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Well, I've been inspired, I know what this blog is to be, So, I'm going to make a few changes, Mostly to the title.
I know there are people out there that Love the Lord, and still more that would like to know Him rather than just "know of Him" The Lord is the center of my life, my only companion, other than my dog, which He gave to me. He is my absolute everything. He has given me much wisdom, and spiritual insight. He leads me daily, and uses me sometimes. I do my best to live for Him, even though I don't always succeed. I'm just very grateful, that He is able to overlook my shortcomings and love me and use me anyway! So, I want to dedicate this Blog To Him and His Son Jesus. If you Have A Prayer Request, Please post it, that I may pray for you! As well as others that are close to the Lord, who may see this. If you have questions, or just need someone to listen, someone to talk to, someone to reach out, that is what this Blog is for! May God Bless This Blog and use it to His Goodwill and Purpose, in Jesus' name, Amen.
*NOTE* All Prayer Request's Are Listed At The Top Above Posts
STATEMENT OF FAITH This Is My Personal Statement of Faith, It actually comes from a very old scroll, Found to have been written in 600 A.D. It has been said to be the "Keys To The Kingdom Of Heaven" Given to the Disciples by Jesus, after He Resurrected, and met with them, before He ascended to Heaven. A very powerful prayer (in personal experience, I've found this to be extremely true).
I Believe In God The Father Almighty, And In Jesus Christ, His Only Begotten Son, Our Lord, Who Was Born Of The Holy Ghost And Virgin Mary, And Was Crucified Under Pontius Pilate, And Was Buried, And The Third Day Rose Again From The Dead, Ascended Into Heaven, Sitteth On The Right Hand Of The Father, Whence He Shall Come To Judge The Quick And The Dead, And In The Holy Ghost, The Holy Church, The Remission Of Sins, And The Resurrection Of The Flesh, In The Name Of Jesus, Amen
I thought today I would let you know what I've been up to. First off, let me confess, that I backslid for a period of months. Nothing EXTREMELY bad, but bad enough. It started when I was tempted/offered to smoke some pot. I accepted. I thought "oh this once won't hurt" BUT that once, over a period of time, a SHORT amount of time, turned into a daily thing! Then I stopped reading my Bible and stopped fellowshipping with God, prayers got few and far between. I'll spare you most of the gory details. Anyway, the Lord got my attention and I wanted to come back to Him. I tried on my own, I asked for forgiveness and pleaded to be forgiven. Then I prayed to Him and told Him if he wanted me to quit smoking pot He was going to have to do it for me, because I was weak and couldn't do it on my own. The next morning I woke up, and I had no desire to smoke pot and I didn't. But then temptation came again, and I accepted. Once again, I felt wretched and ashamed. So, I didn't smoke anymore, then when temptation came again, it was hard, but I wanted the Lord more than I wanted the pot, so I turned it down. Needless to say, I don't smoke pot anymore. But that isn't the end of the story! That is just the Begining of the story! It was hard, but I started reading my Bible again daily, praying and talking to God. But I didn't feel it in my heart, it seemed like something was still missing, that just quitting the smoking pot wasn't enough. I had no idea what it was! Then one day while in the shower, I tried to sing a song of praise to the Lord, and it was VERY hard, and I just started crying and I said "Lord, I want to come back to you, but I just can't get there from here, PLEASE HELP ME!" WooHoo!!! He DID! Praise God! I can't really explain what was missing, other than, probably I just wasn't in His Good Graces and that satan was making claim on me. When I cried out to the Lord and admitted I couldn't do it on my own, that I NEEDED HIM! That is when everything started turning around! I'm reading my bible daily, going to church, praying and talking to God, singing songs of praise, worshipping Him and fellowshipping with other Christians again, and most importantly, Am back in God's good grace and loving embrace! So, that is where I've been. Now, let me share with you the vision and the calling that God has given me! He has called me to go on the road in a travel trailer, to minister to those that are lost, to be a beacon that guides His lost children out of darkness. It is slow in going, especially getting financing on the travel trailor, since I am on disability and recieve very little money on that. But I know this is His will and that He will make it happen. Yesterday I met with the elders of my church, and they prayed for me and this mission. It is a 12 yr commission. It was my hope that they would be my "sending out church". But it seems that they are not as confident that the Lord has called me to do this as I am! LOL So, now I am still waiting on God to show me what to do next. I am selling everything I have, except the few things that I will keep with me on the road. My Church has agreed to let me have the sale there, and a few of my sisters in Christ are going to help me get it together and help during the sale. I'm giving up my house, it is a rental, I'm giving up having stability to do this, and I am excited and anxious about it. I really can't think of any other way I would want to spend the rest of my life than serving the Lord. Thinking back, I can not imagine how I ever gave up being in His presence for pot! I am not in His constant presence, as I was before, be He has assured me that I will be again soon. I Assure you that this time, I will not give it up for nothing! What I have learned and am learning thru this experience is, how to recognize temptation and satan, and exercising my power and authority over him, as given to me by Jesus Christ. Which I understand now that I will need in order to help those that are in his grip. Your prayers for this ministry and for the trailor (the one I want, and I believe that God led me to is the Zoom 718QB) to come through and be blessed as well as being a blessing. Some say that God doesn't sign checks, but I know He does, just sometimes he uses different names to sign them! Well, that's my update and confession! Remember we are never so far gone that we are out of God's reach! He has mightly long arms! And He Does Allow U Turn's! May God Touch And Bless All That Read This, In the name of Jesus, amen MzDaMzEL
My name is carl and i am a 46 yrs old and last Nov. 2 lost my wife in a very unexpected death. Her and I both were on disability and unable to work, but we were happy and very much in love. I had to sell everything we own. The lost of her income and now with added bills and expenses, such as funeral and other things to pay for, I usually dont have money for food or utilities. Its been very difficult and Iam to the point i dont know what to do or where to go. Its hard for me to ask for help and to embarrasing to ask for it. Its like GOD has forgotten all about me and cant hear me. I humbled myself today and thought I would look to see if there was anything available for people in my position, and this is far as i got. I have never felt so alone in my life and everything seems so hopless. I live in Nevada, Mo., a small rual farming community and very limited on help. Please help me
After having posted the apology, I started scanning through the comments and prayer requests that have been posted. My heart is so saddened, that I did not return here, for such a long time. For there are many in need of prayer, and I just don't have the words to express my regret that I failed to keep any sort of commitment to this blog. Now I recognize how God can use this space in this virtual community to reach people and for others to reach out to Him and be touched. I myself have wished many times I could email God and get an email back from Him! Or wished I could log on to His web-site. Well, little did I understand, this IS one of His web site's. I can see this now. I will do my very best to stay committed to this site and to pray for each and every one that posts a prayer request here. Some of the requests are several months old, but I have lifted them up in prayer anyway. May the Lord forgive me of my neglegence. MzDaMzEL
Never Underestimate The Power Of The Lord Your God.
I have neglected this blog, and I apologize. I thought that it wasn't very useful or not seen by anyone. I came back because I needed to get a few of the writings I had posted on here. I saw were there have been several postings and needs for prayer. I guess that it may be useful and needed after all. Well, I am back and I will do my best to keep up with it, especially the prayer requests! Remember, if you are reading this, you can also pray for those that have posted prayer requests! The more people praying for each other, the more powerful! If you pray & post, remember others are doing the same, and it creates a very powerful arena! May God Bless This Blog And The People That Visit MzDaMzEL
This last Saturday, the cable company had to come out to my house to do some repairs, which included replacing the cable around the house. After the service man left, I was flipping through the channels on the t.v. and discovered I was getting a lot of channels I wasn't paying for! Holy Dilemma!!
Now, in rationalizing this, I could have considered it a gift from God, But really now, would God break the law? Or even have me to break the law? Essentially, I was "stealing" it, or at least was in possesion of stolen goods, whether or not I was the one that stole it. I was knowingly in possesion of stolen goods, and God's commandment tells me "Thou Shall Not Steal" That's pretty plain and straight forward!
Anyway, I considered just going about my business, after all, I'm not the one that did it, the cable man did! So, the rest of the weekend, every time I watched t.v. it really nagged at me. So, come Monday morning, I was awoke by the telephone, and right after that phone call, I made a call to the cable company. I told the representative that this was one of the hardest calls I've had to make, and proceeded to tell him what had happened and what channels I was recieving. I also told him he didn't have to get in any big hurry to send someone out to fix it! He set an appointment for someone to come out Thursday to correct the "problem". Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, I watched the shows on the channels I was getting free, Completely Guilt Free!
This morning, Thursday, the cable man showed up, and I had to let him into the backyard, I breifly explained the situation. His reply was, "I wouldn't have called and told them, you could have gotten by with it forever! Besides, it wasn't you that did it, it was us!" Now, that got me to thinking, along with a few other people I told about what happened, also said they wouldn't have said anything, and now EVEN the cable service man! The path is wide that leads to destruction, Narrow is the path that leads to Heaven, and few find it!
I'm very blessed and grateful to the Holy Spirit for leading me in the right direction! I could have chosen to do what most would have done, but what would have been the price I would have had to pay??? I will not have to find out! Praise God! I chose the narrow path, rather than the wide path. I chose to listen to the leading of the Holy Spirit. I chose to align my free will with the will of God. Yeah, one other thing I need to tell ya..... After I made the phone call to the cable company, to let them know, When I hung up the phone I said "God, I've made this call and let them know because I believe that is what you wanted me to do, the right thing, BUT, Now, if you were to cause the service order to get lost somehow, I wouldn't mind at all! I know that if it was really a gift from you, then me calling wouldn't stop it at all!
Many times the enemy will put thoughts in our minds, to "aide" us into doing the wrong thing, all the while not knowing the thoughts are not our own, and thinking we are doing the right thing. It is very important that we not rely upon our own reasoning, but to take EVERYTHING to God in prayer, and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.
I myself really am in need of financial help, as I am quite sure MANY of us are, especially in these times! I know I am not the only one, not by a very long shot!
First of all, I look at what I DO have to be grateful for.... My health, I have a roof over my head (which I know some ppl don't even have that) I pray for those who have lost homes in the fires and hurricanes that God will provide for them, and those that are homeless for various other reasons including financial reasons, I pray that God would bless them and enrich their lives according to His riches and Glory. I have a faith that is childlike, which I know that God gave me as a gift! I am soooo very grateful for that! I have a childlike personality, which is also a gift from God! I have a Savior that intervenes on my behalf to the Father! Which is ALSO a Gift from God! I have so many things to be grateful for! Many would love to have what I have, including some of my problems! When I think about those that are much less fortunate than I am, I realize how EXTREMELY blessed I actually am! Even with all this, there are times, when I still have needs that have to be met. When all my resources are depleted, who do I turn to for help? The only one I have to turn to, God.
The following scriptures are personalized, taken from the book "The Secret Power Of Speaking God's Word" by Joyce Meyer These Should Be Spoken OutLoud And Claimed In The Name Of Jesus. As it is written "My word shall not return to me void" Also, "Anything you ask in my name, shall be done for you"
I remember the Lord my God, for it is He who gives me the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms His covenant, which He swore to my forefathers. Deuterononmy 8:18
The Lord shall command the blessing upon me in my storehouse and in all that I undertake.... The Lord makes me to have a surplus of proseperity through the fruit of my body. He blesses me in the land which He gives me. Deuterononmy 28:8,11
I am like a tree firmly planted by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything I do shall prosper [and come to maturity]. Psalm 1:3
Because I seek (inquire of and require) the Lord [by right of my need and on the authority of His Word], I shall not lack any beneficial thing. Psalm 34:10
When I bring all the tithes (the whole tenthh of my income) into the storehouse, that there may be food in God's house, the Lord of hosts will open the windows of heaven for me and pour me out such a blessing that there won't be room enough to receive it. Malachi 3:10
When I give to the needy, I do not let my left hand know what my right hand is doing, so that my giving may be in secret. Then my Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward me. Matthew 6:3-4
I do not store up for myself treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But I store up for myself treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where my treasure is, there my heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21
I give, and [gifts] are given to me; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For with the measure I deal out [with the measure I use when I confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to me. Luke 6:38
My prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. Acts 10:5
I keep out of debt and owe no man anything, except to love others. Romans 13:8
If I sow sparingly and grudgingly, I will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and if I sow generously [that blessings may come to someone] I will also reap generously and with blessings. I [give] as I have made up my own mind and purposed in my heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, "prompt to do it") giver [whose heart is in his giving]. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7
My God will meet all my needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
God wants me to prosper and be in health, even as my soul prospers. 3 John 2 [/SIZE]
When you choose to accept Jesus as your Savior, and enter into an intimate relationship with God, Life doesn't just suddenly become a euphoria! Quite the opposite! As a matter of fact! (for a time, anyway )
Let me share a bit of personal experience with this; When the Lord called me into His service, Boy! was it a struggle! I had been "in the world" for so long, it was not an easy transition! The friends I had then, I don't have now. My family even became distant from me, for awhile. I really struggled with this, for some time. Even, "tearfully" struggled, sometimes. Things that had become second nature to me, and friends that were close, all became alien to me! I was alone and lonely. Because none of my friends, at the time, could stand to be in the presense of light! (I understand this NOW! ) And the light WAS with me. The hardest and the most painful was my Mom. Our relationship became strained and somewhat alien. (for lack of a better word). I talked/cried to God about this. Now, I had never been a church going person, or much of a religious/spiritual person. So, all of this was new to me. I just didn't understand much of what was going on at the time. But the Lord, as Loving as He is, ALWAYS dried my tears and comforted me. It came to a point where my mother's calls weren't coming quite so often, and when she did call, the conversation was very strained and short. Often, she would hang up frustrated or angry. Plus, I didn't have any visitor's anymore. One day I was talking to the Lord, and I just started crying, and I told Him that if I had to be alone in this life to walk with Him and be with Him, Then OK! I was willing to do that! Now, mind you, I'm bawling, tears just streaming. It was NOT an easy descion. Especially, with the fact at how close a relationship I had had with my mother! And! Who Likes To Be Alone ALL The Time?!!! Now, I could have just kept things to myself, and made up excuses not to do "old things" or to participate in "old conversation topics" or to not go to "old places", and not openly confess the Lord as my Savior, and that I loved God and wanted to live the way He wanted me to. But, here are a few "scriptural warnings" that made that not an option for me:
Matthew 10:33But whoever denies and disowns Me before men, I also will deny and disown him before My Father Who is in heaven.KJV Matthew 10:33But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.AMP
Also, if you read further down from this passage, you will read where Jesus tells that:
Matthew 10:33-35 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.KJV
Also, there is this scripture:
John 15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.KJV
John 15:18If the world hates you, know that it hated Me before it hated you.AMP
And This Scripture! gave me strength, courage and confidence as well as Encouragement, and joy!! When I thought of how Jesus was recieved and treated, well, I was getting off pretty easy comparatively! Plus, the assurance, that if all this was going on, I MUST be doing the right thing! For It Is Written:
Matthew 7:13-14Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.KJV
Matthew 7:13-14Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and spacious and broad is the way that leads away to destruction, and many are those who are entering through it. But the gate is narrow (contracted by pressure) and the way is straitened and compressed that leads away to life, and few are those who find it.AMP
As a result of making this "steadfast" decision, Today I enjoy almost nightly Long & pleasant phone conversations with my Mom. I have some very Wonderful, Caring and Loving People in my life! Life Is Still No Euporia! But Life is MUCH simpler and easier to live, because He takes care of me, and everything I give to Him! Here are just a few of the "Reward Scriptures" that I could find:
Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.KJV Matthew 10:22And you will be hated by all for My name's sake, but he who perseveres and endures to the end will be saved [ from spiritual disease and death in the world to come]. AMP
Mark 13:13And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.KJV
Mark 13:13And you will be hated and detested by everybody for My name's sake, but he who patiently perseveres and endures to the end will be saved ( made a partaker of the salvation by Christ, and delivered from spiritual death). AMP
Hebrews 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. KJV
Hebrews 1:9 You have loved righteousness [You have delighted in integrity, virtue, and uprightness in purpose, thought, and action] and You have hated lawlessness (injustice and iniquity). Therefore God, [even] Your God ( Godhead), has anointed You with the oil of exultant joy and gladness above and beyond Your companions. AMP
Even these scriptures, do not begin to touch on the MANY Blessings that I've had bestowed upon me by the Lord, in my life! I guess for some people it may be an easy thing to do, but for me, and I'm sure there are those who are still stuggling, and tend to give up, and go back to the "world", even as I did. I'm here today to testify that the cost was worth the reward! God repay's everything, 10 fold to those who cling to Him! I will simply close this, with this Scripture:
James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. KJV
James 4:4 You [are like] unfaithful wives [having illicit love affairs with the world and breaking your marriage vow to God]! Do you not know that being the world's friend is being God's enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world takes his stand as an enemy of God. AMP
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Well, I've been inspired, I know what this blog is to be, So, I'm going to make a few changes, Mostly to the title.
