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Terry:
As i was reading this thread and thinking of enduring to the end is really a hard thing for me, it seems everytime i take 3 steps forward something happens and i'll take 2 steps back, when i feel i'm getting stronger it seems the beast in me causes me to fall flat on my face, this enduring to the end is the hardest thing i have ever done, oh i get persecution from friends and family about my beliefs being different from theirs but that is nothing compared to the attack and persecution that comes from within, i want to live right but i fail miserably at times but i thank God for giving me the desire to get back up and keep on trying i know it is God who gives me the strenth to keep fighing, well anyway as i was reading this about enduring i felt lead to share this with you guys.

God Bless

Terry Miller

judith collier:
Terry, drop the judgement on yourself. We all sin 7 or more times a day. We are sinners.  People on this site know more than me so I am hoping for their response. All I can tell you is I have been at this for 30 plus years and total honesty with yourself and agreement with God's word helps. God has do do the rest though. He is the one that saves by grace but there are things you can do to get grace and one is studying and another is spending time alone with Him and learning to hear that still small voice. And sometimes He speaks by silence. judy

Marlene:
Terry, I am right in there with you and Judy. It is hard. Ray's paper on How Hard is it to get saved is a good paper to read. It helps me when I start to get an ego , when I think I do. When, we see ourself as filthy rags we are humble. But, at least you hate your sin. God, is showing us things in us that need to come out. Nope, it is not easy. But, with God it is possible.

I don't think anyone likes to meet this Beast Face to Face. It is God that keeps us in this battle to overcome. I just repent when he shows me something. Sometimes, we see things that our heart has deceived us about. Now, that is like a ton of bricks falling on my head. We are in the overcoming stage till we die.

I would put this paper of Ray's on here but I have to admit I am not good with computer things. I am better then I use to be , but still not there.

In His Love,
Marlene

Patrick:
Terry, thanks for sharing.
I also feel the way you do and get discouraged at times. Nevertheless, as you say, "i thank God for giving me the desire to get back up and keep on trying i know it is God who gives me the strenth to keep fighing"; Glory to God!




http://bible-truths.com/lake3.html
Judgement By Fire Must Begin At The House Of God

"For if we would JUDGE [Gk: diakrino=THROUGH JUDGE, separate thoroughly, to withdraw, discern, judge] OURSELVES [members of the called-out House of God], we should not be judged [Gk: krino=judge, set right, decide, to try, condemn, punish]. But when we are judged [the same Greek word krino as used above with reference to judging the wicked world] we are CHASTENED of the Lord, that we should not be condemned [Gk: katakrino, an adverse sentence] with the world" (I Cor. 11:32).

Grace means favor, a gift, to be cheerful, well, happy, graciously, freely, deliverance from danger, and a dozen other benevolent qualities of peace, joy, goodness, and salvation. It is one of those truly wonderful words of blessing. But just how does it operate in "the real world" as we say? A definition does not tell us everything about a word. We can, likewise, define "love" as, a deep, tender feeling of affection. But does that definition tell us how love actually functions?

We learned that "...when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord" (I Cor. 11:32).

Chastening defines how it is that God judges us. Now then, we are about to learn one of the most remarkable spiritual truths in the whole Bible:

"For the grace of God that brings salvation hath appeared to all men , teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world [eon or age]" (Titus 2:11-12).

Here then is the remarkable parallel between God’s judgment and His grace:

God "judges" us by "chastening" us! (I Cor. 11:32) "chasten," Greek: ‘paideuo’ #3811
God "graces" us by "teaching" us! (Titus 2:12) "teaching," Greek: ‘paideuo’ #3811

WOW! Do you even begin to understand what you have just read? Whether God "JUDGES" us (and later the wicked world), or "GRACES" us, He does it THE SAME WAY!!

"Judging" is CHASTENING (Strong’s #3811), and "gracing" is CHASTENING (Strong’s #3811). It is the SAME WORD!

Terry:
Thanks Judy,Marlene,Patrick for the words of encourgement i've read everything here at bible truths but since i've been sick my memory is all but gone i can't remember hardly anything after 5 minutes of reading something, i can remember things 40 yrs ago but not what i eat for supper last night, i can't remember what i just read but when i'm reading it God feeds my heart and that keeps me going,anyway thanks for the encourgement.
God Bless
Terry

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