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Dear Sadeyes,
I am so sorry for your suffering. You do not suffer alone. "Do not be afraid!" He is with you, and he knows you by name.
It is understandable that you cry out, as did the Psalmist, as did our Lord as He hung from the Cross: Eli! Eli!!! Lema sabachthani!!! My God, why have you forsaken me?
Jesus told us to follow Him. He suffered greatly--and as you, innocently, and at the end of His sufferings He Resurrected!!!! Unite your sufferings to His and to Him, and you too will experience such Resurrection.
My God, Abba, be with Sadeyes during her times of despair, and let her feel your love and concern, as a baby feels the love and concern of his mother. Help Sadeyes to unite her sufferings with Your Son's, so that she will be assured that she does not suffer in vain. May she experience You at the end of her trial, and meet you face to face, where you live forever and ever with Your Son and Holy Spirit, One God, as it was from the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, AMen, alleluia alleluia!!!!
I am so sorry for your suffering. You do not suffer alone. "Do not be afraid!" He is with you, and he knows you by name.
It is understandable that you cry out, as did the Psalmist, as did our Lord as He hung from the Cross: Eli! Eli!!! Lema sabachthani!!! My God, why have you forsaken me?
Jesus told us to follow Him. He suffered greatly--and as you, innocently, and at the end of His sufferings He Resurrected!!!! Unite your sufferings to His and to Him, and you too will experience such Resurrection.
My God, Abba, be with Sadeyes during her times of despair, and let her feel your love and concern, as a baby feels the love and concern of his mother. Help Sadeyes to unite her sufferings with Your Son's, so that she will be assured that she does not suffer in vain. May she experience You at the end of her trial, and meet you face to face, where you live forever and ever with Your Son and Holy Spirit, One God, as it was from the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, AMen, alleluia alleluia!!!!
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Sadeyes said:
Sadeyes, I praise the Lord you were able to sit in the garden, that in itself is amazing. I rejoice with you. I had agoraphobia/panic attacks for over 20 years and was stuck in the house - I would have given anything to be able to sit in the garden then. God freed me from these 5 years ago and, all glory to Him, I was able to travel this year to the USA for my sons wedding.
I also praise the Lord for the glimpse of His love He allowed you to experience. He really is an amazing and an AWESOME God. Although these seem like small things to other people, they really are big things for us. Praise the Lord.
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I am so happy for you dear sister and God answered my prayer for you to be able to enjoy the sun outside too. How great is our God.
Thank you Jesus for what You have done for our sister here.
Thank you that she also knows that You love us through others.
God bless you and it really was exciting to read your good news too.
Love in Christ.
:rainbow: :rose:Thank you for all the encouragement in your posts.
This morning, I wrote:
The most amazing thing happened while I was outside. I was talking to God and I actually had a glimpse of his love for me and in that moment, I was glad to be alive!
In those two sentences, there are in fact two miracles mentioned (four, if you count being outside and talking to God) - the second of which, nobody has commented on!!
I was thinking about this just a few minutes ago and wondered why this was so. Maybe I am wrong, but I concluded that as you don't know me, you would have no understanding of the significance of these words:
I was glad to be alive!
For my entire life, I have wanted to be dead. Until this morning, I can not remember a time when I have ever felt anything other than a desire to die. That doesn't mean that I have gone around being miserable all the time, far from that in fact, but my deepest (hidden) desire, from my earliest memories, has always been to die. The pain that I now live with has just reinforced that desire.
That is why in that moment when I had a glimpse of God's love for me, it was also a miracle that I could say that I was glad to be alive.
Thank you for all of your prayers.
This morning, I wrote:
The most amazing thing happened while I was outside. I was talking to God and I actually had a glimpse of his love for me and in that moment, I was glad to be alive!
In those two sentences, there are in fact two miracles mentioned (four, if you count being outside and talking to God) - the second of which, nobody has commented on!!
I was thinking about this just a few minutes ago and wondered why this was so. Maybe I am wrong, but I concluded that as you don't know me, you would have no understanding of the significance of these words:
I was glad to be alive!
For my entire life, I have wanted to be dead. Until this morning, I can not remember a time when I have ever felt anything other than a desire to die. That doesn't mean that I have gone around being miserable all the time, far from that in fact, but my deepest (hidden) desire, from my earliest memories, has always been to die. The pain that I now live with has just reinforced that desire.
That is why in that moment when I had a glimpse of God's love for me, it was also a miracle that I could say that I was glad to be alive.
Thank you for all of your prayers.
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Wow that is awesome news then, I did not know that before. I knew you had wanted to die recently but not for that length of time sister.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
God is working in your life and showing you His great love for YOU.
I am very pleased for you that you could say 'I was glad to be alive'
God bless
Love in Christ
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Thank you for all the encouragement in your posts.
This morning, I wrote:
The most amazing thing happened while I was outside. I was talking to God and I actually had a glimpse of his love for me and in that moment, I was glad to be alive!
In those two sentences, there are in fact two miracles mentioned (four, if you count being outside and talking to God) - the second of which, nobody has commented on!!
I was thinking about this just a few minutes ago and wondered why this was so. Maybe I am wrong, but I concluded that as you don't know me, you would have no understanding of the significance of these words:
I was glad to be alive!
For my entire life, I have wanted to be dead. Until this morning, I can not remember a time when I have ever felt anything other than a desire to die. That doesn't mean that I have gone around being miserable all the time, far from that in fact, but my deepest desire, from my earliest memories, has always been to die. The pain that I now live with has just reinforced that desire.
That is why in that moment when I had a glimpse of God's love for me, it was also a miracle that I could say that I was glad to be alive.
Thank you for all of your prayers.
Sister - your whole story today is a miracle. It is awesome to see in such a short a time, how far you have come. I actually did notice the bit where you said you are glad to be alive - it jumped off the page at me but I forgot to mention it. :embarasse My apologies. I was just so excited to read of your progress.
Psalm 62:5-7 "My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God."
Thank God
Dear Sad Eyes, have you thanked Jesus for taking the punishment for your sins on the cross at Calvary? He died in your place so that you could have life in heaven with the Family of God for all eternity. Have you asked Him to forgive you for all your sins? Have you asked Him to come into your heart? Just read this prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus, I thank you now for dieing on the cross for all of my sins. Please forgive me and come into my heart with your Spirit to live with me forever. In Jesus Name. Amen
Just say that to God, He is there with you now and will hear you even if you speak it only in your mind. God will give you a new life right now. In Jesus Name.
Dear Sad Eyes, have you thanked Jesus for taking the punishment for your sins on the cross at Calvary? He died in your place so that you could have life in heaven with the Family of God for all eternity. Have you asked Him to forgive you for all your sins? Have you asked Him to come into your heart? Just read this prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus, I thank you now for dieing on the cross for all of my sins. Please forgive me and come into my heart with your Spirit to live with me forever. In Jesus Name. Amen
Just say that to God, He is there with you now and will hear you even if you speak it only in your mind. God will give you a new life right now. In Jesus Name.
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Dear fitzman
If you read all the posts by this sister you would know that we are so happy because she did indeed ask Jesus into her heart and has been asked this question so very recently.
She has been asking all the right questions to grow in her walk with Jesus. I wish more new believers were so inquisitive to get to know their Saviour like this dear sister has done.
She has started different threads on here and in Father's love letter is where she started and through our help she was led by the Holy Spirit to give her heart to Jesus and I was so happy the next day to see the prayer she prayed in that forum and knew the angels in heaven were rejoicing over 1 sinner who has given her life to Jesus.
She is indeed growing and learning that Jesus really does love her.
God bless you brother. :rainbow: :rose:
If you read all the posts by this sister you would know that we are so happy because she did indeed ask Jesus into her heart and has been asked this question so very recently.
She has been asking all the right questions to grow in her walk with Jesus. I wish more new believers were so inquisitive to get to know their Saviour like this dear sister has done.
She has started different threads on here and in Father's love letter is where she started and through our help she was led by the Holy Spirit to give her heart to Jesus and I was so happy the next day to see the prayer she prayed in that forum and knew the angels in heaven were rejoicing over 1 sinner who has given her life to Jesus.
She is indeed growing and learning that Jesus really does love her.
God bless you brother.
:rainbow: :rose:Sunshine - You do not have to apologise for not mentioning about the fact that I had said that I was glad to be alive. I only mentioned it in my last post because I thought that it was interesting that people hadn't seen (?) the significance of those words. For me, that was as much of a miracle as glimpsing God's love for me, but for other people reading those words, they probably wouldn't have thought too much about them!
Fitzman - Thank you for the post. The good news is that I said that prayer 3 weeks ago.
Fitzman - Thank you for the post. The good news is that I said that prayer 3 weeks ago.
Thank you.
Thanks for responding Since we know that God is faithful with all His promises, then we also know that you are in the family now and living His plan for your life. Right now you are experiencing the results of many prayers being lifted up for you. For us, loving God is jobOne.
Your brother InChrist
Fitz
Thanks for responding Since we know that God is faithful with all His promises, then we also know that you are in the family now and living His plan for your life. Right now you are experiencing the results of many prayers being lifted up for you. For us, loving God is jobOne.
Your brother InChrist
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Thank you Jesus for my sisters growth in You. Help her when she goes to the doctors tomorrow knowing that You are holding her hand and will always be with her. You were with her in the past even though she did not know it. Help her to focus on You and to learn scriptures that she can recall when she needs them too. I pray that she will get a good report and that the doctor will see a change and improvement as we are all praying for her. I pray that she will return with positive information in Jesus' name and for His glory amen.
Sister, any time you need prayers we are here to support you and pray for you. You are part of the family of God and our sister in Christ.
Psalm 17.
6 I call on you, O God, for you will answer me;
give ear to me and hear my prayer.
7 Show the wonder of your great love,
you who save by your right hand
those who take refuge in you from their foes.
8 Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings
Deuteronomy 32.
9 For the LORD's portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance. 10 In a desert land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.
He shielded him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them on its pinions.
God bless you
Love in Christ :rainbow: :rose:
Sister, any time you need prayers we are here to support you and pray for you. You are part of the family of God and our sister in Christ.
Psalm 17.
6 I call on you, O God, for you will answer me;
give ear to me and hear my prayer.
7 Show the wonder of your great love,
you who save by your right hand
those who take refuge in you from their foes.
8 Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings
Deuteronomy 32.
9 For the LORD's portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance. 10 In a desert land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.
He shielded him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,
11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them on its pinions.
God bless you
Love in Christ
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Father, I just thank you and praise you for what you're doing in our sister's
life. You are great and greatly to be praised! I stand in agreement with the
prayers that have been lifted up to you on her behalf! I thank you for every
big and little miracle and thank You in advance for the ones to come!
Lord God, I pray that you will go before her and that the glory of the Lord
will be her rear guard. I pray, O God, that the dr. & Brighteyes will be
surprised at the good report that comes forth. You are doing so many
things in our sister and I thank You for bringing her into Your family and
into our lives. Bless her abundantly by Your power and Your Spirit. We love
you so much, Lord. You truly are worthy to be praised!
In the Mighty Name of Jesus, Amen!
life. You are great and greatly to be praised! I stand in agreement with the
prayers that have been lifted up to you on her behalf! I thank you for every
big and little miracle and thank You in advance for the ones to come!
Lord God, I pray that you will go before her and that the glory of the Lord
will be her rear guard. I pray, O God, that the dr. & Brighteyes will be
surprised at the good report that comes forth. You are doing so many
things in our sister and I thank You for bringing her into Your family and
into our lives. Bless her abundantly by Your power and Your Spirit. We love
you so much, Lord. You truly are worthy to be praised!
In the Mighty Name of Jesus, Amen!
Thank you for your kind posts. I was just on my way to bed and thought that I would check my e-mails before closing the computer down.
I'M GLAD THAT I DID!!!!!
Thank you for your prayers.
Thank you LLJ for the Bible verses also. I particularly like the first one that you high-lighted because it is written in the first person - making it more personal to me.
"Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings "
WOW!
I'M GLAD THAT I DID!!!!!
Thank you for your prayers.
Thank you LLJ for the Bible verses also. I particularly like the first one that you high-lighted because it is written in the first person - making it more personal to me.
"Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings "
WOW!
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Be not afraid! Look your illness squarely in the face, and know that He is God. "The great Christian revolution has been to convert pain into fruitful suffering and to turn a bad thing into something good. We have deprived the devil of this weapon; and with it we can conquer eternity." (Josemaria Escriva, Spanish philosopher of the 20th Century)
i remember you everytime I pray, Sadeyes. God be with you at tomorrow's Doctor appointment!
Sorry! - I think that I have let you all down - Sorry!
You have all been so kind to me and have prayed for me and encouraged me a lot.
I feel very down after my appointment with the doctor and quite simply, am no longer glad to be alive.
The pain is very bad. I just want to cry and cry and cry.
I am so grateful to God for showing me a glimpse of his love towards me yesterday - but that was yesterday, this is today.
Would it be greedy to want to ask for another glimpse of God's love today?
If I remember correctly, I have read somewhere on this forum that God can't answer prayer if there is sin in someone's life. (Please don't shout me down if I have misunderstood that). Well, if that is the case, he will never be able to answer my prayers until I have dealt with my unforgiveness and bitterness - and I feel too ill to be able to deal with these issues at the moment. It is a bit like a vicious circle!!!!!!
I just feel as though I am at breaking point at the moment.
Sorry to ask for more prayer.
You have all been so kind to me and have prayed for me and encouraged me a lot.
I feel very down after my appointment with the doctor and quite simply, am no longer glad to be alive.
The pain is very bad. I just want to cry and cry and cry.
I am so grateful to God for showing me a glimpse of his love towards me yesterday - but that was yesterday, this is today.
Would it be greedy to want to ask for another glimpse of God's love today?
If I remember correctly, I have read somewhere on this forum that God can't answer prayer if there is sin in someone's life. (Please don't shout me down if I have misunderstood that). Well, if that is the case, he will never be able to answer my prayers until I have dealt with my unforgiveness and bitterness - and I feel too ill to be able to deal with these issues at the moment. It is a bit like a vicious circle!!!!!!
I just feel as though I am at breaking point at the moment.
Sorry to ask for more prayer.
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Oh, God, Gracious Father, breakthrough sadeyes pain right now. Lessen the pain, Father, so that she can look into Your heart and do the right thing. Give her the opportunity to pray and get rid of that toxic unforgiveness, for it is at the point where it is really hurting her now.
Lord, I've been there, I've been to the point where the bitterness is more real than life itself.
Father, in the name of Jesus, break through sadeyes pain and hopelessness with your great Light. You are the source of all hope, all love, all good plans.
Please in the name of Jesus, break through to sad eyes and allow her to see More than a glimpse of Your love, EVERY DAY
I mean this prayer with all of my heart, Lord and You know it, so answer me now, in Jesus' mighty Name I pray, AMEN!
Lord, I've been there, I've been to the point where the bitterness is more real than life itself.
Father, in the name of Jesus, break through sadeyes pain and hopelessness with your great Light. You are the source of all hope, all love, all good plans.
Please in the name of Jesus, break through to sad eyes and allow her to see More than a glimpse of Your love, EVERY DAY
I mean this prayer with all of my heart, Lord and You know it, so answer me now, in Jesus' mighty Name I pray, AMEN!
