How to overcome – preparedness for life

This is what I believe.

Your mileage may vary.

I believe that I have experienced a miracle in my life.

That miracle is rebirth into the Body of Christ because I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

I have no claim to any gifts, talents, or wisdom. I claim no office, I am simply a woman who loves God, His Son Jesus, and I give myself over to the Holy Spirit to use as He will. I have a servant’s heart.

Whether I am successful in conveying what is in my heart is not something that I give a whole lot of thought to. That is up to the reader to determine for him/herself.

After traveling the net, I simply need a blog where I can speak without really thinking that every word was going to make me a bad guest. I really have no desire to offend anyone. I respect others right to believe what they want to believe. I do live under the command to spread the Gospel and so I must.

So this is my blog, I am the hostess here, and I can say what I will. If the reader doesn’t like it, well, they can move along like I have done from so many places. It is my hope that we meet up again.

Not that I am hurt or being defensive, I am just tired of moving along.

This is who I am, what I believe, and I shouldn’t be offending anyone because I am not condemning anyone.

If a reader feels condemnation it is the Holy Spirit using the Bible verses that I quote to pick at your conscience. I call it heart conviction. God is shining His light into your heart.

So don’t blame me if the Word of God does that to you, it does it to me too. But I welcome it because it causes me to pray and grow.

I do ask that people hold me accountable for my words.

The Bible is the Word of God. I will not change or add to it when I quote it.

Where the reader has to be careful is when I speak about how I experience the Word of God in my life. We should always use discernment when we read each others words.

I am saying, never put your trust wholly in another person. Search the Scriptures daily in order that you may discern the truth. Pray for them to enlighten you.

My husband, other believer’s who I trust, family, friends, they all read what I write and let me know what they think. What I speak comes from my heart. I speak it as I believe and I am wholly responsible for the content of my mouth. In writing, I don’t have a goal or purpose in mind. I am simply publicly journaling my thoughts.

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I do believe that if anyone desires a miracle in their own life, they can simply ask God to reveal himself to them about the truth of Jesus Christ, His Son.

If there is no God, I have been the fool for believing.

When God does answer your prayer, and there is no doubt in my mind that He will answer a prayer prayed from the true heart’s desire to know Him, you too will know the truth. 

Pray for more faith.  Pray, read, study, decide, pray.

You have nothing to lose and eternity to gain.

Let me know when you experience the same miracle of new birth.

To God be the glory.

Confess with your mouth, and be baptized.

2 Peter, Ephesians 6, and Revelation

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What do we know for sure?

Plagues and pestilence are visited upon mankind. They have for years and they will continue to do so until the Lord returns.

We do not know when the Lord will return. Even educated guessing is guessing. We do not guess, we stick to what we know from the Word of God.

Do not look for signs of His coming. Concentrate instead on what we must be doing until He does come.

The Greatest Commandment is to “love the Lord your God with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength and love others as you love yourself.”

How to love others as we love ourselves, in season, out of season, during a plague, during a war, during end times…

We cannot do so with any lukewarm-ness.

Fully Armored

Ephesians 6:10-20

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

The way that I read this…

Put on – is an action phrase. To be able to stand is dependent on putting on the whole armor of God.

Wrestling – an action word.

Belt of truth – Truth

breastplate of righteousness – Righteousness

ready feet given by the gospel of peace – ready with coals of kindness, ready to fulfill the greatest commandment. In the world, not of the world, but standing firm in the world, visible and not hidden.

shield of faith – extinguish, an action word, the flaming darts

helmet of salvation – we are sealed by the Holy Spirit upon salvation.

armed with the sword of the Spirit – the word of God.

Praying at all times in the Spirit.

Keep alert with all perseverance

Praying for each other while we also declare boldly the mystery of the gospel as we are given utterance from the Holy Spirit.

 

We will wrestle, not against people themselves, but against mystery Babylon, I believe that we can discern now what is revealing itself more and more, it is this that is to be overcome with the gospel of peace – through truth, faith, righteousness, because of our salvation and indwelling Holy Spirit through whom and by whom we speak, and because God will reveal His glory.

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And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
~Luke  11:9-10

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