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TOPIC: Encouragement
Encouragement 6 years, 7 months ago #1773
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Blessed be the Lord our God who fullfills all His Promises.
My brothers and sisters , we all have a dream in our hearts. A dream and a hope that God will use us , and fullfill His will through us. As for me , ive had this hunger and desire every sence He cast demons out of me. I would dream and hope and pray , and believe that God was going to use me mightly. With the raising of the dead , casting out of devils , healing of the sick , blind , lame , and deaf and so on. My heart desired so greatly to Glorify God in the Earth , so that all would see that our God is the Living God , the God of Isreal. And that they might give their praise to Him , and that He might save their souls. Many times this dream has died in me. Many times i lost hope that this would ever come to pass. And just this past month , ive been feeling it die all over again. It just doesnt seem at times that im going to give myself to God enough for Him to do these things through me. And against hope , against what i could see with my own eyes , and against what i could feel. I encouraged myself that the Lord will surely use me for His Glory. And that it doesnt matter what i feel , even though i feel like a failer , and that nothing will ever come of it. I put those feelings to the side , and just believed that God was surely going to use me. Bless the Lord for He gave me a confirmation that He Himself is going to use me. It was a dream i just awoke from that filled me with the Joy of the Lord. In the dream i was headed for a mall type store. I was going there to get some water bottles , and to check out the small tents , in order to prepare for whats to come. In the mall i see a man handing out these baloons. People were happy to have them , and one woman looked at him with tender eyes when he gave her a baloon. I continued heading for the stores i was looking for , and this man went in front of me handing out baloons and talking to people. He would pop the baloons and get peoples attention. I heard him ask some of the people if they believed in phsycics. This caught my ear so i wondered about ten feet from him so i could listen in. An old lady also was like me , she too was intreaged by what he was saying , when i noticed some people gathering around him , i thought i would go up to and stand and listen. As i went the old lady also went , she wanted to go and hear him too. As we were all standing there listening to this man talk about a phsycic convention, i felt a demonic force begin to come at me from off of him. In my mind i was planing to Rebuke satan in the name of Jesus , and to warn those listening not to follow this man. But as i began to speak , the Lord God forcefully spoke up through me , and took my tounge and spoke. " I rebuke you satan in the name of Jesus Christ come out of Him! " I never yelled with that force or spoke with that force ever , neither did i have control over what i said. Imideatly this man screamed and i saw as it were a spirit in him comeing at me but stoped before it touched me , and withen a second the man was in his right mind. But i was on the floor laughing so hard full of joy that God had spoken through me so forcefully and cast devils out of this man. Everyone was wondering what was going on , as this man now was trying to talk to them about what had just happen , for i couldnt stop laughing to tell them myself. then i awoke. For those of you without confidence that the Lord will use you , or who have lost hope that you will ever make it. Or if your dream has died withen your arms. Encourage yourself in the Lord , speak hope and joy to yourself , Jesus will use you , and help you for His Name sake. For His Glory and praise. Remember King David 1 Samuel 30 1And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; 2And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. 3So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. 4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. 7And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. Sometimes your all you have for encouragement. Sometimes theres noone there to help you , what are you going to do then? Where are you going to place your faith , when it feels that God has forsaken you , and you see that all you have is taken from you? I tell you do as david did , and encourage yourself in God , and He too , like He did for david , and for me , He too will give you a confirmation , and surely fullfill His Promise. Bless the Lord , for its God who brings us from nothing , and uses us mightly for His Glory. Let all Glory and Praise be to God , now and forever |
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Re: Encouragement 6 years, 7 months ago #1774
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Praise God Almighty
how amazing is this? as i was writing this and after i finished , i noticed a man of God had sent me a message. I checked the message and it was a confirmation to my hearts desire , that God would surly fullfill it , ( note the man of God did not see this post when he wrote me the message , for i was still typeing it , niether did i see his post before i wrote it , but he wrote it to me while i was still writeing this). Praise God! Praise God ! Glory to God Almighty |
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st_joel 6 years, 7 months ago #1775
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I know how you have felt. I've had to go through some pretty strange things lately and I "feel" like I have been forsaken, but that has to be far from the truth because God said He would never do that. A cool thing is is that I e-mailed a brother in Christ about something that happened and he told me in an email that nothing is able to seperate us from the love of Christ. A coming Sunday I was at a fellowship we had an interpretation of tongues and it had a part in it that was in line with Romans 8:39. (that section, about nothing can seperate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.) Also, for a while (in a paticular Bible i have) Romans 8:37-39 was the only passage highlighted. So it is pretty cool seeing God bringing up the same point more than once.
It's pretty cool though that your post kinda addresses what I've been facing... Cause I'll be worried because I haven't see God working a whole lot lately and it doesn't really seem like anyone can say anything that stops the worrying or the way I feel, but "I tell you do as david did , and encourage yourself in God , and He too , like He did for david , and for me , He too will give you a confirmation , and surely fullfill His Promise. " has to be the most real advice a brother can give someone. Thankyou st joel and God bless you. |
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Re: Encouragement 6 years, 7 months ago #1776
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All Praise Honor and Glory be to God , who deserves all of our thanks giving.
My brother its the Lord that deserves all of the thanks , as i thank Him for you as well , that He used me to be a blessing to you. I dont believe the words you qouted are mine , but the Lords Through me . Ealer in my walk with God , He would show me something very rarely. I would hunger and hunger for God. And He would give me a good dream of Him , or a good message from Him very rarely. And like you i would wonder why He hasnt been ,and so on. And i would fear , and it seemed everytime God did talk to me or show me something , then i would be full of love and confidence , then more time would go by , and i would be back to fearing , then another dream or message ,and so on it happened. There would be a season that i wouldnt hear anything from God. Or this , i would have a dream of Strong Rebuke , strong judgement , in which i would awake looking for someone to save me from the Hand of God. But lo noone could. So i would tremble before God praying for Mercy. You all read my dreams of how that God talks to me , and you may think i wish i could talk with God like that. YOU CAN!!! YOU CAN!!! Who am i? im noone!! like you. Im far from walking perfect before God. I didnt even really have much knowlege when He first began talking to me. I just had the Strong desire , the Strong Hunger to know the One who made me. The more and more i read the bible , the more and more God speaks to me. When i dont read the bible , or if i put off reading the bible for days and days , turning into weeks and weeks , it was no wonder that i hardly heard from God , and felt so far away. If you want to hear God , read your Bible from front to back , and Pray to God that He gives you a heart that desires to seek after Him. Pray for a new heart , Pray for Zeal , ask God to give you wisdom and Understanding , to fill you with His Spirit. Ask this Daily , its From God all of these things , and they are free. Even if you havent heard God verbaly , if you pray to Him , then surely you can feel His Presence. Seek Him with your whole heart and soul , focus on Him. There is something that i like to do , for it helps me when my head feels far away from God , and the thoughts of doubt and fear come against me , saying that God has left me , or is against me. Do this one thing here. Pray to God and ask Him for the things above , ask Him to point out to you your sins , and to Help you focus on Him. And then if indeed you do have the Spirit of God withen you , then you should be able to , in your heart , feel even if it were a small presence of peace ( even though your head cant feel it ) do this , meditate on that presence of peace by yourself in your room. Close your eyes hide your eyes from other things to distract you , and focus your soul and attention on that small peace and Praise God for it. Keep focusing , and soon enough that peace and love will fill you , and you wont want to get up. It will fill your soul and mind . Just lay there and praise and Worship God , and feel the Goodness of His Presence. Listen to me all of you who want to hear God. God speaks in so many many many ways. Open your ears to the Ways God speaks. Sometimes He doesnt speak verbaly at all. Sometimes its in just a small knowing withen yourself. Some times He speaks through you by guiding your heart with His Spirit ( as i feel in my heart He is now ) . He speaks to you through the Bible. In dreams , in visions too. I think His Presence speaks the Loudest , and tells us we are in His hands and Hes right here with us . This quickly puts away all those foolish thoughts that we think , that are contrary. Spending time with God in reading your bible , in meditating on the presence of God , worshiping Him and Praiseing Him. Your heart will soon Grow in Love with God , and you will find that you cant go long without Praying and meditating and Praiseing and Worshiping God. You will Love God with all of your Heart and Soul , He will Fill you!!!!! Praise God for His Mercy through Jesus Christ. Who makes us all Worthy to stand before the Father boldly. And who makes us a blessing. I am glad to see your post my brother , sometimes i wonder if anyone hears me. Or if this has touched anyones heart . All of those doctrines out there , there are so many. We were taught many false ones , by men we trusted were of God. Both truth and lies we were taught by the same men. Such a thing should not have been , never the less seeing how it has been , then we need to focus on God and Rely upon Him ONLY for Truth and Understanding and Correction, and read the bible for ourselfs. But what is all of this for? What is doctrine or Truth or Wisdom , if not to lead you to God? What then is more important than Spending Time with God? Growing in Truth brings us closer to God , Wisdom Keeps us with God and allows us to be Corrected by God , or else we are foolish and hold on to our own doctrines. Where is your heart? Is it after the things that pertain to the Kingdom , or after God Himself? These things that pertain to the Kingdom , the Gifts of the Spirit , Knowlege and Wisdom and Prophecy , are supposed to build us up , and lead others to God. But our hearts should be steadfast upon God. As the Lord speaks about the church of man , " They praise me with their lips , but their hearts are far from me". They really arent looking for God , as God says. Therefore YOU look for God , and you dont have to look far , for Jesus has Brought God even to your own heart , there you will find Him in meditation and praise. Rev 3 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. Paul shows us in 1 corinitains 13 how much more important spending time in the Presence of God is , than all of the gifts of the Spirit. What is anything worth wihout the Presence of God , the Love of God filling us? heres an amazing promise from Jesus and with this i will end this post " Seek Me now and you will have everlasting Peace , Turn from Me and you will never feel the Love of the Almighty " |
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