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Posted by Joseph - June 10, 2010 at 12:38 am
After praying and seeking out the Lord, here is a follow-up to a recent post – Choosing Freedom over Slavery. I covet your prayers, encouragement and any insight.
Over the past day or so, I have received guidance related to walking with the Lord. The Lord is showing me that I’m not always walking with Him. I’m hearing (He’s always speaking), but I’m not always doing. Lord: “Pick up your mat and walk” – No walking. Lord: “Go wash your eyes in the pool and see” – No walking. Lord: “Go show your healing of leprosy to the priest” – No walking. “Don’t go there” – I keep walking. Choosing to hear the Lord but no action. Thank you Helper for teaching me. Here’s a few related verses -
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This is a follow-up to a recent post, Afraid of the Unknown. Am I a slave to sin or a slave to righteousness? We can only serve (love) one master, God or the god of this world, Satan. This has been a common theme of teaching in multiple studies over the past few weeks – Choosing Bondage or Choosing Freedom in Christ. Choose wisely student of life!
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Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Here is another testimony with Signs from God. Lord, thank you for the blessings, the signs, testimony, and means to witness.. and thank you for the means to share. I pray that this encourages and helps the faith of many. In Jesus name I pray, amen.
Categories: Testimonies Tags: coincidence, eyes to see, Kingdom of God, Signs from God, Testimony, Unity and Oneness
During my journey with the Lord, I have witnessed believers guide me and other members of the Body to take a step of faith in situations where God’s will is unknown. This is what I call a Blind Step of Faith. I would like to give my own guidance on this topic because I see a great error in the use of the statement “Step of Faith.” Please, I covet additional insight on this topic as well -
Yes, indeed it has been a while since my last post. I was waiting on the Lord for my next witnessing to His blessedness. All in His perfect timing.
Praise God for answered prayers. Here is a testimony from the Lord (and a great lesson) – Faith, Obedience, and Blessings. I pray this blesses you.
Categories: Answered Prayers, Teachings, Testimonies Tags: Blessing, Faith, obedience, Trust
The Lord God revealed to me that I am afraid of the unknown in-Christ. God, help me in my unbelief. I have had a few dreams that I didn’t understand, but now when I look at them globally, it seems that I am afraid of the path less traveled, the unknown, death to self, complete surrender, etc. If you have wisdom in interpreting dreams, I really could use some help from the Body (especially prayers). I’ll explain each one and what my understanding is. If the Spirit guides you to a different understanding, please, by all means, please jump in or shoot me an email from the contact me form. Lord, help me by sending me an angel.
Categories: Misc. Ramblings Tags: Afraid Unknown, Choice, Door, dreams, obedience, Trust
Praise God, another one chalked up for the good Guy! Way to go God! Prayer works in His perfect timing. God is good, good, good, amen. Here’s a testimony of someone coming to Christ. Praise the Lord all ye saints of God.
A dear friend that I worked with for around 10 yrs called me tonight. I haven’t talked to this person since our working relationship ended 2yrs ago. “Guess what Joey, I just got baptized.” Hallelujah! Wow, truly amazing God! Praise the Lord!
Categories: Answered Prayers Tags: Answered prayer, eyes to see, God, Praise God, prayer
Keep It Simple Servant – Boy, do I over complicate things. Faith and obedience, it’s really that simple, servant!
Obedience as a servant takes action – Moses, strike the Nile with your rod. Raise your rod Moses. Strike the rock with your rod Moses. March around Jericho 7 times and shout. Lepers, go show the priest you are healed. Pick up your mat and walk. Keep it simple servant – Have faith and choose God (servant), hear His word, then take an action in obedience. Simple enough, right? It only gets complicated after my ideas start to get involved. I end up trying to figure things out myself (Proverbs 3:5-8). When I do this, I have walked right into the war zone, Spirit vs Flesh. Keep it Simple Servant -
Categories: Teachings Tags: Blessing, Faith, God, Jesus, keep it simple servant, obedience, servant, Teaching, Trust
After reading a brother’s post about Bible Study, I decided to put together a Top 10 Bible Study suggestion list.
Categories: Misc. Ramblings Tags: Bible, bible study, God, Holy Spirit, Word of God
Thank you Lord for another testimony of your grace and glory. In Christ, amen.
Around this time last year, the Lord blessed me with the resources and opportunity to purchase some bibles on the cheap. This was its own testimony. The website I ordered from had their price incorrectly marked, but they honored it. Then, they gave a discount for ministry and tossed in free shipping. Praise God. The lady said “You’ll never see these bibles this cheap again.” Ya right, I have a BIG God -
Categories: Answered Prayers, Testimonies Tags: Bible, God, Praise God, Testimony
