Honeymoon prayer

[Servant89]

I am utterly convinced I need a Savior. I know I fall short of the standard of the law. I know I deserve to go to hell. But there is one area that I never fumble, I have never been weak in that area (since I got filled with his Spirit) and the list of things posted in this thread are a large part of the reasons for it (my faith is grounded on the power of God).

1 Cor 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

I do not find myself questioning the existence of God or doubting that the Bible is the word of God, faith is my stronghold. And as long as I continue studying the Bible I believe it will remain strong. However, there was one day, one minute of my life (after I got filled with the Holy Spirit) that my faith disappeared completely and I mean completely. It was during a Bible study in the house of a friend. As our pastor was teaching, all of a sudden, my Christian Faith was no more, zero, nada, gone. I was extremely surprised. How can that be? I said to myself. I wanted it back, I tried to get it back, I said to myself, think of the miracles you have seen, get it back! I grew desperate because it was such a weird feeling finding myself in an universe without God, what a strange place to be. No one in the room could tell what I was going through because I was not saying anything or making any faces. But right there and then, the Pastor interrupted his teaching to say: “There is a spirit of unbelief in this room. And in the name of Jesus I command you to leave.” And BANG! My faith came back… immediately. Later I told my pastor what was going on with me to encourage him and let him know that he was right on target. And he said to me with a tone of surprise: “I thought the attack was on me, I was speaking of me.” We were both under attack, the only thing is that he was matured enough to see what was going on and fought back with his mind and the truth, while I was drowing in my feelings. Thank you Jesus.

Shalom

[Servant89]

This post has nothing to do with my honeymoon. I still do not know what happened that night. That was before I got married, and after I became a Christian. I lived alone then. All I know is that after I went to bed, just before I fell asleep, I felt someone was in the room with me, closed to my bed. I tried to open my eyes to see but I found out I could not open my eyes. Actually, I could not move any part of my body at all. When I realized I was totally helpless I grew desperate and I started praying calling on Jesus. But I could not move at all. The person in the room walked around my bed and when it got to the right corner of my bed he touched my feet gently and moved closer to me. I started telling him (with my mind since I had no way of telling my body to do anything) in the name of Jesus to go away, I felt so helpless! After I said that, he left just as he arrived, walking gently. After he left, I regained my strength and I realized it was not a dream, I was awake. Now that I look back, I wonder if I had a visit by my Lord or one of his angels. I do not know. The time the arc-angel Gabriel appeared to the prophet Daniel, the event caused him to be in a similar situation…

Dan 10:17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

To this day, I do not know who he was.

Shalom

[Servant89]

One time, while on travel to San José CA, I was looking for a pharmacy and stopped to ask a Hispanic man on the sidewalk, he looked Mexican. I asked him in Spanish: “Excuse me, is there a pharmacy around here?” He answered back: “You are from Puerto Rico, aren’t you?” I was impressed, with just a few words he figured out where I was from. Hold that thought.

We went to have a Bible study in the house of an American Friend. During praise and worship, the owner of the house started speaking in tongues and in the middle of the utterance, she said: “Gloria a Dios!” (which means: Glory to God!) and right after that, she continued praising the Lord in tongues. There are two things that impressed me and blessed me about it.

#1. She said it in perfect Puertorrican accent. That is not easy to fake, especially for an American that does not know any Spanish (and she didn’t.). It was in flawless Puertorrican.

#2. Because it blessed me so much, I decided to share that with her. When I told her she just praised God in perfect Puertorrican Spanish, she had an overdose of joy, and I mean she almost OD on the Lord.

She got more out of the situation than I did (and I got blessed big time).

Shalom

[Servant89]

I was talking in church with a friend. I was sharing with him about my asthma. I told him I have had asthma for years. While I was talking, a lady approached us and said to me:" you do not have asthma.". Then she walked away. I ignored her because I have had three different doctors telling me i have asthma and I had the symptoms to prove it. I knew she was probably one of those blab-it-and-claim-it ladies in church. That was eight years ago. Two months ago, I changed asthma doctors again, but this one send me through a series of test to see what was wrong. At the end of the tests, it was clear, I do not have asthma. She found out my caughing is due to allergies and chest congestion. The medicine she gave me works great, I no longer caugh.. But it made me realize that the lady was right, that God told me the truth and i ignored it.

I love this kind of testimonies, the kind that shows how much i stink and how great God smells. That way people Will know I am not making this up.

Shalom

[Servant89]

I know this is not really a testimony, but I am telling you, I read this often to keep me motivated and it blesses me every time I read this list.

20 REASONS WHY WE SHOULD READ THE BIBLE

1. The Word of God is our spiritual weapon, the sword of the spirit. (Eph 6; Mat 4; Luk 4). Who wants to find himself in a war with a toothpick in his hand? Do not go to war with a toothpick, get a bazooka.
2. It will keep us from sinning. (PSA 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.)
3. The Word of God is a Flashlight to guide our steps (Lamp to my feet Psa 119:105)
4. It will help you understand how your enemy (the Devil) does business (Acts 16:17-18; 2Cor 2:11)
5. To know the will of God (The Revealed Will of God ...Deu 29:29)
6. Read the Word of God often and your prayers will be answered (Dan 10:12; Prov 28:9; Prov 1:22-30)
7. Read in order to understand and discern doctrine (Isa 8:20 & Lev 17:11)
2TI 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: (Identify true riches by spending time with the real thing, God’s Word)
8. Read, and it will improve your character
(PSA 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.)
9. We will be judged by the Bible. we better know it (John 5:22; John 12:47-48)
10. To increase our faith (Rom 10:17)
11. To avoid desctruction (God's people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, this is what he wants (Hosea 4:6 & Hos 6:6))
12. To get saved (Rom 10:9-10)
13. To be filled with life (John 6: my words are spirit and they are life), feed the spirit, reap life. Mat 25:1-12
14. To discern intents of the heart (Heb 4:12) God's Thermometer
15. To be born again of water (1Pe 1:23, Eph 5:26; John 3:5)
16. To know God and be saved (2Th 1:6-9)
17. Read the Word of God often and avoid taking the expressway to hell (2Th 2:10-12)
18. Be be the right kind of lover, the Bible is God’s love letter to his bride (the church). Get into it, it makes the bride look good.
19. To prosper (Psa 1)
20. Read it to get fed and strong spiritually. It is the spiritual nourishment for new converts in Christ (Heb 5 desire the sincere milk of the word). Man shall not live by bread alone … Because it is the best kind of food (man shall not live by bread alone)

Shalom

[Servant89]

I know I am different, way different.. Christians pray before they eat. That’s normal and I do that (but not 100% of the time). But way back, I used to pray before having sex with my wife, asking God to bless our intimacy. I told you I am different. We needed help, and when I need help I call on God. It helped. How did it help? Respectfully speaking… none of your business. But one day, while having sex with my wife, I started praying. Let me say that again in case you did not get it, WHILE WE WERE HAVING SEX. During prayer, I became transparent, I uncovered my soul, my soul was naked before my wife. I asked God to help my wife, to touch my wife, to bless my wife, and get her to be free to open up to me and increase her ability to be aroused (all this while we were having sex). And when I said that last part about opening up to me and getting aroused, she had the most intense orgasm. In 21 years of marriage I have never heard her or seen her in that ridiculously high level of intensity (no one in the movies can compete with my wife). We have a family of six now, and all of them would have found out if it had happened today. But strangely enough, I have not done that again. That was the only time in my life that I prayed while having sex. And God did not disappoint me.

Shalom

[Servant89]

I have been going there to bring them food, teach them English and just check on them to see how they were doing. I am talking about a large group of migrant workers that came to Maryland to work in the farms. They all came from the same county in Mexico. One day I invited them to see the story of Jesus in Spanish (Jesus) based on the gospel of Luke, verse by verse. But when I invited them they were reluctant to answer, no one was volunteering to come. And then, one of them spoke in my favor and exhorted them to just try this once, it was a movie in Spanish after all and none of them had a TV or went to the movies. I think he felt sorry for me because I have been going there to help. About 32 came to see the movie. I had just rented the community center for that occasion. I had set up a TV and VCR. At the end of the movie, I told them something along these lines:

<<There are ways in which you can tell which religion is the true religion. There are ways in which you can tell which God is the true God. I know Jesus is God because he demonstrated it in a way no other religious leader has. He had supernatural evidence that showed he was not an ordinary man. And it is precisely that evidence that Jesus showed that is missing in other religious leaders like Mohamed or Buddah. For example: Neither Mohamed, nor Buddah made any miracles, none, not one single one. Neither Mohamed, nor Buddah fulfilled any prophecies nor predicted any event in the future. Neither one resurrected from the dead. The Bible says that when God shows up, he changes the Calendar (Dan 2:21). He did that when he gave the OT to Moses (Exo 12:2) and he did it again when he sent his son Jesus as a baby. That is why today is 1991. It is the year 1991 in every nation on the planet because it was predicted that the most important event in history, the one by which all others are measured relative to, to be when God showed up in the body of a human being. That is why today is 1991on the whole planet. God will not allow any event to take the place of the arrival of his son as the most important event in history. If you believe that Jesus is God, if you believe that, the Bible says that you have eternal life. But your belief must not be a secret. If you are ashamed of being called a Christian, God will be ashamed of you. If you want Jesus to be your Lord and Savior, if you want God in your life, the real God, the one that came with supernatural evidence showing he is God, if you want to start a relationship with God by asking Jesus into your heart, stand up right now. >>

About 25 stood up immediately, within 10 seconds more, all of them were standing up and I lead them to a sinner’s prayers.

I thought I was not going to be heard when I first invited them. I underestimated the grace and mercy of God.

By the way, that young man that exhorted them to come and see the movie was the same one that later on was falsely accused of raping a woman (see post # 7 of this thread).

Shalom

[Servant89]

A young engineer came to my office during work hours. I knew he went to church regularly. And he asked me: “How does Jesus save? I know he saves, but how does he do that?” I told him this:

There are two concepts you need to understand, first that God is perfect and second his monetary system. You know God is perfect. That means he has every attribute that is good and has none bad. Because he is perfect, that means he is merciful. But besides being merciful, he is also Just. If God were not just, he would not be perfect. If someone steals $1,000 from me and God forgives him that is mercy, but if no one returns my money, that is an injustice. God is both merciful and just, he has a good accounting system and it will be in balance at the end.

The other concept you need to understand is God’s monetary system. What would happen if I go to the bank with a live rabbit and I give it to the teller and I say to her: "Deposit this in my account?" What would happen? He said: They will not take it. I said: Why? He said: They do not take animals, only money. And I added, and only American money, they do not take Mexican money there, right? He said: Right. I said: God is like that. When it comes to God’s system of debts and payments, there is only one thing that God takes and that is blood (Lev 17:11 and Heb 9:22).

The Bible says that the wages of sin is death. Wages are salaries, what we have earned and deserve to get. But because God is merciful and he does not want you to die, he sent his son to make that payment for you in his own blood. Because Jesus is the Creator of the universe, he is worth more than all creation put together and that is how he is able to pay for the sins of the whole world.

1 Jn 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

For those that believe that God is that good, that he actually loves us to death, to them he gave them power to become the sons of God and have eternal life. But it all hangs from the fact that besides being merciful, God is also just and someone must make the payment for our sins to keep the justice part of God in balance. And that is how Jesus saves.

He liked that.

Shalom

[Servant89]

Tomorrow I will talk about the main thing Christians should care about.

Shalom

[PrayerInMemphis]

Looking very forward to it! :-)

[Servant89]

There is one single reason why God’s power is real in my life as evident in the testimonies shown in this thread. I am going to share my secret with you.

The Bible says there is one thing Christians are called to do (and care for) more than anything else. There is one thing that God put on our marching orders (the Bible) that is above all else. There is one thing so important, that God stated that if we do that one thing right, we do not have to worry about anything else, that he will take care of all other needs, problems and challenges himself. Why did God put such importance on that one thing above all others? The answer to that question will become obvious when we see the one thing that is above all else. And here it is:

Mt 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

If we seek the kingdom of God and its righteousness, God himself promised that he will take care of everything else. But we need to seek the kingdom of God (and its righteousness) FIRST.

When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, Jesus gave them the model prayer but on that prayer are 6 things they asked for, but # 1 on the list is not surprisingly “Thy kingdom come”. It had to be # 1 to be in line with the rest of the Scripture. That is the main thing.

What most Christians do not know, is what God meant when he said “his kingdom”. The kingdom of God and its righteousness is when Christians get filled with the Holy Spirit and with his POWER. Too many Christians are not aware of that.

HINT # 1: Jesus gave us a great hint as to how to know for sure if we are or not in the middle of his kingdom. He said.

Mt 12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
Lk 11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.

Did you notice it has nothing to do with how well we keep the law, it has nothing to do with preaching a sermon, it has nothing to do with evangelism or counseling, it has nothing to do with man’s resume, or his accomplishments, it has everything to do with God showing forth his POWER. When we see the Holy Spirit showing forth his power (casting of demons, healings, miracles, prophesies, word of knowledge, God creating something out of nothing, etc.) ,… that is clear evidence we are in the midst of the kingdom of God.

HINT # 2: The disciples asked Jesus about his kingdom in Acts 1:6-8. Before Jesus ascended into heaven, the disciples asked him if he was going to establish his kingdom at that time (Read Acts 1:6-8), the answer they got back was “Ye shall receive POWER when the Holy Spirit falls upon you.” He was referring to Pentecost, the time they were going to get filled with the Holy Ghost. That’s hint # 2.

HINT # 3: When the Apostle Paul was suspicious of certain preachers, he said he was going to check them out, not by how well they spoke, but by how much HS power was in them. It is written:

1Cor 4:18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

That’s hint # 3: It is not about hearing a sermon, or singing a song. The kingdom of God is all about the Holy Ghost POWER.

Hint # 4: When you know this truth, then the Scripture will become alive and you will understand clearly verses like this one.

Mk 9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

When do we seek the kingdom? And how do we do that, how do we get to experience Holy Ghost power? It is not as simple as getting filled with the Holy Ghost one time and that’s it. It is more than that. Coming up next.

Shalom

[Servant89]

How to get HS power? The answer to this question has two parts. Before and After.

There are requirements for getting filled with the Holy Spirit. Let’s face it, God does not baptize everyone the moment they believe the gospel (see Acts 8:12-16). I call these the Pre-requisites. And then after we get baptized with the Holy Spirit, that does not ensure we are going to live in the kingdom of God all the time, i.e., that every Sunday we will witness miracles in Church. I call those the post-requisites. Those before we get baptized, and those after we get baptized.

Pre-requisites - To get the baptism of the Holy Spirit (it is not just saying a secret formula, it is more than that, and God knows the hearts)

1. Believe the Bible (Gal 3:2)
2. Repent (Acts 2:38-39)
3. Obey God. 2 Thess 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 Thess 3:14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Heb 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; 1 Pet 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
Acts 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God has given to them that obey him.
4. Ask God to be filled: Lk 11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
5. Make it your priority -Seek ye first the kingdom (Mat 6:33). We need to hunger and thirst for the infilling of the Holy Spirit and the power, hunger for the kingdom, hunger for righteousness.
Mt 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

That means we need to go where the power of God is being manifested, we need to have fellowship with Christians that believe and have experienced the power. We need to seek the power by being around people with power. Stay away from those that teach that there is no power for today’s church. They look like good Christians, but they missed the mark. It is written:

2 Tim 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Post-requisites – After we get baptized with the HS, we find ourselves failing to bring miracles, failing to heal, failing to cast out demons, failing to bring down the power. The fault is all on us, none of God. The same disciples that had power in Mat 10 over demons and infirmities, failed to cast a demon out in Mat 17:14-21). What happened? What caused the failure?
1. Unbelief (Mat 17:17,20), having faith in the gospel but unbelief in the goodness of God for that particular situation. After a mountain top experience, the Apostles could not cast a demon out, and Jesus explained why.
2. Little faith (search out “little faith” in the gospels and you will see Christians that believed the gospel and yet had doubts about the marching orders for the day). Prayer and fasting, with reading the word can increase faith (Mat 17:17,20).
3. Unwillingness to suffer for the kingdom (no pain, no power). Most Christians ignore this factor and this one is big. We must be willing to suffer to bring down the power of God.
2 Thess 1:5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
1 Cor 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
It is also written:

Acts 14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

The one time in history where God promised that the kingdom of God will definitively be here on earth is the great tribulation.

Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

That is why when the Church is persecuted there are many miracles and when the Church is spoiled (like the Laodiceans), there is no power in her.

Shalom

[Servant89]

Everything I posted in the last two posts... I am fanatical about it and everything has a story to back it up. But there is more...

The same disciples that got filled with the Holy Spirit in Acts 2, got refilled in Acts 4:31. That's right. It is not a second experience, it is a 2nd, a third, a 4th, again and again. This is important to know. The HS is compared in the OT with oil, with the anointing. The oil in the lamps had to be replenished. We are like that.

There are other ways I did not mention in which we can be filled with the HS.

Praising the Lord fills us with his presence and his anointing. He inhabits the praises of his people. When we praise him, he shows up. IN the book of Revelation we see the throne of God in the midst of a rainbow made out of Emerald. That means he is in the midst of Emerald. The Emerald is the 4th stone in the Priests breastplate and it represents Judah. Judah means praise. God is in the midst of praise.

Rev 4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.

Eph 5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Another way is to ask the Elders to lay hands on you so you get filled with the HS. The first time God filled Jews was in Acts 2 and that did not require laying on of hands because the first fruits are the Lords, he took care of them himself to make sure we got the point it was his idea. The first time gentiles got filled with the HS (Acts 10) it was the same thing. But now the rule is by asking leaders to lay hands on us like it happened to the Apostle Paul. This has to be done face to face. It is written:

Rom 1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

Acts 8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

1 Tim 4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Heb 6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Saints, nothing is more important than getting more of him, nothing.

Shalom

[Servant89]

I thought I was done, but this morning while I was taking a shower, I had a Bible study between me and the Lord on this subject. This is good stuff.

Since seeking the kingdom should be our number one priority, we need to find out in Scripture things that hinder it, so we can remove them. One thing that will hinder the kingdom power, one thing that will prevent it from coming to us is division. When we are divided by strife, when we fight among ourselves, when we criticize each other, that will certainly prevent the kingdom power from being manifested in our midst. That will quench the Spirit.

1 Thess 5:19 Quench not the Spirit.

Picture God surrounded with bundles of Holy Ghost power called "blessings". And picture these blessings to have a personality and they follow commands from God. Now read:

Psalm 133:1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
3... for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

That was the theory verse, now read the practice verse:

Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

Jesus was hindered 2,000 years ago and even today, when not all in the group are on the same frame of mind.

Mt 13:58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

We get powerful when we are in one accord. Even when people are in one accord to do evil, even then, they become powerful to do what they have imagined to do. It is written concerning the tower of Babel:

Gen 11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

One more reason to explain why in some churches there is little power.

Shalom

[Servant89]

This is a bad testimony because I look good and I know that is bad, real bad. Lord forgive me. Hopefully, it will be the last time I do this.

It was (and still is) one of the largest Churches in the area. It had a Hispanic fellowship, like a mini-church ran in Spanish. Because of that, I decided to check it out. This happened many years ago. During worship I started jumping in the same place with both my hands down (I looked like a vertical pogo stick). I have no idea why I did that. I have never done that before. Anyway, during the sermon, the Pastor was comparing the saved Christians to “Eagles” and those that came to church but were not saved, to “chickens”. He called on the audience to dare fly like an Eagle, to have eyesight that could reach far away in time and things like that. However, he started talking about worship and how Christians are supposed to worship. He described how an Eagle would worship and then he said: “You know how chickens worship? Chickens worship like this.” And he started jumping exactly the way I was jumping during worship. I noticed everyone started laughing while looking at me. I paid no attention. I kept listening to the sermon.

I did not take it personally. I did not get upset. I did not stop going to that church. I did not badmouth that Pastor. I told no one about that incident. This is the first time in my life that I talk about it. Why? I returned to that church because I am fanatical about getting more power. Before honor, there is humility. I know God tests people before honoring them. When I criticize others, I lower my chances of getting more power. When I get offended, that’s when I lose my peace, and that is a sign of poor character. That too lowers my chances of getting more power.

Ps 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

I have many things wrong with my character, but I know what I have to do (or avoid) to gain more power. Unity in the church is critical. Those that criticize ruin their chances of experiencing the kingdom of God. King David is my Hero in this department, check it out.

2Sam 16:5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
8 The LORD has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou has reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou are taken in thy mischief, because thou are a bloody man.
9 Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
10 And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD has said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeks my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD has bidden him.
12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.

Shalom