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I slept all the way through the night last night. It was the first time in several months. I took 2 tylenol and 4 valerian root, wrapped a heating blanket around my legs and voila!


The reason I say I rested in Jesus is because I've done that same routine other nights and I still couldn't sleep with all the symptoms. Last night, it was all Him and I know that 100%.


Thank you Father for hearing my cries. Thank you for being faithful in your promises. Thank you for comforting me and giving me rest. I love you so so so much Lord. So much that I can not ever describe it. Thank you for caring so much about me that you have given me a Family to help me through this. I thank you that each and every day is a new morning and I can rely on your strength to get me through. I know what you say about the end times and I'm content knowing that I have so much to look forward to in Eternity. I ask that you fill my cup up with so much love and joy. So much that it overflows for you and those around me. All Glory goes to you. I thank you and praise you in the name of Jesus, Amen.

Father, thank you so much for helping me find more relief in what I'm going through. Thank you so much for giving me ways to be grateful when I feel I can not. I am so rich because of you, my husband, my Family, my other family, a good job, a nice benefits package coming my way, a beautiful dog to love me unconditionally and food on the table every day. I am so blessed! I just thank you and praise you. I love you so much Jesus! In your name I pray, Amen.

There are still many things going wrong but these are the things I see happening by way of prayer. As long as I keep moving, then I feel better. Resting is what makes all this stuff come out. But that is good, that means I can keep moving on the strength of Jesus. Also, I will continue to not allow the enemy to get me down.



1. My window of opportunity where I didn't feel bad used to be 6am until 12-2pm. Now, it is 5:30am until 5pm.
2. I have slept all through the night without getting up once to go to the bathroom for 3 days straight now!
3. My faith in Him has grow, oh has it grown grown grown literally I am walking in Faith, not by sight at all. Hard to explain. But, this is something He is teaching me.
4. I was able to cook for my husband last night without getting weak.

Today I weighed myself and I am now down to 209! (Down from my heaviest at 237- eeek!) My goal was to be down to 210 by the end of March, and yet God saw fit to help me reach that goal well beforehand. Praise Him!

I know it may sound like no big deal, but this has made me so happy!

My next goal is to be down to 200 by mid April, then down to my playing weight of 190 by May.

Hope I don't sound vain- this has done wonders for my health.

Anyway- just wanted to send up a praise to my Father Almighty for this- thanks, Dad!!!

Thank you for your prayers for the guy who got hit by a tree while working on a transmission http://www.worthychristianforums.com/Prayer-Requests-f8.html

He is awake and has 100% memory of the incident. He is alive.




Jesus Is Risen!!!

So, my hubby and I went in to the church last week Thursday, you know the one we have been unsure about? We decided to sit down with the pastor and have a talk about our concerns and went in depth with him about what we have been through and what challenges we are facing right now. We voiced how we really want to be a part of a church that preaches the Word, how we aren't very grounded in the Word, etc. We sat and talked to him for hours about all kinds of stuff. He's a great man. We went to lunch and everything. He prayed with us and said we could come in anytime and hang out on the weekends if we need prayer or just to fellowship.

They helped us with a few things we were in need of, little things and when we thanked them, they thanked us for asking and not allowing things to get really tough making it harder (if that makes sense).

Before we went in, my husband and I prayed together to be obedient in our conversations with the pastor, that no matter what the enemy tries to tell us, we will not be ashamed to make our requests known and voice our concerns, we will just be transparent no matter if we think they are judging.

We found out that the handful of times we attended church, (not every weekend in a row), we attended on special days where they had special speakers, etc. We decided to back again Sunday. We prayed again and asked the Lord to still help us to discern. We were shocked and our entire perception of this church changed.

The pastor got up there and taught us about justification. He used props and everything. How wonderful it was. He talked about when Jesus rebuked the religious people by writing in the dust when they were setting up a trap and trying to get Him to condemn the woman accused of adultery. We left there still thinking about the sermon, contemplating on the Word of God and talking about it with each other. That's what we've been waiting for. We were fed Food.

I know it seems little but this is very huge for us. We have been desiring a church to feed us Food for a very long time and we have finally found one. And to think, we were just about to leave the church. We decided that it was the enemy trying to pull us away because we were getting so plugged into fellowship and bible studies.

So thank you God. You always are faithful. We appreciate and adore you!

I am so grateful for His mercy everyday, even though things are bad out there. His mercy is always new everyday. I am so thankful for His mercy daily. He is so faithful to me everyday and I do believe that He is faithful to everyone who is going through the tough situation out there. Keep our faith in Him daily no matter what. Just praising the Lord for this.

Amen

DC

Prayer... a running dialogue.

It only took me 50 yrs!!!!..lol oih..the Lord has such paitence.And is the Love of my life.

Prayer... I was never "taught" there was no "now I lay me down to sleep" No Jesus loves you".No habits comfirmed in my mind,no thoughts taught on anything from parents..I got some from my grandparents.Both sides.Both radically differant.

One church sold ciggrettes... ect..... / One didn't even allow animals to work on Shabbat.. no t.v. Ever... ect.Conflicting to say the very least.

But even in that chaos...i knew He was there.Even when i didn't "know" there was a God..i knew .Something in my center.


... Prayer then was learned as child like..i was a child.After this my 50th year of Believing.I get it.
prayer for me is So personal.I could say something short in a prayer form,and often do.He deserves the recognition. But its not the REAL prayer( i talk to HIM..answers me,like He does you i suppose)i may talk to Him about something all day.Or as normal conversations go, about a varity of things.

Sometimes i am lead to be thinking about something,someone Strongly.Comeing back alot on the needs of a person-a scripture study ...i know(now after 50 yrs) it's Him.So we continue to talk about ..O how things can go wrong..i usually remember something stupid i did in my youth or yesterday.. or something relateing to this leading;grief,lonliness,ect.And as i continue talking to Him.. its as if His empathy;now in me builds..love,the True love of the Lord.Or i am looking up everything He has to say on a subject.But i act.

i guess we all have our walks with Him,in maybe small differant ways.But always the message is the Truth.The Law is Love.And the Gospel spead to all the world.

Pray without ceaceing? ever wonder ..How? head bent .. moans .. 10000 praises?i barley chew gum and walk without tripping.Gracefull i am not.Don't get me wrong here, i have had my spirit groan..
grief that is overwhelming...loss that knocks your breath out,and you can simple cling to God and only your spirit can ask,for what you don't have words for.Its a differant thing.But every bit as personal & powerfull prayer, more so even.Jesus groaned,Jesus wept...then said a prayer for others sake. And Lazarus rose.

How can you walk in prayer? Prayer is like a running dialogue with HIM.And it is the most awesome walk n talk!.Adam and Eve got to walk with Him... And this is my hearts(one of) desire,to Walk with Him.He hears your praises in your words to Him.. as you hear the love and admiration in your childs voice as they want to please you...even blurting out.. I love God!, it is so simple.I just wanted to share a simple rejoiceing..because even if things get horrible messy in your life..or it feels as if there is nothing ...You rejoice just in the fact He is there .. He is with you.He has a future for you


I wrote of my personal relationship with my prayer,also for this reason.It has just been "in my face all week" how to pray.
I might need corrected.. could be a need for a prayer and this is a hand toward another,to request..someone may be blessed ...He works;well ..i'm just too slow..He is so far above me hope some one shares with me

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the Will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

The following testimony I heard at bible study last night , I think, Glorifies our Lord in several different ways.

Last Wed. night at bible study we had a wonderful study out of Ephesians, and a good discussion. Then on Friday, the church suffered a sadness when one of our couples lost a 31 yo son to a car accident.

Last night in bible study the pastor shared this with us. The father of the young man was at the previous bible study and told the pastor the whole time he was being convicted about forgiveness of others, and that as he drove home and when he arrived the conviction grew stronger to the point where he prayed about it and began to identify people he needed to forgive.
Less than 2 days later his son is lost in the car accident, but two people that he had been convicted to forgive, friends of his son, showed up at the funeral home. One of the young men came up to him and even before saying hello began apologizing, he then calmed the young man and told him all was forgiven, and they were able to begin the grieving process together.
The pastor asked and honestly, none of us, who were at last Wed. night bible study, had any thought that the lesson or following discussion had anything to do with forgiveness, or forgiving others who had wronged us.
He ministers to us, even before we realize we need it.
He prepares us.
He speaks to us directly from His Word; a powerful example , for me, to stay in the written Word.
He truly Loves us.
He uses us to Glorify His name.

I thank and praise Almighty God for His Love and Mercy.

After just a few days at work, I got called into HR. The owner told me he didn't think I was getting paid what I am worth. He gave me a $2 raise so now I am making $14 per hour. I am not just a receptionist. I also do most of the admin work around the office. He said he is a believer in God's calling and that his goal is to get me out of that desk and create a position where I excel. He told me that everyone in that company has started out at that desk and he did that with them. I couldn't believe it. He said that he appreciated how I put myself out there when they have applicants come in that don't speak English. I am bilingual so I put my headset on, walk away from my desk, translate the applications to them and translate for HR during an interview.


And I thought God was showing off by giving me the job

I have noticed something very wonderful happen in the last month or so. The Lord has been restoring friendships or developing more deeper relationships with the people around me. There are some amazing people that I wouldn't (in the flesh) have found a way to bond with, but God has made a way. My life feels so much richer and blessed for these relationships.

Praise the Lord, and thank you God .

The church as a body is so diverse, and I'm so thankful that in Him, we are one.

I have been so very blessed in so many ways both in my regular life and also here on WB and I just want to say Thank You!

The WB NashVegas gathering has been a blessing to me, Nebula is a sweetie and great company!

The rest of the gang that has come in are such treasures and blessings!

BE BLESSED,

zg

My husband and I bought a Winter home in South Florida a few years ago. We took great care to paint and furnish and decorate. But we realized back in February (while in FL) that we could not afford to keep 2 homes. It was very sad and disappointing for us but we called our realtor, and last a Tuesday we put out house on the market. We both prayed for patience and for God's help in getting us through this time in our lives. The Lord came through in a BIG way for us! The house actually has a signed contract (full price) and we have a super lady coming in to organize an Estate Sale. All of this is being done even though we're back up in Georgia. Plus, when we got back to Georgia the house was in perfect shape - just like we left it. I have not stopped praising God since we got to our driveway yesterday!

I'm at a loss for the right words to thank the Lord, but I'm trying them all!

We held a celebration today for a good friend today, who, as of this very day, is 5 YEARS SOBER! This brother in Christ has a powerful testimony, and uses his gift of speaking to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ. He has a ministry to inner city youth, and preaches on Sundays downtown to homeless people. Last week, 4 people gave their lives to Jesus! Thank God for this awesome guy!

Just wanted to lift up a praise here!

Thank you for praying everyone!!

The surgery went great!! The Doctor was so amazed at everything went well!! I hope he finds out it was God. As for our friend's dad, please pray for a speedy recovery. His daughter is still a little shook up.. but otherwise, all is well from what some people told me!

Thanks so much God!!!!!

Do you want to know how COOL our LORD Is? Let me tell you.

My first interview of the day, I nail it and they are a God fearing company. I was so nervous. After my hubby prayed with me, I went in and saw a cross hanging up along with some devotional booklets. I looked at the lady and said "Are you guys believers?" She said "Oh yah!" like in a way that says "SO YES!" I was like THANK GOD! Because I am so nervous and I was praying on the way over. The interview went for an hour. I did exactly what I said I was going to do. I was honest about everything they asked about including my past mistakes in jobs.

When I left, 15 minutes later they called and offered me the job. It's $12 per hour, a reception job. They excavate vegetation off of railroads and stuff. They have a truck with Jesus painted on it lol There are health benefits after 90 days and everything! I told them yes to starting on Monday.

So I was worried because I don't have any work clothes. So, I went to social srvices to see if I could obtain a clothing voucher. The lady there said "What size shoe do you wear?" She proceeded to tell me she is going to bring my size work shoes for the office in tomorrow morning and I can come pick them up plus I got a voucher for Good Will. When I got to the Good Will, the voucher wasn't going to be accepted by them anymore. The manager hooked me up anyways for free!

I'm stoked right now! Thanks for praying!!!! The LORD blessed me abundantly because I was obedient.