Prayer Request

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For over 40 years I have kept quiet about the troublesome problems involved in being a husband and caregiver to my wife

Who has suffered from epileptic seizures which have been challenging

Along with the need for daily medication along with side effects, and the number of tablets my wife has a day totalling 12 – although my wife knows how many tablets to take.

I still sort the daily dosage of medication as she has never really dealt with assorted names

Each with its own long list of possible side effects, when a brand-new medication was promoted to us due to its positive results

Only to discover sometime later that it affected the thoughts of my wife for years to follow

Even though I insisted that we no longer wanted those tablets they agreed and stopped prescribing them

Time moves on quickly and even in 2024, strange thoughts still bother my wife, which is why I need prayer, one for myself, so that I may be able to stay calm and patient

Two that God would take away thoughts so my wife may return to be the happy bubbly lady she was before, although I am grateful and praise God for the lessening number of seizures

Thank you for reading. Thank you in advance for your prayers

Bible Reading Update

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Having finished reading the lifetime of Moses a little while back

I felt sympathy towards Moses after a lifetime of service for God, he was denied entrance into the promised land.

Perhaps this was God’s way of demonstrating the need for the perfect saviour as the only way anyone would be allowed in Heaven.

Moving onwards into the book of Joshua, unlike Moses I knew very little about Joshua

Apart from the Sunday school song “Joshua and the Battle of Jericho” only to find out Joshua went on to conquer many other cities by the sword, unlike his Jericho victory.

Reading later on how Joshua went on to divide the conquered cities for all the tribes of the Lord

I must confess to skipping some of the numerous listed tribes and the lands they were given

I know I must persist in reading His Holy Word daily, even though family life is demanding

Shall I keep reporting my progress, or not?

Perhaps I need to write about other things too?  

Self-righteous

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I admit I committed the sin of Self-righteousness, like all sins lies deep within my fallen nature

Sparked off by my wife’s nightly habit of leaving some object in our daughter’s bed (as a gift

But our daughter spotted her gloves were chosen and told mom not to use them

My wife has a determined mindset and refused to give in to our daughter’s request

This was where I intervened and my Self-righteous arose along with growing anger

In my anger I accused my wife of being a thief, in return my wife screamed at me in denial, saying she thought it belonged to my daughter

Thankfully my wife said “Sorry” and defused the situation so calmness and sanity were restored

Thinking about what had happened sometime later, I knew I had dealt badly and unlovingly

Determined to learn from the whole situation I pray I will never allow my dormant Self-righteousness to arise again

Hot – Cold – Luke Warm

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God told us He would rather we were hot or cold and warned us never to be Luke warm

There have been Christians who became cold and turned away from the faith and became atheists

Some of those turned away from being atheists and became Christians again

While some staunch atheists fully embraced Christianity and were born again

Perhaps this world is full of people who have turned so away from God they have grown cold and hard-hearted

Even when on fire for God Christians attempt to preach the gospel, they are mocked and ignored

Ray Comfort takes a different approach by asking people if they consider themselves “Good”

Then step them through a few of the Ten Commandments, by asking if they have ever lied

Ever stolen anything – or have they ever committed adultery (lustily looked)

Then tell them they will have to face God on judgement day

Then He lists all those who will not be allowed into heaven – liars -thieves etc 

Then Ray asks them “Heaven or Hell?”

  He then preaches the good news

With this in mind, the cold and lost will fare better on judgement day than the Luke Warm

What has the darkness to do with the light?

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People love the dark due to their desires overtaking them

Therefore, they dwell in the darkness believing it will hide their sins

Their minds become seared also their hearts are hardened

In this present darkened world, the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few

To this extent, gay parades have gathered in huge numbers, in many countries even in unexpected places.

Sucha as in India and here in England there is a gay village in Birmingham city

Jesus said many things during his ministry, but even in his own home town

He was frequently threatened by angry people who at times wanted to stone him

Jesus made it clear to those who would listen

 “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

 “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

 “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Even though Jesus made it crystal clear who He was and why He came

Far too many have become like lost sheep either rejecting God or turning away from Him

Heavenly Father may it please you to use me, unworthy as I am, to bring your light back into this dark world

Moved into Deuteronomy

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My Bible reading is admittedly a slow progress.

Nevertheless, it came as a surprise that I had finished Numbers.

Poor Moses had a really difficult time with the children of Israel

Having been unexpectedly chosen by God to lead the children of Israel out of slavery

From the land of Egypt to the promised land God instructed Moses about

After many times Moses requested the Pharaoh to let his people go, finally, the Pharaoh gave in and told Moses to take his people out of his sight

Even after they had all left and headed to the Red Sea, the Pharaoh pursued intent to capture them all to increase their slavery and punishment hardships

The people were full of fear and began to doubt God and distrust Moses as a leader.

This process continued even though Moses always spoke to God on behalf of the children of Israel

Despite their continually being dissatisfied and crumbling, God directed them to the promised land

With reluctance and stubbornness, they finally entered into the promised land

All except Moses who was denied entrance to the much-awaited paradise of milk and honey

While there will be another Moses, there is no shortage of people who have wandered far from God to the extent of denying His very presence

Being boastful and proud, wilfully exulting themselves as little gods, so blinded by their sinful nature they view themselves as good people

This leaves anyone who has been born again, being slowly transformed into a true Christian

Each one of us finds ourselves becoming a Moses-type seeker of the lost and attempting to show them they are sinners in desperate need of forgiveness.

All those lost ignore or ridicule and mock all Christians whenever they try to shine the light and gently guide them back to our loving Saviour

  

How do you know you have been forgiven?

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Part of knowing you are forgiven and set free from whatever sin nature has enslaved you

As they are part of the same process, first when you have confessed you are a sinner and in need of forgiveness

You will be given a new heart, not a physical one but a spiritual heart

With which you will begin to desire the things of God

The old things of the flesh will not have a hold on you

As you will be a child of God, and as a real child will need to learn and grow

So, you will begin to grow in the fruits of the Spirit

Even when you face hardships or persecution, the Holy Spirit will dwell within you and you will know Jesus as your Saviour

This knowledge alone will sustain you on your journey in this new life

Reading the Scriptures and praying and preaching the Good News

Become part of this new life, also experiencing the Fruit of the Spirit

Starting with patience, at least with me it was so

Followed swiftly with longsuffering, which I thought was the same thing

Of course, I was wrong, as it is more of the progress of shedding off the layers of old stubborn fleshly desires along with old wrongful habits

The Old Testament

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Fairly recently I began reading the Old Testament

Right back to Genesis “In the beginning”

I have to admit I have struggled with not just with names I find it hard to pronounce

But also, with God repeating things already said especially when He spoke to Moses’ instructions for the people he led out of Egypt

It seems more likely the reparations were for His stubborn people

As they often misunderstood or frequently ignored instructions

Humans in these modern days despite all our technical advances are no better at following instructions

I know that is true of me, I’m always too eager to use new things without reading the instruction manual.

Back to my Bible reading progress, I plodded on through Exodus onto Leviticus, and a little way into Numbers.

There are little footnotes at the bottom of the Evidence Bible, which I bought through Living Water Ray Comfort

This was a replacement for the King Charles III Bible, that used for many years, as it had a useful concordance, but the size of the print became a problem, as well as the antiquated language  

The Elijah Generation is Rising!

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I recently watched a YouTube video titled “The Elijah Generation is Rising”

I have to admit I knew little about Elijah apart from he got taken to heaven in a chariot

But this video taught me there was much more to Elijah, the miracles he did while on this earth

Which were in the same likeness as those Moses did

But I knew nothing about Elisha, I had never heard his name even until watching the video

It seems just before Elijah left on his journey to heaven, he threw his cloak down which empowered him with the same powers as Elijah

Even though this information was surprising, the main point of the video was to explain that God going to raise Elijah’s generation

With the likelihood of the return of these two returning to earth still in the position of their powers granted by God,

I have included the link to the video https://youtu.be/fFUsWMlx5co?si=5NLAghihAhuK9qNU

If you watch it let me know your opinion in the comments

Praise

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Based on a Hymn Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty

The second line is “Early in the morning our praise will rise to Thee

That line came back into my memory and inspired me to get out of my bed early as it says

To raise my praise to the Trinity

My praise

Heavenly Father thank and praise you for the many blessings you bestow on my family and myself

Thank you for the many answers to my prayers

Thank you, Lord Jesus, that you were willing to suffer and die on the cross at Calvary, to forgive me of all my sins

May the Holy Spirit continue to transform me into the person you would have me be

Teach me, guide me, inspire me, so that I may bring glory to your Holy name

Thank and praise you for every day you give me breath, that may offer my praises to you

Amen