Praise

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

When I was a child, I spoke as a child

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When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, and I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

But in that process, I turned away from the God of the New Testament Jesus

Even though I had come to know Him through my school days, youth

Who am I that You Lord should choose to suffer and die for such a wrench this sinner who now kneels before You, guilty in so many ways

I, who knew of you from my young childhood days

Yet so easily forgot all I had been taught

You, the good shepherd, lovingly persisted and directed my path to a Christian school

Lovingly guiding my young life through your words

Bringing me closer to learning and getting to know you in all your fullness

Even then, I quickly shrugged off all you had taught me, all too eagerly seeking out many self-centred pleasures that swiftly became addictive

With thoughts and images that consumed every moment, all too soon tormenting my mind throughout the night and gaining strength throughout every day

In my weakness, I fell prey to so many lies from the enemy that mislead me onto other paths on darkness where I lost all sense of direction

Sin in all its fullness offers many seemingly harmless temptations, but all of them will snare you and corrupt your mind, body, and soul as they did mine.

If not for You, my Lord, being willing to forgive me my sins against You and freeing me from all the wicked darkness I had accumulated

Oh! The blessed relief and joy that flooded into my wretched body, I had quite forgotten what joy felt like and the quietness of peace of mind

I will continue to praise You, Lord, with every breath I take for the rest of my days.

For You are worthy of Praise

The Original Story Book Author

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God is the author and the Bible is the storybook, which full of true events

More than this the Bible is a Love story from God

In story form about many ordinary people who God choose to make extraordinary

While there are many who view the Bible as a bunch of fairy stories, especially atheists

But of course, they do so as this allows them to also discount there being a Heavenly Farther God

Whereas if they acknowledged they would also have to accept the Bible as His living word

Along with the Ten Comments which would expose them as sinners in need of a savior

Which would no doubt be too distasteful to their ego and self-worth

The have been many great writers throughout history including William Shakespeare

Who coined the phrase “The world is but a stage, and we are merely actors” as part of the monologue the pastoral comedy As You Like It

Perhaps there was some truth in that phrase, as each person featured in the Bible lived life through the
passages of the Holy Scriptures

Not knowing the direction their lives would take but they were willing to trust God even when events did not go the way they would have chosen

His word is a light in our darkness, hope in our hopelessness

A joy in our sorrow, and inspiration when we lank and allow ourselves to sink in the mire of despair

Praise God the author and creator of all things, the seen and unseen

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 Farther 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 Holly 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

He Has Risen

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The world celebrates Easter with chocolate eggs and other indulgences

Whereas Christians celebrate the risen Christ Jesus, by proclaiming

“He has Risen”

Knowing that He died in our place so that we may be forgiven

We can truly rejoice and praise Him with every beat of our new hearts  

As the Holy Spirit continues to transform us so that we may bring glory to His Holy name

With every breath and with every fiber of our being, may our praise never cease as long as we may live

To serve our God and Him alone

May this be true of me and every other Christian

Amen

Strange Story

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Note: This is a fictional story. Part 1 is based on my real experience

In my rebellious youth, I wilfully plunged into all manner of self-indulgence, to gain frequent ecstatic enjoyment, until the self-indulgence, slowly gained control over me the more I indulged

Although I enjoyed each of the pleasures within my indulgences, the length of time each lasted became shorter and more exhausting to maintain

 All too soon I became a miserable slave without a will of my own being, for now, I was misguided  into increasing darkness to perform whatever my dominating indulgence led me into

While glimpses of pleasure flickered before me, I was unable to reach or hold onto them for long

Part 2 Is totally fictional

Day after day, month after month, year after year I continued helpless and growing weaker as time flew past until one day death overtook my weakened body

With my dying breath, I sighed in relief that my torment was soon to be over

My hope was abruptly shattered when I found myself in Hell!

The darkness was so dense it was petrifying to move even one single step, although I could hear others groaning who seemed to be close though none were visible

Only my thoughts and images filled my mind taunting me with past pleasures, though there was nothing left of me, just an empty shell unable to indulge,

Suddenly a great wave of sorrow and despondency flooded over me and exertion, I desired rest but there was none to be found

I became aware of flames surrounding me although I could not see them but knew them as well as the flames of desire from my self-indulgence days

As the heat from the flames increased, burning into my flesh I felt myself helplessly plunge further downwards knowing there was no escape

With a sudden jolt, I awoke from this nightmare, knowing this was a warning from God to repent

I fell to my knees and pleaded for forgiveness and thanked God for the warning dream

From that day forward I will praise Him with every fibre of my being for His Love His Grace and His patience

Praise the Name of Jesus

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Thou have created all things and for your pleasure, they are created

Psalm 18:2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress and my deliverer. My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Praise the name of Jesus

He’s my rock, He’s my fortress

He’s my deliverer

I will sing His praises for Jesus is worthy of praise

He was patient with me while I stubbornly clung to my increasing sinful nature

Jesus forgave me of all my sins as a gift even though I didn’t deserve His forgiveness

Jesus also freed me of my sexual addiction, freeing my mind and giving me a new heart

So that I would begin to desire the things of God and He put a new spirit within me

Teaching me and guiding me even through times of trouble and hardships, He is my comfort and true and faithful friend

When I consider all, He has done for such a sinner as me I can scarcely take in

With the pain, the suffering that He willingly went through I stand amazed in humble adoration

There is no lie that can be told or argument that will shake me from knowing that Jesus is my Lord and He is worth praising every day He gives me breath

The Holy Bible

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Another open discussion feel free to comment

These present days the Bible is either considered outdated or just a bunch of fairy tales

As believers, we are frequently called bigots for many reasons and we are often classed as foolish or arrogant because we affirm that Christianity is the only true faith

Whereas atheists frequently remind us that there are thousands of religions and holy books which have many devoted followers who believe their holy book and religion is the true one

So what makes Christianity any different?

First of all other faiths are works based, whereas Christianity is based on the free gift of forgiveness, that no other faith offers

Moreover, Christianity is based on a relationship with Jesus who offers to be our personal Saviour if we admit we are sinners and are truly repentant and ask for forgiveness

There are those who would kill off all the need for an intelligent designing god and say Jesus is just another myth dying and rising god.

To add more supposed proof atheists created a film discussing all the supposed dying rising gods with the aim to discredit Jesus.

Heavily relying on most people including some Christians not bothering to double-check out the so-called facts

The glaring truth of the falsehood of the entire film was that all these supposed Jesus like myth gods were portraited all the same features

From the virgin birth done to all the other features of Jesus, where in fact none of them had any of these features.

The biggest giveaway was they were all claimed to have been born on December the 25th

When all true Christians know the date of Jesus was not given in the Bible, and that date was only introduced much later in history as a way to help “Christianize” all heathens

Bless The Lord

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Below I have managed to insert a YouTube video, of such an adorable child singing Bless the Lord

This video brings Joy to my heart every time I watch it, and I’m sure you will feel the same way

Bless the Lord for He has given us hope, in spite of all those who would silence Christian praise.

In spite of the increasing restrictions on Christians for preaching outside about homosexuality.

John Sherwood, 71, was led away in handcuffs, questioned in a police station and held overnight after being accused of making homophobic when all John did was to quote from the Bible defining marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman

Note: John is a preacher and is active in preaching the Gospel in the open air, it makes me wonder if someone from the gay community had been speaking out against Christians, using words like homophobic.

Would they have been arrested for hate speech?

Probably not, as they would claim the right to freedom of speech

While Christian churches have been forced into performing same-sex marriages by new laws, which takes away their freedom of choice

While Christians believe God gave us all the freedom of choice, we also believe that we should not abuse that freedom by enslaving ourselves to our selfish sinful desires

Bless the Lord for He has given us hope, in dying for our sins, He has freed us from our sin and our enslavement and He has freed us from the law, for none of us has been able to keep any part of His law

Even if,

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Even if, I am unable to prove there is a Creator God

Even So, I Will Praise Him

Even if, this life was all there was

Even So, I will Live for Him alone

Even if, I may never enter into Heaven

Even So, I Will Praise Him

Even if, many may say Jesus was a fictional character

Even So, I Know He Lives and Died for me and all who believe in Him

Even if, many may mock and call me names

Even So, I care not for what men may say

Even So, I know my Saviour lives, He lives within my heart

No one can ever sway my belief in Jesus and His saving Grace

There is no power on earth that can alter even one moment of my rebirth

No one or spirit can take away the Joy my Lord has graciously given me

Jesus gave me freedom from that old self, that once enslaved me

Praise You my soul for You are Worthy of all Praise

Every day you give me breath I will sing Your Praises

Amen