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To: tired&retired

Once again...your post is all about ‘yourself’....that should tell you something. Further... not once in your testimony about yourself did you mention Jesus Christ or His Salvation message.

Whatever voices you think you hear are more than questionable....for they have centered you around ‘yourself’ and ‘your experiences’ rather than on the message of salvation which is what frees people.


49 posted on 08/12/2014 1:08:48 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

“Whatever voices you think you hear are more than questionable....for they have centered you around ‘yourself’ and ‘your experiences’ rather than on the message of salvation which is what frees people.”

I hear with my ears and see with my eyes... What I hear, most do not hear. What I see, most do not see. Yes, they are my experiences and they have served to give me more strength in God’s words in the Bible.

Just as Paul spoke that he had a “thorn in his flesh,” I too get stung frequently. I do not fear the thorns, but give thanks to them for reminding me to recognize my weakness and to always look to God for my strength. Only by His Grace can I survive.

When filled with His Grace there is perfect Love. And where there is perfect Love, there can be no fear. I will never fear satan as to do so means I have abandoned my Father. Thus, when satan’s minions appear, I thank them for reminding me to pray at all times and seek my Father’s strength.

I find guidance in God’s written words, but I find my strength in God. I do not find my strength in the words themselves as they are merely indicators along the path of finding and experiencing God through His Son, Jesus. I have “faith in the words,” but I have “knowing” in God. Why “believe in words” when you can “know in the experience?”

When I find that the experience appears to differ from the words in the Bible, I research the Bible even more to find the truth. I read it and then pray to receive guidance in interpretation.

It is true, satan does imitate the Angels of the Light. He will even get in the Light to make it appear as though the Light is coming from himself. He is a trickster. But one thing satan cannot do, he cannot radiate the perfect Love that comes only from God. It is through that feeling of perfect Love that one finds discernment. Logic can be used to deceive the mind by satan. But when you feel God’s Love there is no mistake from whom the message comes.


52 posted on 08/15/2014 4:28:17 AM PDT by tired&retired
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