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| Here is a practical application. I attended a "retreat" of sorts and everyone was given a bookmark that had a pearl glued on it. Long story short, as I was leaving I noticed that someone had left theirs on the table and without skipping a beat/step I grabbed it on my way out. To me, the token of the pearl was of value for we are of value. Wait it gets better. When I arrived at my destination, I dropped my bible on the driveway and the bookmarks (I had two now) had fallen out of my bible. I picked everything up and went inside. The next morning, I noticed that the pearl had fallen off of one the the cards. I felt sad for a moment and then thought of the scriptures and how God searches for us and help me here, but I think you know the exact scripture I am referring to? Anyway, what a great lesson. We are so valuable to GOD
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| Praise GOD if he did it once will he do it again. By the time I was 18 I knew I was addicted to cigs. I became a believer and people said that it would not keep me out of heaven but I might get there quicker, and be a smelly christian. Anyway, I did come under conviction and wanted to stop and tried everything from the gum chewing to watching the 700 club and hoping they would have a special word. I saw a segment that they said picture Jesus smoking during the sermon on the mount, coughing and saying oh I burned a hole in my robe. WELL, I even tried hiding cigs from myself LOL but I had come to the conclusion I liked it and didn't really want to quit but the waring in my Flesh and spirit would not leave me alone....... I even recall driving down the road and I saw the pastor behind me I quickly put the cig out on the floorboard..... how ridiculous was that... a different time I pulled up to church and had a problem with my car and when I got out and locked the car it looked like a cheech and chong movie cause I had smoke all up in the car. (I didn't even have a cigarette and it looked like I had smoked a whole carton) TO make a long story or testimony short years later my oldest daughter always hounded me to quit and she did not acknowledge GOD so I made a deal I said if you acknowledge that there is a GOD then I will quit smoking. When she wasnt around I tried to sneak one and believe me her soul was on the line and I felt that even if she never knew if I cheated it was like the enemy could have free reign in her life..THAT DID IT I quit I had no feeling like I was melting (cant explain that one) and no withdrawls symptoms as in when I tried to quit numerous other time. LIKE THE ISREALITES, GOD WAS WAITING FOR ME TO PUT MY FOOT IN THE WATER AND AS SOON AS I DID, HE PARTED THE SEAS. Do you think that this is my testimony? SORRY THERE IS MORE I was a non smoker for six years and cant say really why but put one back in my mouth (STUPID I KNOW) and ended up hooked again. I KNEW I HAD TO QUIT WHEN MY OTHER DAUGHTER AND MY HEALTH GAVE ME MORE REASONS TO. You cant image I thought for sure that GOD would not help me, COULD HE HELP ME, did I deserve it. WONDER OF WONDERS MIRICLES OF MIRICLES HE DELIVERED ME AND AGAIN NO WITHDRAWLS, NO GUM, nothing SHORT OF PURELY GOD HIMSELF and he not only did it twice but he can do it for you too
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