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The lord has given me many beautiful signs over my lifetime. Today, as i enclosed my bible in the middle my hands clasped and the sweet musky smell of Spikenard Oil arose. It was beautiful Thank You Lord. Also, i was reading the back of a Jesus Card with the Psalm passage..He leadeth me beside the still waters..Interestingly enough i had music playing in the background of water streams and rain, and the sound tone got lower and still waters started playing, like the passage of still waters..Amazing. Our God is so awesome. On this thread, feel free to post any previous miracles, signs or Wonders the lord has shown to you or has done to others in your life.

It is as if I'm trapped in sin and could find no way out........ It is as if the Bible says " A dog returns to its own vomit...." :'( Why a life victory over sins seems to be impossible......? Why I couldn't get over my besetting sin.......? I couldn't find the joy of salvation in my heart neither there's peace... I seemed to look always gloomy and depressed....... Life's is so frustrating for me...... :'( I couldn't figure it out where the problem lies...... Any help us, appreciated...... Thank You..............

One time on a road trip across country I ended up with a flat tire, pulled it into a gas station, bowed my head and prayed for a second, looked up and there was a tow truck across the gas station parking lot! There have been so many times when I was worried or struggling about something, and then I turn on my radio in the car and Moody radio is doing a show about that same thing! About a month ago I found out I had $20 left in my bank, I about had a panic attack. I stopped and prayed in private so my kids wouldn't worry because I was crying. As I was praying I remembered scripture telling me not to worry about things because God takes care of His children. I decided I would leave it in His hands. A few hours later I checked one of my other bank accounts and at almost the same time I had said that prayer $4,500 was deposited into my bank account!!! Oh, one last thing...I decided to give a speech on the historical accounts of Jesus for my secular speech class at college. I had been so nervous about it (I hate speech), but I had to keep reminding myself that it is not about me, it is about leading people to Jesus, it is about Jesus. So I prayed- alot! Other people prayed for me as well. It went great! People had a look of shock on their faces! I shared the Gospel with them and passed out tracts, some people took more than one. God was truley there and working through me, because I was barely even nervous at all! And it was amazing watching the Lord work in their hearts. Praise be to God! He is so good!

I'm sorry Gary...God is not the deceiver. There are a number of reasons as to why people become deceived......but none of them have to do with God saying "Well now...let's go deceive Gary.....he is so sincere he will believe anything. Jesus warned against deception over and over. Would He have done so in order to deceive even more because there is no way to protect against it? If you are deceived, you will know better if you accept you have been deceived but do not blame your Maker

(IMO) I don't think it is "acceptable" to question God, to me, it is a lack of trust. If you knew the direction God had for you, and FULLY trusted Him in every aspect of your life, then why would you ask why, or when. Why did this happen, or when will this end, how long will you keep in silence etc. Apart of this "abandonment" is patience, and that is a very hard thing to cope with, having it in His will and not in ours can be quite devastating to cope with, and takes a lot of trust in Him. Like I said earlier, I don't think it can really be avoided, no matter how strong your faith is, the "why" is just something we think we need to know. <snip> Perhaps there is a difference between asking God questions and questioning His authority? The first is okay. The second is not proper? Thoughts? God bless, GE It's interesting that nobody has brought up Gideon... So Gideon said to God, “If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said— look, I shall put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that You will save Israel by my hand, as You have said.” And it was so. When he rose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece together, he wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me, but let me speak just once more: Let me test, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew.” And God did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, but there was dew on all the ground. Judges 6:36-40 Seems to me that here Gideon is not questioning WHO God is, but rather is trying to determine whether it is truly God who has spoken to him...Certainly he is questioning God as to God's will...not once, but twice. Maybe that's the difference. As I look through the scriptures, it seems that one who is earnestly seeking God's will gets an answer, whereas the skeptic who questions God in an irreverent fashion gets no answer at all, or (as in the case of Nebuchadnezzar) ends up eating grass for 7 years. Gideon did not question God's authority...whereas Nebuchadnezzar certainly did! I honestly believe that God, who knows our hearts understands when we question the "why" something happens...or even the "Is this truly your will?" type of question. Paul asked three times that a "thorn in the flesh" would be taken...and God did not get angry with him...but gave him that wonderful answer: "My grace is sufficient for you".

Actually I think Job did pretty good when he questioned God...after all, God most certainly answered him and then restored everything to him and Job knew a whole lot more then he did before he asked anything. We also have the picture of Jacob wrestling with the angel of the Lord....that, was instigated by God it seems...isn't intense questioning and wanting answers a form of wrestling? How about...I will not let you go unless you bless me...now that is BOLD! how about that? That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered. 28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,e because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome.” Genesis 32 What kind of relationship do YOU have with God? Does He challenge you to participate in a wrestling match with Him until you know Him better? (not addressed to anyone specific)

Yes, I believe that the new Pope will be one to watch very closely.

"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." (2 Timothy 1:7)

Amen~! Welcome To Worthy

Interesting, if this reflects the Jewish Nation and Jerusalem then what do you make of the two witnesses?? Also, looking at the trumpets in full, how do you interpret them to reflect Jerusalem and the Jewish Nation? To be fully honest here I am quite ignorant when it comes to prophecy, but looking at them, I just don't see what your implying. And since our focus is on the book of Revelation, what do you make of the four beasts along with the Anti-Christ? What seem overwhelmingly important to your case, is that if it were true that Jesus had returned then where is the peace? Why is there still an confusion in his mere existence? Why would we go from every knee shall bow, and confess the name of the LORD, to pure "chaos." Okay, I see you have addressed the two witnesses, but your really stretching the scriptures (IMO) that holds as much truth as to saying there are more than one two witnesses, which is far from the truth, especially when it is foretold God will give power to His TWO witnesses. (Whom mind you in Rev.11:8 will lie in the streets, is there a telling of this occurrence? Along with that the resurrection of them?) Though I do see a line of reasoning, I do not see one that aligns with scripture, it appears as if there is a lot that is being disregardful for instance what I have posted above, just a lot of imagination. And I don't mean that to try and put you down,. it is just my honest opinion. You see The prophecy of the Two witnesses as a spiritual deliverance, but this is not how the bible depicts it. Also, I would appreciate you explaining your line of reasoning both scriptural and historically that the seals and trumpets refer to the Jewish Nation and Jerusalem. Please be specific. Curious as to why you brought up Mathew 28:18? This pertains precisely to them, (the disciples) we get this implication in the verse following that. I bring up Mathew 25:31-46 because this is yet to be done, the Judgement of all nations has yet to be fulfilled. God Himself is to judge, and His presence of doing so is yet to be fulfilled. I firmly agree with Firestom's response to you. And thank you for the clarification. God bless you! The Holy Spirit guide us all to truth, In Jesus Name, Amen Looking forward to your reply!!

Jesus is, was and always will be God. Jesus is Lord!

There is also Job's questioning of God to consider, and the Lord's answer to him: Job 38:2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? KJV In my view, the main point is our attitude in questioning God. David's attitude strikes me as that of a son who trusts his father but sure would like to know what on earth is going on. Job's attitude had gradually moved from similar to David's into trying to justify himself in the face of the accusations his three friends kept throwing at him, so that Job came to the point of accusing God: Job 19:6 Know then that God has wronged me, and has surrounded me with His net. NKJV I don't think God is upset with us being honest with Him and telling Him all that is in our hearts. He knows what's in our hearts better than we do, after all. And sometimes talking things out with Him can bring us to the point of seeing what's in our hearts, the things that need to be corrected, even repented of. And that's to the good, refining us like silver, right? The fact that we question God does not necessarily mean He will give us the answers we long to hear, or even give us an answer at all. Those who questioned Jesus to His face while He was on this earth often found His replies did not speak to their queries but to their attitudes. God is very good at cutting through the nonsense and getting to the heart of the matter. Hope I'm making sense.

.....it was several years back (around 13 yrs)on May 5th (cinco de mayo). I went to dinner at a mexican resturant on Interstate 20 in Texas with my wife , new born baby daughter, and a long time Christian friend. there was a celebration with a tent and DJ playing music out in the parking lot. We sat down , ordered our food and waited.... We talked amoungst ourselves, then our food finally came.(I was starved)but then was interupted by the manager saying if we have loved ones at home we should call them because there is a tornado headed this direction only a few miles from here.Instantly my wife called her mother panicing, I looked at my friend and he was shaking. so I looked around the resturant and it was mass panic. I looked down at my food.....and started eating . the staff worked hard at trying to calm people down, but some ran from the resturant to their cars so the manager locked the doors.While eating I looked at my wife and she was crying saying she was scared and so was my friend, I scooted my infant daughter near me and told them their was nothing to fear. then the manager told everyone to stand in the center of the building. Instantly my wife grabbed my daughter out of the carrier and went to the center along with my friend....I ate... the manager pleeded with me to come also and pointed at the window as a waiter was closing the blinds and the tent had blown away and the DJ's speakers were flying across the parking lot. For the comfort of my wife and to the manager I said ok.....When the cloud subsided and the wind stopped I looked at the manager and asked....."can I go back to eating?" He just nodded his head . Back then I was a fairly new Christian and my love for Christ was very strong....I learned very early on that the cause of fear is the flesh...the flesh loves this world and the things of this world....if you walk in the spirit all you are concerned about is things of the spirit.... it is very hard for some to understand that feeding your spirit is more important than feeding your flesh....sorry so long...and I am new here ....GOD Bless

if she allows God to love him through her, she can do it. is it easy? no. my husband and i just celebrated our 14th anniversary, but i gotta tell ya.... only four of those have been worth celebrating. the first two and the last two. the ten years in the middle were heartbreaking years for me. so many times i wanted to leave, sometimes i even wanted to just die. i tried getting myself committed twice, but since i hadn't actually tried to kill myself, no mental health facility would take me. i even asked my husband once if he still loved me. he told me no. but no matter how awful things were, God wouldn't release me from my marriage. i can't count the times i cried out to him, praying, begging, whatever. God kept gently telling me that i needed to get out of His way, quit interfering with His work, and let Him restore my husband and my marriage to me. it took a very, very long time for me to get out of God's way. but it was worth it, and the last four years have been the best years i can remember. i hope your friend can get some encouragement from this.

Man, this kind of thing is so hard. My wife and I have been separated about 3 months. I sent out an email today in which I took responsibility for my part in things without even mentioning hers. I have never met anyone who likes the truth behind the recipe for healing these types of relationship problems. Self sacrifice for the purpose of trying to win the other completely to Christ is what I have found to be the biblical way. I have been diligently seeking Christ to strengthen me from within as I have poured myself out on my wife in ways that I never believed possible. I have already committed myself as all in and put her heart in the hand of the Lord. Praying for you and your friend.

Honestly, my husband was a lot like that for the first few years of our marriage. It seemed like everything came before me...it was extremely frustrating and I felt totally unloved. We have been together for 21 years now...and he is wonderful. I couldn't ask for a better, more attentive husband. So I wouldn't give on him yet..the only grounds there really are for divorce is infidelity There are ways to bring out the best in people, and she is going to have to figure out how to move him.