Honeymoon prayer

[Servant89]

We have a sanctuary that sits 200 people. But the church grew to 300 and we needed a new building. We got a new building that sits 800 people but this building is not a sanctuary. It is a gymnasium with a banquet room that sits 400, a nursery and 12 rooms to teach students. People have criticized us for putting the community first instead of the Lord (in our building mission). We have to set up chairs every Sunday and take them down in the gym after service. It is a lot of work. During basketball tournaments, we pray before and give the audience a short sermon during half time. It is how we fish in the community. Our church has grown to 550 now. During an elder meeting the head elder suggested to go on faith and build a bigger sanctuary. Another elder said that we do not have enough people to pay for another building. The head elder stated that he did not need to consider anything else, that we were called to have faith in God and that he knew God will provide the people and because of that, we did not need to hear any dissenting opinion that shocked the faith of God’s people. I interrupted the conversation saying this:

Proverbs 18:13 states that we should not go north until we have given a chance (to talk) for everyone that believes we should go south or east or west. It states we should not say “Guilty” until we have finished hearing the defense. And because of that, I refuse to go and buy a new building until I have heard everyone that is against it first. Additionally, it is written, we should not commit to build a building until first we count the cost and make sure we have enough to make the payments. (Luke 14:28-30). After that, the head elder was not the same. It reminded me of a head counselor to David, Ahithophel.

2 Sam 17:23 And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

After that event he started spreading rumors that our Pastor was a racist (our Pastor was white and he was black) and about 25 people left the church. On the last day before he left, the elders met to discuss the matter. The head elder explained the way he saw things (with two other elders with him, the two others were white). And all the elders voted. The two that came with him voted with the head elder. All the other elders voted one by one against the accusation that our Pastor was a racist (our Church is 80 % minorities). I was the last one to vote. When the Pastor asked me for my opinion, knowing that the head elder stated he was going to leave if the Pastor stayed, I turned my head toward the head elder and said:

“What you are about to do, do it quickly”. His facial expression let me know he got the point, he understood Jesus said the same thing to Judas when he was betrayed.

John 13:27 And after the supper Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

We never saw him again in our Church.

Let me expand on the betrayal of Jesus:

John 13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

Jesus prophesied what was going to happen to the betrayer. He also stated that his ability to predict the future is a token of divinity (verse 19). See also Isa 41:23. But he is quoting from a Psalm of David:

Ps 41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

The two close friends of David that betrayed him were his son Absalom and his Prime Minister Ahithophel and both died hanging from a tree. Jesus did not explain that in John 13, that information is for those that know his word.

Shalom

[Servant89]

There was a team of four white engineers leading project x. They were using a private industry to solve their engineering challenges dealing with electronics. Electronics is not the forte of our branch. That team spent 2 million dollars in 3 years and got nowhere, no progress at all. “Why do we tolerate that?” A Puertorrican friend of mine asked. As a result, the whole team was changed. The new team consisted of 3 Puertorricans and a black lady. Instead of going outside to private industry, we went inside, to some experts in electronics friend of mine (white men). Within 5 months we found the solution to the problem, qualified it, and it is now in the field. But shortly after we found the solution to the problem, our egos got overinflated. I found myself badmouthing my boss, not being aware she was sitting on the next cubicle and heard every word I said. She took it personally, left furious and gave us the worst evaluation ever to everyone in the team. One of the Puertoricans took the government to court and he won big. None of us in the team joined him in his legal battle. I did not fight back because it is written:

Acts 23:5 it is written, Thou shall not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.

It is also written:

Eccles 10:20 Curse not the king (the boss), no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.

It is also written:

Psalm 75:6 For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
7 But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another.

That is why I do not get angry at management when I do not get promoted, I say to myself, The Lord wants me right where I am now. And it is also written:

Num 32:23 and be sure your sin will find you out.

Yes it will.

Shalom

[Servant89]

I do not consider myself a prophet, I am not. However, the ability to predict the future is a trademark of God (Isa 41:23). When the Bible says that “ye are gods” referring to those TO WHOM the word of God was revealed, it was referring to those who became aware of the future as stated in prophecy because that part of God, knowing the future, can be imparted to those that read prophecy in the Bible. The part about being God like being omnipresent, or omniscient cannot be imparted to us. The part about being holy can be imparted by the blood of Jesus. But one time, I experienced knowing the future. We were driving to the mountains. The road had to make a 90 degree turn to the left. I saw in my imagination a car coming from the left unable to turn properly and ramming into us. I saw a truck coming and I realized we would be in trouble if the truck would not be able to turn correctly. I told the driver: “Stop, just stop right here, STOP!!!” And he stopped (surprised by the command). That is when we saw the truck approaching the curve, but it did not stop, it continued straight unable to turn (much worse than my expectation). The people in the car started asking me: “Man, how did you know that? How did you know that was going to happen”. I did not answer. It did not feel like a spiritual experience. I was speechless.

Shalom

[Servant89]

Did you know God has a wallet with a picture of you in it and he boasts about you in heaven? Of David God said: There is none like him, a man after my own heart. Of Job he said: There is none like him. Of John the Baptist he said: There is none greater than he of those born of women. But the least one born of the spirit (in the kingdom of God) is greater than he !!! God praises his people. We need to praise people more. Supervisors need to praise people more. Parents need to praise their children more (instead of criticizing them). This too is a true story.

His name was Nick. He came to me and said to me that he worked 38 hours straight (from Tuesday 8 am to Wednesday 5 pm) or something like that but he finished the report (way ahead of time). I told him I was going to pay him overtime for finishing the report so quickly. He said no, that it was not necessary to pay him extra for that. That got me thinking… what happened? Why is this employee working so hard and without asking for money? What did I do to get that response? Did I do something? And I thought for a minute or two, it did not come quickly. But then I remembered that three days earlier I arrived at his building and I said real loud:

“Can I have your attention? “ And some people stood up in their cubicles. I said: “I want everyone to stand and look at me, come up, stand.” And about 8 people stood up, I could see their faces over the walls of their cubicles. Then I said real loud, I mean real loud:

“Did you know you have a genius working with you? Did you know that private industry tried for 3 years to solve my problem and they could not solve it. Did you know I gave Nick here the technical challenge and in two weeks he solved it, did you know that? He resolved a problem in two weeks that private industry could not resolve in 3 years with 2 million dollars.”

Then I walked towards Nick and stood 6 feet away from him and I said real loud with both my hands stretch with the palm of my hands looking up and I said to Nick: “Nick, you are amazing! You are truly amazing, you are the best engineer I have ever seen.”

The best thing about being a Puertorrican is that we know how to celebrate victories. That is the best thing about our culture. Pass it forward. Praise people.

Shalom

[Servant89]

I see things in the word of God, things not many people see. For example, to me this is huge:

Rom 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

We have to be dead to the law so that we:
1. Can marry Christ
2. Bring forth fruit

That seems to be pretty important. It is so important that it is the place where the rubber meets the road. It is so important that God made it a recurring theme in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, a situation where people can show God they are both serving the Spirit and at the same time, dead to the law. People can show that in rare situations where in order to fulfill the spirit of the law, they have to break the Law. I am talking about Bible passages where people broke God’s law and God stood up and applauded saying: Bravo!! Bravo!! That is exactly what I wanted you to do!!!

This is the reason why post # 45 starts by saying: This is important!!! That is the post where I broke the law four times and I got a standing ovation. They got it.

That is the reason why God chose Abraham when Abraham decided to break the law of thou shalt not kill and went to kill his son.
That is the reason why the Gibeonites in Joshua 9 lied to Joshua and got saved.
That is the reason why Rahab the prostitute lied to her people in Jericho and got saved.
That is the reason why Jacob lied to his father and God loved him for it.
That is the reason for Mat 12:1-6 where Jesus talked about people that did that which was unlawful (people that broke the law) and yet were without sin.
That is the reason why Jesus was disappointed at the 9 lepers that faithfully obeyed his commandment and was happy with the one that turned back from obeying his commandment (Luk 17:11-19)
That is the reason why Jesus worked on Sabbath days instead of resting (breaking the rest of the Sabbath, John 5:16-18).

But people that are not dead to the law cannot get this. And for some reason, Pastors do not preach or teach this.

P.S. Why do you think that policemen, those that drive ambulances and firetrucks are not under the traffic laws? Why is it that traffic laws do not apply to them? Because they are in the business of saving lives and when you are in the business of saving lives, you have to be dead to the law. Luke 16:8

Shalom

[Servant89]

I am telling you, this thing about being dead to the law is big to God. This thing about breaking the law in order to do the right thing is big. Remember how Jesus made one woman famous?

Mk 14:9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

Remember that? Let me tell you about 5 ladies that carried a sign that said: “I do not care that the world knows I had sex outside of marriage” God liked these five ladies so much, so much, they became super famous in the Bible. I am talking about the five women mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ (Mat 1). If you look for a common denominator among those women, it is that sign I told you about. Let’s take a look at them.

1. Rahab the prostitute, took men into her room, lied to her people, became a traitor to her people and everyone in her household got saved. She was a prostitute. The only person God cared to save in Jericho was a prostitute.

2. Ruth the Moabite. She decided to have sex (making herself known to a man) outside of marriage ready to do whatever the man told her to do, out of love for her mother in law, her people, and her God.

Ruth 3:3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.6 And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.

3. Tamar – She dressed as a prostitute and had sex with Judah outside of marriage in order to keep her inheritance in Israel. Judah had twins with her, illegal children out of marriage with her. God did not choose any of the three legal children of Judah, God chose Phares one of the bastard children of Judah from Tamar to be in the genealogy. Ever wonder why?

Gen 38: 24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

4. Betsheba – She had sex with David (adultery). This one seems out of place because there is no biblical evidence as to the reason why she did it. God killed the son that was born to them.

Ever wonder why not mention other women, women that were pure sexually instead of these bunch? It is leading to Mary.

5. Mary – Decided to be pregnant while single, in a society that killed women that had promiscuous sex out of marriage. Wow! Yes Mary was blessed and virtuous among all women. But being pregnant and unmarried back then, it took guts. Nope, she did not have sex outside of marriage, that is clear to everyone.

Yes I am weird, I see strange things in the Bible, I know.

Shalom

[Servant89]

This happened two weeks ago. We have a new employee staying in our basement. She works for me, she is an engineer from PR. She just bought a used car but the car had this noise. She took it back asking the dealer to repair the car since it was within the 30 day guarantee. They refused to fix it. She was crying and asked me for help (they were asking for $1,100 to fix it). Before going to the dealer, I asked her: do you want us to pray before we go to the dealer? And she said yes. Before I prayed I told her: in the bible, everyone that asked Jesus for something while they were on their knees, they always got it. In the bible, every prayer starts with praise. So, let's do that. I then fell on my knees and I prayed for God to soften the heart of the owner of the dealer. I asked for that after I praised the Lord for his goodness. We had written a letter in case plan A failed. God was my plan A. I told her not to present the letter until i said so. When we got there, the owner of the dealer did not offer any resistance. They fixed the car. I told her: Did you see that God answers prayer? She said: amen! I thanked the Lord for his goodness, for his mercy endures forever.

Shalom

[Servant89]

This happened today. Our Pastor said that a few weeks ago a member of our church named Samantha told the people in the prayer meeting to pray for her because she was diagnosed with a brain tumor and she was scared. They prayed for her. Her next visit was about to decide what method she preferred to fight the tumor (surgery or chemotherapy). But instead, they did x-rays again and they were amazed to find out there was no tumor anymore. The church praised the Lord when we heard that, most on a standing ovation. :-)

Shalom

[Servant89]

I just posted this on a Bible Chat thread called: Re: Forgiven? But since it is my testimony and I have not shared it with you in this thread, I placed it here for your blessing.

Someone said:
There is something that has bothering very much, and has been causing me a great deal of fear, stress, and worry.

I love The Lord with all my heart, but I thought something bad about God, something that I didn't mean at all. I don't know how it happened, but it did, and I instantly prayed to God, asking for His forgivness, telling Him how sorry I was, telling him that I didn't mean it.

I was afraid I had accidentally commited the 'Unforgivable Sin', but after looking it up online I found that when Jesus spoke of this sin, He was actually speaking of disbelief or giving Satan credit for God's miraculous works.
But I'm still afraid. I fear it is Satan giving me these bad thoughts, or this feeling of doubt in God's forgivness.

I do believe that Jesus Christ died for my sins, and it is through Him that I am saved and will have eternal life in Heaven with God, but I'm still scared.

Does anyone have any verses or something that could make me feel better?

Thanks so much

And I shared my testimony with him like this:

That happened to me (but much worse, much worse). Let me tell you how I handled it.

After I said something I did not mean at all, something really ugly, the devil came to me telling me: "You blew it, that's it. There is no hope for you. Since you are going to hell and that can not be stopped now, if I were you, I would just go and sin as much as I can, at least enjoy life here as much as you can since you know where you will end up."

This was what I told the devil. "Satan, God is worthy of worship, there are no flaws in him, he is perfect and holy and I intent to praise him all my life and if the Lord sends me to hell, in hell I will praise him. I might be the only one in hell doing that, but I assure you, I will praise him even in hell. I do not plan on drawing back one inch from loving Jesus, so get back to the hole you came from, you are wasting your time with me on this issue."

And immeditely, he left. After that, I went to church and I sat on the back. There were few people in the chuch that wednesday night and the preacher asked everyone to move to the front. Everyone did except me. I stayed in the back. The preacher started using pressure to get me to move to the front but the more he talked, the more determined I was on staying on the back. He was saying that those in the back (there was only me) where the worst sinners, the ones that did not love God the way he should be loved, and things like that. The more he talked the more convinced I was that I was exactly what he was describing and I should stay in the back. The local pastor came to me asking me if I would let him pray for me. I knew the Scripture that says:

1 Jn 5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

So, I knew he should not be praying for me. I wanted to tell him he should not be praying for me, that I was different, that I had to be left alone and there was nothing he could do for me, that this was between me and God, but I could not tell him because I was crying like a baby.

He prayed for me but I knew that prayer was a waste of time, because he should not be praying for me.

I went home and while I was taking a shower I asked the Lord to forgive me, I told him I did not mean to say that, and I fell down on the bathtub crying uncontrollably begging God to forgive me... AND HE DID (peace came to me like a river).

This is what the word of God says:

When God gave Joshua a list of the people that he wanted killed (all of them, including babies), the Gibeonites where on that list. The Gibeonites got saved even though God had spoken to Joshua telling him they were on God's list for destruction. Read it on Joshua chapter 9.

God told Johan that Niniveh was on his list for destruction and God told Jonah, tell them I will destroy them. But the people in Niniveh repented. And the Bible says God took back his word, HE WILL, he will put our salvation above his word. God said:

Jon 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

That is not the only place God did that. Read it. The Bible says he is slow to anger and fast to forgive.

Ex 32:14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

2 Sam 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

1 Chron 21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Jer 26:19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

God loves you more than he loves his own word. He loves you to death (literally).

Shalom

[Servant89]

About two weeks after I changed my avatar to "Talking Donkey", I went to a thread on Bible Chat dealing with "why Jews do not believe in Jesus", and I saw many Christians interrogating a Jew in a way I thought had room for improvement. I started talking to the Christians there, but I was not welcomed at all. I saw the Jew very patient talking their criticism in an amazing way. Then, after 10 days of that, while I was talking a shower, the Lord told me, I was the talking donkey of Num 22:28-30. I had no idea what that meant. When I read that chapter, it was clear to me I was the talking donkey indeed. I posted what is shown below, and that thread sort of came to an end with that. This is what I posted.

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I am leaving because no one wants to answer my questions in this thread and you rather see me leave. I will leave you with this. Please do not read this if you have poor character and are easily offended. This is a true story.

There was a man that had a bone to pick with a Jew, but because he was self righteous, he wanted to look good while picking on a Jew. So he called a man of God, one full of the Holy Spirit and asked him to join him in preaching the word of God (the one that talks about cursing the Jew). You know, something like this:

Blindness is only a part of what will happen to the Jews because of disobedience.
16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine,
and the flocks of thy sheep.
19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine
hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly;
because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

The man of God replied: I can’t tell a Jew nothing but the word of God, I am full of the Holy Spirit. And he thought about it and then said: “Let me talk to God and see what he has to say. “ And God said to the man of God: “Thou shalt NOT go with him; thou shalt NOT curse the Jewish people: for they are blessed (22:12).” And the man of God obeyed God. But the man that had a bone to pick with the Jew insisted again and went to the man of God. The man of God refused to go with him. Then the man that wanted to put down the Jew told the man of God: I will give you money and increase your reputation (22:17). The man of God then said: Let me check with God to see what he has to say. And God came to the man of God by night, and said unto him, “If the man that wants to put down the Jew invites you to go with him, go, but make sure you only say what I tell you to say”. And the man of God went. And God's anger was kindled against the man of God because he went (22:20-21). Actually, God was so angry, he send an angel with a sword to kill the man of God.

(Here comes the good part !!!! That’s when I come in. This is the part of the movie where I have a couple of lines to say.)

And God sent me to stop the man of God from going with the men that had a bone to pick with the Jew, but when I tried to stop him, he beat me. I tried to stop him again and he beat me again. Then the Lord opened the eyes of the man of God so you could see the angel with the sword and finally he got the point.

Did you get the point? (DO NOT USE THE WORD OF GOD TO PUT DOWN THE JEWS !)

I hope you do.

Shalom

Num 22: 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
23 And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the donkey turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the donkey, to turn her into the way.
24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
25 And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
27 And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the donkey with a staff.
28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and the talking donkey said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
29 And Balaam said unto the talking donkey, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
30 And the talking donkey said unto Balaam, Am not I thine donkey, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.
32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine donkey these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
33 And the donkey saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

I know there is a lesson here somewhere, I know it.

[Servant89]

On posts 101 to 104 I talked about the kingdom of God and how to get more power. I forgot one very important ingredient. Power comes at a price.

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.

We are supposed to seek first the kingdom of God ... right? Guess where God said it is the time of the kingdom? 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.

Power comes at a price indeed.

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:

Since 29 Oct 2010 I have been going through a lot of accusations. First a hacker found out my password and was using my email address to send bulk emails to all my contacts. There was this lady from my native land of PR that I welcomed to stay in my house (basement for 2 months). I found her a position working for me, and I helped solving problems... She wanted me to help her get her car fixed. She just bought it and it needed $1,100 worth of fixing. I fell on my knews before her and I prayed. God showed up. The dealer that sold her car fixed it for free. But then she turned on me, she accused me of cutting her career short by not printing her entire summary 100% in the branch highlights. As her supervisor, I decide which things I select to report as highlights from the branch, I cut everyone somewhere. But she went to my boss and asked him to require me confess before upper management I did a terrible thiing by not reporting every word she typed (in the highlights). She wanted to humiliate me in public, with the top 7 managers. I told my boss I had no problem doing that. But he said that was not needed. It reminded me of...

Jn 13:18 ...He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.

I did not defend myself (even though I had done nothing wrong). I apologized to her in front of my boss (like she requested), I told her I thought highly of her, that her performance evaluation was going to reflect that, that what Id id was terrible, that it was not done with an evil heart. Then my boss said: He has admitted he did wrong, he apologized, are you ok with it now? She said: No, I do not trust him, he is a liar. The face of my boss changed. It was clear now he saw evil in her. But I did not get in trouble. She had badmouthed me with many people even though I had gone out of my way to help her. That situation made me shed tears of pain.

Then another person that works for me came to my office mad and while shaking told me if we were in the parking lot, he would have hit me. All because I asked him if he had sent me the email during the weekend infront of another coworker. I told him I checked my emails at home and work and I did not see it. He said he sent it to both locations Sunday 7:30 pm. I left his office telling him I probably did not see it, since I am alll too often blind (which is true, my wife will testify of that). I left the office. He got mad because another worker heard me questioning him about the email. He told me to my face in my office he wanted to hit me. I told him if he hit me, I would not defend myself, that I deserved to be hit for what I did, that I was sorry I hurt his feelings, that I did wrong (I really said F-up referring to I messed up, to make sure he saw in me, that I understood how bad it was). He said he need to walk for an hour, and I told him take your time and do it.

It seems the whole world is upset with me lately. But you know what? The anointing has increased in amazing ways ... The more accusations, the more anointing. Do not be surprised if your brothers sell you out and you end up in jail for a crime you did not comit, it means you are about to become governor of Egypt like Joseph. Most of the NT was written from a jail. I think there is a hint there. That is why Paul said:

2 Cor 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

The cross brings power. Suffering in the flesh brings power. After 40 days of fasting and being tempted by the devil ... this is what happened to Jesus ...

Lk 4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee:

Shalom

[Servant89]

This is another one of those testimonies that I do not like because it makes me look good. And that is not good. But I will share it because it shows how amazingly real God is in my life. A deacon called me at work in December 2010, asking me if I could lend him $3,000 because he was in a financial difficulty. I gave him a check for $1,500 and I told him it was not a loan, it was a gift. I asked him to tell me his financial situation (debts, bills, etc) to see if I could help him .... I asked him 3 times, but he never gave me any information. About 3 days after I gave him the check someone hit me from behind at a stop light. He dented the back side of my 1997 minivan. The insurance company of the person that hit me gave me a $1,986 check for the damage which I do not need to use to repair the van because it is fully functional and I will replace the van within a year. So, I got the $1,500 and 33% more back within a few days. It truly amazes me how real God is to me. In 2010, God returned to me, 20% of my gross household income in tax free gifts, including an unexpected college fund of $30K cash from a relative, to pay for my son's college tuition (my son is 18 yrs old).

Shalom

[MoreMercy]

Greetings !
I do not desire to derail your thread either. But I feel a need to ask you a question for everyone's benefit.
I will happily receive a reply from you here or in private to my question below but, I do not desire one, but only hope that you will answer my question to yourself personally.

Your thread is pleasant and clever, and I do agree with most if not all of your personal thoughts shared here on your pleasant thread.
But, I believe a prophet is only qualified by the qualifications of a prophet found in God's word (our bibles), and I think you may too believe in those same Father ordained qualifications found in God's word (our bibles).

...If you do not believe in those same qualifications that are found in our bibles (which I will list below also) then read no further or just ignore my input totally and whisper to a mod or admin to have my input on your testimony thread removed or edited.






One simple question from only me to only you:
Is there still observable evidence that a prophet is a Father ordained prophet as they or others may promote them to be, if you observe that prophet offer words that give false wittiness against a neighbor or slander a neighbor just because they do not agree with said neighbor AND then the proclaimed prophet does not repent of said false wittiness to restore themselves and their neighbor.

Are they still a prophet, if they do not repent and restore and reverence ALL of God's word again ?


1st qualification (evidence)
Do the words of the proclaimed prophet come to pass.
IE: Do the proclaimed prophet's words come to pass. before the fact/event happens that was spoken of by the prophet.
Not brought to peoples eyes or ears as evidence after the fact/event spoken of by the proclaimed prophet comes to pass but before it comes to pass.

2nd qualification (evidence)
Is the proclaimed prophet obedient to all of God's word.
Or do they pick and choose depending on the temporal situation, pick and chose which of God's words to remain obediently to.
IE: One day the proclaimed prophet is obedient and speaks truth, then the next day (like all of us) they are not obedient and speak falsehoods or slander, but the prophet does not repent afterward, for forgiveness, and also to restore said neighbors.


Peace...
:randy

[Servant89]

Greetings !
I do not desire to derail your thread either. But I feel a need to ask you a question for everyone's benefit.
I will happily receive a reply from you here or in private to my question below but, I do not desire one, but only hope that you will answer my question to yourself personally.

Your thread is pleasant and clever, and I do agree with most if not all of your personal thoughts shared here on your pleasant thread.
But, I believe a prophet is only qualified by the qualifications of a prophet found in God's word (our bibles), and I think you may too believe in those same Father ordained qualifications found in God's word (our bibles).

...If you do not believe in those same qualifications that are found in our bibles (which I will list below also) then read no further or just ignore my input totally and whisper to a mod or admin to have my input on your testimony thread removed or edited.






One simple question from only me to only you:
Is there still observable evidence that a prophet is a Father ordained prophet as they or others may promote them to be, if you observe that prophet offer words that give false wittiness against a neighbor or slander a neighbor just because they do not agree with said neighbor AND then the proclaimed prophet does not repent of said false wittiness to restore themselves and their neighbor.

Are they still a prophet, if they do not repent and restore and reverence ALL of God's word again ?


1st qualification (evidence)
Do the words of the proclaimed prophet come to pass.
IE: Do the proclaimed prophet's words come to pass. before the fact/event happens that was spoken of by the prophet.
Not brought to peoples eyes or ears as evidence after the fact/event spoken of by the proclaimed prophet comes to pass but before it comes to pass.

2nd qualification (evidence)
Is the proclaimed prophet obedient to all of God's word.
Or do they pick and choose depending on the temporal situation, pick and chose which of God's words to remain obediently to.
IE: One day the proclaimed prophet is obedient and speaks truth, then the next day (like all of us) they are not obedient and speak falsehoods or slander, but the prophet does not repent afterward, for forgiveness, and also to restore said neighbors.


Peace...
:randy

Let me start a thread on Bible Chat on this subject. See you there.

Shalom (Peace)

[Servant89]

Did you find the thread to discuss your questions? Here it is.

http://bibleforums.org/showthread.ph...-of-a-Prophet-...

Peace