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Isnt it funny, that one could start a post, and not find a place to put it, because simply Jesus doesnt fit into mans ideas.

So we need a place where those who love Jesus and really desire to know Him can come and speak of the things they have done in there lives, without fear of criticism that seems to abound here.

So please, come, share your testimonies, there are many that need to hear them, for what was it Jesus said

Mat 10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Mat 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
 

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This world is darkness, even outer darkness, even the shadow of death.

Having been cast out of the light of the kingdom of God and His presence, who would have imagined that He would let His light shine in for those who love Him in spite of ourselves; that He would become flesh and dwell among us (and so much more) as a light to our path of returning to Him? He did...and it is so!

Praise and Glory are His!
 

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Maybe it really is true,

Mat_15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
 
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I have been thinking a lot about ' light ' lately. I brought a book of artwork that depicts different pictures to reflect and meditate on. The first picture was of a lighthouse, in this colourful picture scripture was written in the waves, Sky, rocks surrounding the lighthouse. Jesus being the light, revealing and dispelling the darkness, enabling us to ' see '
It dawned on me that so often I focus on the darkness, within the world and within my life ( well it's been a bit dark of late )
At the same time someone asked me what word I have chosen for this year ( something I use to do every year when I was part of a ministry team ) Mayflower mentioned about 20/20 vision, being that this year is 2020- I decided that my word should be ' Vision ' and my desire this year is to see things more clearly, to focus on what the Lord is revealing ect.
Despite the sadness associated with my children's father passing away, the Lord was in that darkness- he brought about reconciliation between my ex, his children and myself - my ex was never very good at admitting his wrong, but having cancer made him less afraid of being vulnerable, his guard came down and in the last 6weeks of his life we all had heart to heart talks with him. He cried, we cried.
How sad it is that it brings impeding death to do that, how many of us go through life never allowing our guards to come down, never allowing our vunrability to be seen, and never allowing for those words that sometimes need to be spoken to those around us.
God allowed us time as a family to heal - it was an answer to many years of prayer and another confirmation of Romans 8:28 xx
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So please, come, share your testimonies, there are many that need to hear them, for what was it Jesus said

Mat 10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Mat 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

This passage you selected . . . vs 31 speaks of God meeting our needs, then 32 of confessing Jesus before others.

I think "need" is the key, dependancy on God. The more desperate we are, the more needy, the more likely we will go to God with openness and vulnerability. Like Rita pointed out - @Butterfly - the nearness of death can do amazing things to focus us on God, and what is real and important.

At least that's how it was with me.

I was critically ill, and Jesus told me what to do to stay alive. He has gone on to lead me away from numerous prescriptions and metabolic disorder with hypertension and diabetes and insulin and all that. I was severely emotionally damaged, and Jesus walked me through a miraculous healing, then showed me the way without the miracle - that's a miracle in itself. What Jesus did for me medical sciences says doesn't happen.

I get laughed at, I don't care.

People call it "Bible Roulette", but I call it, I need You God speak to me!

So in the middle of the night and I was so lost in what I needed to do, so confused, crying out to God, I just feel lost in a wilderness! That was how I felt, just in the middle of nowhere with no idea what to do, Speak to me Please! And my Bible flops open, and I look at the page, "The Lord is my Shepherd" . . .

When I'm pouring out my heart to my little sister, yes, these things really did happen, recounting the events of childhood so she can know she's not crazy, until I'm an emotional wreck, I do to my car, switch on the radio, and hear the words . . . "Psalm 27:10, when my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will take me up" . . .

When I'm dealing with the aftermath of my first true panic attack (emergency room time), "God, help me deal with this fear!" I go to my Bible, let it flop open, look at the page, read the words, "The LORD is my light and my salvation, why should I be afraid?"

I can go on and on with these examples, this was how I survived the better part of a year, in acute desperation, seeking after God.

When I was in my room in the middle of the night, desolate over my state, and I read,

Psalm 129
1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

This so described how I felt, ruined from childhood, and left a complete mess.

4 The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

And reading the word Cut felt it all fall away from me, leaving me free from all effects of my past, a freedom from my flesh, a freedom from sin, a wonderful time that went on, but then ended, which prepared me for the hard work when it all came back.

So I could both believe that freedom from the flesh and from sin is real, and that I could then go on to learn the faith that makes it so. Faith Does make it so.

Experiencing life that way gave me a sure knowledge that I needed to get through the difficult times of rebuilding my wasted body, waiting out the worst of the depression (my how tame that word seems!) and learning a completely different way of life.


I find it very difficult to talk about as there was so much going on between God and me, so deeply in my life, but I have become convince, for those who love Jesus, even for those who want to love Jesus, Jesus comes to us to make it so.

Much love!
 

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A few years ago, I had a vision, I was standing on a beach, looking out to sea, the scene was divided on my right was darkness on my left was light, as I watched, I saw people stepping out of the darkness and into the light, all dressed in white, while this happened an old song I knew was playing,

 

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When I was a youth, around 50 years ago, I used this illustration at a teenagers camp, I was a leader at for the evening meals devotion.

I took a candle and melted/softened the base of the candle and pushed the base of the candle onto a smooth rock so as to "glue"/fix the rock to the candle. I then placed the rock with the candle onto an elevated table so that the teenage campers could see it, then I had the lights turned off, light the candle with a match, and then aske the teenagers what they saw.

All the responses focused on the light candle and the light that it was giving out from the flame.

I then interrupted the responses and said that they were all good, but they missed the candle's dependence on the rock, it had been stuck too. The rock was the foundational support to hold the candle upright so that it did not fall over in the breeze of opinion, even if the breeze blew out the flame feed by the wick that was drawing the liquid wax of the candle to feed the flame, the flame could be relight and that it would give its light again.

The foundation of the rock that the candle was glued/fixed to was what kept the candle upright and safe to burn the wax to give off its light.

A candle has to be stuck to or put into a foundation "hole" of the rock to keep it upright and true.

Prophetically, this image has been my life, because once I had attacked myself to the "foundational rock" of God, I became "stuck" to the foundational true that is God, no matter the journey of life that I took. God kept me upright and kept the wick trimmed to be his light, no matter how imperfect I became sometimes, as long as there was a flicker of a flame I was kept same safely attached to God's truth and ways.

So often we focus on the flame, as that is where the excitement and movement is, in the image, but the truth is only found in the foundation that we are attached to and cling too.

Shalom

PS: - God showed me this picture some 50 years ago of the story of my life and has kept me focused within that story for all of these years. This story is not exciting and easy to tell so that others are excited as well such that they want what I may have, but it demonstrates the faithfulness of God during all the days of my adult life. A foundation that I can rely on in all the situations that I have had to experience.
 
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Love

I saw love,
she was like a rose in the garden,
and the cool spring breeze spoke to her and said,
"come let us show the world your beauty",
so on the coolness of the spring morning, she grew,
first a bud, so small so delicate,
then as the day warmed, a flower, of which the world had never seeing.
Red as the blood of my heart, with a fragrance that was to overwhelm.
with a beauty of which none could compare,
and in the warmness of the day she blossomed,
but evening came, and darkness fell,
and without the light her beauty faded, she lost her fragrance.
one by one her petals fell, till there was no more.
now there was none left but the thorns which pricked my heart.
oh how I long for the beauty of love, of which there is none to compare.
but the world is without love, the darkness grows, the light has faded,
but a new day is about to dawn, and once again the light will come,
and none has yet seeing the beauty of my fathers heart,
with love in abundance, grace without measure,
 
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I have been thinking a lot about ' light ' lately. I brought a book of artwork that depicts different pictures to reflect and meditate on. The first picture was of a lighthouse, in this colourful picture scripture was written in the waves, Sky, rocks surrounding the lighthouse. Jesus being the light, revealing and dispelling the darkness, enabling us to ' see '
It dawned on me that so often I focus on the darkness, within the world and within my life ( well it's been a bit dark of late )
At the same time someone asked me what word I have chosen for this year ( something I use to do every year when I was part of a ministry team ) Mayflower mentioned about 20/20 vision, being that this year is 2020- I decided that my word should be ' Vision ' and my desire this year is to see things more clearly, to focus on what the Lord is revealing ect.
Despite the sadness associated with my children's father passing away, the Lord was in that darkness- he brought about reconciliation between my ex, his children and myself - my ex was never very good at admitting his wrong, but having cancer made him less afraid of being vulnerable, his guard came down and in the last 6weeks of his life we all had heart to heart talks with him. He cried, we cried.
How sad it is that it brings impeding death to do that, how many of us go through life never allowing our guards to come down, never allowing our vunrability to be seen, and never allowing for those words that sometimes need to be spoken to those around us.
God allowed us time as a family to heal - it was an answer to many years of prayer and another confirmation of Romans 8:28 xx
Rita

Hi Rita,
Yes, you had quite a tough, heartrending year and so glad you all came through it for the better. It's funny you mention 20 20 vision. I received a David Jeremiah devotional for this year for a gift "Daily in His Presence". It speaks about having 2020 vision. It's so surreal to see how He was actually answering our very prayers in hindsight...it should build our faith and patience.
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Hi Rita,
Yes, you had quite a tough, heartrending year and so glad you all came through it for the better. It's sunny you mention 20 20 vision. I received a David Jeremiah devotional for this year for a gift "Daily in His Presence". It speaks about having 2020 vision. It's so surreal to see how He was actually answering our very prayers in hindsight...it should build our faith and patience.
xoxo
More confrimation ta

God bless you all
 
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From 2010

A short Story

A man is taken and put into a room. This man knows nothing about Jesus, the bible or religion. He is then told that some Christians will come and talk to him, each having 5 minutes.
And so the first one enters the room, a JW and starts talking, telling this man about his church, his religion and about salvation. And then so it was, that an AOG , a Catholic, a protestant, a morman and many others came and spoke to this man.

Then Jesus entered the room, and the man said,” Oh, I guess you want me to join your church too ?.

Jesus smiled and asked him, “ what did they tell you.
Oh he said, one claimed there was no salvation outside the church, another claimed that only 144000 where going to make it, one told me how to be a good Christian, another said baptism was required, but there was little that they agreed on. But there was one thing they mostly agreed on and that was, that their church was the right one.

Then Jesus asked him,” and what about Jesus”?.

Oh Him, well I’m not so sure, they tell me He died for all my sins, then they tell me I must go to a priest to have my sins forgiven, they tell me I must repeat some words after them to receive Jesus, by the time they where finished, I was confused and this Jesus seems to be a hard taskmaster.

Oh! Jesus exclaimed., and do you know who I am ?

No! he replied.

I am Him, Jesus, the one they spoke of.

Oh, the man replied, I didn’t recognize you, you don’t look or sound anything like what they said of you., but how can I be saved /

Jesus replied ,do you believe that I died for all your sins and that salvation is through me?.

The man thought for a minute, Yes he replied.

Then, Jesus replied, your sins are forgiven and your salvation is at hand.

But, the man said, what must I do to earn my salvation ?.

Nothing, Jesus replied, just have faith and believe.

What about tomorrow,? Will I see you?

I will always be with, replied Jesus.

And If I sin again?

Then just ask me for forgiveness and believe and it will be so.

That is just to good to be true.

It is, replied Jesus, but it is hard for the flesh to accept.

The man stood up, I must go, will I see you again?

Just say my name and I will be there in front of you ,whether you see me or not I am with you.

And so the man left, happy in the knowledge that his salvation was in Jesus, and filled with joy because he was set free from his bonds.
 
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I have had the intense blessing of witnessing many miracles during my Christian life, the greatest of them all being the fact I'm still abiding in Him at all. But there are two that stands out... One at the very beginning, 43 years ago, and the other a year ago.
Just a few months after my initial conversion, God told me to go home. To live. This meant traveling from my current location 250 miles across country, to where I had no job , but my thinking was that if God wanted me to go, and He wanted me to work, then I would go. I resigned the next day and left 4 days later. It was Good Friday. I asked for a specific job. At a place where I had previously worked but doing something different. That specific job was advertised in the local paper the day after I arrived. I started work two days later.
I have told this before, so its a copy paste from a previous post...
God cares, even about the little things. I came to Australia 2 1/2 years ago, and continued using my NZ driving license for the allowable 6 months then had it renewed. I had to send to NZ for a specific document so that the people at this end could verify the classes of license I was to be credited with. I had two classes...car and motor-bike. Previously I had also held heavy traffic combination from when I was driving articulated buses, but they had long gone over their expiry date. There was a 5 year expiry limit at which time you had to resit the entire test, get medicals etc etc, which would have cost much $$$$$. which I didn't have. I didn't think I would ever need them again so just let them lapse. Now, in Australia, I was offered a job driving buses. Oh dear. Darn it. Made all the appropriate enquiries just to confirm, and yep, everything was expired. Cost of going through latest driving school and getting medicals etc...$2000. Darn it again.
But, I wanted to do it. So took the first step. Applying for a shorter period whereby I didn't have to wait 2 years (driving in Australian conditions)before I could do the test. Was told that this was quite possible due to my previous experience. So, paid $50 and sent in the application. Along witth that application for a shorter waiting period, was the details on the class of licence I was seeking...simply a lower grade medium heavy licence which enabled me to drive the smaller buses that would be my job. All of thise was after several visits to various departments and emailing overseas, receiving documents, submitting same, getting identification from several sources etc etc. Quite the go around, but that's the way it is.
Didn't hear back for a while, and was beginning to wonder if I had been declined. Then a phone call. Victorian Roads Authority. Heart flutters majorly. Yes, your application for a shorter period is granted. Praise God! So then in the shortest time you could imagine, thoughts of how I was going to raise 2000$ and how quickly could I do it so I could start the new job...then the lady spoke again..."I see you held previously a heavy traffic licence in NZ and you have applied for a medium licence for here. We are willing to reinstate that medium heavy...but also all the other classifications up to heavy combination as well. At no extra cost. Your licence will be in the mail tomorrow."
 

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I have had the intense blessing of witnessing many miracles during my Christian life, the greatest of them all being the fact I'm still abiding in Him at all. But there are two that stands out... One at the very beginning, 43 years ago, and the other a year ago.
Just a few months after my initial conversion, God told me to go home. To live. This meant traveling from my current location 250 miles across country, to where I had no job , but my thinking was that if God wanted me to go, and He wanted me to work, then I would go. I resigned the next day and left 4 days later. It was Good Friday. I asked for a specific job. At a place where I had previously worked but doing something different. That specific job was advertised in the local paper the day after I arrived. I started work two days later.
I have told this before, so its a copy paste from a previous post...
God cares, even about the little things. I came to Australia 2 1/2 years ago, and continued using my NZ driving license for the allowable 6 months then had it renewed. I had to send to NZ for a specific document so that the people at this end could verify the classes of license I was to be credited with. I had two classes...car and motor-bike. Previously I had also held heavy traffic combination from when I was driving articulated buses, but they had long gone over their expiry date. There was a 5 year expiry limit at which time you had to resit the entire test, get medicals etc etc, which would have cost much $$$$$. which I didn't have. I didn't think I would ever need them again so just let them lapse. Now, in Australia, I was offered a job driving buses. Oh dear. Darn it. Made all the appropriate enquiries just to confirm, and yep, everything was expired. Cost of going through latest driving school and getting medicals etc...$2000. Darn it again.
But, I wanted to do it. So took the first step. Applying for a shorter period whereby I didn't have to wait 2 years (driving in Australian conditions)before I could do the test. Was told that this was quite possible due to my previous experience. So, paid $50 and sent in the application. Along witth that application for a shorter waiting period, was the details on the class of licence I was seeking...simply a lower grade medium heavy licence which enabled me to drive the smaller buses that would be my job. All of thise was after several visits to various departments and emailing overseas, receiving documents, submitting same, getting identification from several sources etc etc. Quite the go around, but that's the way it is.
Didn't hear back for a while, and was beginning to wonder if I had been declined. Then a phone call. Victorian Roads Authority. Heart flutters majorly. Yes, your application for a shorter period is granted. Praise God! So then in the shortest time you could imagine, thoughts of how I was going to raise 2000$ and how quickly could I do it so I could start the new job...then the lady spoke again..."I see you held previously a heavy traffic licence in NZ and you have applied for a medium licence for here. We are willing to reinstate that medium heavy...but also all the other classifications up to heavy combination as well. At no extra cost. Your licence will be in the mail tomorrow."

Oh wow, you had to be on top of the world! His timing is so perfect, always!
 

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Another one

Have you already eaten

One day Jesus calls you, and says,

” I am inviting you to diner tonight, please come as you are, all will be taken care of”, and you say, yes Ill be there.

Then along the way, the pangs of hunger stir you stomach, and there you see mcdonalds and you think. Oh Ill stop and have a quick bite, everything will be ok. And so you go in and order, double whopper, large fries, large thick shake, hash brown, oh that will be enough. Jump into your car and off you go.

Then you arrive at His house, and you knock on the door, Jesus answers, He takes one look at you and He can see you are already fill, and you, as if to make matters worse let out a small burp. Then Jesus in His loving way, says, why did you do this thing?, do you not know I only give the best to whom I call, I had auderbs, cheese platters and fine wine for starters, then lamb, and beef with gravy and vegetables, salads, fruit enough to fill with my best wine, and then after we have settled, ice cream, and jelly, mudcake all the sweet things, but go, you have had your fill.

Then He calls out his door,

Come to me all the lost, and the blind, the homeless the hungry, the broken hearted and the lonely, come and have your fill of my best, then when you have finished go, take off your rags and throw them away, take a shower for I have prepared for you new garments, clean spotless without blemish. And I shall show you my fathers house. Come quickly.

Jesus says, “ I am the bread of life, all who come to me will never hunger or thirst”.

In His Love
 
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Thought id lost this one. It was on this forum

Two Streams

There is a mountain, the mountain of God, from which all of Gods words for man flow, and from this mountain there is a stream. which carries these words to men. Somewhere down the mountain there is a fork in this stream, the stream splits in two, one side flows through the world, and as it does, it gets contaminated by, mens religon, mens wisdom, mens teachings, mens learning, mens understanding, and alongside it there are men and women, drinking from this stream, thinking this stream bring them life, but it does not, it is slowly killing them, the banks are muddied and they struggle to leave this stream as the mud sticks to them and weighs them down, and they are heavily burdened,

And the second stream, so vastly different from the first, it flows freely, unhindered, through valleys, of mountains and fields, where all along its banks is life. There are His sheep living along this bank, they are healthy. there fleece is white as snow, and as they drink of this stream , they grow in stature and in wisdom. They look across the valley to the other stream there, where they once where, but will never return, for here they have life in abundance.

In His Love

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