We overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony (see Revelation 12:11) Freedom is in the truth; of my struggles and God's grace. This is my eye witness testimony.
Concerning Disease
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My family recently found out that someone we love has a rare blood disease that has no cure and would require him to need dialysis every day for the rest of his life. We are all saddened as we watch nature take its course. I have another family member who gets dialysis several times a week, and it is inconvenient but allows him to live relatively well. I couldn't help but think of these people as a carnal example of what Christ does for us spiritually. We all have a blood disease that flows through us and it's called sin nature. Our tendencies toward evil have guaranteed our demise if unchecked. Masking the symptoms with church attendance or donations to charity are not going to save us because acting good is different than being good much like looking healthy is different than being healthy. We have to apply the cure or else we will find that when the "medicine" wears off we are worse that we were before we started attempting to cover the symptoms. This is why I believe a lot of people leave church. Applying medicines helped them to feel good, but when they left the church they continued in constant sin and ended up feeling hypocritical and/or discouraged. I believe the church is a hospital for the spiritually in need, however it is up to the individuals whether they seek for a cure or just some pain killers. When our own essence is destroying us, we can not save ourselves. We can only cry out for help. Call on God in the name of Jesus. The only cure that can save us is a blood saving transfusion from the only begotten son of God. He already made the donation, we just have to say yes and allow the blood to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1st John 1: 9 says it like this "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." How does he do this? "Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts." Much like you might start looking healthy as you get healthy, you'll find that as God makes you right, you start wanting to do right. All to the glory of God. Stop trying to act good and do right and become good and right through the work of God's spirit on the inside of you. Seek after a relationship with God, and you'll find that you'll be apprehended by what your after (see Philippians 3:12).
So I find that there are certain things that when done make for a much better day than when I don't do them. As a single mom sometimes it gets hard to do these and then everything seems to be a bigger ordeal for me. Lord help me to do better with that. I would tell you don't judge me, but I know you are going to do it anyway so I will say please be gracious toward me. 1. Start the snowball of positive thinking : For me this means prayers of thanks, reading my Bible, listening to positive music, writing a letter to God or to myself, even watching some Veggie Tales (what do you know about those Veggies?) with my son sometimes. The reality is there is enough negative that comes at me; why would I invite anything other than a flood of positive truth into my mind and my life? This is the day that the Lord has made I will rejoice and be glad in it...or else!!! haha just kidding (sort of) 2. Wash up!: Remember when I said be gracious?...
I was told that by 6 months old or so my son should be effectively sleeping through the night. Well, Tomorrow is his first birthday and he has already woken up twice...make that three times because he woke up while I was writing this! I really miss sleeping and I want my little one to get sleep too. He wakes up every two or three hours to nurse. I try to get him to go back to sleep, but a baby who is standing up and pulling on the side of his crib isn't going back to sleep easily. I sing, swing, shush , and attempt to swaddle, but he won't have any of it. Sometimes I let him cry his way back to sleep, but it only last for about a half hour before he reawakens more determined than before. The screaming wears on my nerves and the lack of sleep is wearing on my days. Some days I think "This is it. This is my life now. I will never feel rested again, and I will never be fully alert again." I expected to lose sleep when I found out I was pregnant. I expected to be tired, b...
I used to dream all the time that I was witnessing to people. People would ask me questions and I would begin to speak about the goodness of the Lord, and how Jesus was the solution to all of their problems or desires. I feel anointed to be having those dreams again. Maybe someone needs these words. I talk about my journey of faith, but maybe you haven't begun that journey yet so let me tell you about Jesus. Jesus is the Christ, the savior of the world, the messiah, the only begotten son of God. Jesus is God in humanity. He came down to earth, lived a human life, did miraculous things to show people who he was and how much he loved them. Jesus felt every human emotion that any of us have ever felt. Jesus taught us how to live as people of God. Then he died so that we wouldn't have to be separated from him anymore. You see sin separates us from God because he is holy. We all have sinned therefore we all should be separated fro...
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