The Pain of 'Knowing Too Much' - New Believers in Jesus

You became a Christian… you received tremendous freedom… now the scriptures are opened to you and there's no denying that God is real, but now you're beginning to grieve and sorrow. Perhaps your eyes are too wide open now… for now friends that laugh and talk about getting drunk on the weekends, you know, that thing you used to do too… now seems so pointless, meaningless and a waste of time. Yet these are your friends, and try as you might to plant seeds, you know that bible thumping them will push them further away, yet you also recognize that you are not their Savior and they must choose for themselves.


Suddenly you feel stuck. You feel doubt-- because you do not feel joy.

What happens after the Honeymoon?


A friend shared this lament with me… honestly sharing how bitter it feels. This is normal. Every Christian on the planet goes through this, just like every newly married couple goes through this. You're in this commitment that is more real and tangible than your bank statement. It's in your midst, it surrounds you, it's undeniable, what the Lord has done for you. But that first joy at the altar is now the reality that you have to take out the trash, mow the yard and change diapers and you look around and wonder "I'm supposed to be happy and thankful surrounded by this?" I remember when my husband called his mother, after we had our fist child, and lamented some parenthood issue and she just laughed at him! Admittedly, shocking to him at the time…because he was really looking for padded sympathy!


When your eyes have opened & you 'know better'.... welcome to the reality of what carrying our cross is about. It's hard because the 'world' is all you've ever known. In the world you didn't care about your dirty laundry… you didn't pick up after yourself… you could gossip to plenty of people to get the sympathy your flesh demands… but now…. OUCH.


When this happened to me, (when I first had my conversion experience)... I was already in a relationship with a guy that wasn't a Christian. Suddenly my eyes were opened... and when the 'big issues' in life came up I would always choose the God way & he would go the other way. It didn't matter that we had tons in common or common friends.... I realized that I was now with 'a stranger'. Whenever I would share Jesus & the excitement I had because the veil had been removed from my eyes... the boyfriend would only ask pointed questions with an agenda behind them. I continued to 'cry out'... but, I was not this man's Savior, and if he rejects mine….ahhhhh, the dichotomy, the turmoil, the doubt because of the sorrow and lack of peace. We can't make people love Jesus…. this is the sorrow... man's free will to willfully reject!


I've pointed out many times that in the scriptures it says the lost cannot enter in lest the veil be removed.


"…but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away." 2 Corinthians 3:16


Jesus often did parables to get people to receive biblical truth without banging it over their heads. See the heart must change for anything biblical to make sense. By the parables he got people to DECIDE either pro or vs those precepts. The ones that chose 'life'....if they would continue to follow Him they would begin to hear the scriptures which would then open up to them. Most people only want to smell the rose, not to tend it.

But a sniff isn't relationship... to hold it in one's hand's...thorns and all ---IS.

*Earnestness TRUMPS 'comfortableness' every time! Because even when we ‘can't do it’... IF WE ASK...HE WILL do that hard thing for us!

Because I continued to cry out, the Lord blessed me to move away from that guy and THEN I was able to surround myself with healthy fellowship --to grow in the Word and relationship with Him.


Have you asked Father God for help? --For His change for your life? It may not be a 'move away' like I had, but will He not hear you and move on your behalf?


"The LORD is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous." Proverbs 15:29


The only people that get disappointed in their prayers are the ones that tell God what they want Him to do because they think they know it all.


("But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, "GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE." James 4:6)


But that's not how it works, right? We seek HIM, ask Him, and He answers.


"Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, They delight in the nearness of God." Isaiah 55:2


After all, His ways are higher than we can comprehend, right?


"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD." Isaiah 55:8


So let me recap:


• Ask God to change your situation

Counter the alienation and sorrow by asking God to change your situation for His Glory, without dictating what your flesh wants to do.

"In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:6


• Let Jesus do the work

Pray for those that were Pre-'your conversion', asking Him how to best sow seeds, recognizing that He is the Savior not you, lest you carry unnecessary yoke upon yourself.

"For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Matthew 11:30


• Look to God, not your 'comfort zone'

Focus on the Promises of God, despite whatever it looks like around you. Your focus is on the 'Big Picture'. If you go to college and train hard and get a Master's Degree, you can get a fantastic job. On the same token, if heaven is our home, should you not also be studying hard and getting your Kingly Master's degree because where we are going is the goal.

"For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst." Luke 17:21b

And with Jesus in our Holy temples… it begins Now!

"For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end…" Hebrews 3:14


With eyes wide open... the sadness is in that what used to be fun or happy isn't that anymore because you 'know too much'. It can also be because you're now a target for the enemy. Anyone that 'knows too much', what does he (satan) want to do with you? So there's some warfare involved there too.


So, You may be out there feeling this too, and you are right IT IS bitter, but it is bitterSWEET, if we turn our focus in the right direction….. the bigger picture; because nothing can touch the promise of heaven when you 'know too much'!


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Pray Without Ceasing - Spiritual Tips 7

Hi Freedom 1 here, hearingGod.tv and today I'd like to share tips for learning to Pray without Ceasing.


First off, I'd like to dig in the Word a bit, because this lifestyle of always praying is so important for the days we are coming upon. While the wood is green…[Luke 23:31

"For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?"]

...in these good times that surround us He wants us to draw close.

In Luke 21 Jesus talks a lot about the 'Signs of the Times'… He talks of what we are beginning to witness taking place in the earth.


Luke 21:31

"So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near."


And then, in Luke 21:34-36 Jesus exhorts us to:

"Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life,


[which is essentially saying, don't be weighted down with carnal living with excess, addictions/bondages and not trusting God]


and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap; for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth.


[hard times are promised to all--this is how the lukewarm are pushed out of the middle…we approach black and white folks…no more grays]


But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man."


1 Thessalonians 5, again we take the full context in that this speaks of the end...


"For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night." 1 Thessalonians 5:2


We are exhorted again...


1 Thessalonians 5:17 "..pray without ceasing;.."


So how do we begin to have a lifestyle of always praying? Ever heard of the phrase "creature of habit"? Well, we often think of habits in terms of negative things… but I want to show how you can begin to create a lifestyle of praying always and it's not a big chore either. You simply weave it into your life.


[bathroom]

Laugh if you want but implementation is easy… think of your daily schedule and places you can implement a good and prayerful atmosphere. The bathroom is a no brainer… it's not like you have other things distracting you. By putting a little Bible Promise book in there, a scripture a day calendar, or even an exhaustive study…LOL...

[banging on bathroom door "Hey, you done yet?"]

or just one verse… you are creating a positive habit.


[kitchen]

This one I just started recently… while putting away dishes, I make a conscious effort to remember to Bless myself by making a little sign. So, any time I put away clean dishes, I speak life and blessing and health into my life as well as into my family. Note, this is one of those labors we have to do every day and it's mindless, boring…but see how we can turn it around into something really powerful! How often do you bless yourself or proclaim that the promises of God are yours?


[laundry]

Laundry is again, one of those mindless labors… but I am always led in intercession during it. The same goes with sweeping the floor or cleaning… put a ribbon on the end of your broom… do something that causes you to remember to pray, and pick a different facet to pray about. For me, it's intercession in the Holy Spirit… maybe for you, cleaning reminds you of your Mother, and so maybe it can be your prayer time for family, or unsaved people you know.


[car]

I love the car, because one of my sons picked up on it immediately and I didn't even have to put a reminder in the car to remember to do it. Our car time is our "What are we thankful for?" time.


I left to take my son to school yesterday and the 'no fuel' light was on. I started our "Thankful time" with declaring and giving thanks that I had enough gas to get to and from preschool (which is very close by) and that the angels would help. When I returned to the car from preschool, and started the ignition, the light was off and the tank was full! This would be a miracle that wouldn't phase me because I've heard many testimonies like it. However, later on in the day I realized that my husband had just filled the tank over the weekend… the fuel gauge must've gotten stuck! Well, who got it unstuck or fixed it if it was broken? The point is, is that I asked and I received.


Guess what my son's prayer was during our 'thankful time'?

"Jesus, I am thankful for my Mommy to do teachings". And it was those little words that said Jesus wants me to share this message right now with you.


When you speak life and blessing over yourself, and build communion with Father God; learn His Word and despite the 'worries of life', you speak His truth… then you begin to see His Kingdom come, His will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. So start now in these 'good times' because it grows the anointing within you and you will grow to hear His voice clearly.


Why is praying without ceasing so important to begin to implement? In the days when the wood is dry and we need to pray healing when there is no doctor, when we need food but food is scarce, when danger and worries are everywhere you'll be one to manifest His truth. Because the "…effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much". (James 5:16)

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Do not anxiously look about you...

Ever look at a healing minister that's moving in amazing power and wonder, "How can I do that? They hardly do anything... there's no deliverance session... POW, the healing just happens!"

Well, there's a lot of stuff i don't understand either... but if it aligns with the scriptures than who am I to judge the anointing or calling another has? Some people move in major healing. My husband has the seer anointing but try as I might... I only see very little, but he doesn't have the things I've got! So can I be content that the body has many parts and we should function where we shine & not covet or feel 'less' in our own position?

It's not about position...it's about obedience, right?

Example: A grandma that has a gifting with kids is no less then a powerful healer....the gifts and calls are without repentance....so the powerful healer can continue to move as such even if they fall into disobedience.... but little ole' grandma could continue on and would end up with more reward in heaven for her obedience and faithfulness then the powerful healer!!!!

We truly cannot judge by comparison with others!

Jesus is our only bar...if we focus on Him, all else will follow.... if we spend all our time looking at humans the enemy will breed discontent within us and we will hop to and fro saying 'here's the Christ (anointing) there's the Christ (anointing)', but then fail to enter in to what He has uniquely for us.

Be assured in your high standing and calling in Christ Jesus... it's okay not to know everything. Just align with the Word, mind your own business and that which the Lord has 4 you!



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I want to tell you about Jesus - Bible Tyme

He's at it again.... wanting to share the Bible with you and what he's learning. Enjoy!

Verses:
Mat 7:21 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

Mat 7:23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'

Mat 7:24 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Psa 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.
Psa 28:8 The LORD is their strength, And He is a saving defense to His anointed.

Psa 57:3 "He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who [fn] tramples upon me. Selah. God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth."

Col 3:16 "Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God."

Eph 4:23b-24 "be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth."
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God won't be Boxed! Part 1

You ever hear about occult members going into institutional church and doing witchcraft?  Worshipping alongside of believers in Jesus, saying the prayers but focusing on their little 'g' god?  Makes you wonder doesn't it, how do christians give such credence to the enemy's followers who infiltrate the church, but what does the church do?   It retreats to it's box and believes anything outside of the box is bad.  That sure sounds like a recipe for realllllly missing God to me.  In fact...doesn't it only take one bad thing to fart in the box and taint and leaven the whole batch?

What makes a thing 'good' or 'bad'?  If the occult person is focusing on their little 'g' god in a christian church environment... pulling on that love around them & going in the complete opposite direction... does that show you the power all humanity possesses by what we choose to empower in the mind?  The most successful 'positive thinking programs' out there use all the precepts in the bible but devoid of honoring or recognizing Jesus.

(Jhn 10:1"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.)

See here poses the problem... the Word of God does not return void.... it's true whether it's for the believer in Jesus or if it's only a salad bar for the unbeliever.  The Word of God contains the keys to life.

Of course... you know these occult people can only bear evil fruit in a place that is devoid of worship in Spirit and truth... if they enter in amongst those borne of Spirit and truth, they get exposed and many so overwhelmed they find the encounter with the power of the One true God a life-changing one, one way or the other!

But what about the churches that are not spirit-filled? 

I have an interesting testimony... in that part of it was being led out of institutionalized church into a setting that reflects more of what the disciples experienced as a home-church setting.  Of course anyone I share this with looks down upon me and my family and see it as a forsaking unity with the brethren etc., but God says 2 or 3 gathered... it's not quantity but quality in true unity aligned with His purposes (we currently have been led back into a church setting... just following where He leads!)

I want to share a bit of background that led up to this decision...

There was a lot of seeking God going on in a small group setting that we met with weekly, apart from institutional church.  Through this group, both my husband and I went through a thing called 'generational deliverance', whereby we cancelled any curses passed onto us by our forefathers and we also shut doors that we had opened up ourselves, that let us open to attack from the enemy.  Our spiritual eyes became opened and we plunged into a deeper union  with Jesus as all those generational voices became silenced... we could Hear the voice of God clearer.  We began to have dreams, see visions, seeing the presence of spirits, whether good or bad and move prophetically.  Then the dichotomy began...

As God began to give us revelation, we began to share things with our church Pastor, which were politely-smile rejected.  Then the church services became more of a warfare session then a place of fellowship and celebrating Jesus.  Being spirit-filled... the darkness began to manifest.  We'd be sitting in the pew and all the sudden I'd feel a burden to pray and be internally praying in tongues in the service and afterwards my husband asked me if I could see what he saw in the pew in front of us during the service.  When I had been praying, he was actually seeing and confronting a spirit of death upon the person in front of us. 

In the following weeks during holiday celebrations the lights would mysteriously blink and the speaker system would also be on the fritz.  As we would pray my husband would see angels come in and flashes of light in an unseen battle. 

At first I was adamant that we should stay there and fight every week on behalf of the people, but week after week and church not being the sanctuary it is supposed to be, the Lord showed us that we did what we could by going to the pastor... and because he is the head of the church, nothing can go higher then his authority.  Because he rejected what we brought forth (and likely-- we were called out by the crying out of people in the church), it lies upon his head, not ours.  It is then up to God to disperse the people that are crying out, from under this ceiling of spiritual bondage.

The Lord led us to do the unthinkable... leave institutional church...  try to explain that one.... already we can't tell people all we were seeing in the spirit going on in church... the pastor rejects us and now people equate 'no church to falling away entirely from God'!  This is not fun stuff here!  The biggest attacking we get is that "Oh, you're not in a church... that's not right, God has ordained an order to 'church' of submission under pastors, teachers, apostles, prophets etc...".  But what those people don't know is that God places those relationships and that order into our life.  If you think a seminary certificate is the only way God is going to work--- whoooops, just missed Him!

Stay tuned... I'm going to add on to this train of thought in the next episode of hearingGod.
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