Virtuous

Wow, mbstudent!!!!!! That was great!!!!!! I just love teaching! That was awesome!!!!!!!

Anyway, I was an evil woman in there with all of that pain so in my mind I felt like he had to pay so the nurse told him to hold my hand while I was pushing...THAT'S IT... ...I knew how to make him pay. I began to press my fingernails into his skin to inflict as much pain on him as I could. Afterall, I was in pain...I didn't know what I was doing, right? I put my nails so deep into his skin that it drew blood. Gurrrrrrrrrrrl, YOU are a mess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! justblueskies, I don't know what to say. My heart goes out to you. But I must say this one thing because I have gone through it myself. Verbal abuse is far more painful than physical. I've gone through both. Being beaten (physically), the bruises heal and the pain from the force of a fist making contact to your body leaves after a while. I can be reminded of a hit and I may even have a scar to prove it but the pain that came along with it is no longer there. Words? Words cut deeper than a sword does. I can think about some of the things he said to me...the things he called me; and to this day those very words pierce my heart. God has healed me from the pain of ALL of it. But sometimes you know how we can remember our life and all we've gone through? That's how it is for me now...not re-living the pain...just remembering it and thanking God for delivering me out of it. You know it had gotten so bad that I would rather be beaten than for him to speak to me the way he did. I didn't deserve either but at least the pain from the licks, the busted lips, the bruises would soon go away. But the words...oh, those words...the pain behind those words are undescribable. I didn't deserve it. You don't deserve it. Your kids don't deserve it.

From what I get out of (after reading it in the Living Bible), these people didn't believe in resurrection of the dead. Which in the Living Bible commentary says they posed this question to Jesus in an attempt to trick Him thinking He would say something that they could refute. Jesus told them that those of us who are worthy of being raised from the dead, won't be married at all and will never die again. Once we're raised, we are ALL children of God with a NEW life and the life we live in heaven will not be exactly the same way of life we live on earth. That's what I get out of - with a little help from the Living Bible and it's commentary...

I was reading last night in Galatians and I felt led to tell you to read Chapter 3 especially. As a matter of fact, I'll just copy and paste it here because I really feel like it will minister to you. I am going to highlight the verse that REALLY opened my eyes to what I was doing (unaware) and what I hear from you in the statement below.. i have slipped away a lot from where i was and i keep finding myself repenting every night about the same things and its getting frustrating because then i ask myself whether it will come to a point where God will give up on me and i dread it Galatians 3 (KJV) O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 6Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. 10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. 11But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. 12And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. 13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. 16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 17And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. 18For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. 19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. 20Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. 21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 22But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 23But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 26For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Continue to be encouraged!

The ENTIRE book of Galatians helped me through a season in my life where I experienced what I hear in your post. Read it in your private study time. This particular verse taught me how to overcome the things I struggled with and had me bound... Galatians 5:16 (AMP) "But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God)." Be encouraged!

It's okay to get weary but just don't give up. I read the article and it's heartbreaking. There should be something she and her husband can do about this!

butterfly, I'm sorry that you feel that way. I, personally, didn't read the post about the man you spoke about. My heart goes out to his family. I can't say what I'd do if I was faced with what this man was faced with. I can only hope and pray that I am able to continue to believe what God says about me verses what others think. As a Christian, I just look at it differently than you. The enemy will do and use whatever and whomever will allow him to use them to steal, kill and destroy the spirit of God's people. Look at what the enemy did to the spirit of this man. It killed him. It's up to us to stand on God's word and believe that we are more than conquerors...we are victorious! We should be knowledgable of what's going on but that doesn't mean we should let it tear us down. It's good to know this stuff but it's even better to know that nothing surprises God and the outcome has already been established and recorded by the Ruler and Creator of all things. I want to know what God says about all this stuff. I want to know what God says I can do then He will do this or that. I don't just want to know what's going on, tell me what God says about what's going on and why. Tell me what's going on so I can find it in the word and take comfort on how God delivered His people from it. Everything that's going on is a result of America turning it's back on God. Every bit of it and if we don't get it together and put God back where He belongs, it's going to keep getting worse. He rains on the just as well as the unjust but I KNOW where I'm going if this world comes to an end. I just need to spread the Good News so I can see all of my family and friends in heaven too. He's telling us everytime we open our bible's what we CAN do to get back in right standing with Him. His judgement has to come in order to fullfill his word. WE just have to repent as people of God, just as II Chronicles 7:14 says, we have to humble ourselves and pray, and turn from our wicked ways. This land needs healing and those of us who have done what this verse of scripture says, it'll happen. But we can't get so stressed out about it that we doubt that God can heal and deliver us. I'm sorry butterfly, but I HAVE to have hope in God. Without it, I WON'T make it and I refuse to lie down and die. I want to live and as I live I will live for God and try to bring as many people to heaven with me as I can. But who would want to follow me if I'm soooooo stressed out about everything because I'm not taking God at His word. If their gonna be stressed they might as well stay in the world and continue life as they are. Of course, we're suppose to have a heart for people who are less fortunate than we are and those like who you have just described. I am very sorry to hear about what is going on with you and your family as well as others like yours. Obeying God is your (our) weapon. Again, I apologize for you feeling the way you do but I can honestly say that I haven't read a post from you in quite some time now.

No problem for me. I can be objective and STILL conduct myself with character and integrity whether I agree/disagree with someone or someone agree/disagree with me. I didn't know you thought I was being that way with you concerning President Obama. I can't speak for Jadams - I can only speak for myself. I never said you were not speaking TRUTH about Obama or anything else you spoke about. I only told you how I felt about what you were saying but that doesn't mean I dismissed what you were saying either. I see what's going on in the world and ALL I can do is pray about it just like everything else in my life. But I REFUSE to let it stress me out. Yes, I'm concerned but not to the point where I'm stressed out. THAT IS NOT HOW WE'RE SUPPOSE TO LIVE. Stress, depression, oppression is killing people everyday. But it's cool, though cause I don't know what "sudden truth" you're talking about. Do what you do.

butterfly, I think the last time I responded to you, you lashed out at me. If my memory serves me correctly, I wasn't disagreeing with what you were saying. I totally agreed with you that THAT is what was happening but the body of Christ should NOT react as the world does in that instance. You were talking about how the economy was down spiraling and causing Christians to question God; even committing suicide. My question to you was, "Where is the God they believed in BEFORE the economy began to down spiral? Is He not the same God who gave them what they had in the beginning? Is He not the same God who made all those promises to them in His word and in prophecy? Is God still God? Did He not speak of all of this happening? After asking these questions you lashed out saying...Virtuous, have you ever lost your home? Have you ever lost everything you have? Have you ever lost your job? Have you ever been broke? You were questioning my compassion for people who are hurting as if to say if I haven't gone through it I shouldn't say anything and that bothered me because I was doing just the opposite. At THAT point is when I let you know that I have a YES answer to all of your questions and I went into grave detail about them all. THAT is my testimony because I (we - me and my THREE kids) DID lose everything I (we) had. But God - He kept me in my right mind and I trusted Him with ALL of it. I experienced His "peace that surpasses ALL understanding" through that time in my life. The struggle was still there. I still went through the fire but I also experienced that FOURTH man IN the fire with me. That's the TRUTH I was trying to get you to see. I recognized and respected the truth you exposed and I was only telling you the TRUTH that I experienced through the circumstances you mentioned but you didn't want to hear it. You just tried to make me out to be a heartless person when that clearly wasn't the case. I read your post and have found them to be quite interesting to know but I don't respond to them because your TRUTH is what is happening in the world and like I said I respect it. But there is a TRUTH that God says about your truth. These things HAVE to happen but God has told us to be of good cheer because He have overcome the world and He has told us in His word how to do that. Without your TRUTH, HIS TRUTH would not be brought to pass. I hate that you feel unappreciated or like what you're doing in the name of the Lord is unnoticed but God sees your obedience to what He has called you to do. But I do want to thank you for putting it out there because I for one wouldn't know about it.

Kids are a mess!

They said that I may get out there and the devil will "have his way with me" since I will be outside of his will...would I be? Cholette, this statement is TRUE! When we're outside of God's Will...anything goes. Don't you move until God tells you to move. You hold on to that scripture until it manifests in your life. THAT will be your key to leave. You will know the "GIFT" when you get it. In this passage, he's talking about the gift of the holy spirit. Think about Paul in Acts Chapters 20 - 21. (I see now I'm not the only one I started this study for yesterday) Just as you, Paul had an assignment in Jeruselem. Your Jeruselem is your church. Paul didn't know what to expect about his journey to Jeruselem except for what the Holy Spirit revealed to him about being imprisoned and suffering. He said his life was worthless unless he used it to do what God had assigned him to do because his top priority was to please God and be in HIS PERFECT WILL. You've said a great deal in times past about what God has shown you concerning your church (Jeruselem). But there is a reward to come behind your faithfulness to persevere. "Trust in the Lord with all thy heart and lean not to thine own understanding. Acknowledge Him in ALL thy ways and He will direct your path." Stay in His face Cholette, just as you're doing. I will certainly be in prayer with you concerning this because I KNOW for a fact and from experience that the enemy will do ANY and EVERYTHING he can to pluck you from under a ministry/leader that you're suppose to be under BEFORE it's time!

Looks like your "Going out with future helpmate sister" dream is about to happen.

Hallelujah! What a POWERFUL praise report!!!!!!!!!

Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! , Jesus!

In Jesus' name...Amen! Do it mbstudent!

Happy Birthday Lurdys!

Father, I stand in agreement with my brothers and sisters in Christ for healing from the crown of her head to the soles of her feet. God, we command every hidden ailment that is causing this pain in her stomach to be exposed right now in Jesus' name!

Gurrrrrrrrrrrl, if you don't get off of me! Thank You Jesus! I NEEDED THIS TODAY MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW! Testimony 1 has especially touched my heart. My heart sank as I was reading this!

Cholette..I had to. I am mad with the devil! He tried to get me this morning concerning the very thing dreamster is facing right now. I have to admit he almost had me. I started to pm you and Sandra about how I was feeling hoping for a word of encouragement. Then, I thought about that thing and realized there are times we have to encourage ourselves...seek the Lord for ourselves. Gurrrrrrrl, I went in the bathroom and REMINDED God what He told me. Then, I told the devil WHO I AM AND WHO HE AINT! , Jesus!

My son will be 13 next month so I feel where you're coming from. We're at that stage as well. I am in agreement with you and pray the God intervene in this!

Call the enemies bluff, dreamster. God JUST gave you an interpretation of a dream about your bills. I believe you were at them! Get it together and LAUGH, LAUGH, LAUGH!!!!!!!

Father God, I declare and pray that the plots, plans, and schemes that the enemy has devised this day will be cancelled. I command the mouth of the enemy to be silenced in Jesus' name. I thank you that no weapon forged against this nation shall prosper. I thank you for being our safe haven...our place of refuge. For THIS IS THE DAY (09/25/09) THAT THE LORD HATH MADE, I WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT! This day is holy! Cause this day to be a memorial of what the enemy has meant for bad; you will turn it around for good. Manifest yourself on today, God and prove yourself to be mighty and soverign over ALL things! Bring miracles, signs and wonders ON THIS DAY, Lord that your name will be gloried in ALL of the earth! I thank you right now, God...In your son Jesus' name...Amen and Amen. Hallelujuah!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, my...Goldeneagle. I will pray as well - !

II Chronicles 7:14 You are absolutely CORRECT! This is the key for change!

TESTING THE FAITH WorldNetDaily Exclusive 60,000 pray in Times Square! But media fail to notice this most unusual event Posted: September 21, 2009 9:37 pm Eastern WorldNetDaily NEW YORK – You can see most anything at Times Square in Manhattan. But 60,000 people praying? That's an unusual sight in the heart of Broadway. Yet, that's just what happened there yesterday for one hour – from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in a Christian rally called Prayer in the Square. Event organizers from Time Square Church had expected some 15,000. But their expectations were far exceeded at the third event of its kind in the last three years. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who helped the church cut through the red tape necessary to hold such an event, addressed the crowd. "It's a little strange for me to be up here," he said. "I'm a Jew. But I just celebrated Rosh Hoshana, our new year. So I guess it's appropriate for me to wish you all a happy new year." Despite the magnitude of the event, no major media covered it – even in the center of the media world on a slow news day. More than 200 churches joined with the Times Square Church in promoting the rally to pray for the city and the nation. (Story continues below) A 180-voice choir sang worship songs and the entire event was simulcast on the News Astrovision screen at One Times Square and on several radio stations. Carter Conlon, pastor of the Times Square Church, said preceding the event that this Prayer in the Square might be the last. "The Lord called us to host, fund and organize this event for the last three years," he said. "He told us that the first year would establish credibility with the city, and we have received positive feedback from various city agencies, including the office of the Mayor himself, commending us for honesty, order, and keeping our word. The second year confirmed to local churches that this was not the beginning of some new ministry but rather a gathering for the sole purpose of one hour of prayer, in humility, with all denominations represented and no personalities or ministry showcased. Those who have attended can attest to the fact that this has been so. Everything has unfolded exactly as the Lord impressed upon our hearts it would."