Well, I can't keep up with you and God at the moment!! What a WONDERFUL 'PROBLEM' to have!! I shall write about this wondrous post soonest. God bless you, dear one!! (I see how He already is!!)
- BM
THE INNER ROOM - "Learn and Grow - to Maturity". Please read the 1st Post.
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Well, I can't keep up with you and God at the moment!! What a WONDERFUL 'PROBLEM' to have!! I shall write about this wondrous post soonest. God bless you, dear one!! (I see how He already is!!)
- BM
PRACTICAL NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY
MESSAGE #166
THIS IS GOD'S WORK - AND TRULY GOD AT WORK!
Man, this is truly serious work of God!!!
The first thing that's incredibly exciting as I read this post is the ministry that got done in this sad family!!! Praises to His Name - and Hallelujah!!
The second thing that to me is even more exciting is the change I'm seeing in you!!! You truly are showing what the 'Greats' from the past would have called "Holy Boldness"!! - and I reckon I know why!
Firstly, you do appear to be truly FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT!!! That's another Hallelujah!! I simply can't see work like that being done through you without you are FILLED with His Spirit. But that's not all, not by a long shot...
Because of space limitations, please go to the next post for the remainder of this message...
... Here is the completion of the previous post.
Secondly, I see what appears to be a marked change since RELINQUISHING that relationship that was not of God. It was a major task for you to do that, and it took time - but you finally did it... and now look at what seems to me to be almost like a new Faithwoman!!! Yee-haar!!!! You are showing confidence in ministry, and boldness to speak for the Lord - telling people STRAIGHT the truth they need to hear! And you are showing: a dedication to the Lord, to hurting people and to a work that maybe IS your calling. What I see is plumb amazing and truly spiritually beautiful!!
As I wrote a message about discipline based on part of one of your posts, in turn I am so grateful to the Lord that as you and I have worked together on your life in Him; God has given me HIS love for me to love you with, and minister to you with, and also give ME Holy Spirit boldness to speak to you the things you needed to hear - pretty-much exactly as you spoke to the family members!!
It's possible you may not realise that I've actually been 'Discipling you' (discipline is part of Discipling). One of Jesus' LAST COMMANDS TO US SAYS:
Mark Ch 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Matthew Ch 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you...
We are to (a) GO to the whole world (b) PREACH the GOSPEL to all, and (c) TEACH and DISCIPLE them - to bring them in turn to what you have just done!!! There's a parallel of this to Multi-level Marketing (MLM) where one person introduces the business to another, or to two others, who introduce it to two more, and this COMPOUNDS so that in the end there are thousands - all starting from one person!
Well at least it SHOULD be like an MLM!!! But very, very sadly we don't see this too often in the West... Why not?? Not to beat about the bush as to why, this is BECAUSE WE ARE PLAIN STRAIGHT OUT BEING DISOBEDIENT TO JESUS' COMMANDS ABOVE!!! Disobedient as individuals and disobedient as churches. BUT... we each have ONE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY here, and that's OURSELVES! If I live in obedience to the Lord according to Jesus' commands above, and YOU do too, then we CAN make an AMAZING difference!!!
Lord may it be so!!!
- BM, with his Love
Secondly, I see what appears to be a marked change since RELINQUISHING that relationship that was not of God. It was a major task for you to do that, and it took time - but you finally did it... and now look at what seems to me to be almost like a new Faithwoman!!! Yee-haar!!!! You are showing confidence in ministry, and boldness to speak for the Lord - telling people STRAIGHT the truth they need to hear! And you are showing: a dedication to the Lord, to hurting people and to a work that maybe IS your calling. What I see is plumb amazing and truly spiritually beautiful!!
As I wrote a message about discipline based on part of one of your posts, in turn I am so grateful to the Lord that as you and I have worked together on your life in Him; God has given me HIS love for me to love you with, and minister to you with, and also give ME Holy Spirit boldness to speak to you the things you needed to hear - pretty-much exactly as you spoke to the family members!!
It's possible you may not realise that I've actually been 'Discipling you' (discipline is part of Discipling). One of Jesus' LAST COMMANDS TO US SAYS:
Mark Ch 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Matthew Ch 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you...
We are to (a) GO to the whole world (b) PREACH the GOSPEL to all, and (c) TEACH and DISCIPLE them - to bring them in turn to what you have just done!!! There's a parallel of this to Multi-level Marketing (MLM) where one person introduces the business to another, or to two others, who introduce it to two more, and this COMPOUNDS so that in the end there are thousands - all starting from one person!
Well at least it SHOULD be like an MLM!!! But very, very sadly we don't see this too often in the West... Why not?? Not to beat about the bush as to why, this is BECAUSE WE ARE PLAIN STRAIGHT OUT BEING DISOBEDIENT TO JESUS' COMMANDS ABOVE!!! Disobedient as individuals and disobedient as churches. BUT... we each have ONE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY here, and that's OURSELVES! If I live in obedience to the Lord according to Jesus' commands above, and YOU do too, then we CAN make an AMAZING difference!!!
Lord may it be so!!!
- BM, with his Love
MAY HE GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH
AND GROW YOU TO MATURITY!
How Grateful Are you?
We have all read several messages from Bondman about selfishness. I saw it in myself today!
It took a gangster that God placed in my life today to ask myself how grateful am I?
Let me explain:
After being at the altar with the gal at church today, a gentleman introduced himself to me and said God spoke to me to come up to you and let you know that there is leadership skills in you and that God would like you to be open to look at other possible ministries.
He explained that he does ministry at the local Veterans Medical Center and within prisons and jails. He invited me to come with him today to the local Veterans Medical Center.
I met him there. He explained our job as volunteers was to go to the floors and take the men down to the chapel for church service. As we got off the elevator, God showed me a world I had only heard about and never personally seen. As we walked down the halls, he told me to be sure to look and listen. What I saw was so heart wrenching. There were men that had lost their limbs. There were men with mental disorders. There were men that had been disabled in so many ways. Yes, men that gave their lives to fight for our freedom! Just as Christ died on the cross, to set us free, there have been men that died for our freedom here on earth and here was a building full of men that God saved.
As I wheeled them down to the chapel, my heart was melting. The chaplain gave an awesome message. He let the Vets know that God loves them. We sang Jesus loves me. The older vet in his wheelchair behind me, belted that song right out. He gave them hope. He let them that know that maybe no family comes to see them, that maybe they feel alone and hopeless. The chaplain started knocking his hand on the table.. and kept knocking. As he knocked, he said you hear that, it is Jesus saying I am here let me in. His fist got louder, he kept knocking. He said Jesus is there knocking wanting to come in. When you are lonely , when you are blue, please know that Jesus wants to come in. He is here every minute with you. He also shared the message of how even though are bodies are getting older and falling apart, how God renews us.
The chaplain, the volunteers and the Vets sang Amazing grace. Yes Amazing Grace.
Tears were streaming down my face. As I escorted the one gentleman back to the lounge, I looked around the room. There were so many lonely souls in the room all in wheelchairs. I am sure some have families that come visit. I am sure there may be other ministries that come in and help. But I also know that there are men in this facility that have no family. I took the time and went around to each them and extended my hand and greeted them. This one man who could barely speak said I am a jet fighter pilot from World War 2. I responded what a blessing you are the first jet pilot fighter I have ever met!
I went back to the other lounge and the one man’s family brought pizza for lunch. They invited our ministry team to join them for lunch.
As we were going down the elevator to get ready to leave, I started to cry. I thought about how selfish I have been in life. I thought about how many days I may get a whoa poor is me attitude but the most stupidest thing! I thought about how giving of 2 hours of my time at the facility today blessed lives. I thought about how many people are just going about their every day lives and not being grateful for what they have. More importantly, God showed me about selfishness.
I thought about how I saw these men sitting watching the local football game by themselves , as many families are gathered in their living rooms feasting on snacks and food and watching the game from the comfort of their couch.
God asked me as I walked to my car, how grateful are you Robin? How thankful are you that my son died on the cross to save you? How grateful are you for these men that fought for your freedom and all others here in Batavia and the United States? What can you do Robin to show you are grateful for Jesus and these men?
In God’s word, he gives us this commandment
Romans 13: 9-10
9The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet,"[a] and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."[b] 10Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Our neighbor is not just the person that lives next door to us, no it is all of God’s people here on earth including these wonderful veterans who fought for our freedom.
Oh yes, in the beginning I told you God used a “gangster” to show me. The gentleman that led me there today was a former gangster years ago. He had a huge gang right here in Batavia. However, the Lord found him, he is a born again Christian and now has been in ministry in the local prisons, jails and Veterans center for the past 25 years!
We have all read several messages from Bondman about selfishness. I saw it in myself today!
It took a gangster that God placed in my life today to ask myself how grateful am I?
Let me explain:
After being at the altar with the gal at church today, a gentleman introduced himself to me and said God spoke to me to come up to you and let you know that there is leadership skills in you and that God would like you to be open to look at other possible ministries.
He explained that he does ministry at the local Veterans Medical Center and within prisons and jails. He invited me to come with him today to the local Veterans Medical Center.
I met him there. He explained our job as volunteers was to go to the floors and take the men down to the chapel for church service. As we got off the elevator, God showed me a world I had only heard about and never personally seen. As we walked down the halls, he told me to be sure to look and listen. What I saw was so heart wrenching. There were men that had lost their limbs. There were men with mental disorders. There were men that had been disabled in so many ways. Yes, men that gave their lives to fight for our freedom! Just as Christ died on the cross, to set us free, there have been men that died for our freedom here on earth and here was a building full of men that God saved.
As I wheeled them down to the chapel, my heart was melting. The chaplain gave an awesome message. He let the Vets know that God loves them. We sang Jesus loves me. The older vet in his wheelchair behind me, belted that song right out. He gave them hope. He let them that know that maybe no family comes to see them, that maybe they feel alone and hopeless. The chaplain started knocking his hand on the table.. and kept knocking. As he knocked, he said you hear that, it is Jesus saying I am here let me in. His fist got louder, he kept knocking. He said Jesus is there knocking wanting to come in. When you are lonely , when you are blue, please know that Jesus wants to come in. He is here every minute with you. He also shared the message of how even though are bodies are getting older and falling apart, how God renews us.
The chaplain, the volunteers and the Vets sang Amazing grace. Yes Amazing Grace.
Tears were streaming down my face. As I escorted the one gentleman back to the lounge, I looked around the room. There were so many lonely souls in the room all in wheelchairs. I am sure some have families that come visit. I am sure there may be other ministries that come in and help. But I also know that there are men in this facility that have no family. I took the time and went around to each them and extended my hand and greeted them. This one man who could barely speak said I am a jet fighter pilot from World War 2. I responded what a blessing you are the first jet pilot fighter I have ever met!
I went back to the other lounge and the one man’s family brought pizza for lunch. They invited our ministry team to join them for lunch.
As we were going down the elevator to get ready to leave, I started to cry. I thought about how selfish I have been in life. I thought about how many days I may get a whoa poor is me attitude but the most stupidest thing! I thought about how giving of 2 hours of my time at the facility today blessed lives. I thought about how many people are just going about their every day lives and not being grateful for what they have. More importantly, God showed me about selfishness.
I thought about how I saw these men sitting watching the local football game by themselves , as many families are gathered in their living rooms feasting on snacks and food and watching the game from the comfort of their couch.
God asked me as I walked to my car, how grateful are you Robin? How thankful are you that my son died on the cross to save you? How grateful are you for these men that fought for your freedom and all others here in Batavia and the United States? What can you do Robin to show you are grateful for Jesus and these men?
In God’s word, he gives us this commandment
Romans 13: 9-10
9The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet,"[a] and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself."[b] 10Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
Our neighbor is not just the person that lives next door to us, no it is all of God’s people here on earth including these wonderful veterans who fought for our freedom.
Oh yes, in the beginning I told you God used a “gangster” to show me. The gentleman that led me there today was a former gangster years ago. He had a huge gang right here in Batavia. However, the Lord found him, he is a born again Christian and now has been in ministry in the local prisons, jails and Veterans center for the past 25 years!
My carer took me to the dentist again today and so I'm utterlly wiped out as always. But I shall sure read this properly tomorrow and respond. God is with you in a special way, hon!!
- BM
Hey you take good care of yourself.
Please do not think you need to respond to all my little sharings.
I know you have alot going on..
I just write and share them, so you to can be encouraged.
Check out the next message!
Hugs
Faithwoman
Please do not think you need to respond to all my little sharings.
I know you have alot going on..
I just write and share them, so you to can be encouraged.
Check out the next message!
Hugs
Faithwoman
God Does Have Power
GOD DOES HAVE POWER
Ephesians 1: 18:21
18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
When our eyes are open, God truly does show his great power for us who believe.
His power was shown tonight. As I woke up from a nap, my house was cold. I thought what the heck is going on. Sure enough, my furnace had stopped working. I went next door to my landlord’s apartment. Now mind you it was 6:30 at night. Most businesses close at 5:00 PM. My landlady remembered that her hairdresser’s husband does furnace work on the side. She called the number and he readily agreed to come out and take a look,
He arrived a short time later with his 7 year old son by his side. He went down to the basement and determined I needed a new circulating pump. This furnace is about 20-25 years old. He stood up and said I am not sure if I have one at home or not. If not, we will have to wait until tomorrow to fix it. Now mind you, it is real cold here in Batavia right now, 10 degrees to be exact! He stated he would go home and check. If he did not have one, he would call back and let me know. As he pulled out of the driveway, I started praying, “Lord I need you right now. Lord I believe in you. I have faith in you. Lord I am asking for your favor right now in this situation. You know my needs. Lord I pray that there is this part in his barn.
It seemed like hours waiting. But a short time later, his truck pulled back into my driveway. I walked back out to greet him. I said “I have to ask you something personal”. He said Ok.
Are you a Christian? He said yes I am. I said so am I! I prayed when you left the driveway for the Lord to show us favor tonight with this heating situation. Sure enough, God showed his favor and power. There was a part for this old furnace sitting in that barn!
As he worked on the furnace, I told him that I knew he was a Christian before I had asked him. I felt something different about this man the minute when he walked into my home.
I watched as he lovingly let his 7 year old son help him figure out what was wrong with the furnace. His actions of taking the time to go home, check for the part and coming back late and fixing it spoke volumes of Christ in him.
All was said and done about 11:15 pm. He gave my landlord the bill entrusting that a check would be dropped off. He did not know either me or my landlord but he trusted that he would receive a check. His wife did know my landlord’s wife. You see my landlords are a young 80 and 71. They are on a fixed income. He gave them a very fair honest price for the work that was done.
As he was about to leave, I asked him if I could pray with him. We prayed together and I gave thanks to the Lord for his power and favor that he showed me tonight on this cold chilly night. I thanked him for bringing a Christian repair man to fix the furnace. I asked the Lord to continue to strengthen both are walks of faith.
You see, God truly does have power. God does give favor to those who believe and trust in him. As the gentleman was going down the sidewalk, I hollered out the door. “ You are going to receive many blessings for what you did tonight”. I believe that as God showed me one of his many blessings he has in store for me. He does provide. The Lord knew I needed warmth and the took care of that in a mighty way! The gentleman also looked at me and said I knew there was something about you as well. When you came out of the house on the first trip to great me, you were all happy and bubbly!
Guess what! When we have Christ in us, we do not need to go around telling folks, we are a Christian, are actions and characteristics of Christ shine through and through!
Faithwoman
GOD DOES HAVE POWER
Ephesians 1: 18:21
18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
When our eyes are open, God truly does show his great power for us who believe.
His power was shown tonight. As I woke up from a nap, my house was cold. I thought what the heck is going on. Sure enough, my furnace had stopped working. I went next door to my landlord’s apartment. Now mind you it was 6:30 at night. Most businesses close at 5:00 PM. My landlady remembered that her hairdresser’s husband does furnace work on the side. She called the number and he readily agreed to come out and take a look,
He arrived a short time later with his 7 year old son by his side. He went down to the basement and determined I needed a new circulating pump. This furnace is about 20-25 years old. He stood up and said I am not sure if I have one at home or not. If not, we will have to wait until tomorrow to fix it. Now mind you, it is real cold here in Batavia right now, 10 degrees to be exact! He stated he would go home and check. If he did not have one, he would call back and let me know. As he pulled out of the driveway, I started praying, “Lord I need you right now. Lord I believe in you. I have faith in you. Lord I am asking for your favor right now in this situation. You know my needs. Lord I pray that there is this part in his barn.
It seemed like hours waiting. But a short time later, his truck pulled back into my driveway. I walked back out to greet him. I said “I have to ask you something personal”. He said Ok.
Are you a Christian? He said yes I am. I said so am I! I prayed when you left the driveway for the Lord to show us favor tonight with this heating situation. Sure enough, God showed his favor and power. There was a part for this old furnace sitting in that barn!
As he worked on the furnace, I told him that I knew he was a Christian before I had asked him. I felt something different about this man the minute when he walked into my home.
I watched as he lovingly let his 7 year old son help him figure out what was wrong with the furnace. His actions of taking the time to go home, check for the part and coming back late and fixing it spoke volumes of Christ in him.
All was said and done about 11:15 pm. He gave my landlord the bill entrusting that a check would be dropped off. He did not know either me or my landlord but he trusted that he would receive a check. His wife did know my landlord’s wife. You see my landlords are a young 80 and 71. They are on a fixed income. He gave them a very fair honest price for the work that was done.
As he was about to leave, I asked him if I could pray with him. We prayed together and I gave thanks to the Lord for his power and favor that he showed me tonight on this cold chilly night. I thanked him for bringing a Christian repair man to fix the furnace. I asked the Lord to continue to strengthen both are walks of faith.
You see, God truly does have power. God does give favor to those who believe and trust in him. As the gentleman was going down the sidewalk, I hollered out the door. “ You are going to receive many blessings for what you did tonight”. I believe that as God showed me one of his many blessings he has in store for me. He does provide. The Lord knew I needed warmth and the took care of that in a mighty way! The gentleman also looked at me and said I knew there was something about you as well. When you came out of the house on the first trip to great me, you were all happy and bubbly!
Guess what! When we have Christ in us, we do not need to go around telling folks, we are a Christian, are actions and characteristics of Christ shine through and through!
Faithwoman
PRACTICAL NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY
MESSAGE #167
REJOICING AT ONE LOST SOUL - NOW FOUND!
A. OKAY, AS WE READ THE MESSAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT!!! This is what the Bible refers to as a 'brand (burning stick) plucked out of fire'. There's a quite beautiful story about God, satan and Joshua in Zechariah 3:1-7 (click to read, and note in v. 7 "... IF you will walk in My ways and keep My requirements.")
Here is this beautiful young lady with a 10-yr old daughter, who was plucked from the fire. LITERALLY!! Those who do not seriously receive Christ Jesus as BOTH Lord and Saviour are bound for the fires of hell. She now belongs to Jesus. And He will NEVER condemn her - for anything! Nor will His Father. She was lost, but now is found! Praises to His Name!!!
In Luke 15:6-7 Jesus says how a shepherd searches for 1 lost sheep out of the 100, and when he finds it he rejoices greatly. Jesus that says that likewise there is such JOY in heaven over just one sinner who repents!!! Wow!! She has!! What a most wondrous and amazing thing, and how great and loving is our God as Faithwoman said!
B. In Message #166 I said:
"We are to (a) GO to the whole world (b) PREACH the GOSPEL to all, and (c) TEACH and DISCIPLE them - to bring them in turn to what you have just done!!! There's a parallel of this to Multi-level Marketing (MLM) where one person introduces the business to another, or to two others, who introduce it to two more, and this COMPOUNDS so that in the end there are thousands - all starting from one person!"
And here is this HAPPENING!!! By Robin and I working together, she is now able to effectivelty minister the Gospel to others, and so the "MLM" effect is off and running! The young mother is a "2nd Generation" convert: from me to Robin - and now Robin to her!! As I also said in Message #166, this is how it's SUPPOSED to be according to the New Testament (but mostly isn't...)
Folks, isn't it time we stopped messing round and seriously started living the life and becoming labourers for Him in His Kingdom doing the work He has truly called US to? Not all will be an evangelistic type of person like Faithwoman - God has YOUR specific work He's chosen for YOU! Do you KNOW what it is? And are you DOING it?)
"But are you sure this can happen to ME?" someone may ask. Short answer: YES!!! But if you're read enough of my Messages, you'll know that the way is not easy. It IS, however, absolutely MARVELLOUS - compared to the life most Christians live, as Faithwoman strongly testified in a recent post!!! It is CLEARLY time to get serious with the Lord, and COMMITTED to Him and His work!
Peace and Joy from Him!
- BM, with his Lady
MAY HE GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH
AND GROW YOU TO MATURITY!
GOD DOES HAVE POWER
Ephesians 1: 18:21
18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
When our eyes are open, God truly does show his great power for us who believe.
His power was shown tonight. As I woke up from a nap, my house was cold. I thought what the heck is going on. Sure enough, my furnace had stopped working. I went next door to my landlord’s apartment. Now mind you it was 6:30 at night. Most businesses close at 5:00 PM. My landlady remembered that her hairdresser’s husband does furnace work on the side. She called the number and he readily agreed to come out and take a look,
He arrived a short time later with his 7 year old son by his side. He went down to the basement and determined I needed a new circulating pump. This furnace is about 20-25 years old. He stood up and said I am not sure if I have one at home or not. If not, we will have to wait until tomorrow to fix it. Now mind you, it is real cold here in Batavia right now, 10 degrees to be exact! He stated he would go home and check. If he did not have one, he would call back and let me know. As he pulled out of the driveway, I started praying, “Lord I need you right now. Lord I believe in you. I have faith in you. Lord I am asking for your favor right now in this situation. You know my needs. Lord I pray that there is this part in his barn.
It seemed like hours waiting. But a short time later, his truck pulled back into my driveway. I walked back out to greet him. I said “I have to ask you something personal”. He said Ok.
Are you a Christian? He said yes I am. I said so am I! I prayed when you left the driveway for the Lord to show us favor tonight with this heating situation. Sure enough, God showed his favor and power. There was a part for this old furnace sitting in that barn!
As he worked on the furnace, I told him that I knew he was a Christian before I had asked him. I felt something different about this man the minute when he walked into my home.
I watched as he lovingly let his 7 year old son help him figure out what was wrong with the furnace. His actions of taking the time to go home, check for the part and coming back late and fixing it spoke volumes of Christ in him.
All was said and done about 11:15 pm. He gave my landlord the bill entrusting that a check would be dropped off. He did not know either me or my landlord but he trusted that he would receive a check. His wife did know my landlord’s wife. You see my landlords are a young 80 and 71. They are on a fixed income. He gave them a very fair honest price for the work that was done.
As he was about to leave, I asked him if I could pray with him. We prayed together and I gave thanks to the Lord for his power and favor that he showed me tonight on this cold chilly night. I thanked him for bringing a Christian repair man to fix the furnace. I asked the Lord to continue to strengthen both are walks of faith.
You see, God truly does have power. God does give favor to those who believe and trust in him. As the gentleman was going down the sidewalk, I hollered out the door. “ You are going to receive many blessings for what you did tonight”. I believe that as God showed me one of his many blessings he has in store for me. He does provide. The Lord knew I needed warmth and the took care of that in a mighty way! The gentleman also looked at me and said I knew there was something about you as well. When you came out of the house on the first trip to great me, you were all happy and bubbly!
Guess what! When we have Christ in us, we do not need to go around telling folks, we are a Christian, are actions and characteristics of Christ shine through and through!
Faithwoman
What a beautiful story! He surely does always know our needs!
The passage you quoted in Ephesians 1 is one of my great favourites. It's always stunned me that God's power in us who BELIEVE is the same power as He demonstrated when He raised Christ from the dead! Now THAT'S mind-boggling!!
I love the Amplified Bible translation of this:
Ephesians Ch 1:19 And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength,
20 Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead...
At this moment in time I'm feeling quite ashamed that I still do not take up the truths of this passage anywhere nearly enough! "I am so sorry, Lord..."
With Faithwoman reporting lots of snow and -12° C in New York and God's Child telling me about temperatures down to I think -28° C (something I cannot even BEGIN to imagine!) I woke today to a summer temperature of only 33° C but with humidity so high it wouldn't have surprised me if we had some rain INSIDE the house!
Trouble is this summer we've been having a lot of quite destructive electrical storms with winds blowing houses to pieces, and so either this afternoon or tomorrow arvo, I'm hoping we don't cop another lot!
I think it was Pastor Juan Carlos Ortiz of Argentina who would chastise his flock if they complained about the heat, saying, "Don't say that! Instead give praises to our mighty God Who has the power to easily heat an area as big as many countries without even trying." I'm sure that applies to cooling a massive area as wel!!
- BM
Trouble is this summer we've been having a lot of quite destructive electrical storms with winds blowing houses to pieces, and so either this afternoon or tomorrow arvo, I'm hoping we don't cop another lot!
I think it was Pastor Juan Carlos Ortiz of Argentina who would chastise his flock if they complained about the heat, saying, "Don't say that! Instead give praises to our mighty God Who has the power to easily heat an area as big as many countries without even trying." I'm sure that applies to cooling a massive area as wel!!
- BM
I am just thankful that our street ministry team was at the local doorms of local college tonight. The only time we were in the elements was in between dorm rooms.
We knocked on 95 doors, gave them a brochure about what we offered, gospel tract and a box of cookies.
We prayed for several rooms. You could feel the "evil" presence in some of the rooms, but we walked the halls and dorms and brought God's light to many!
This has been an exhausting week! But God is good. Got great call from my daughter . She wants me to meet a new friend in her life.. yes a boy, but his father was a Pastor, the father died a year ago, and my daughter said his mother is the nicest woman she has ever met.. They go to a church in my daughter's town... I am going down this week-end to go to church and go to lunch with her,, she stated her new friend would like to meet me.. I am keeping an open mind.. I have been praying along with so many others for God to place Christians in my daughter's life..
We serve a mighty God.. note we serve him.. we go forth totally with our all being.. and he in return blesses us in many ways for our obedience!
Praises to him! Just look at the restoration he his doing with my daughter. Her text said last night, she wants me to be a part of her life.
Lord I praise you tonight!
Hugs
Faithwoman
We knocked on 95 doors, gave them a brochure about what we offered, gospel tract and a box of cookies.
We prayed for several rooms. You could feel the "evil" presence in some of the rooms, but we walked the halls and dorms and brought God's light to many!
This has been an exhausting week! But God is good. Got great call from my daughter . She wants me to meet a new friend in her life.. yes a boy, but his father was a Pastor, the father died a year ago, and my daughter said his mother is the nicest woman she has ever met.. They go to a church in my daughter's town... I am going down this week-end to go to church and go to lunch with her,, she stated her new friend would like to meet me.. I am keeping an open mind.. I have been praying along with so many others for God to place Christians in my daughter's life..
We serve a mighty God.. note we serve him.. we go forth totally with our all being.. and he in return blesses us in many ways for our obedience!
Praises to him! Just look at the restoration he his doing with my daughter. Her text said last night, she wants me to be a part of her life.
Lord I praise you tonight!
Hugs
Faithwoman
NOTICE!
"ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END..."
Please allow me to explain. There have been a few occasions when I've detailed the numbers of views of the Inner Room in a 24 hr period. It's surprising how much this can vary at times. Mostly averaging around 85, sometimes there will be a 50 day, or a couple over 100, with the occasional high numbers like 230 and 260 per day! (amazing!) The MAJOR SURPRISE though, was when the Inner Room was inactive for a couple of months, yet an average of 50 per day still came to read! I reported this at the time because it plumb amazed me, plus to honour the Lord for His wonderful faithfulness!!
While actual numbers visiting the IR haven't changed, things HAVE changed here in recent time that have affected the ministry - starting with Fluffy feeling it was time for her to move on. These changes are just a part of life, and are not a problem in any way.
However it seems that the time has come for The Inner Room to (almost) close it's doors because as far as I can tell I've written the last message there (but as I live one day at a time, and am Jesus bondman (bond-slave), He can over-rule that if it's His wish). This is after running for just over a year, minus the 2 months I was not on the forum. I'm aware that a lot has been achieved for His Kingdom - including our very first 2nd Generation CONVERT TO CHRIST through Faithwoman!!! It has been a GREAT privilege and an HONOUR to me to have had you all in the IR!! Thankyou for your care and love and prayers. You have all been truly MARVELLOUS, and I will NEVER EVER forget this most wonderful experience on the CFS forum!!
My thanks go especially to Fluffy, to Faithwoman and to SweetSurrender for their tireless support of this ministry thread! Without them the IR would and could NEVER have achieved all that it did! I must also sincerely thank Jeff for his kind support and understanding! - and finally to the CFS Ministry Team who work hard to keep the forum a safe place for us all!
That basically wraps up this thread. But we're NOT quite finished yet, okay!!! - one way or the other we ARE DETERMINED to put the 167 Messages (probably with a few special extras! *hahah - can't help himself!!*) into ONE PLACE on one of our websites, fully and properly INDEXED, and WITH a built-in SEARCH ENGINE which will allow you to search for ALL words, phrases, etc., in order of importance!! We've needed this all along, but sadly I just haven't had time and health to get it done...
What will happen is that from time to time I'll come in through the almost closed door *grin* and do a POST to let you know of progress with this task AND any other pertinent NEWS! Messages will always be here to read - so as long as you keep The Inner Room marked to receive email notification when posts are put up, then you WILL be NOTIFIED about progress of this final task - AND WHERE TO GO TO READ THE MESSAGES MORE EASILY!! Meantime I hope you'll use the Indexes here to keep reading, (they are up-to-date as of today) and to truly GROW in the Lord!
I can't tell you how sad a moment this is for me!... I'm not quite sure HOW I'm going to manage WITHOUT the IR to bring me to the computer each morning!!
For you ALL, my prayer is as always: that all of your LIFE, and all of YOU WILL be fully SURRENDERED to the Lord Jesus, that you will become FILLED ALWAYS WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, and that ultimately you'll GROW TO become MATURE CHRISTIANS, strong in the Faith, RIGHTEOUS IN YOUR LIFE, and doing truly great things for the Lord Jesus!!! YOU CAN YOU KNOW!!!!
- BM, always with his Lady!!
"ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END..."
Please allow me to explain. There have been a few occasions when I've detailed the numbers of views of the Inner Room in a 24 hr period. It's surprising how much this can vary at times. Mostly averaging around 85, sometimes there will be a 50 day, or a couple over 100, with the occasional high numbers like 230 and 260 per day! (amazing!) The MAJOR SURPRISE though, was when the Inner Room was inactive for a couple of months, yet an average of 50 per day still came to read! I reported this at the time because it plumb amazed me, plus to honour the Lord for His wonderful faithfulness!!
While actual numbers visiting the IR haven't changed, things HAVE changed here in recent time that have affected the ministry - starting with Fluffy feeling it was time for her to move on. These changes are just a part of life, and are not a problem in any way.
However it seems that the time has come for The Inner Room to (almost) close it's doors because as far as I can tell I've written the last message there (but as I live one day at a time, and am Jesus bondman (bond-slave), He can over-rule that if it's His wish). This is after running for just over a year, minus the 2 months I was not on the forum. I'm aware that a lot has been achieved for His Kingdom - including our very first 2nd Generation CONVERT TO CHRIST through Faithwoman!!! It has been a GREAT privilege and an HONOUR to me to have had you all in the IR!! Thankyou for your care and love and prayers. You have all been truly MARVELLOUS, and I will NEVER EVER forget this most wonderful experience on the CFS forum!!
My thanks go especially to Fluffy, to Faithwoman and to SweetSurrender for their tireless support of this ministry thread! Without them the IR would and could NEVER have achieved all that it did! I must also sincerely thank Jeff for his kind support and understanding! - and finally to the CFS Ministry Team who work hard to keep the forum a safe place for us all!
That basically wraps up this thread. But we're NOT quite finished yet, okay!!! - one way or the other we ARE DETERMINED to put the 167 Messages (probably with a few special extras! *hahah - can't help himself!!*) into ONE PLACE on one of our websites, fully and properly INDEXED, and WITH a built-in SEARCH ENGINE which will allow you to search for ALL words, phrases, etc., in order of importance!! We've needed this all along, but sadly I just haven't had time and health to get it done...
What will happen is that from time to time I'll come in through the almost closed door *grin* and do a POST to let you know of progress with this task AND any other pertinent NEWS! Messages will always be here to read - so as long as you keep The Inner Room marked to receive email notification when posts are put up, then you WILL be NOTIFIED about progress of this final task - AND WHERE TO GO TO READ THE MESSAGES MORE EASILY!! Meantime I hope you'll use the Indexes here to keep reading, (they are up-to-date as of today) and to truly GROW in the Lord!
I can't tell you how sad a moment this is for me!... I'm not quite sure HOW I'm going to manage WITHOUT the IR to bring me to the computer each morning!!
For you ALL, my prayer is as always: that all of your LIFE, and all of YOU WILL be fully SURRENDERED to the Lord Jesus, that you will become FILLED ALWAYS WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, and that ultimately you'll GROW TO become MATURE CHRISTIANS, strong in the Faith, RIGHTEOUS IN YOUR LIFE, and doing truly great things for the Lord Jesus!!! YOU CAN YOU KNOW!!!!
- BM, always with his Lady!!
Your daily activity within IR may be coming to an end, But our Lord is taking you onto a new step and path, he is taking all that hard effort and obedience to a different step of the journey now, your journey with him. I thank you from the bottom of my heart and I am so at peace now. I pray that the Lord will bless this endeavor with getting the messages searchable. Love you and the Mrs! Please know you are and always will be in my heart!
Love ya both!
Faithwoman
enjoyed reading some of your posts.hope everything works out for you m8.
Thanks so much smellycat. May He truly guide and grow you in Jesus!
- BM
Wow, big letters! *hee!!*
Thankyou! And you, dear one, will always be in my heart also!
Man, what a ride we've had together this past year as you've gone from uncertainty in areas of your life, but by keeping your eyes on the ultimate goal are now walking the walk with Jesus - one that I've deeply longed for for every person who ever visited the IR!! You're an inspiration and a real encouragement!
Many hugs from us both!
- BM and Mrs
Thread Closed
The CFS staff has been notified that Bondman will be moving the contents of this thread to an off-site location where the main topics will be categorized and available through a site search engine.
Since Bondman has notified us that he will no longer be adding new material to this thread, the CFS staff will be closing it at this time. If Bondman petitions the CFS staff to reopen this thread, that petition will be considered. A new single, closed post will eventually be placed in the Site Showcase area listing the link to Bondman's new website - when we are notified as to what that URL is.
We trust that Bondman will advise the CFS staff soon, as to exactly what that new URL link will be and we will then notify the CFS membership and place that information in the Site Showcase Area.
And for reference: CFS regulation 1.2 states, "Rule 1.2 This is a strictly Moderated forum. The owners and staff of Christian Forum Site reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason."
Thank you.
The CFS staff has been notified that Bondman will be moving the contents of this thread to an off-site location where the main topics will be categorized and available through a site search engine.
Since Bondman has notified us that he will no longer be adding new material to this thread, the CFS staff will be closing it at this time. If Bondman petitions the CFS staff to reopen this thread, that petition will be considered. A new single, closed post will eventually be placed in the Site Showcase area listing the link to Bondman's new website - when we are notified as to what that URL is.
We trust that Bondman will advise the CFS staff soon, as to exactly what that new URL link will be and we will then notify the CFS membership and place that information in the Site Showcase Area.
And for reference: CFS regulation 1.2 states, "Rule 1.2 This is a strictly Moderated forum. The owners and staff of Christian Forum Site reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason."
Thank you.
Moderator Comment
Moderator Comment:
The CFS staff has been petitioned to reopen The Inner Room by the originator. We have discussed this request and are reopening the thread conditionally:
(1) We are requesting that Bondman contact the CFS staff by way of PM - on or before March 06, 2009 to give an update concerning the status and future of The Inner Room as well as -
(2) Supplying the URL to his new website so it can be provided to CFS members as a one time closed posting in the Site Showcase area.
Thank you all for your cooperation.
Pastor Gary, on behalf of the CFS Moderator Team
Moderator Comment:
The CFS staff has been petitioned to reopen The Inner Room by the originator. We have discussed this request and are reopening the thread conditionally:
(1) We are requesting that Bondman contact the CFS staff by way of PM - on or before March 06, 2009 to give an update concerning the status and future of The Inner Room as well as -
(2) Supplying the URL to his new website so it can be provided to CFS members as a one time closed posting in the Site Showcase area.
Thank you all for your cooperation.
Pastor Gary, on behalf of the CFS Moderator Team
Thankyou, Pastor Gary! It's very kind of CFS staff to reopen the thread - much appreciated!
EXPLANATION TIME
When I wrote post #1773 it seemed pretty clear from the Lord that the IR was closing, so I said "...because as far as I can tell I've written the last message here..." Only now can I see at least one very important (and very Spiritual) reason why the Lord was guiding that way - not concerning me as it happened, but rather regarding God taking another Inner Roomie to a very specific and wonderful ministry that's now well under-way!!
I also wrote: "...but as I live one day at a time, and am Jesus bondman (bond-slave), He can over-rule that [decision] if it's His wish." Fact is, if God does happen to over-rule, this can make things most difficult for others - because how can they understand, when here am I apparently changing my mind tomorrow, and maybe the next day as well - and even the one after that too!!! (and how can I explain all of this without confusing others - and maybe even myself??) *yikes!*
So yup, I'd sure prefer that the Lord said, "DO THIS," and that would be it! But for a number of years now, as part of living a 'day by day' Christian life, He will say 'come' one day, and 'go' the next, and I just accept that however it comes... It's a wonderfully RELAXING way to live (with the exception of when it may confuse or impinge on the way of others...)
So my apologies to leadership here and to IR people if it seems like I don't know what I'm doing. I actually really don't!! - simply because I've been Jesus (quite unimportant) bond-slave since 1999 and HE runs my life, not me (to the best of my ability, of course; unfortunately no Christian is ever going to get everything perfectly right).
Love to all!
- BM
EXPLANATION TIME
When I wrote post #1773 it seemed pretty clear from the Lord that the IR was closing, so I said "...because as far as I can tell I've written the last message here..." Only now can I see at least one very important (and very Spiritual) reason why the Lord was guiding that way - not concerning me as it happened, but rather regarding God taking another Inner Roomie to a very specific and wonderful ministry that's now well under-way!!
I also wrote: "...but as I live one day at a time, and am Jesus bondman (bond-slave), He can over-rule that [decision] if it's His wish." Fact is, if God does happen to over-rule, this can make things most difficult for others - because how can they understand, when here am I apparently changing my mind tomorrow, and maybe the next day as well - and even the one after that too!!! (and how can I explain all of this without confusing others - and maybe even myself??) *yikes!*
So yup, I'd sure prefer that the Lord said, "DO THIS," and that would be it! But for a number of years now, as part of living a 'day by day' Christian life, He will say 'come' one day, and 'go' the next, and I just accept that however it comes... It's a wonderfully RELAXING way to live (with the exception of when it may confuse or impinge on the way of others...)
So my apologies to leadership here and to IR people if it seems like I don't know what I'm doing. I actually really don't!! - simply because I've been Jesus (quite unimportant) bond-slave since 1999 and HE runs my life, not me (to the best of my ability, of course; unfortunately no Christian is ever going to get everything perfectly right).
Love to all!
- BM
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