Still Keeping the Faith

Yes it has been too long. I don't know the exact reason I stopped blogging but I know I want to start again. Even though I haven't posted anything over the last 5 years I have still been keeping the faith.

I mean there simply is no other option for me, GOD has BLESSED ME so abundantly. He has taken CARE of me through every trial, He as proven his LOVE and MERCY over and over again. I know that no matter what comes way my I will be OKAY because I have the power of JESUS on my side.

I look around me at the people who don't know or believe in the awesome POWER of JESUS CHRIST. My heart cries for them, they will never know what it feels like to be free, to be able to take everything that worries you and hand it over to someone else knowing it will be taken care off.

I pray for them, may GOD open their minds and hearts, May they be BLESSED and encouraged by his words. I pray that I can be a testament to them, I pray that GOD helps me help them because I hope that through me they see a piece of GOD.

If you are reading this and believe, I pray that you too can be an ambassador for Christ. I know that GOD will still love me even if I don't do this but I want others to experience his LOVE.

Keeping the faith Always
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Sweet Victory

Phil. 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.

I was beginning to doubt the verse above too much had happened in my life too quickly and most of it was not very good. I wanted so badly to believe that everything was going to be okay but I just couldn't. I did everything including question GOD and even suggested that he has left me to suffer my hardships on my own.

Although I doubted him, I still asked for help, he was in fact all I had left and I knew deep down inside the only one who could actually come through for me. Like always he delivered what he promised, not what I wanted but what I needed. You must be thinking how can I be satisfied if I did not get what I want? That's the thing about the GOD that we serve, he is awesome enough to give you what you need but caring enough to ensure that his plan is carried out in your life. The truth is that his plan is the perfect plan, the only one that can actually make you happy and sometimes what we want is not always whats in his perfect plan for us.

One thing I am sure of is the fact that he listens to us, every time we call his name, He never lets us down. Even when we are angry or bitter with him because of our circumstances. I wish I knew all of this on Monday when I felt that the whole world was caving in on me.

I feel so relived now, knowing that I can trust him to take care of me and allow his perfect plan for my life to take its course. I LOVE JESUS and I am eternally grateful to him for carrying me through one of the most trying times of my life.

Here is my prayer of Victory

Dear Lord, I want to thank you and I lift my hands up to you in praise.

You have taken me from the darkness and showed me the light.

You have given me a Victory that I did not expect, more sweeter than any honey & more valuable that any treasure. You have proven to me that your love for me is never failing. I am sorry that I once doubted you.

I thank you for easing my heavy heart. I pray that others can experience this love that I know can only come from you.

Amen

Keeping the faith Always
Jan 
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Purpose driven Curveballs

I really did not want to write this post today, only because I am going through so many personal trials right now and keeping the faith through it all is not very easy. I am hoping that writing this post is in some way going to help me to keep the faith or at least remind me that I am not alone in what I am going through.


The title of this post may sound a bit weird but in a nutshell is about the purpose of all the negative situations we are placed in. When we are going through something difficult it is often very hard for us to look at the positive side of things, taking the high road or adopting the glass half full approach sounds ridiculous cos we can’t imagine this turmoil ever ending. The thing about those negative situations is the fact that they have a purpose.



I will use a famous bible parable to elaborate on this, Think of Joseph, if his brothers did not sell him to Pharaoh then he would not have been able to interpret Pharaoh'S dreams and prevent the nation from starving. You see just like Joseph your curveball has a purpose. It’s hard to see it now but it is there.




In Psalm 32:8 God says “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.” All we need to do is ask GOD for that guidance that we so badly need.


Here is a prayer that we can pray to him:

Heavenly father and most Gracious GOD, Please help me through this tough time that I am going through. Lord other have forsaken me and people whom I relied on have gone away. Lord I know that you are always here with me even through this, I remember the many other trials that I have been through and know that I am victorious only through you. I put my life in your hands and I ask that your guiding hand show the me direction that I need to take. I thank you Lord for this answered prayer.

Amen


Keeping the faith Always
Jan 
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