A servant (Chris)'s Blog – August 2011 Archive (18)

I came across this, thought some might see what I saw:

...This is the story: The king of a certain country was growing old, and he had no son to succeed him. He announced to his people that he would choose an heir to the throne from among the young men of the country by a competitive test which would give all an equal chance. On the day appointed a great number of young men presented themselves. A certain test was made, and some failed while others passed. Then other tests came, and each… Continue

When one step forward, two steps back is progress.

God wants us to be trusting Him.

We all have times when it appears we are getting no where fast.

The power that lives and breathes in Hope, is what we need to continue.

There was a time that Jesus taught that, His body and Blood they needed to consume.

Many turned away, Jesus turned and asked His disciples, “will you leave also?”

They answered, “where would we go Master?”

When we face what seems impossible to… Continue

I have shared things from my past, throwing rocks and fits.  Turning my back and things like that.

But, the sum total for all those things comes down to this.  If I were to walk away, where would I go ?

Do I think, His Love for me is false ?  Or in some way, I could change His Love ?  I wonder if we believe

that if we fight, kick and scream, He will help us quicker ?  If somehow He can be stronger or make a special

exception just "us."  We give our hearts to Jesus, we… Continue

Trust: reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing;

confidence

confident expectation of something; hope.

a person on whom or thing on which one relies: God is my trust.

Lean: to incline in feeling, opinion, action, etc.:

to depend or rely

to rest or cause to rest against a support



Proverb 3:5

NIV

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

Youngs Literal

Trust unto… Continue

Pro.3:5 Trust the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.

When things are so black, when it looks as if no hope can be found. Do not rely on your own understanding. When things are past our knowledge, for me most things are, Trust the Lord.

I have tried almost all other ways. They all dead end. They all rely on what I know, what I think.

When I have walked away, where did I go ? Did I find more truth in another way. No.

Hear me know take a… Continue

Earlier I read something and shared apart of myself I was not going to share.  But here I am so I'll go for broke.   The person I most idenitify most w/ in the Bible is Jonah.  I know what it is like to have God what you to do something yet, you know when you do what will happen.     

When Christians turn on you, it is devesting.  When it happens to many times well, for me I have just turned off.  I thought I would be able to share more but, not to be dramatic but.  I would like to…

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Pain can tell us things, we might not be able to hear, any other way.

It shows us limitations, what we can or cannot do.

Where our weakness are, and what to do to get past them.

If we allow pain to much power it can change us into people we may not like.

If we don’t listen close enough we can become even more damaged, had we not heard

it’s voice. It can show us who we are and who we are not.

What we do to avoid pain, can be an indication of how much pain we have… Continue

As strange as it sounds, we hold on to the things we want to be healed of.  They are what we know.  To be healed is new, it is a new idea.  For some, they don't realize the fear of new, scares them. The whole idea may sound good, but still it is something we don't know.  Like a old comforter they wrap themself around the pain they know.  I say to anyone, Healed is safe.  Come out of that old comforter in Jesus Name, and be Healed.  Like a new morning the dawn breaks on your healing. It is…

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To have sympathy does not require scars.

For empathy however, that’s one of the components.

There are things that are very difficult to understand, w/o going though them.

Not impossible, yet problematic at best.

We can have sympathy for another, based on our love though Christ for them.

And I do agree, Holy Spirit can give us an appreciation, towards another.

But empathy born from “brothers in arms” if you will, is a powerful tool.

It seems a whole lot easier… Continue

We begin to digest food long before we taste our first bite. Our Father designed us to be able to take food and drink, no matter the state it began in, our bodies can change it into the fuel we need. Without any thought on our part, our bodies convert (food) into a absorbable form for assimilation into our system. To absorb, one definition is :to take in and utilize. To assimilate, one definition is: to convert a substance suitable for incorporation into the body and tissue. We are effected by… Continue

I asked the other day," what do we think God see's when He looks at us?" I should have clearified. " When we look in a mirror what do we see?" Now look again and if you could use the Eyes of God, how different would it be?



Then to take it further, how do we see each other? And how different would that be, through the Eyes of Christ?



I can be critical at times, in how I see others, and mostly at myself.



Sometimes I use "rose colored" glasses. Not that I want to… Continue

What I feared the most came upon me!

I feared it so much, that the steps I took to avoid the fear, brought me to it.

My focus was on me and my ability.

Instead of trusting God, I allowed fear to have a louder voice.

I feared hunger so much that, I bought all the food I could.

I said to myself, “now I won’t starve.” Yet, I did not want it all up.

Soon though it spoiled. And what little did not expire, the fire consumed the rest.

I feared I would lose them, so I… Continue

2 Cor 4:7-9 GWT

7Our bodies are made of clay, yet we have the treasure of the Good News in them. This shows that the superior power of this treasure belongs to God and doesn't come from us.

We are able to show those around us. The benefit's of the power we have inside us.

We can remind ourselves of this truth, weak our bodies may be, but powerful is God.

8 In every way we're troubled, but we aren't crushed by our troubles. We're frustrated, but we don't give up. 9 We're… Continue

They told me because of my hair, and Bohemian ways, God would never talk through me.  They were wrong.

They told me, I would never be effective, when I laid hands on another.

They were wrong.

When I thought I was more, than what I was.  I was wrong.

God will not be limited. He won't fit in our thinking.

We must fit in His.

People will tell us what we can't do, we tell ourself even tell God,

But as in Mark 9:23

Jesus said to him, "As far…

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As I walk this path w/ Jesus, Holy Spirit shows me more and more, All is good.

In Phil 2:12, Paul tell us to,’ work out our salvation w/ fear and trembling’

I am under the “Wings of His Protection,” I am in His Hands.

1 Cor 10:13 … He will not allow us to be tempted beyond our power to resist. But when we are tempted, He will also give us the ability to endure the temptation as our way to escape.

So when events come, either at us, or we to them. I thinks we always have the… Continue

"But if we walk in the light, we have fellowship w/ one another, and the Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7  Darby Bible  Thank You Father

I was looking into Joy and found this it is so worth reading





Charles Wesley Naylor

TALK THIRTY-NINE. WHERE THE JOY IS



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A sister wrote to me recently desiring me to tell her how she might find sweetness and joy in her trials. She seemed to have in her mind an… Continue

Hoops they have made hoop;s for my Christian walk.

Spend all that time on what You can't do.

Some have made lists, they number them.

To be a Christian you can't do all these things.

They would have stoned the women,

The women who Jesus chose not to condemed.

Yes, there are sin's the number is great.

If you are a spokesman for Him, tell them this.

To love God before all & then your brother before yourself.

Tell them about…

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