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stronggrace55

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  1. Well a year has come and gone believe it or not. The Covid stood in my way of becoming a member. The church has been open since August. The pastor reached out to me and I will be joining the church probably after the first of the year. I am in a small town so I am sure word has got around that I am divorced now. I'm looking forward to being a member, and I pray that I find my spot in the body of Christ and can serve perhaps better now since I am not married. I am not good in marriage relationships, it involves a level of trust that I do not seem to be able to handle. I always think the worst, and that the person is messing around behind my back...The Holy Spirit will have to get rid of that baggage before I marry again.
  2. I mean I know people are going to want to know why I am 56 and single. I will tell the pastor and if anyone else asks I will just tell them I'm divorced. I don't know its sort of embarrassing.....
  3. The church is doing 21 days of fasting, which I agree with everything the pastor said about fasting. He talked about consecrating those things in our life that should be put first like our relationship with God, our family, the church, integrity, and purity. He had a bucket with each priority named on it. He used a invisible fence. if he slipped in a area or left the gate open a little bit it would allow the enemy in to effect those other areas he had consecrated. I think the illustration was done really well. I hope I explained it so others could understand. I will be going back Sunday.
  4. Some of you may recognize my name some may not. I left my wife last June and the divorce was final in November. Now she is back with her first husband. I always felt I was in the way of them getting back together...He raised her 3 now grown girls and two of them were not his. I just felt that I didn't fit in the picture and was shuffled to the back. Its over and done with now. I moved back to South Arkansas and spend my time with my 75 year old dad and my brother who is single. I am 56 years old and not established in a church....It is tough to go alone. But I know I need to get serious about getting back involved. I checked out a church this last Sunday. I loved the worship and the message....At the end of the service there were two ladies greeting near the back door, the first lady was not very friendly. she took a step back, i smiled and extended my hand anyway. she shook my hand....the second lady was friendlier and asked my name. I'm not going to volunteer that I have been divorced twice. I am done with marriage....I just cannot mentally handle a marriage relationship.
  5. I apologize, I didn't mean to cause debate or desension with my post. My intent is to inspire and encourage others through my writing. I fed led to write this post as it is in my blog and desired to share it with others. Many others had read the post without retaliation. I am a Spirit-filled believer. That doesn't make me perfect, it just means that I desire the Holy Spirit to move in my life, and to display His fruit and to mature in Who God has called me to be and not to be ruled by the flesh. Again, I deeply apologize for causing any distress.
  6. There is a daily battle we must face every day and every night for as long as we live. We must fight the flesh and not let it win, waging war between the lines of what is right, good and holy, and what is wrong, bad, and evil. By the Spirit of the Holy Living God, we have the Spirit's power within us if we are a true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. He gives us the ability to say "No," and resist the urges of the flesh as we submit to the Word of God. Yet, in those weak times if we don't look to God, we will fall into sin. The devil knows our weakness and will try to put condemnation in our hearts if we cave in and gratify the flesh. He knows us all too well. We have to be vigilant of His schemes and not play in his court. You do not have to give in each time sin knocks at the door of your mind. It's really not sin to be "tempted" by the devil...temptation is not the sin and God does not tempt us with the evils of sin. It is when you let down your guard and give in to the works of the flesh. Galatians 5:19-21 says that "Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God." Yes the devil tries to win us over by catering to the flesh and even to our feelings. The grace of God says we don't have to wallow in sin, but can say no. God’s readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation’s available for everyone! We’re being shown how to turn our backs(SAY NO) on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears. He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness. Titus 2:11-14 Galatians 5 22:24 says "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires." If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:25 what does it mean to walk in the Spirit. Your Spirit is your sanctified, regenerated soul intertwined with the Holy Spirit....Walking in the Spirit is taking up the victory over the flesh and the devil!! It is walking it out in Your Spiritman. It is our way of escape. 1 Corinthians 10:13 says No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. The one fruit we often don't discuss is self-control. Controlling your "self", when weak in the flesh is a fruit of the Spirit!! We need to allow the Holy Spirit to invade our way of thinking. The scriptures do say that we have the mind of Christ. well why are we allowing sin to win?? Its okay to have self control, because it is the Spirit that is willing to take you that extra miles, and its the flesh that is weak to the fiery temptations of the flesh!!! We must take the shield of faith to quench the fiery darts of the evil one. if we dont suit up in God's armor, we dont stand a chance against the devil...Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 1 Peter 1:13
  7. Yes I have talked to her. She has made up her mind this is what she is going to do to help her daughter with the baby... SHe assures me that nothing is going to happen with her and the ex. I am the one having the doubts. They are all going to be bonding without me. I just dont see me going over to his house even if he is at work.
  8. I am on my second marriage. My wife's youngest daughter is having a baby any day now. Our house is too small for a baby and we have 3 big dogs. They have set the baby's room up at my wife exes apartment. Which means that my current wife will be staying over at my exe's apartment even spending the night over there for several months. I have trying to wrap my mind around this for months when my wife told me....Coming out of my current illness with pneumonia....i dont know it has just stuck me again that I need to get out of this situation. Things are way over my head and I feel a heaviness. what would you do if you were in my shoes??? I just want to run away, and get myself out of this situation for my own sanity.
  9. I just love it too,,,,havent listened to this for many months....Thanks for reminded me of this powerful worship group.....I am listenening to them on youtube now!
  10. At the exact point of salvation, YOU were GIVEN all the POWER and AUTHORITY of God you will ever need to contend with and resist, triumphing over the forces of darkness to defeat them with the power of the CROSS...you don't have to waste time trying work it up in your flesh...YOU ALREADY HAVE the ability to stomp out the devil and his minions through Jesus' death and resurrection...The Gospel of Grace!!! When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities [those supernatural forces of evil operating against us], He made a public example of them [exhibiting them as captives in His triumphal procession], having triumphed over them through the cross. Colossians 2:14-16 AMP The devil would love to see your destruction. This scripture is a big truth to some of you...satan does NOT want you to know how to use the Gospel message to defeat him...He wants to run you over and ship you to the wrecking yard. He wants to beat you up and hurt you to the point that you do not care anymore about being a Christian. The enemy of your soul wants you to blame God, and thus live miserable, defeated and useless in the Kingdom of Light. How do I know this? For one, I experienced it first hand...all this I write about is not in vain, I want to HELP YOU not to take the same path I did. I have had several mental breakdowns since 1986....I had to learn the hard way....satan only thought I would take my life.... The word says that the devil's scheme is to steal, kill and destroy. The word say he is our enemy, that doesn't want us to wake up to the truth and never sober up to the truth that is plainly inspired by the Holy Spirit in the Bible. I wish I had been able to read something like this in 1982 when I gave my soul to Jesus. I just could not see it within MYSELF. It doesnt come from your body..you are not superman of the soul....It all comes from your spiritman, you have to put to death the deeds of flesh....and, for your information just because you dont feel it doesnt mean it isn't there!!!Maybe you are young in the Lord and going through this same ordeal....if so, you must wake up and fight the fight because satan's intent is to kill your soul.... Satan becomes YOUR lifelong enemy when you are born again, and NOT YOUR BUDDY!!! He doesn't want you to find or figure out that the victorious freedom in the resurrection power of the Holy Spirit is inside you!!! He wants to be your friend alright.... HE wants to use you to his advantage I did not know that. HE wants to use you to bring others down into the gutter... Somehow I thought that everything would be like walking through a bed of roses. I thought it would be easy to live like there is no tomorrow. I thought I could live like I wanted and go to church (or not go to church) and everything would be okay. I was very naive and did not know these things that are very important in the life of a victorious Spirit-led believer.... Satan does NOT care, he unleashes his hounds of hell upon you to get you to end it all. and He would make me think that he could run over and bully me into whatever he wanted to do. I did not know any better. Do you know any better after reading this post? I really hope and pray that these words make some impact on your walk in Christ...The enemy of your soul wants you to stay ignorant of His schemes to turn you away from the Cross. We were given all the armor at the point of salvation...we need to be proactive in our walk in Christ and stand firm against the forces that would like to drag you through the dirt. In Jesus' death and resurrection, we were given everything we will ever need in fighting the forces of darkness. We are equipped with all our weapons of war to stop the enemies in his tracks. All the armor you need is at the Cross, Jesus is standing there waiting to suit you up. Every piece of His armor has tracings of the Cross in it....from your head to your feet. 10 In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might. 11 Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places. 13 Therefore, put on the complete armor of God, so that you will be able to [successfully] resist and stand your ground in the evil day [of danger], and having done everything [that the crisis demands], to stand firm [in your place, fully prepared, immovable, victorious]. 14 So stand firm and hold your ground, having tightened the wide band of truth (personal integrity, moral courage) around your waist and having put on the breastplate of righteousness (an upright heart), 15 and having [c]strapped on your feet the gospel of peace in preparation [to face the enemy with firm-footed stability and the readiness produced by the good news]. 16 Above all, lift up the [protective] [d]shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. 18 With all prayer and petition pray [with specific requests] at all times [on every occasion and in every season] in the Spirit, and with this in view, stay alert with all perseverance and petition [interceding in prayer] for all [e]God’s people. 19 And pray for me, that words may be given to me when I open my mouth, to proclaim boldly the mystery of the good news [of salvation], 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. And pray that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly and courageously, as I should. Ephesians 6:10-20
  11. I have been a Christian since 1982. It has been a long and very tough road, and at times I have turned my back on God. especially the church, and suffered the consequences. I grew up going to church and did not truly receive salvation until I was 18 years old. Now I am 53, and not very rooted in the church as I was in my early years, I'm slowly getting there... I have always had a heart to know what I am supposed to be doing but every door has been shut. I don't what I missed and why? God knows my heart and knows that I would dedicate my life to His gifts and calling. I wrote this in response to a blog post here where the pastor was talking about mantles and I did not like the response I got. I am extremely quiet in person always have been. Have I missed the mark somewhere? The internet has become my source for a writing ministry. Here is what I wrote in response to the blog post about mantles: A couple of years ago, I had a experience in the presence of the Lord where it felt as if someone threw a mantle or cloak around my shoulders. All I could say was "the mantle." because of the story with Elijah and Elisha, I assumed it was a prophetic mantle. I am a very quiet natured person, and it was very frustrating in church because I am very shy in and could not operate in the prophetic gifting in a church service. To say at the least it made me feel very defeated and purposeless. I had to give up on something that I assumed that I was called to do, Instead,I poured it out in my writings on the internet.I have a blog called The Sacred Place of God's Grace . com. I use it as a place where if I were a preacher that's what I would preach. What I do know is that God has given me a heart of a worshiper, and the gift of writing. That's all I know I am unaware of what the mantle is or means, but after I sensed that mantle I felt hands on my shoulders. I felt the Holy Spirit visited me in a very tangible way and it was His way of letting me know that the enemy could not take the mantle away. That I was one of God's anointed ones. Who knows what the future holds, I don't think the Lord wants me to worry about it, to just walk in that mantle. Maybe this will be a help to someone else. Maybe someone can elaborate or care to give me encouragement on this. I am not getting any younger and desire to follow the Lord with my whole heart. I have been searching for answers for a long time. Richard
  12. I will leave the voices mails alone for the time being. I don't want to be manipulated in any way. i just get the impression from the Lord to cut ties with D. I believe D is a Christian deep down, Taylor I am not so sure about. Both of them need deliverance, that's my prayer for them anyway.... SG
  13. Thank you all for your wisdom. I believe God is leading me in the right direction. Ive been spending a great deal of time praying and in the word since last Friday. I think it is wise to not associate with d any longer. He has called me and left several voice messages. I had the ringer off my phone and didnt know when he called. I dont get many called anyway. He has left voice messages Wednesday and Friday morning. I have not listened to them, not sure I even should. I am not good with confrontation for one thing. I dont want to feel manipulated in anyway. Thanks again, SG
  14. MY prayer is that God will bring healing grace and peace and restoration to your soul, in Jesus' name SG
  15. I am a tad paranoid to use names because I don't want them to come up in a google search....I had had this certain friend about a year now. I will call him "D." Everything was going really good. It is the first friend I have had on the outside world in a very long time. I am pretty much a loner at heart. But it was great to have someone to hang around with. Then a old friend that D has known since childhood came into the picture. My friend started hanging around with "T" T considers himself a wiccan. I'm a one friends friend, so I felt like a third party to this circle. I have been distancing myself for quite a while. D always prefers T's friendship over his and my freindship. This is not the first time He has lost his temper with me, and told me to not come back around him, ever since T came into the picture... I don't know if T is a professing wiccan or a practicing one. To say at the least, I am attempting to sever the ties to this friendship. I just don't know what I think about the friendship. D can be very unstable as a friend. Plus He is bipolar. I feel impressed to withdraw from the friendship because of T.. I will just keep them in prayer from a distance. me and D were inseparable up until T came around. D is one who always helps a friend in need. HE didn't have to worry about me, but he prefers to hang around T who is staying with him until he can afford his own place. I also believe Wiccan is a craft and tool from satan himself. T says he worships nature. I ask you to pray for T's deliverance, and protection for D. I care about my friend but I have to draw the line. I also ask you to pray for the safety of my family during this time of the year. I have had my dealings with occult people. At that time I had a mental break and could not process reality from the truth. I know satan has as much power as you give him....BUT I ALSO KNOW JESUS CRUSHED satans power at the cross of Christ when the HOLY SPIRIT raised Jesus from the dead!!! Thank you! Grace and Peace and healing in the name of Yeshua, Richard
  16. Dear brother, I am very quiet and not very rooted in the church at this time in my life. I hope the Jesus can use me in the church service. RIght now Im just going to concentrate on my blogging.
  17. A couple of years ago, I had a experience in the presence of the Lord where it felt as if someone threw a mantle or cloak around my shoulders. All I could say was "the mantle." because of the story with Elijah and Elisha, I assumed it was a prophetic mantle. I am a very quiet natured person, and it was very frustrating in church because I am very shy in and could not operate in the prophetic gifting in a church service. To say at the least it made me feel very defeated and purposeless. I had to give up on something that I assumed that I was called to do, Instead,0 I poured it out in my writings on the internet.I have a blog called The Sacred Place of God's Grace . com. I use it as a place where if I were a preacher that's what I would preach. What I do know is that God has given me a heart of a worshiper, and the gift of writing. thats all I know I am unaware of what the mantle is or means, but after I sensed that mantle I felt hands on my shoulders. I felt the Holy Spirit visited me in a very tangable way and it was His way of letting me know that the enemy could not take the mantle away. That I was one of God's anointed ones. Who knows what the future holds, I dont think the Lord wants me to worry about it, to just walk in that mantle. THought I would share this with you brother, maybe you have some insight into this or that the Lord is telling you about me. Thanks and may God tremendously bless your ministry!!!
  18. This is such a passionate group of worshippers I just had to share....
  19. I really think what really triggers these lonely spells is me attempting to reach out to others on the internet .Some days it is just nice to have a friend to talk to. I think I'm going in the right direction being proactive about it. If being on the internet spurs it on, i need to get off the computer and do other things, like listen to audio or read the Bible...or clean or watch a movie or something of that nature.
  20. Thanks for all your suggestions. I really appreciate it, and I need to get back into the word. I have slacked off for several months. I just got to 'put one foot in front of the other,' so to say. I have started adding people to my messenger list here today and been in the chat rooms several times tonight. I think getting more involved in this great place will help alot. I have debated a online class, but would not know where to start. Would that cost anything if i found something online? Has anyone had any dealings with that here? How did it go for you? God Bless and have a great night.
  21. Thank you all for sharing...I know I'm not alone and God is with me, but at times I do feel lonely and not sure why. I pray that God will help me through these lonely spells, and that I will be able to make new chatfriends. I added your all to my messenger list, and will attempt to frequent this website more often. God Bless!
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