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Deborah-Leigh:
Hello everyone

I recieved the following message on my cel phone via the Pastor of a large Church.

"Feast of Tabernacles Revival Sunday. May God meet with you. I'm praying, dear that God will answer your deepest prayer needs. Love Pastor Harold...

Note..."May God meet with you." as if God will meet me in a building...or I have not met with God and must come to Church. Quoting Ray from LOF X1 " SATAN'S depths of doctrinal evils are in the Chruches (rev 2:24)  It is Satan who has his "throne" in the Churches - the Throne of Jesus Christ is in Heaven with His Father (Rev 3:21)"

When I got this message I felt, HEY! What are you infering...that God does not meet my prayer needs...that I need to meet with God because you think I have not!.... I believe that God does meet my prayer needs and that He does answer and hear my prayers...

I answered the  message with this responce  "  I believe God answers all my needs... not my wants which He also knows about but I do not bother Him with.

I recieved the following responce....Consider yourself struck from all lists....

My return reply was...."I consider myself "STRUCK" for confessing God supplies all my needs...not wants of my flesh...Thanks be to God.

I do not expect to hear from this Church again but I do expect my persecution has begun...... :-\BIG TIME!

Would appreciate some fellowship at this point.

Arcturus :)

gmik:
Thank God you have been "struck"!!

I haven't been to church at all in about 4 months and only spotty attendance since January. I still get mail for upcoming events.  Not ONCE have we been contacted by anyone to see where we have been or if we are ok. Nada Zilch....Surely they have noticed, but apparently not cared!  Seems like they would miss our tithe check! :D It seems funny to be hurt a little by a place that I don't even want to go to!

I am realizing how small God's little flock is. I want to be a part of THIS move of God, not what the churches are doing.

As far as needs and wants goes, when I was in the faith-prosperity movement :-[ we did have a lot and no problems to speak of, I was "confessing" the word etc etc....Nowadays, been a little tougher, more trials it seems.  And so many are hurting on this forum!!!

Count the cost and don't look back.
Sorry, Arc , this probably didn't help you, but for some reason I had to get it out!

Love In Him,
gena

ned:
Hi Arcturus,
I think you're right, persecution has begun, just as God plans. I too recently left my church (in July), and while it was a much smaller church than you attended, it has the same effects, and God's purpose is the same as your scenario.
These churches do not follow what they preach, or they would be praying for us to come back. Instead, they are afraid of approaching "The Light", less their sins be exposed, so instead they push us away, hoping "The Light" will go too. Of course, they wouldn't admit to this, or even realize it. They are blind.
Welcome to God's calling!
With persecution, God will never give you more than you can handle.
You are safe.
God bless.
Marie

Deborah-Leigh:
Gena you are absolutely correct...I should thank God I've been struck and that is really a fact! You say that it is funny tobe hurt a little by a place you don't even want to go to..and I know what you mean....

You see i completed 2 years Bible Study with this Church and got the highest marks I am most embarrased to say because this discloses just how blind, gullable and needy of approval.....I DID NOT REALIZE IT!...I knew after God gave me the privilage of studying HIS Wisdom through Bible truths ...that I could not go to the year end fellowship, back slapping ego building approval dousing squalor of self agrandizement celebration to publically recieve the adualtion of getting a certificate in ministry....I had studied hard and faithfully!...I had realized I could not attend because I would say something that would cause them to pick up stones!....I did not want the persecution!.....Sorry, but I didn't!....So i did nothing.....reminds me of what God says in REV 2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornicatrion; and she repented not.

Yes ME dear Forum...ME...that woman Jezebel...So God came....all thanks to HIM and dragged me out! ME...WHY me....NOTHING TO DO WITH ME...EVERYTHING TO DO WITH GOD....but it HURT!....IT HURT....Luke 22:62 And he (Peter) went out and wept bitterly that is with painfully moving grief....." after he denied Christ and the cock crew thrice...

When Jesus looked at me I realized...not only was I shown that I had been blind following the blind...but I was shown I was more loyal to man being blind than I was loyal to Christ with my sight!...not wanting to fall out of favor with Babylon! who STRUCK ME....

I feel like a baby, birthed out of darkness, turned upside down and struck hard on my rear nakedness with ...a hard strike from God using man  to whelp out my fisrt yell of pain from persecution.... and now Glory to God...I am alive!....I am alive!....Now I have to be clothed!... :-[

Arcturus :)

orion77:
I hear you, Arcturus.

When we build our house upon the sand, it will fall and fall big time.  All is Gods plan, this brings about true and real repentence, when He allows us to see that we have been living for self and not for Christ.

Now it is a totally different view, a view that is truly amazing to know of the love of God.  He will put you through experiences in which you will learn how to forgive those who persecute, you will learn how to pray for those who use you, and you will learn how to forgive them for they know not what they do.

We are taught by the Spirit to love them first, because this is what He did for us.

God bless,

Gary

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