Roy was out of work with his leg and the tendinitis he suddenly got (a week ago Sunday) from a reaction to an antibiotic for a sinus infection...yes, a drug for a sinus infection had him walking with crutches unable to bear weight on his leg or at times, even have the weight of a sheet on it!!! The enemy, Satan is such a liar...we know he only comes to steal, kill & destroy the work of the Lord. We know there are times when we are attacked that it just won't make sense and that is quite an encouragement...to have confirmation that the Lord is at work in & through our lives!!! We were able to go to our church as a family (has been about 4 months since we could attend there together-they only have a morning service right now) Roy received prayers of healing for his leg, we got to Praise & Worship the Lord as a family, the word given from our Pastor was like the Lord was speaking directly to us…Praise God!! Our faith was stirred & restored in many areas.
We have to stay connected, we can not afford to pull away from the body of Christ…God has a huge purpose for our fellowship and keeping each other lifted up in prayer. By the way, if you get offended in the church (once or many times) that is not a reason to leave or walk away, I tried that…it won’t work!! Satan wants you to believe you can “survive” on your own…in reality he is only deceiving you to believe that lie so that while you are ‘out there’, outside of your corporate prayer covering in the church, he can come against you in several ways/angles to weaken your faith to the point where he hopes you abandon all the promises that GOD has given you and walk away from your faith entirely and into the hands of this world. This is not a fun place to be once you find yourself there…However, God is Faithful and rich in His mercy and love! He will allow us to run from him and give us the freedom to run in circles until we become so worn out or dizzy (whichever comes first!!) and then we find ourselves standing there broken before him, on our knees surrendering and crying out for his mercy and forgiveness!! Knowing that he is quick to forgive and abounding in love. All that running for what…???!! Pride or maybe some other yucky stuff we have allowed to live in us like…hatred, bitterness, unforgiveness…just to name a few, they all rang a bell for me :) In fact, scroll down to the bottom of the blog and you’ll find a poem the Lord gave me to write, I believe to reveal the condition of my own heart. I know it will encourage you!!!!!
If God wasn't at work...moving and drawing us closer to him through the truth of His Living Word about the blood shed of his only begotten Son, JESUS for all of us as a final sacrifice, paid in full, for ALL our sins on the cross at Calvary and His glorious resurrection back to the Father so that one day when we pass from this age to the next we can live eternally with our Lord & Savior... when we choose to confess that we are sinners, in desperate need of a Savior and invite Him to come in & be the Lord of our Life through the power of the Holy Spirit and through the teachings of God's Word, the Bible. It then becomes kind of silly to ask...why would the attacks be coming???!!!!! As believers, when we have chosen to live for the Lord and His purposes (on earth, as it is in Heaven), to walk by faith and not by sight...we need to continue to stand and Stand FIRM on the Word of God...that no weapon formed against us shall prosper and that greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world!!!! If God is for us, who can be against us??? When the Lord speaks to us and we choose to respond in obedience, whether it makes sense or not and especially when it is in God's timing and not our own and we try (although many times fall short...Praise God for his grace!) to live according to His Word...is there any wonder why the enemy is so mad and is out to destroy us????? 1 Peter 5:7-9 (NIV) cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. Persecution is a good thing…it confirms that we are in the will of God!!!!
Be encouraged, let’s continue to declare and decree the word of God over our lives and the circumstances that come at or against us; knowing that…
2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV) - For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Philippians 1:6 (NKJV) - being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
If you haven’t given your life to the Lord yet and you may even be worn out or beat up from trying to live your own life, just close your eyes…bow your head and confess that you are a sinner in need of a Savior. That you believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins and that He rose again. Ask him to forgive you of your sins and to come into your heart and be the Lord of your life. If you prayed this prayer…you are now born again, your name has been written in the Lamb’s book of life and you have eternal life through Jesus Christ. I encourage you to get plugged into a bible based church, tell someone of your decision and grow in God’s love for you and all that He has planned for your life!
John 3:16 (NKJV) - For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
All Glory to you GOD!!!!! 8-15-08
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