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I’m having a little bit of trouble finding that sheet music. Can anybody help
Haven’t you checked the music department of your local public library as yet?

For his anger is but for a moment.
His favor is for a lifetime;
Weeping may endure for the night,
But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 30:5 NAS

(or tell about the whole verse if you’d like), and thanks!

It speaks of the short time we endure chastisement for, when compared to the length of eternity of His love and unmerited favour, I would link it to;

Hebrews 12:11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

The christian walk, as we know, is not a straight line, strewn with flower petals, void of struggles, pains and even the loss of the joy of our salvation. So many things come in to compete with our love for the Lord, we become distracted, stumbled and stopped our pursuit of the Goal.. Christ.

What was the turning point for you, and how did the Lord bring you back to Him, to the freshness, sweetness of Him and the Joy of your salvation?

Ty for opening up and sharing about this with us.

I was surrounded by Occultists, New Agers, and the like at work for 19 years and it was extremely oppressive. My church did little to comfort me in any way. It is only when I was going through emergencies that they stepped in and prayed and I was delivered several times, but for a long time, I was on the very edge of an emergency and felt like I could fall or jump off the cliff spiritually speaking. So after some time the situation escalated when again I had a supervisor who was deep into occultist behaviors. They place my seating right across a tiny aisle next to a New Age Guru (who claimed to be Catholic), and all the New Agers and Occultists revered her. She was a Filipino who had grown up in Hawaii and her mother had taken her to a witch doctor when she was young, and such was their life style.

So, having said that, they managed to "tag" me whatever that actually is, and used mind control on me. Turned out that this Guru meant my daughter in law, who is a Catholic psychic at a bingo game. She was invited to her house. So this pressure was always there and worse. So, the devil started using me in witchcraft in church. (Some time later this guru said she was going to my dil for psychic help) And this was astonishing to me and embarrassing to say the least or it just seemed to happen almost naturally, although it was not me, it was an evil spirit doing it, but my pastor was taken to glaring at me a lot, and then it became very evident that he and his assistant pastor were announcing things about me and warning people about me, so that it was impossible for me to have a friendship in the church. Whenever I did get into a friendship my pastor acted like I was trying to steal his sheep, but he reacted this way also when I showed up at a Full Gospel Business meeting with friends, including a pastor from another spirit-filled church. He thought that pastor was trying to steal me or that something subversive was going on. They became angry at my mentor and this pastor from the other church and it all ended bad for her and him I’m very sorry to say but I did need her as a mentor. He had a heart attack on the freeway when he was about 50 at the time.

So, how did I get back into good relationships? Yes, many relationships had become strained by that time. Well, it was a very long painful climb back up the mountain. I persevered and I just firmly believed God would restore me. I went through many attacks and hardships but finally the Lord brought me to a place of abundance and blessings. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. He is forgiving and he is there all the time and he does what he says he’s going to do. His promises are true and we can stand on them. We must persevere to the end. He plucked my feet out of the net, but the story is not done. I have more things to overcome now. My weight has gone way up for one thing, over 300. Please pray for me. Thanks! It’s so good to know all those who love the Lord in here. To God be the glory!