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mharrell08:
--- Quote from: EKnight on May 10, 2009, 10:58:34 AM ---thanks guys, I didn't mean for this thread to turn into a thread about me. Sorry for the derailment.
Eileen
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Hello Eileen,
This thread has helped me with trials in my life and I'm sure it helped many others...no derailment here. These are the kinds of subjects that everyone can relate & understand...living this life while dying to the flesh.
It is a burden to not have our family & close friends to fall back on while living in these spiritual truths that we learn. These kinds of threads help and inspire hope in members as they see others going through the same problems as themselves...much more than who or what a 'Leviathan' is or what a breastplate means/represents or any of that self-gratifying knowledge.
Threads that edify/build up members in the spirit are never a derailment. Thank you for this thread, Eileen. :)
Marques
Marlene:
Eileen, That was the verse that haunted me right before coming in here. I thought, I was done for. I thought, God had no alternative but to send me to Hell. I had fallen so badly. I am so ashamed of myself still. But, God choose to use that fall for the good of me. First, I repented of that sin . I had several weeks of sorrow. Then, he had me at the end of my rope. Like Ray, I don't have to tell you what that sin was it is all the same thing, lust of eye, etc.
Now, all I can say is God used this sin for my good. Yes, I repented. But, I am new to this. I never went to a church that really taught the Bible alot. I never really got real familar with the scriptures. OT seems pretty foreign to me. But, you acknowledge your sin, you dont like it. I mean we did not get this way over night. First, of all we all had to fall away in order to come to the truth. Read Ray's paper on repentance. I believe that is where we are at.
God used that scripture to show me I did not know him. Well, then he brought me to the place where I realized I had not known the truth. The truth is a part of how God will bring us to righteousness. I also, know that the adversary is ready to steal the truth from us. All, kinds of things get throwed at our Spirit after we learn the truth. Habits are hard to break. Now, you become where you see all kinds of sin in you. Where, before knowing the truth you were blind to yourself. It just kind of took you over.
Now, we have the power of God in us, and to me I just pray keep me Lord. I ask him to show me my sin. Its not easy seeing we are that Beast. But, let me tell you knowing you receive judgement is better then believin you are going to hell. I believe God did me this way so I would never taken his truths and his Love in vain. I was so ready to come out of Babylon. God won me over with his Love. I didn't know God or I would have put him first over everyone else.
Kat said alot there when she told you we have to learn from someone. You know it could be that it is the adversary making you feel the way you do. Since, I first joined here the adversary was making me think all kinds of things. But, we have to learn to discern who it is coming from. God, Us, or the adversary.
Thats, not easy. I went through two weeks of Hell trying to figure out who was giving me these thoughts. Well, God showed me it was the adversary. First, I repented cause I thought it was just me. Then the next time I was down on my knees telling God to take the adversary from me. Well, God restored my Joy.
Sorry, for making this so long. I just hope I can help anyone who is new with this. Eileen, I feel your pain. We have all kinds of things thrown at our Spirit after knowing the truth. I just want to tell you I love you as a Sister. Also, that God can keep you grounded. He is stronger then us or our adversary.
Just stay close to God in prayer. We have wonderful people in here who love us. I never had anything like this while in church. I wasl ill for almost two years and gone out of church. Only one man and woman ever showed up. Here we can leave a call out for prayer or help anytime of day and God sends some help our way. I just, love you all so much. Your pain breaks my heart Eileen or for any of you. We are family and going through this together.
In His Love,
Marlene
EKnight:
Marlene,
You are such a kind person. If God would give me an ounce of what you have, I would be blessed. :)
Thanks for your continued support.
Eileen
aqrinc:
Hi Eileen,
Do not worry so much about what you are doing, you do understand a lot more than you think. Rest for a while in The Word and Let it sink in, GOD Is Able to get every bit of information to you on a (Just In Time Delivery Schedule).
Giving up is not an alternative for any of us, look what happened to Jonah. It would be pretty smelly in one of those whales bellies, not to mention how it would mess up your hair.
Rom 8: 27-31 (GNB)
27 And God, who sees into our hearts, knows what the thought of the Spirit is; because the Spirit pleads with God on behalf of his people and in accordance with his will.
28 We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.
29 Those whom God had already chosen he also set apart to become like his Son, so that the Son would be the first among many believers.
30 And so those whom God set apart, he called; and those he called, he put right with himself, and he shared his glory with them.
31 In view of all this, what can we say? If God is for us, who can be against us?
george ;D.
EKnight:
Thanks George,
I really needed the scriptures from Romans today. I was trying to tell my husband these things in my own words (of course never knowing where in the bible I read them). Now I can just have him read it himself as he seemed skeptical perhaps because I was not saying it correctly.
And you have me pegged.........My hair in the belly of the whale is enough to get me back on track. ;) ;)
Eileen
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