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A sick mind at work???
walt123:
Hello Darren
It is hard to go throught physcial pain and not knowing when relief will come.
I think it is important to search out alt.medical help,perhaps looking into a naturopathic medical doctor
may help you get better sooner,it seems to me as I have heard that traditional doctors almost alway looks first to
treat the symptom than the cause,
as we need to remember GOD helps with trials and cures us in many different ways,along with prayers from your spiritual family.
Hope to hear you getting well soon.
walt.
Robin:
I've learned through many trials that in the midst of battle and crisis I am plagued with thoughts that attack God's character. This happens every time. I used to question God's character through those trials. Every evil thought about God there is came to mind. Through the years God has strengthened my faith and I now know that every thought I have that attacks God's character is a lie. I might not always know the truth at the time, but God is always faithful and always good. I can stand on that even when I don't have all the answers. I have been through dark places that were so dark I never thought I would find my way out. Those are the times when we are the most vulnerable.
1 Peter 5:
8Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
10And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
--- Quote ---Do the bad things come from Satan?
I am in this situation because I took a good gift and chose to turn it into a bad one?
--- End quote ---
I experience these thoughts also and then I see that this too is an attack on God's character. I am not the God of my own life and my own circumstances. Satan is not the God of my life and my circumstances.
God is in charge of all my circumstances. He uses evil and my weakness to fulfull his plan and purpose in my life.
This does not excuse me of sin. I am accountable and pray that God calls me to repentance in every area of my life. I know that I can't even repent on my own.
2 Corinthians 12:
9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
2 Peter 1:
3His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
KristaD:
I've suffered with addiction and experienced withdrawls as well, Darren. Never doubt that there is a point and purpose. He would never subject us to any pain for no reason. You will get through this and you will be a different person, a better person, that you would not be had you not experienced what you have. You'll be in my prayers as you go through this.
Dave in Tenn:
I think we give Satan way too much credit. It's a way, I believe, to hang on to the notion that we are basically good and if it weren't for the Devil, we'd have no problem with sin. Sin springs out of our own hearts and the great majority of the time we need no 'temptation' other than what we gladly supply to ourselves. In a way, all continued sin is an addiction...addiction to thrills, to safety, to comfort, to 'feeling good'.
There's nothing 'natural' about pharmacueticals. Every pain killer that I know about is either synthesized in labs or heavily processed from nature. Man made them from his knowledge and desire.
People who have been drunk have a slight leg up on others when it comes to understanding being filled with the Spirit of God. People who have been high have a slight edge over others in understanding that perception does not equal reality. God also made the sun, however, and as 'good' as it is, it will harm us if we stare at it unprotected. Wisdom trumps all experience. When this is past for you, you will have gained wisdom.
aqrinc:
Dave,
This is not at all a frivolous question, can you explain the comment i pulled out of you post.
(People who have been drunk have a slight leg up on others when it comes to understanding being filled with the Spirit of God).
As to the rest, you are correct in that we give Satan too much credit and us (wild beast) to little credit.
As long as we can blame Satan our wild nature can hide behind that and keep doing what it does best
(It Us is enmity against God). We in the flesh cannot be subject to God's Law; this is why we must
first die to flesh.
george.
--- Quote from: Dave in Tenn on November 02, 2008, 01:46:13 PM ---I think we give Satan way too much credit. It's a way, I believe, to hang on to the notion that we are basically good and if it weren't for the Devil, we'd have no problem with sin. Sin springs out of our own hearts and the great majority of the time we need no 'temptation' other than what we gladly supply to ourselves. In a way, all continued sin is an addiction...addiction to thrills, to safety, to comfort, to 'feeling good'.
There's nothing 'natural' about pharmaceuticals. Every pain killer that I know about is either synthesized in labs or heavily processed from nature. Man made them from his knowledge and desire.
People who have been drunk have a slight leg up on others when it comes to understanding being filled with the Spirit of God. People who have been high have a slight edge over others in understanding that perception does not equal reality. God also made the sun, however, and as 'good' as it is, it will harm us if we stare at it unprotected. Wisdom trumps all experience. When this is past for you, you will have gained wisdom.
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