01 PM ---Hello Jeff i think Kat is spot on,

Hi Jeff, just wanted to mention something that might encourage you. It seems that God in preparing us by bringing us through certain trials that gives us the experience He will need us to have... each one with their own set of difficulties, making us into what He wants us to be. So I think that though you may be experiencing some great difficulty God is certainly with you to get you through it "...God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able..." (1 Cor 10:13). And just think, you will be uniquely qualified to help with that in the next age

15 years ago because of thyroid problems my body shut down i was so sick i can't tell you, i went from a bull to an old man over night,i would pray for God to take me every night and wake up in the morning and sit on the side of the bed and cry knowing i had to face another day,so after a few yrs. can't really remember how long, i started thinking where the teaching of hell come from and ended up here BT,i read 6 to 8 hrs. a day for months non stop, i think God put me where i needed to be at that time and with all that has happened i'm so thankful now,i'm not the same person i was,i've learned love,i love my wife as i never knew how before,i text my girls often and tell them i love them and to tell my grandboys i love them and to hug them for me,i under stand pain and suffering better now,it breaks my heart to see people hurting now,i feel CJ's pain,Judy's pain, i feel your pain,i pray for Alex,this wasn't me a few yrs. ago,my daughter ask her mom awhile back,whats going on with dad he's never had this kind of affection, she told her hes different now, thank God for that, i've got a long way to go i know, but now i don't want to die,i want to live ,i want to love,to me love is everything,i don't know you or CJ or Judy never met Alex or any one else here,but i can tell you this, i love you all,being sick has helped me to understand others pain and suffering,i'm still sick but not like before, i think it helps keep me humble,i know now i'm where God wants me to be for now,i think most of us are hurting one way or the other, but it will make us strong later,hang in there Brother God will see you through,i know because he said he would,you can take that to the bank.
Terry

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I'm learning the truth of this brother. It's always been this way, it just took me 3/4 of a lifetime to begin to understand.  Actually, it's worse than that - I've understood much for a long time but I forget and then God does something to get my attention.

There's a story about a mule:

"...The neighbor came right away.  When he heard the problem, he walked over and picked up a two-by-four.  He hit the mule right in the head.  Then he whispered in the mule's ear.  That mule started plowing back and forth the field, turning the soil over without anyone standing behind the plow.

"I thought you said never to mistreat your mulee," stated the farmer.  "You said all that I had to do was to talk nicely to him."

"Well," answered the neighbor.  "You just have to get his attention first before talking to him."

octoberose:
Thank you for this discussion. Thank you for its humility and surrender and kindness. I am so glad I am not alone. The very thing and hurts my heart every day drives me to pray constantly, and I am grateful.
  Jeff, you are in my prayers too. Judy, Extol, Alex, Ches, Kat, Terry and all- we truly are in this family together.

Jeff:

--- Quote from: octoberose on November 23, 2015, 10:56:30 PM ---Thank you for this discussion. Thank you for its humility and surrender and kindness. I am so glad I am not alone. The very thing and hurts my heart every day drives me to pray constantly, and I am grateful.
  Jeff, you are in my prayers too. Judy, Extol, Alex, Ches, Kat, Terry and all- we truly are in this family together.

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Rose,

You are certainly not alone.  The Spirit of God connects us all and enables us to be family.  And I'm so appreciate because that's all I've ever wanted - is family. :)

During this time of thanksgiving (which we know has no "season"!) I'm thankful too for this forum, for Gods leading - in Ray's teaching - and being blessed through instruction, repentance, and forgiveness by the grace of God.

Exodus 35:31 "And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;..."

Romans 6:11 "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord."

We're alive and blessed!

Romans 14 "5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.  6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself."

judy:
Jeff, still thinking and praying for you everyday. judy

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