Hi Sis Reeves,
Man would I agree with this msg. When I Phillip an icetray, I call
it Scovelling. Now, how strange is that?
hawhawhawhawhawhawhawhawhawhaw!!
Luv tuh yuh all,
purple Mari
At 12:50 AM 7/8/2007, you wrote:
>Carol,
>
>You're absolutely right. I didn't mean to come off as holier than
>thou by saying that faith is what makes you trust God. I guess I
>meant that it took a lot of faith to step out there and tell Jesus
>you were a sinner, and ask Him to forgive those sins. That, in my
>view, is trusting God. Salvation is a BIG, BIG step for most of us
>who want to trust Him, and we think, well, Christians don't have any
>fun. Haw! We surely do have fun, and I'm a living testament to that!
>I have fun with Mari, and she with me. We're naturally weird people,
>in my view, so having fun means to listen to your cell phohnes while
>talking to each other and saying "Thank you" when the phone on the
>other end makes a kissing noise, or saying "Why did your phone just
>spit at me?" We sing strange songs and do just plain weird stuff. We
>listen to music and play on our computers. To us, that's fun, but
>we're more or less housebound, anyway.
>
>
>Love You All,
>
>Reeva Parry.
>
>
>On Thursday 7/5/2007 08:08 AM, Carol Pearson said:
>
>>Dear sister Doris and all,
>>
>>As I read your response, I was prompted to share one of my
>>favourite passages of Scripture as a means of encouragement to you
>>in this. It's Philippians 1:4-6 (NIV):
>>
>>4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy
>>5 Because of your partnership in the Gospel from the first day until now,
>>6 Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you
>>will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
>>
>>This week I've really felt in my spirit that God wants me to push
>>out and ask God for bigger things than ever before and to trust Him
>>in a way never before. This doesn't mean I have any more faith
>>than before (BTW) but it means He would have me to grow stronger
>>and exercise that which He has given me. I feel this particularly
>>in the area of trust right now and He has given me opportunity this
>>week to continue to say "I trust You, Lord, with this" on a number
>>of occasions.
>>
>>I am convinced that this growing and trusting is for all of us, so
>>maybe others will feel prompted to reach out in a new way in trusting Him.
>>
>>With prayers for great blessings for you all:
>>
>>--
>>Carol - Reading, UK
>>
>>To you, o Lord, I lift up my soul;
>>In You I trust, o my God. . . .." PS25:1-2 NIV.
>>
>> From Doris:
>>
>>>I know this is a problem in my relationship with the Lord. i know
>>>that unhealthy fears I have sometimes cloud my picture of our
>>>perfect God and therefore have me struggle with trusthing him. I
>>>am trusting that with time and getting grounded in the Word and
>>>God's Spirit working in me, that i will be able to overcome these
>>>human fears and shall instead be filled with awe and perfected in God's love.
>>>
>>>Sometimes I get very discouraged with this sort of thing though
>>>and I know I need a lot of prayer.
>>>
>>>God Bless.
>>>
>>>Doris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 01:21 AM 7/5/2007 -0400, Teri Van Pelt said:
>
>>>>Are you afraid of God?
>>>>I'd like to add to your question Phil. As I was contemplating my
>>>>answer, I had
>>>>the thought, well, no I am not afraid of God...and then there was
>>>>a small voice
>>>>with in me saying so Why are you having trouble trusting me. So I guess I
>>>>have a little unhealthy fear or i would be able to trust Him more.
>>>>So my question is Do we not trust God because of unhealthy fear towards
>>>>Him?
>>>>Love, sweet tee
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