Based on your past experiences as a believer, how did the Lord restore the joy of your salvation?
01.March, 2010
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!
01.March, 2010 um 11:10 am
One day I was smoking and I got so high I forget who I was. Then when I was laying in a pool of my own vomit Jesus visited me and told me what I must do. Ever since then I have regained by faith thank in part to baby Jesus and BC bud.
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01.March, 2010 um 11:24 am
This is going to sound strange. The turning point came in a very unusual way. God sometimes uses the most unlikely sources or people in your life to get you back to reality. He used the death of Michael Jackson to get me back. I was guilty like others of misjudging him, and my own life was spiraling, another failed relationship, being in a job I no longer find satisfying in anyway shape or form, etc. It was beginning to harden me. But when I watched the funeral, and listened to what Paris said about how great her daddy was, that put a knife in my heart, but in a good way. From then on, God had me watch some interviews on Youtube, and some of the myths I went ahead and believed about him were shattered in an instant. Sometimes God has to shatter your heart in order to rebuild it, and he is still rebuilding it for me. From then on I saw MJ as someone who was very troubled, yet very caring, and a great father as well as a great entertainer and a believer in God. I pray for his salvation as well as mine, that I might be ok now in God’s sight. It was a lesson I never expected to learn in this way, but I’m glad I did.
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01.March, 2010 um 11:40 am
You know, that’s the thing that’s always confused me about non believers here. They talk like it’s some huge penance or it’s torture to commit yourself to God. But It I can be truthful to you all. The biggest joy in my life, and I have much, is when I have quiet time alone and I’ve got my nose in HIS BOOK and I’m concentrating and meditating and waiting for the next minute that he feeds my that wonderful "WISDOM" that I’m so accustomed to hearing in the back of my conscious. Or the times each day that I just stop wherever I am, either on my way to work or at work and just give golden praise and begin thanking God for the good job I have and the fact that I am able to support a home with and have a little extra to do as we see fit….
This sure makes me wonder and confounds me when I hear all the misery and hardness and hateful hearts of the many non-believers out there and just how pitiful their lives must be. I’m not foolish enough to believe that all who don’t know God are evil and I would never think that they deserve just what they are getting or feeling, but it sure makes one wonder….
I know speaking for myself, I’m here to help anyone who is having a tough time dealing with life and if I can show them the path that allowed me to succeed and be free, nothing would please me more…But I have to wonder why all the hate and remorse emanating from the many non believers and even some of those who attempt to call themselves believers who are on the wrong path or they don’t want to take enough time out to commit themselves to God and to learn about his abounding love and grace
Great topic, by the way
In God’s care
Cajunboy
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01.March, 2010 um 12:16 pm
He brought me back with trials and a good swift kick in the behind just as was needed
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01.March, 2010 um 12:26 pm
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!
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