lovedbyGod

Yes, I agree. God created everything even if He did use Al Gore or anyone else to put the parts together! I'm not very technically minded and so much of the language is way out of my sight. I was so frustrated when I first got my computer and on the web. Nothing worked right. I will put a couple testimonies on the general forum as to how God used a little robin to teach me! For a couple days I had a non-viral notice when I scanned the anti-viral program. I could not get it off by quaranteeing it or deleting. I don't use the right terms to explain what was wrong and how I got there. So last night I prayed and reminded God that He was the inventor of the complicated machine. So it was up to Him to fix it for I just can't. That is if He wanted me to continue writing His Word for all the world to read. I got up this morning and everything was O.K.! Yes, it is a wonderful way to preach to all the world. Many years ago I was at a woman's retreat. While waiting for teh service to begin. I opened my Bible to Jeremiah 1:4-10. He told Jeremiah that He appointed him to be a prophet to all the nations and to quit saying he was just a child etc. I was insecure most of my life. I felt like a child. People intimidated me. But I knew without a doubt that God was telling me the same. I got Holy Ghost bumps when I read it. How was it possible for a little mouse like me to stand before a crowd of people and preach salvation in foreign countries. I only know English. In 1994 God let me know I would be on the web writing my testimonies. It was 6 years before I even got the computer. I wrote an article about the miracle way I got the money to buy it. I'll put that on the testimony forum. With this invention I can sit in a comfortable chair almost all day long. I am retired and stuck in a little town with no transportation. In the 6 years God could sit me down and chastise me for some of the things I had done that He wasn't pleased with. I couldn't go anywhere away from Him. It still amazes me what I can do on this machine. A woman wrote to me from Korea. I was so surprised that when the email came to me, they said it was being translated into English (as I blinked my eyes!) When I wrote to her, it was translated into Korean!. I am being a prophet to all nations. Prophet is one who is an inspired preacher or teacher or writer. That is the only way I can write---when I am inspired. God had everything planned from day 1. More exciting unexpected things keep happening in my life. Right now I am getting very sleepy so>>>>>>> God bless you and keep doing what God has put before you to do.

I received a guitar for Christmas. A neighbor taught me to play single notes. I could not get the chords. At the same time I was writing songs. I wrote the lyrics and could pick out single notes that the Holy Spirit put in my mind. I was a wanna be muscian and singer. No one ever told me I could sing. I practiced and practised almost day and night. My teacher thought I should give it a try in Church. Not far into the song, I fell flat on my face (not literally) I was so embarrassed. I felt sure the congregation wanted to laugh at me. A glutton for punishment, I tried it again at another church. I got through with another song I wrote with many starts and stops and off key singing. The playing and singing was terrible but the song itself was good. It has been played and sung different places by a couple in their music ministry. I realized the 26 songs I wrote weren't for me to perform but to help me in my walk with Jesus. They were a few of my trestimonies set to music. One thing I learned is that God doesn't laugh at our weak attempts to glorify him. He is pleased that we were bold enough to try.

That's kind-of what I would lean towards. I'm not good with prophetic dreams, but sometimes dreams are warnings rather than guarenteed forthcomings. Since these dreams seem to indicate harm coming to your son, pray hard for his safety and for his life. And pray he not get captured . . . ew, definantly pray he not got captured! Pray Psalms 91 and 121 and 18 over him. Yes, Lord, I speak those Psalms over CFS's son, in Jesus' name! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I will certainly pray for your son. It could be a warning. I have had a few which kept me from making big mistakes. It won't hurt to pray for him anyway being that he is in such a dangerous place. One "weird" dream I had was definitely prophetic. I dreamt it in 2000 and it is gradually coming true. This is the article I wrote about the dream: Your Old Men Shall Dream Dreams God gave me this dream in September 2000 but it is also meant for you. Joel 2:28 "And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and daughters shall prophesy. Your old men shall dream dreams; your young men shall see visions." Older women have dreams, too. I had a dream from God. A few days later He gave me a partial interpretation of it. Five and one half years later I am learning more and more what it means. First of all God was "operating" on me with His two edged sword. He promised me a healing in all areas of my life---physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual and any other area I may not be aware of. It has been happening and continues to do so. He continues to keep His promise. I have testimonies of what He has done from time to time to keep that promise. God can and does heal our bodies but He is even more concerned about our spiritual healing. I had a toenail that was cut completely taken out. It was a hurting and bothersome thing. I can see better after lens transplants in both eyes. I only needed glasses for reading small print. I had my esophagus stretched so I could swallow without choking. I have been blessed with fairly good health. In my church many have testifies to the physical healings they have received. This is the dream. Although God has given it for me personally, it is also meant for all Christians who are willing to let God operate on them for healing. I dreamt I was lying on a clean white hospital bed. A big hand with a knife was hanging over me. I had no fear; only peace and contentment. I knew I was in good hands. The hand came down and cut me open from the neck down. The two sides of my body were spread out flat on the bed. Blood began to trickle out slowly then gushed out in a mighty stream. It was bright, red, healthy looking blood. The hand took a mesh bag out of me and hung it on a line. I woke up. What a weird dream, I thought! A few days later I got a partial interpretation. The operation would be literal and spiritual; intertwined as time went on. Hebrews 4:12-13 "For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Nothing is hidden from God. He knows ALL about us. Although we try, we can't hide anything from Him. God is opening up all who are willing to let Him operate on the inward man to get rid of our secret sins and errors. He will also show us what we are doing right. We may be surprised! He knows whether our good deeds are done for His glory or to earn us "Brownie points" to get us into heaven for our own sake. We waste a lot of time when something, though basically good, is not in God's will for us. God is not concerned with our outward show of "goodness" but examines our inward intentions. Read Psalm 51:6-13. Especially note 6 & 7. "Behold you desire truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part you shall make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me and I shall be whiter than snow." Verse 10 "Create in me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit in me." Verses 12 & 13 "Restore unto me the joy of thy Salvation; and uphold me with your free Spirit. Then will I teach transgressors your ways; and sinners shall be converted to you." We can only teach to others what we have been through by our testimonies. We teach through the faults we have been cleansed of. Is this why God lets us go our own way, knowing we will fall? When He picks us up and cleanses us, He can use us. We didn't ask for our trials but God knows exactly what each individual needs to draw him closer to Himself. He uses what we have learned through many tears to help others who face the same things. Let's go back to the dream. The flowing red blood was the blood of Jesus washing out all the accumulated garbage in my inward man. I had a hard time believing God could forgive me for what I have done; especially for dabbling in the occult for a season. It was just enough to give the devil his opening. I got into one thing after another but God would pull me out. I was just in each one a short time; to learn a little bit about their false doctrines without being saturated with any of them. A new revelation! God knew where I would be today. As God is being kicked out of public places and even in homes, the devil is allowed to move further into those empty spaces. Whether any one listens or not, I am to warn people of what is happening. The occult is becoming a common teaching. It's even made into comedies on T.V. like "Bewitched" and "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer and others like that using supernatural powers (not from God). Cartoon and books like "Harry Potter" for children can be seen or read almost anywhere without adults being aware of what is happening to their children. With permission parents are raising a new coven of witches and devil worshippers. This will be writing. I get on my soap box about it! God knew I was seeking for His truth but didn't know where to go. I was ready to get into the new Age when God got tired of my trying to sit on the fence. That's another story. The pure blood was going into every part of my insides washing out all the impurities of sin and error. Nothing was passed over. I was thoroughly cleansed by the blood; an antibiotic to keep the infection from spreading. Now God could start creating in me the new creature I accepted with hope though I couldn't see how it was possible. Romans 8:24 &25 "For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees why does he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it." We have to be changed into that new creature God has promised us. We can not get into heaven with the corruptible old creature. The bag on the line is all the new parts God is putting in me (and you) after He takes out the old. It contains a new heart, body, soul and spirit---the whole works. I didn't see this with my physical eyes but I believe it with my heart. Our old body will remain as long as we are on this earth. We have to have something visible to hold the new invisible man together. II Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away, behold all things are become new." Before a baby is born, it starts as a tiny seed. It gradually has all its parts added for nine months until it is completed and ready to make an appearance. New Christians are like that baby. God is in no hurry to make everything all new at once. It will be in His timing. Being a carnal being, I don't believe we can handle all the changes at once. When someone gets a heart or kidney transplant, it is possible his body may reject it. It is something foreign invading his known body. Not always deliberately but from old bad habits, we may try to reject what God has for us. It is foreign to our old man. Sometimes it has to be spoon fed to us. It took us many years to build up our hang ups and strongholds. God will take parts out of the bag as we are ready to discard them; maybe just one at a time. He will not force them on us. I did ask for a new heart. I can see it happening gradually. I need this to keep the blood of Jesus flowing freely. He doesn't give us what we don't want or ask for. We have to DO something on our part to receive them. Ephesians 4:17-32 tells us about a new way of thinking and living. It tells us to PUT off (Verse 23) the old man and PUT on (verse 24) the new man. It is something we have to make up our mind to do. We may fall from time to time but the Holy Spirit will help us. That has nothing to do with salvation. Or being saved by works. Remember, we already have the makings of a new man but as long as we are in this corrupt old body, God has to continually deal with us. No one has arrived yet. The blood has already done its work. We can accept or reject what God has for us but lose a lot in the rejection. What hasn't been changed will be when Jesus returns for us. I Corinthians 15:51-53 tells about being changed in the twinkling of an eye. God knows we can not become perfect in a life time. But we keep trying. Hebrews 12:1b...Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith." Will you let God operate on you? God bless you.