Lelia, Vinny, Helen and Family,

Thinking of the other side of that coin, when one spends time in reading the
Bible, the Lord seems to use exactly where we are to minister what we need.
Two scriptures that have jumped out at me recently are:

2 Chronicles 20:11-12
verse 11: Now see how they reward us! For they have come to throw us out of
your land, which you gave us as an inheritance.

Verse 12: O our God, won't you stop them? We are powerless against this
mighty army that is
about to attack us. We do not know what to do, but we are looking to you for
help."

Isaiah 40:28-30 (NLT)
Have you never heard or understood? Don't you know that the LORD is the
everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth? He never grows faint or
weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
He gives power to those who are tired and worn out; he offers strength to
the weak.
Even youths will become exhausted, and young men will give up.

Though these verses are not related, the Lord has reminded and applied them
often in recent days for me by bringing them to mind at needed points.  It's
good to know the backgrounds and settings of these two passages.

Vicki


----- Original Message -----
From: "lelia" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: Something I heard...........


> Wow no I've never had that experience Vinny that is cool.  Our God is
surely
> an awesome God.
>
> Lelia
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "vinny samarco" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 1:02 AM
> Subject: Re: Something I heard...........
>
>
> > Hi Helen,
> > I'm not quite sure I understand this.  pPlease clarify--I'm a little
dense
> > tonight.
> > Are you saying that our spirit already knows the word, but our mind has
to
> > know it?  I guess that's true.  For most of the time, if you haven't
read
> > the book well, you can't expect God to drop scriptures into your mind,
> > especially if you have been somewhat lazy like me.
> > I'll give you an example of something that happened to me right after I
> > became a Christian many years ago.
> > A friend at that time wanted me to go on a kind of crazy trip where we
> would
> > play and sing and minister to various people.  That would be okay, but I
> was
> > brand new, and had nothing to minister but my enthusiasm for the Lord.
> > I was under age, and my mom told me I couldn't go.  Well, of course, I
> > thought at that time that I was God's gift to the world, and He couldn't
> do
> > anything without me.  But I did seriously pray about it and give it to
the
> > Lord.
> > So one day I kept hearing the words in my spirit, " read Luke 2.  Read
> Luke
> > 2.  Now, I didn't know Luke 2, from Habakkuk3, so I read it.
> > The Portion of that chapter that the Lord gave me was the part where
Jesus
> > was in the temple, and his parents were looking for them, and they
didn't
> > understand what he meant by "I must be about my father's business"  Then
> it
> > said that He was subject unto them (meaning  his parents.)  So I know
that
> > the Lord didn't want me to go, and that I must be subject to my mom,
> though
> > she was not a believer.
> > Afterwards, I knew that my mom had been right, and that the wisdom of
the
> > Lord was for me not to go at that time.
> >
> > So, have any of you had God tell you a portion of Scripture to read,
even
> > when you didn't know anything about it?
> > As I have grown through the years, however, I find that the Lord is not
> > going to just throw the Word into mind, if I have been to lazy in
reading
> > it.
> > God bless.
> > Vinny
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Helen" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 11:19 AM
> > Subject: Something I heard...........
> >
> >
> > > "You who are indwelt by the Spirit of God *know* the Bible!!!  So now
> what
> > > you need to do is teach it to your *mind*.  Jesus said that it is the
> > Words
> > > He speaks to us that are spirit and life.  By His Spirit he speaks, we
> say
> > > to ourselves, hmmmmmm, and then search the Bible till we find it.
"Oh,
> so
> > > that's what He meant!!", we say to ourselves."
> > >
> > > Helen
> > >
> >
>