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Post by marissaa91 on Oct 15, 2016 11:23:15 GMT -5
Please pray for me. I'm struggling in a lot of ways personally. I have some sins in my life I'm trying to get rid of and stop and it's proving harder than I imagined or maybe I'm just weak... idk.
Also, please pray for my husband. A close friend who he met in rehab a few years ago died. We don't know details yet but he was very young and left a lot of loved ones behind. He's taken it kinda hard. I appreciate all your prayers.
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Post by Sharon on Oct 15, 2016 17:10:44 GMT -5
I am praying sister. We are not perfect and none of us will ever be. We all sin and confess, get up, and start walking towards God and find ourselves in a ditch again. Don't beat yourself up when you fail. As long as you are heading towards God, you are doing good.
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Post by Mary H on Oct 15, 2016 20:58:47 GMT -5
I am going through the same .. I keep yelling at my kids & I want to stop but it feels as though I can't! Every night I pray & get quiet time with the Lord & repent for the same stupid thing every dang night!!! It's driving me crazy! I just want to be delivered from it already! Also, God asked me back before Tony cane back home, to get up before anyone else & spend time with Him... I have yet to do this!! I just love sleep so much! It doesn't matter if I go to sleep early with the kids, I will sleep for 12 hr straight no problem.. I can jump right up to my alarm before the kids wake up if there a appointment I have to get ready for, but loose sleep for the King of the universe & the Holy Pure One who gave His innocent life brutally for me & my junk? Ugh! Sorry for the little rant lol He's delivered me from the yelling before so I know He will again.. I have to obey Him.. plain & simple. Otherwise I feel like I loose His strength in areas I once had it in; such as patients with the kids.
Anyway- I'm with you sister & im praying for you!
Also praying for Garrett
& his friends loved ones
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Post by marissaa91 on Oct 16, 2016 21:32:56 GMT -5
Thank you both for your prayers and perspective. I'm with you Mary, I don't struggle with a lot of things but a select few that go away and then come back. And I'm just tired of still struggling in the same areas. But I have to keep moving forward. I'm better today than yesterday so it's a start.
My husband is still working through his friend Eddie's death. We heard it was an overdose but my husband isn't sure he believes it because Eddie swore he was clean 2 weeks ago. And he said he wouldn't lie to him about that. So we're waiting to hear confirmed news. But he seemed to have a break through at church during worship. The leader spoke during a song and I could tell it struck Garrett in the heart. He began to weep and I just held his hand and worshipped God. I'm praying for peace in his mind and heart as he goes through the different emotions and questions he has for God.
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Post by Adrienne on Oct 16, 2016 22:00:31 GMT -5
Marissa, I'm totally with both Sharon and Marissa - I too struggle with repetitive sin (I'm with Mary in that I don't always/often prioritize my time with God the way I should!). We have to give ourselves some grace too: the enemy wants us to be in a space of guilt, but God is calling us to rise to Him and allow Him to work in us in a positive way! I'll be praying for you in this area!
I will also be praying for Garrett and for his friend Eddie's family. I can imagine how hard it is for everyone involved.
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Post by Sharon on Oct 17, 2016 0:08:55 GMT -5
My pastor today talked about Abraham and how he had (back in Egypt when he was Abram) given Sarah over to the pharaoh and pretended she was his sister, because he was afraid of being killed. And that backfired on his miserably. Then, 25 years later, after he had "gotten over all of that", suddenly they're meeting with the king of the Amorites, and he tells Sarah to tell the king he is her brother AGAIN! Because once again, he's scared for his own skin.
Abraham was a prophet. And dude couldn't get it right. So yeah, we're gonna all fail. Again and again. In things that we had gotten over. In places that "we've already healed". Terry Wardle has this saying "I am healed, I am healing, I am yet to be healed". We won't ever really be completely over our sin nature until we meet His glory in heaven. Until then, we have to keep wandering down the straight and narrow, falling into the ditch at the side of the road, begging Jesus for a lift out of the ditch, and struggling forward again only to fall into the ditch on the other side of the road. What matters is the direction. Towards God. Not all the mistakes we make on the way. We have to give grace to our spouses in this and we have to give grace to ourselves too. God is the only good, pure, and perfectly righteous and He does not expect perfection from us. He expects a good effort and a strong faith in His strength.
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Post by tkk2 on Oct 18, 2016 8:16:41 GMT -5
Love the reminder about Abraham......thank you
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