Author	Thread: The Lord beat me up!
Admin	The Lord beat me up! Posted : 27 May, 2011 08:24 AM You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, and with all your mind� (Deuteronomy 6:5). �This is the greatest and first commandment. The second is like it: �You shall love your neighbor as yourself.� (Leviticus 19:18). I have really fell short on the second! I went to a service last night and the Preacher preached on love.. he preached on the denominations.. I took allot from that service and I have seen many faults of mine! We are all in the same fight and the same race. On love-> I will not argue my beliefs with another bible believing person anymore. More importantly I think, I think of how my dad came to be who he is today. I think of his testament A part of my dads testament... I tried once or twice to Preach, afterwards the devil told me how after Church everyone laughed at me, how I was a joke. This next part shames me, I say it with no intent to glorify sin or satan, but to admit the biggest mistake of my life. I ran, I never went back to Church, I headed in the opposite direction, as deep in sin as I could possibly get, I thought "God wont find me here, he wont want me now". Many sin filled years later, I was "the man" I smoked marijuana like most did cigarettes, I hit the big time as a cocaine dealer, money all the time, high most of it. I crossed the line twice and overdosed, the first time was a warning, my heart stopped, the second time I ended up in a major hospital hemorrhaging on the inside, the Lord spared my life both times. I tried as hard as I could, my addiction was strong I was used to a lot of the substance, I could not stop. Everyone..... even my family it seemed gave up on me, except one old Preacher man. No matter the shape I was in EVERY time he saw me he stopped. I could be "out on the tracks" (an abandoned railway) partying, he would drive out there. The tears would run down his cheeks like water, he would say the same thing every time. "Jeff, you know, God still loves you, he wants to save you" This old preacher planted the seed, He showed my dad that he was lovable. Jesus done the rest, now he preaches I think I could be allot more like this old preacher. There are many of my family and friends lost to the world and addicted to pills. I have always distanced myself from them.. that is not how I love myself.. Id never do that to me. I am going to try to love more. PRAY for me Post Reply
View Profile History	The Lord beat me up! Posted : 27 May, 2011 08:59 AM @fish: Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Gal 5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. If you TRY LOVING others,it will fail. When the Holy Spirit within you loves others,He loves them without condition. The Best we can say is like Peter. Hey Yeshua you know that i love you. That is to say,I have common interests with you. And yet we really do not have much,if anything in common with Yeshua. Do not try,TRUST. Ahola Post Reply
View Profile History	The Lord beat me up! Posted : 27 May, 2011 09:04 AM respectfully, I believe that by me trying to do the Lords will, the spirit will assist me! you say potato I say Tater! Post Reply
View Profile History	The Lord beat me up! Posted : 27 May, 2011 10:54 AM Thanks for sharing, I kind of like to think of it as the "Holy Spirit work over." :laugh: Have you seen Michael English's testimony of his return to the Father, it's on You Tube and tear jerker. God bless. :waving: Post Reply
View Profile History	The Lord beat me up! Posted : 27 May, 2011 01:32 PM PRAISE THE LORD FOR YOU FISHER!:applause::glow: Beautiful testimony of God's amazing grace and mercy. May God forver keep you in the power of His might and strength and His perfect wil for your life. Prasie God for the planter preacherman who broke up your fallow ground and planted the word of God worthy of harvest into yourlife and brought you to your senses unto repentance to salvation. And for your dad whom you honor spiritually as a shepherd of God... ALL THINGS, NOT SOMETHINGS, BUT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THSE WHO LOVE THE LORD...:applause::glow: ella Post Reply
View Profile History	The Lord beat me up! Posted : 27 May, 2011 07:11 PM Your post touched my heart, fisher. Thank you brother. Post Reply
View Profile History	The Lord beat me up! Posted : 28 May, 2011 01:55 AM wow i am so touched by your testimony... I will pray for you! God bless always! Post Reply