ChrisSanderso
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What a great thread, Recently I have come to know god and for that I welcome you all as my brothers and sisters. May God stay within our hearts and the devil beneath our feet.
Prayer Request Thread
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andrew732
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Praise God, read Luke 15:10, that is wonderful, the devil will try to discourage, but rebuke him in the name of Jesus. You are victorious in God, just know that he is God and that nothing is impossible for him. This post made my day, God bless you and pettitions are always welcomed.
keeper
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On it, Jim. Keep us posted.
And welcome Chris!
And welcome Chris!
DR.D
Well-known member
I don't think he meant it negatively. You're right though, you can't dwell on failure. Success requires that you look ahead and move on.
Yesterday = NOTHING
hman85
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Thanks D! your a man of many wise words!
dedlifter1
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If I was lowered in any way, it was only so GOD could lift me higher. I am just about the furthest thing from a negative nancy, I can spot trouble early though. Your second dui at 23? My brother had his second at 22, and he was hopefull as well. He now has four. Im just saying be careful, im not saying hide in a corner, but be aware that you might have a problem.
hman85
Well-known member
Oh I am sure i have a problem thats why I just have to stay away from the booze all together. It's has to be a complete reevaluation of my life, change my habits, friends, and where I hang out.
jim623
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If you feel the urge to go to these places, with these friends, which are not true freinds if they let you drive under the influence, call a cab and leave the car home.
hman85
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i am just to stubborn and have to many bad drinking qualities I am the type that can drink anyone under the table and i don't stop. My father was the same way and he had to quit it altogether. I have to do the same . i know it in my heart that it is true and god has bee trying to tell me this. i am so stupid sometimes its disgusting. I just hope that I can do that and not give back into my bad ways. i am going to have to reevaluate my whole life and what i do in my free time. I used to be so good at trusting the lord and letting him chose my path but every since around 8 Th grade I started to drift away from him. It progressively got worse and it never came back fully. I need to bring it back to him and just trust him completely to straighten my life out. I am just having such a hard time doing that because it has been so long and i wish I had not ever strayed.
jim623
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All that matters now is that you went back to him. I know far too well, the problems that alcohol can instow on a person. Both of my parents,1 sister and my brother are still heavy drinkers. I myself went crazy for a few years, especially when I was in the Air Force. Pick up the pieces of a broken life, grab the most powerful glue available, our Lord Jesus Christ, and start rebuilding it one piece at a time.
I'll do what I can to help!
andrew732
Well-known member
At least you can admit your faults and can recognize that it must stop, this is the first step. I recommend you fast for this habbit that you have. Fasting always helps me break through faults.
hman85
Well-known member
Like literal food fasting?
andrew732
Well-known member
yeah but the purpose is to PRAY, if you want to only skip one meal that is fine, this type of segragation represents sacrifice and humbility unto the presence of God, let God know how much you want to be liberated from these habits.
hman85
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Andrew you are a good man, and thank you for this help. When i get all thru with this I am gonna drive to winter haven and buy you some dinner. lol I also appreciate all the help from everyone else on here.You guys really help me go on with my days and look to the sky for my help!:grouphug:
NattyT
Member
Hello everybody, its been a while but I hope you are all doing well. I am asking my brothers in the lord to keep me up in prayer as I begin my personal ministry. I have been asking the lord for years now to use me and direct my path. Well the lord has been dealing with me for about the last month and a half about doing street ministry. He has given me visions of me out witnessing to young adults (21-35 age) at local night clubs in my area. I had put it off for a while but last night he called me by name and spoke to me around 3am.
It may sound strange to some but I know most will understand. Anyhow, the lord said Travis I said to go out into the world and preach the gospel, not to wait on them to come to you. To be fishers of men you must go and let out your line, you cant catch fish if you dont go to the sea. The spirit realy began to show me outside of clubs late at night witnessing to people. The lord continued to tell me that to many churches are content with preaching to the same people every sunday. He said that its fine to stop an speak to people while your out doing your daily thing and might happen to speak to some one, but I need you to make a effort and set apart a time to go out on my behalf and do my work.
The last thing He asked was , Travis all those years you were going to all those clubs did anyone ever stop you and tell you about me? I realy layed there and thought about it and relized that no one had. As many churches that are in my city not one time had any one witnessed to me outside of a place where many sinners are going every weekend. I said wow! I spoke back and told the lord that I will go. About 15 min later I woke my wife and told here what had just happend. we layed ther and spoke about.
I plan on making a small documentary while doing this and hopefully I can find 2-3 brothers that feel lead to do this with me, I will be making flyers with random questions pertaining to life and death and what the word of God say about both. I will hand them out and ask if I can get about 5 min of there time and take it from there.
So as you can see its going to be a challenge but exciting at the same time, this is well needed. I belive that my generation is so braiwashed and deceived at the hour and we need more young man and women of god to stand up with boldness and get out fromt the walls of the church and start putting in some kingdom buisness.
Jesus was not in the synagogue the majority of the time, he was in those streets going to where our now modern day gangsters, thugs, homosexuals, phornicators, theivs and etc. where hanging at.
So once agin I just ask that you guys keep me up on prayer and remember when we take care of gods buisness he will take care of ours. Amen and God bless.
It may sound strange to some but I know most will understand. Anyhow, the lord said Travis I said to go out into the world and preach the gospel, not to wait on them to come to you. To be fishers of men you must go and let out your line, you cant catch fish if you dont go to the sea. The spirit realy began to show me outside of clubs late at night witnessing to people. The lord continued to tell me that to many churches are content with preaching to the same people every sunday. He said that its fine to stop an speak to people while your out doing your daily thing and might happen to speak to some one, but I need you to make a effort and set apart a time to go out on my behalf and do my work.
The last thing He asked was , Travis all those years you were going to all those clubs did anyone ever stop you and tell you about me? I realy layed there and thought about it and relized that no one had. As many churches that are in my city not one time had any one witnessed to me outside of a place where many sinners are going every weekend. I said wow! I spoke back and told the lord that I will go. About 15 min later I woke my wife and told here what had just happend. we layed ther and spoke about.
I plan on making a small documentary while doing this and hopefully I can find 2-3 brothers that feel lead to do this with me, I will be making flyers with random questions pertaining to life and death and what the word of God say about both. I will hand them out and ask if I can get about 5 min of there time and take it from there.
So as you can see its going to be a challenge but exciting at the same time, this is well needed. I belive that my generation is so braiwashed and deceived at the hour and we need more young man and women of god to stand up with boldness and get out fromt the walls of the church and start putting in some kingdom buisness.
Jesus was not in the synagogue the majority of the time, he was in those streets going to where our now modern day gangsters, thugs, homosexuals, phornicators, theivs and etc. where hanging at.
So once agin I just ask that you guys keep me up on prayer and remember when we take care of gods buisness he will take care of ours. Amen and God bless.
fightbackhxc
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that....is....awesome! Courage and strength to you Natty T. God is with you so who can be against you? I am somewhat lacking in my relationship with God right now but this inspired me and I will say a prayer for you tonight.
andrew732
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Glory to God, that is an awesome encounter that you had with God. God must really want you to perform this task. You said it on the dot, just as the Jews, Christians are contempt to preach to those at the congregation rather than those who are out there in the world. Yes, not everybody in the church is right with God, but we still need to make a better effort of preaching God's word to those in need of it.
NattyT
Member
Im glad fight that your inspierd, keep runing the race brother the lord loves you. Just talk to him and let it all out he said he would never leave or forsake us and he hasnt inspite of or nature. I will be praying for you as well. Weaping may come at night but joy will come in the morning brother you just hold on and God will renew your strength.
NattyT
Member
Thanks Andrew, we have to get busy the day of the lord is at hand which is good for us but not for a lot of them. I dont want to be like Jona and continue run plus I gotta enough problems already so I know that it pays to be obedient.
dedlifter1
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Worrying does not rob tommorow of its sorrow, It robs today of it's strength.
dragonfly
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AMEN to that and WELCOME Chris
Indeed he is ! Good to see you here hman85. We face many storms in life, whether we live or die depends on whom we turn to for help.
Exactly
Will most definitely pray for you Natty, that is a great call and I am sure you will carry it out well !
dragonfly
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Something I want to share with all of you here
Praise our Lord !
God made us to His own image. He sees what is best in us and He expect us to see the best in each other. I told my dad couple of nights ago that to me, he was like God. See, my dad always allowed me to do whatever I wanted to even when I was a little kid. He would give me his advice and what he thought was right but he would always let me choose for myself. In the end I always ended up listening to my dad (more so than to my mum who had a more traditional approach to disciplining children :lol I trusted my dad and I had faith that he knew what was best for me even if that sometimes contradicted with what I wanted for myself.
God wants this same personal father-son/daughter relationship with His people. After all, He created us and He knows us better than we know ourselves. He also loves us unconditionally because He sent His son Jesus to die for our sins so we can have eternal life.
He gave us His wisdom in The Bible and the free will to choose. All evil in this world does not come from God but from us rejecting His Wisdom.
It is never too late to get back to our Father
Praise our Lord !
God made us to His own image. He sees what is best in us and He expect us to see the best in each other. I told my dad couple of nights ago that to me, he was like God. See, my dad always allowed me to do whatever I wanted to even when I was a little kid. He would give me his advice and what he thought was right but he would always let me choose for myself. In the end I always ended up listening to my dad (more so than to my mum who had a more traditional approach to disciplining children :lol
I trusted my dad and I had faith that he knew what was best for me even if that sometimes contradicted with what I wanted for myself.God wants this same personal father-son/daughter relationship with His people. After all, He created us and He knows us better than we know ourselves. He also loves us unconditionally because He sent His son Jesus to die for our sins so we can have eternal life.
He gave us His wisdom in The Bible and the free will to choose. All evil in this world does not come from God but from us rejecting His Wisdom.
It is never too late to get back to our Father
tattoopierced1
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asking that everyone keep me in your prayers and thoughts for tomorrow morning. I have a strongman that I am in and am pretty excited about it, just hoping to come out uninjured and get over the mild sickness I got today before tomorrow.
dragonfly
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Will do Tat
I'm in the spirit of talking at the moment and so....
I'll share with you a little story from my life, just to show everyone how personal our God is and how He gives you all the things you desire but ONLY if you seek Him First and if you give Him glory for all that you achieve !
A couple of weeks ago, I came first in an 8hr mountain biking race. I still can't get over it Invalid Link Removed
It was a miracle of God, I had not ridden my bike in a whole year and I had done zero training (I used to race a lot before I started with the whole bodybuilding business). The race was in a remote area of Queensland and my friend Jerry and I camped there. I slept a total of 45min prior to the race (I was too cold :lol: ).
I Started the race waaaay too hard :fool2: and almost died on my third lap Invalid Link Removed, then went for a 4th one which took me 30min longer to complete (1hr 20min). I hated every minute of that 4th lap Invalid Link Removed, I was feeling sick, thought I was going to faint and vomit.
I decided to let go of my pride and quit (sometime during my third lap a woman passed me and the “devil in me” started getting annoyed and obsessed with pushing harder to win. I knew that was wrong and God made it clear to me because thereafter is when I started feeling sick, it was a tough spiritual battle I tell ya ! Invalid Link Removed).
Now, people who know me know also that I would rather die than quit and admit defeat Invalid Link Removed....however, it was necessary to let go of my pride (pride like that is an abomination to God!)....and so I stopped after finishing that 4th slog of a lap....and then He said to me, "Go and do another one" I responded – God are you serious ?!!!! I nearly died there !!! :lol: Oh well, let’s do it then, after all, awhile back I prayed to God to teach me to grow in faith so that one day I have the kind of faith that King David had....and well, as it was mentioned before in this thread, If you want to walk on the water, you need to step out of the boat
And so, I jumped back on my bike and the minute I was out there on the track I realized that I was racing powered by God's grace ! I did not only do one more lap but 3 more !!! And each of those 3 was done 30 min faster than my 4th lap(50min per lap) ! I stopped feeling sick and I was hammering the track like there was no tomorrow. IT WAS AMAAAAAZING !!!!! :woohoo:
If you want to go, you got to let go, all God asked of me to let go that day was my pride....and I’ve learned that anything God asks of you to let go isn’t worth keeping anyway Invalid Link Removed Always chose obedience to God over convenience and faith in your own abilities.
There is another end of this story...and it shows how God is in absolute control of EVERYTHING that happens. See, my friend Jerry goes to church, believes in God but refuses to surrender to Him. Jerry has a superbike, light racing machine worth $8000. He trains 6 days a week, he can do 100km as a joke. He is also obsessed with winning. Well, Jerry had to pull out of the race that day because his achiles tendon started to hurt. When I finished the race I told Jerry, you don’t need to be fit, you only have to put faith into God instead of your training and light bikes
Seek God first and He’ll give you the rest
dragonfly
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And now for the first time here I've got a prayer request !
I am racing tomorrow again. It is a short race, it will only take couple of hours to finish but the only reason I'm entering in it is - to get into a lucky draw for a chance to win a free entry (normally worth 2600$) to the toughest mountain biking race in the world. The Crocodile Trophy. 1200km over 9 days. I want to go in it so I can be a witness of God's great works ! My training strategy is written in the Bible and I would like the world to know what a powerful tool the Word of God is
Please pray for me ! Spiritual battles can only be won with spiritual weapons !
I am racing tomorrow again. It is a short race, it will only take couple of hours to finish but the only reason I'm entering in it is - to get into a lucky draw for a chance to win a free entry (normally worth 2600$) to the toughest mountain biking race in the world. The Crocodile Trophy. 1200km over 9 days. I want to go in it so I can be a witness of God's great works ! My training strategy is written in the Bible and I would like the world to know what a powerful tool the Word of God is
Please pray for me ! Spiritual battles can only be won with spiritual weapons !
BUCKNUTS
Board Supporter
That's an expression of speech please God don't let them tear anything. Good luck guys!
keeper
Guest
I'm on it, too!
tattoopierced1
Guest
Little update: Friday night I was throwing up sick, and only got about 3 hours of sleep. Arrived at the strongman, couldnt eat any breakfast for fear of throwing up. There ended up being 6 people in the heavyweight class and I was the smallest person weighing in at 252lbs. I believe the next smallest guy was 300lbs, and the biggest was 340lbs. I ended up placing 3rd, and believe I would have done better had I been able to eat. All of the bigger guys were impressed with me, my biggest accompishment was flipping the 960lb tire 7 times in less than a minute, and my 400lb farmers walk. It felt really good to place in the top 3 and give the bigger guys a run for their money. I know I couldnt have done it without God's blessing and help and appreciate all of the prayers.
keeper
Guest
Congrats, bud! That's awesome. I'm sure your body was not performing at it's best, but there are reasons for everything that happens in a believer's life. I think the Father must be smiling about your attitude. (I am, too!) May His blessings overtake you, Tat.
BUCKNUTS
Board Supporter
:clap2: Awesome job congrats man, God is good.
dragonfly
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Congrats Tat !
Looks like we were both victorious
...because of His grace
Such is the power of prayer, thanks Buck, Keeper and Subweevil !
The Lord walks in mysterious ways and if you follow Him, you'll be never short of wonderful surprises !
I too, only slept for couple of hours before the race....what kept me awake was the anxiety of the upcoming 10km downhill section Invalid Link Removed
See, my plan to enter this race was to get a chance to enter the Croc Trophy...that was not His plan tho, oh no, He had something completely different in His mind
For 6 years of my mountainbiking career I've been diligently avoiding the RRR race (that is its name, don't ask what the triple R stands for :dunno and the reason for this was my paranoia of a horrendously steep 10km long downhill section. I don't ride those sort of downhills, I WALK THEM. PERIOD. In the 8hr race three weeks ago there was a short section of 50m that I walked each of the 7 laps 
. When I asked my friend Jerry what was the downhill in the RRR like, he said, same as Herberton, except, 10km long.
Right, I thought :run: :lol:
Well, the Lord wanted me to conquer my fear, after all I prayed for the faith of King David, didn't I....and He only gives you what you ask for !
The Lord also knew my heart, He knew there was no way of making me enter that race unless He'd somehow led me to believe there was a "higher purpose" for entering in it...such as the Croc Trophy... I wanted badly to do the Croc for as long as I've been biking, but never had enough finances.
For 2 weeks prior to the RRR I kept telling myself, I don't care how long it takes to walk down that bloody 10km :rant: and how embarrassing it will be, I am NOT RIDING IT ! :28:
Then came race day and as I was approaching my living nightmare I said to myself, How big is The Lord ? Well, I knew the answer to that.....How big is your faith ? ....well....I also knew then that I HAD TO RIDE the downhill...it was my Goliath and I was going to FACE IT !!!! No surrender !!!! If the Lord is with me, who can be against me ?!!!!!
Just before the section I lowered my seat, it is a common practice among mountainbikers when they ride downhills, it lowers the center of gravity and makes riding "less scary" :lol: Then, 10 min into it, all the Angels from heaven screamed at me: HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD, YOU HESITANT GIDEON ?!!!!! I HESITATED for awhile (God's angels know me well too :lol, stopped, put the seat back up and said to them : The Lord my father is GREAT, He doesn't need my help to slay this downhill Goliath of mine, He only needs my complete submission and trust. He would have not put me in this race if He didn't think I was capable of making it through that downhill. If He has that much faith in me How can I not have faith in Him ?! If I doubt in my Father I only give satan a reason to laugh at my defeat. And that is the biggest :nono: I HATE the devil :thumbsdown:
....and so it went that we flew down, the Lord ahead and I behind, at the speed of light, passing other terrified riders that were walking down One Goliath down, satan defeated and me, FREEEEEEEE OF FEAR !!!!!! :woohoo:
The only thing I regretted later is not having gone faster than the speed of light :lol:
The last section of the race was a 5km strip on a sandy beach. I slowed down and cycled close to any rider that happened to be around. Then, I shared my victory in God's name with them. To be a witness is what I owed Him, I cared little about the overall placing, His grace is sufficient for me
Praise The Lord !!!!!
Looks like we were both victorious
...because of His grace
Such is the power of prayer, thanks Buck, Keeper and Subweevil !
The Lord walks in mysterious ways and if you follow Him, you'll be never short of wonderful surprises !
I too, only slept for couple of hours before the race....what kept me awake was the anxiety of the upcoming 10km downhill section Invalid Link Removed
See, my plan to enter this race was to get a chance to enter the Croc Trophy...that was not His plan tho, oh no, He had something completely different in His mind
For 6 years of my mountainbiking career I've been diligently avoiding the RRR race (that is its name, don't ask what the triple R stands for :dunno
and the reason for this was my paranoia of a horrendously steep 10km long downhill section. I don't ride those sort of downhills, I WALK THEM. PERIOD. In the 8hr race three weeks ago there was a short section of 50m that I walked each of the 7 laps . When I asked my friend Jerry what was the downhill in the RRR like, he said, same as Herberton, except, 10km long.Right, I thought :run: :lol:
Well, the Lord wanted me to conquer my fear, after all I prayed for the faith of King David, didn't I....and He only gives you what you ask for !
The Lord also knew my heart, He knew there was no way of making me enter that race unless He'd somehow led me to believe there was a "higher purpose" for entering in it...such as the Croc Trophy... I wanted badly to do the Croc for as long as I've been biking, but never had enough finances.
For 2 weeks prior to the RRR I kept telling myself, I don't care how long it takes to walk down that bloody 10km :rant: and how embarrassing it will be, I am NOT RIDING IT ! :28:
Then came race day and as I was approaching my living nightmare I said to myself, How big is The Lord ? Well, I knew the answer to that.....How big is your faith ? ....well....I also knew then that I HAD TO RIDE the downhill...it was my Goliath and I was going to FACE IT !!!! No surrender !!!! If the Lord is with me, who can be against me ?!!!!!
Just before the section I lowered my seat, it is a common practice among mountainbikers when they ride downhills, it lowers the center of gravity and makes riding "less scary" :lol: Then, 10 min into it, all the Angels from heaven screamed at me: HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD, YOU HESITANT GIDEON ?!!!!! I HESITATED for awhile (God's angels know me well too :lol
, stopped, put the seat back up and said to them : The Lord my father is GREAT, He doesn't need my help to slay this downhill Goliath of mine, He only needs my complete submission and trust. He would have not put me in this race if He didn't think I was capable of making it through that downhill. If He has that much faith in me How can I not have faith in Him ?! If I doubt in my Father I only give satan a reason to laugh at my defeat. And that is the biggest :nono: I HATE the devil :thumbsdown:....and so it went that we flew down, the Lord ahead and I behind, at the speed of light, passing other terrified riders that were walking down
One Goliath down, satan defeated and me, FREEEEEEEE OF FEAR !!!!!! :woohoo:The only thing I regretted later is not having gone faster than the speed of light :lol:
The last section of the race was a 5km strip on a sandy beach. I slowed down and cycled close to any rider that happened to be around. Then, I shared my victory in God's name with them. To be a witness is what I owed Him, I cared little about the overall placing, His grace is sufficient for me
Praise The Lord !!!!!
dragonfly
Well-known member
Just another thing...His timing is PERFECT. Just as I hit the downhill, my ipod shuffled to:
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How appropriate
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I've had many tears and sorrows
I've had questions for tomorrow
There've been times I didn't know right from wrong
But in every situation
God gave blessed consolation
That my trials only come to make me strong
I've been a lot of places
And I've seen so many faces
But there've been times I've felt so all alone
But in that lonely hour
In that precious, lonely hour
Jesus let me know I was His own
Through it all
Through it all
I've learned to trust in Jesus
I've learned to trust in God
Through it all
Through it all
I've learned to depend upon His Word
So I thank God for the mountains
And I thank Him for the valleys
I thank Him for the storms He's brought me through
Cause if I never had a problem
I wouldn't know that He could solve them
I wouldn't know what faith in His Word could do
Through it all
Through it all
I've learned to trust in Jesus
I've learned to trust in God
Through it all
Through it all
I've learned to depend upon His Word
Yes, I've learned to depend upon His Word
I've learned to depend upon His Word
I've had questions for tomorrow
There've been times I didn't know right from wrong
But in every situation
God gave blessed consolation
That my trials only come to make me strong
I've been a lot of places
And I've seen so many faces
But there've been times I've felt so all alone
But in that lonely hour
In that precious, lonely hour
Jesus let me know I was His own
Through it all
Through it all
I've learned to trust in Jesus
I've learned to trust in God
Through it all
Through it all
I've learned to depend upon His Word
So I thank God for the mountains
And I thank Him for the valleys
I thank Him for the storms He's brought me through
Cause if I never had a problem
I wouldn't know that He could solve them
I wouldn't know what faith in His Word could do
Through it all
Through it all
I've learned to trust in Jesus
I've learned to trust in God
Through it all
Through it all
I've learned to depend upon His Word
Yes, I've learned to depend upon His Word
I've learned to depend upon His Word
How appropriate
jim623
Guest
Awesome job TP.
There is a reason for you getting sick the night before. It just may have been Gods way of preventing a serious injury. He was protecting you but not eliminating you.
tattoopierced1
Guest
I think it was for him to show me that although I would have given up on myself given the circumstances, since I gave myself to him and trusted him with me, he pushed me through everything.
Beau
Well-known member
This is a praise to God that I thought I might never make. I have some misgivings about it, because it involves divorce; something God hates. But the praise isn't so much about divorce, but the growth process surrounding it.
Today is the 2nd anniversary of the day I found out that my (now) ex-wife was committing adultery (again). 2 years ago I found out that she, my wife of over 27 years and the Director of Praise Music at our church in Fullerton, CA, had been having a long-term affair with her boss, the Choir Director.
Fast forward to today. I owe her a debt of gratitude. Had she not been so selfish I would still be in a miserable marraige; albeit one I tried with all of my heart to make work.
I have changed a lot in the past 2 years. I am a better man. I have a better relationship with God. I accept myself - flaws and all - strengths and all - just a I am, with an eye towards just being the best and Godliest man I can be.
Two years ago I would have never imagined what today would be; how terrific it could be.
Not all is perfect - the situation with my daughter still hurts - but there is something to be gained from that as well.
I am truly blessed.
Thanks be to God.
Today is the 2nd anniversary of the day I found out that my (now) ex-wife was committing adultery (again). 2 years ago I found out that she, my wife of over 27 years and the Director of Praise Music at our church in Fullerton, CA, had been having a long-term affair with her boss, the Choir Director.
Fast forward to today. I owe her a debt of gratitude. Had she not been so selfish I would still be in a miserable marraige; albeit one I tried with all of my heart to make work.
I have changed a lot in the past 2 years. I am a better man. I have a better relationship with God. I accept myself - flaws and all - strengths and all - just a I am, with an eye towards just being the best and Godliest man I can be.
Two years ago I would have never imagined what today would be; how terrific it could be.
Not all is perfect - the situation with my daughter still hurts - but there is something to be gained from that as well.
I am truly blessed.
Thanks be to God.
keeper
Guest
Wow, Beau, that's a beautiful testimony. Very inspiring.
jim623
Guest
Amen brother!
DR.D
Well-known member
In the immortal words of Too Short: "get in where you fit in"
If streets are your ministry, stop wasting time and get back in them streets! Your provisions are at your fingertips, and your yield is certain. It's showtime brotha.
DR.D
Well-known member
I would go to that music director's house, ring the doorbell, and shake his hand when he came to the door! (I just had my 2 year a few days ago too.) It's all good, God turns every bad thing good with time. It's great to see you seeking the best you can be, that's all any man can offer. God bless you friend, and congrats on this milestone.
Beau
Well-known member
I would go to that music director's house, ring the doorbell, and shake his hand when he came to the door! (I just had my 2 year a few days ago too.) It's all good, God turns every bad thing good with time. It's great to see you seeking the best you can be, that's all any man can offer. God bless you friend, and congrats on this milestone.
Well, they are now married. At least for now. No trips over to lover's lane for me.
But along with the other blessings, that means I am no longer oblgated to pay spousal support.
The (still) incredibly immature part of me thought about sending her an anniversary card. It was a fun thought, but I'm glad I didn't do it. Being emotionally neutral has its benefits.
Oh, and the Choir Director's ex-wife called me. She lost her job. And now? Well after she had to initially pay alimony to him (the Choir Director), she has now filed for alimony. He was served court papers during a dinner party our little love birds were hosting.
Funny how things work out, huh?
dedlifter1
Well-known member
It certainly is. your approach to this very difficult situation is nothing short of completely, 100%, GOD concious. Your are a shining example to the rest us.. Well done, my prayers are with you.
Beau
Well-known member
Wow. Thank you. Honestly, I am embarrassed by your praise; but I appreciate it - and I especially appreciate your prayers.
What I now have before me - is the rest of my life. I am so thankful for that.
I also have the opportunity to try to help others who may face betrayal; and to offer that help with integrity, character and an eye towards God (almost all of the advice I recieved was that I "needed to go out and get laid"). But since I've had to learn about healing and recovery from betrayal and adultery, I would be selfish if I failed to use what I've learned to help others.
Thank you again.
keeper
Guest
Beau, I think all the trials and valleys in the life of a believer are intended to be used in the way you describe. It's gratifying, isn't it? When you can look that person in the eye, midst their suffering and assure them that healing is possible, isn't it a good feeling? You speak from a standpoint of knowing first hand. There's added credibility there. You're taking what the enemy intended for evil and allowing God to use it for His glory.
It's been wonderful to have opportunities to use what I learned in my times of intense grief and suffering to encourage others. My mom's violent suicide has led to a ministry of sorts, both for those considering suicide, as well as those who have suffered the loss of loved ones. I am deeply humbled to be used of the Lord.
It's been wonderful to have opportunities to use what I learned in my times of intense grief and suffering to encourage others. My mom's violent suicide has led to a ministry of sorts, both for those considering suicide, as well as those who have suffered the loss of loved ones. I am deeply humbled to be used of the Lord.
Beau
Well-known member
Yes, it is a nice feeling to extend your heart to others - especially when you know what they are going through.
I am sorry for the trials and tribulations you faced with your mother.
jim623
Guest
Just want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. My wifes grandmother is doing much better. They moved her to a swing bed last Sunday and she will be coming home this Friday.
With an IV pumping 2 antibiotics into her she was not improving. They had to flush her kidneys for 24 hours with a saline/ antibiotic mixture. She picked up immediately after that.
Again thank you all!!!
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With an IV pumping 2 antibiotics into her she was not improving. They had to flush her kidneys for 24 hours with a saline/ antibiotic mixture. She picked up immediately after that.
Again thank you all!!!
Haha, this thing edited out c o c k tail.
tattoopierced1
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Glad to hear the good news!