Post by allenehatherell12 on Oct 1, 2006 9:20:21 GMT -5
Dear Bro. Ben, Brothers & Sisters,
There have been a couple of things i have noted recently and i wondered if others had found this and i wanted to share these with you all.....the first is that satan is blamed for our sins. That "It was satans fault i bought that dress....i gave into him..." this type of thought pattern and speech means we do not take full responsibility for the sins in our lives. We blame on the external. Pls correct me if i am wrong here but i see that the Bible tells me sin is inside of me. In our hearts, and we need no help !! Sin is arround us too....but even if it were not, we would still sin. As a famous preacher said, "Lust gets pregnant and gives birth to sin." Our greatest enemy is inside us. Satan is 'an' enemy but THE enemy is our hearts. We lust, then we desire and then we give birth to sin....Great scriptures here are James 1:13-15.
I have seen it written that God will not send 'more than one can bare' and i wonder where this comes from? is there a Bible verse to support this.....? I am asking because in my life & studies, i find that man is often asked to bare a great deal more than they can, and often only survive if they fully depend on God. I know i have been asked to stand the loss of my baby daughter and much more loss in my life than anyone i know personnally and i used to say Why? .....it made sense only when i accepted Christ. My dear Gavin (husband) still rails against God.....if in fact he ever acknowledges his exsistnace....which he does not....but he decrys him anyway!! Of course one can survive such losses without God....and many do but they become bitter....lost still further, hearts hardened and always leaning on self rather than Christ. I am interested in this question as so many quote the scripture in times of trial. I think we are quaranteed trials.... we are refined through trials and Job was sent an awful lot more than any man can humanly bare....it was the almighty God's gift of faith & grace that he was then 'superhuman' to bare it, through Gods strength and faith that he bore it, and that is the point isn't it? that through trials and persecution, God's glory will shine even more?
Also, many also quote the scripture that says God will turn all things to good.... but i think it is worth noting that it is a promise only for those who believe in Him. I think the latter is very important. We do need to believe in Christ, before we can claim His promises? and He can operate in our lives and we can live the supernatural life with Christ Jesus.
And lastly, how do we know if we are following God's plan for us.....I think we need to ask if we are in Obedience to Him. I had a good example of this in my own life as we try to make plans to move from China next year (company have told us we are) ....my husband, a non believer was saying i ought to return to UK with our son. & daughter, who is in her final year of school here and talks of university next year in UK. Gavin, he would go to Germany to head office.....i did not dissagree, the thought of a nice little house by the sea in England appealed to me......home after 18 years in Asia....It felt great!! I had no turmoil, it was what we both wanted. I went on line, we could afford a home, i got quite excited...God wants this for me i said to myself. Peace. So it was from God? NO. It could not have been......as i studied and prayed and leaned on solid council in my fellowship, i realised it was indeed what i wanted, but not in God's will at all that a family would be seperated and i would live apart from the head of the home, a son from his father and myself from my husband. So, i said gently no. I was rewarded by my husband huge relief!!! acknowledging he had never wanted it at all!! but felt he had to offer as life in Germany would be so uncertain, a home hard to find etc .....he was so relieved......I'd really go with him, even into a small inner city flat? and we are closer than ever and when he asked me why i declined? i was able to give all the glory to God. We will often have a 'peace' about things that are not in God's will, simply because God will let us go down a wrong road....he won't ever tempt us, that is impossible, but he will allow us to follow bad choices. We can know, that when we do, he will turn the mistakes to good, for all who love Him.
I love all you dear people here on this site and i look forward to your feedback and posting more in the future.
Love & Blessings,
In His Name,
Sister Allene x
There have been a couple of things i have noted recently and i wondered if others had found this and i wanted to share these with you all.....the first is that satan is blamed for our sins. That "It was satans fault i bought that dress....i gave into him..." this type of thought pattern and speech means we do not take full responsibility for the sins in our lives. We blame on the external. Pls correct me if i am wrong here but i see that the Bible tells me sin is inside of me. In our hearts, and we need no help !! Sin is arround us too....but even if it were not, we would still sin. As a famous preacher said, "Lust gets pregnant and gives birth to sin." Our greatest enemy is inside us. Satan is 'an' enemy but THE enemy is our hearts. We lust, then we desire and then we give birth to sin....Great scriptures here are James 1:13-15.
I have seen it written that God will not send 'more than one can bare' and i wonder where this comes from? is there a Bible verse to support this.....? I am asking because in my life & studies, i find that man is often asked to bare a great deal more than they can, and often only survive if they fully depend on God. I know i have been asked to stand the loss of my baby daughter and much more loss in my life than anyone i know personnally and i used to say Why? .....it made sense only when i accepted Christ. My dear Gavin (husband) still rails against God.....if in fact he ever acknowledges his exsistnace....which he does not....but he decrys him anyway!! Of course one can survive such losses without God....and many do but they become bitter....lost still further, hearts hardened and always leaning on self rather than Christ. I am interested in this question as so many quote the scripture in times of trial. I think we are quaranteed trials.... we are refined through trials and Job was sent an awful lot more than any man can humanly bare....it was the almighty God's gift of faith & grace that he was then 'superhuman' to bare it, through Gods strength and faith that he bore it, and that is the point isn't it? that through trials and persecution, God's glory will shine even more?
Also, many also quote the scripture that says God will turn all things to good.... but i think it is worth noting that it is a promise only for those who believe in Him. I think the latter is very important. We do need to believe in Christ, before we can claim His promises? and He can operate in our lives and we can live the supernatural life with Christ Jesus.
And lastly, how do we know if we are following God's plan for us.....I think we need to ask if we are in Obedience to Him. I had a good example of this in my own life as we try to make plans to move from China next year (company have told us we are) ....my husband, a non believer was saying i ought to return to UK with our son. & daughter, who is in her final year of school here and talks of university next year in UK. Gavin, he would go to Germany to head office.....i did not dissagree, the thought of a nice little house by the sea in England appealed to me......home after 18 years in Asia....It felt great!! I had no turmoil, it was what we both wanted. I went on line, we could afford a home, i got quite excited...God wants this for me i said to myself. Peace. So it was from God? NO. It could not have been......as i studied and prayed and leaned on solid council in my fellowship, i realised it was indeed what i wanted, but not in God's will at all that a family would be seperated and i would live apart from the head of the home, a son from his father and myself from my husband. So, i said gently no. I was rewarded by my husband huge relief!!! acknowledging he had never wanted it at all!! but felt he had to offer as life in Germany would be so uncertain, a home hard to find etc .....he was so relieved......I'd really go with him, even into a small inner city flat? and we are closer than ever and when he asked me why i declined? i was able to give all the glory to God. We will often have a 'peace' about things that are not in God's will, simply because God will let us go down a wrong road....he won't ever tempt us, that is impossible, but he will allow us to follow bad choices. We can know, that when we do, he will turn the mistakes to good, for all who love Him.
I love all you dear people here on this site and i look forward to your feedback and posting more in the future.
Love & Blessings,
In His Name,
Sister Allene x
