I love this one (no surprise there, right?) from Charles Spurgeon...
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"I am told that, years ago above the Falls of Niagra, a boat was upset, and two men were being carried down by the current. Persons on the shore managed to float a rope out to the men, who both seized the rope. One of them held fast to it and was safely drawn to the bank. But the other, seeing a great log come floating by, unwisely let go of the rope and clung to the great piece of timber, for it was the bigger thing of the two and apparently better to cling to. Alas, the timber with the man on it went right over the vast abyss, because there was no union between the wood and the shore. The size of the log was no benefit to him who grasped it. It needed a connection with the shore to produce safety. So, when a man trusts his works, his prayers, alms giving, sacraments, or anything of the sort, he will not be saved, because there is no connection between him and God through Christ Jesus. But faith, though it may seem to be a slender cord, is in the hand of the great God on the shore."
- Charles Spurgeon / 1834–1892
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I have been saying this for a long, long time, that the 'stocking up' we should be doing is the oil of the Word and the Holy Spirit. (unless of course the LORD directs one otherwise) But I think of 'the just shall live by faith' and 'will I find faith on earth, when I return?"
The LORD has been speaking a few prophetic things to me. One was just revealed in my own life recently. A few months ago while having a gallbladder attack the LORD asked me, "if the pain never stops will you deny ME?" I was crushed and honered at the same time: scared at the possibility of unending pain, honored GOD would put me to the test/task--and I know that HE would provide the grace. Then a couple weeks ago the LORD told me I would have a gallbladder attack and it would be for a test. Sure enough I had one and soon after had surgery for it. The surgery was supposed to be simple as well as the recovery. NOT!!! Hellish pain for 10-12 days that NEVER ended. (Yes I did the dr. thing...)The narcotics just made me sick. BUT, what I learned was to rely on the LORD and nothing/noone else. The LORD did speak to me through the pain many things. By the end of my time I sensed in my spirit that the judgment coming is going to be hellish, painful, seemingly never ending. I cried out in pain as if I were in labor. I so wanted it to stop and yet! I knew, because the LORD had already warned me, that this was HIS will. HE lead me to Job 42:2 I know that YOU can do all things; no plan of YOURs can be thwarted.
Praying for people through my pain, pleading with the LORD for mercies of salvation and yes for colicky babies last night (as I endured gas pain that felt like knives cutting my insides) has released something in my children. They have been having prophetic dreams.
Oh GOD my FATHER, please use my worthless words to bring forth something in someones spirit. I am nothing without YOU. I believe and know YOUR judgment is coming. Why YOU have chosen me, a turd, a nothing to reveal a few things to me of what is to come is beyond me. I just believe YOU. I trust YOU despite the fear and pain. I am so sad, LORD. What can I do?
Do only what the Holy Spirit tells you to do....
Dee
PS the LORD also used this time to wrench stuff deep in my heart, repenting of things I didn't think mattered.....
Dear Jeff,
I have been saying this for a long, long time, that the 'stocking up' we should be doing is the oil of the Word and the Holy Spirit. (unless of course the LORD directs one otherwise) But I think of 'the just shall live by faith' and 'will I find faith on earth, when I return?"
The LORD has been speaking a few prophetic things to me. One was just revealed in my own life recently. A few months ago while having a gallbladder attack the LORD asked me, "if the pain never stops will you deny ME?" I was crushed and honered at the same time: scared at the possibility of unending pain, honored GOD would put me to the test/task--and I know that HE would provide the grace. Then a couple weeks ago the LORD told me I would have a gallbladder attack and it would be for a test. Sure enough I had one and soon after had surgery for it. The surgery was supposed to be simple as well as the recovery. NOT!!! Hellish pain for 10-12 days that NEVER ended. (Yes I did the dr. thing...)The narcotics just made me sick. BUT, what I learned was to rely on the LORD and nothing/noone else. The LORD did speak to me through the pain many things. By the end of my time I sensed in my spirit that the judgment coming is going to be hellish, painful, seemingly never ending. I cried out in pain as if I were in labor. I so wanted it to stop and yet! I knew, because the LORD had already warned me, that this was HIS will. HE lead me to Job 42:2 I know that YOU can do all things; no plan of YOURs can be thwarted.
Praying for people through my pain, pleading with the LORD for mercies of salvation and yes for colicky babies last night (as I endured gas pain that felt like knives cutting my insides) has released something in my children. They have been having prophetic dreams.
Oh GOD my FATHER, please use my worthless words to bring forth something in someones spirit. I am nothing without YOU. I believe and know YOUR judgment is coming. Why YOU have chosen me, a turd, a nothing to reveal a few things to me of what is to come is beyond me. I just believe YOU. I trust YOU despite the fear and pain. I am so sad, LORD. What can I do?
Do only what the Holy Spirit tells you to do....
Dee
PS the LORD also used this time to wrench stuff deep in my heart, repenting of things I didn't think mattered.....
Dear Jeff,
I have been saying this for a long, long time, that the 'stocking up' we should be doing is the oil of the Word and the Holy Spirit. (unless of course the LORD directs one otherwise) But I think of 'the just shall live by faith' and 'will I find faith on earth, when I return?"
The LORD has been speaking a few prophetic things to me. One was just revealed in my own life recently. A few months ago while having a gallbladder attack the LORD asked me, "if the pain never stops will you deny ME?" I was crushed and honered at the same time: scared at the possibility of unending pain, honored GOD would put me to the test/task--and I know that HE would provide the grace. Then a couple weeks ago the LORD told me I would have a gallbladder attack and it would be for a test. Sure enough I had one and soon after had surgery for it. The surgery was supposed to be simple as well as the recovery. NOT!!! Hellish pain for 10-12 days that NEVER ended. (Yes I did the dr. thing...)The narcotics just made me sick. BUT, what I learned was to rely on the LORD and nothing/noone else. The LORD did speak to me through the pain many things. By the end of my time I sensed in my spirit that the judgment coming is going to be hellish, painful, seemingly never ending. I cried out in pain as if I were in labor. I so wanted it to stop and yet! I knew, because the LORD had already warned me, that this was HIS will. HE lead me to Job 42:2 I know that YOU can do all things; no plan of YOURs can be thwarted.
Praying for people through my pain, pleading with the LORD for mercies of salvation and yes for colicky babies last night (as I endured gas pain that felt like knives cutting my insides) has released something in my children. They have been having prophetic dreams.
Oh GOD my FATHER, please use my worthless words to bring forth something in someones spirit. I am nothing without YOU. I believe and know YOUR judgment is coming. Why YOU have chosen me, a turd, a nothing to reveal a few things to me of what is to come is beyond me. I just believe YOU. I trust YOU despite the fear and pain. I am so sad, LORD. What can I do?
Do only what the Holy Spirit tells you to do....
Dee
PS the LORD also used this time to wrench stuff deep in my heart, repenting of things I didn't think mattered.....
Jeff,
sorry if I over posted, still a dork with computers....)-:
Dee
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