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.

It's
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From: "Chipmunks" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 10:51 AM
Subject: Unhealthy Fear - Re: Your Answer Please?


>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, you wrote:
>
>>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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> "Pray, pray, pray!" - Pray without ceasing. (1 Th 5:17)
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