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Comment by PoemiaDei on March 5, 2010 at 2:10pm

Dawn, I am so glad you are finding comfort and encouragement from God to face these distressing challenges. You are in my prayers.

Bob, I thank God for you and for the experiences He has given you to know the depth of His love and grace. You are a blessing to us.

Comment by Dawn Sumner on March 5, 2010 at 12:56pm

Bob, Thank you so much. This has helped me see things clearer. I have printed out the crossroads and will be reffering to it often. Again, thank you

Your sister in Christ,
Dawn

Comment by Bob B on March 5, 2010 at 6:36am

Dawn here is the song lead us to dream again, not the best quality, but I hope it will minister to you.

Comment by Bob B on March 5, 2010 at 6:26am

Dawn this is a message God gave me about 4 years ago from the book of Jeremiah, I hope it speaks to you as it did me.

AT THE CROSSROADS
by Robert Bushman

INTRODUCTION

In Jeremiah 6:16 the prophet Jeremiah wrote;
This is what the Lord says; stand at the crossroads and look; Ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is and walk in it and you shall find rest for your souls.

It goes on to say that they would not walk in it and suffered the consequences.

I want to give you a few things to consider when you find yourself at those cross road moments of your life.


BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF WRONG CHOICES AT CROSSROAD MOMENTS

Adam and Eve- They disobeyed God and brought sin into the world.
Cain- He refused to do what was right and became the first murderer in history.
Lot- He chose to live in Sodom and his righteous soul was vexed.
King Saul- He continually disobeyed God and lost everything.
David- David made a wrong choice and became an adulterer, and a murderer.

BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF RIGHT CHOICES AT CROSSROAD MOMENTS

Noah- His obedience brought forth deliverance for him and his family from the flood.
Moses- His obedience brought deliverance to the people of God out of slavery.
Joseph- He made a choice not to compromise his moral convictions and God used him mightily.
Job- He refused to become bitter and trusted God through his great trial
David- David made some good choices at his crossroad moments, but also made some bad ones.

The choices we make at the crossroad moments of our live will determine the destiny of our lives.


EXAMPLES OF CROSSROAD MOMENTS
Illness in our own lives or a family member
Death of a close relative
Loosing a Job
Children who go astray
Break up of a marriage
Having to relocate
Having a pastor retire at your church


No matter what has brought you to your cross road today your choices at the crossroad will determine your destiny

At my own crossroad moments that I have had to face this last year I have with Gods grace discovered some things that I want to share with you that might help you when you too face these times of decision.


TAKE THE MORAL HIGH ROAD

Own up to your wrong doing; be honest, instead of blaming others for your circumstances.

Maybe you are not responsible for what has brought you to this crossroad and you don’t even want to be there,

But God demands that we walk in the light as He is in the light and do what is right.



GET RID OF ANGER


Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred. (Ephesians.4:31)

Don’t be like the rattlesnake that gets so mad he ends up biting himself.

When we face crossroads they can be very confusing times, holding on to anger only complicates things.

Holding on to anger lead to self pity which is Satan’s favorite tool to destroy us with.



IT IS A MIRACLE OF GRACE TO WALK IN FORGIVENESS.

In the natural it is impossible to forgive sometimes; but God pours His love into our heart and gives us the grace to forgive. (Romans 5:5)


At your crossroad you will never choose the right road without forgiveness.

Choose to be a lover of people a man who forgives others as he has been forgiven and you will be on the right path





DON'T LIVE IN A DEFENCIVE MODE

The word says that mans judgments are trivial.
It matters more what God knows about you than what man thinks about you. We must live in obedience to the Lord no matter what.


ONLY THROUGH A VITAL PASSIONATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD CAN WE KNOW FOR SURE THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT ROAD.

The first step might be that we come to know the Lord at the crossroad.

Crossroads are Gods way of getting our attention.

Maybe you’re at a crossroad and you have no idea where to go from here because you don’t know Jesus.


THE CROSSROAD WILL CAUSE US TO STOP COMPROMISING.

Those things we compromise to keep, we eventually loose.

We have so many examples in scripture of what happens when someone compromise.

Compromising could very well be what has brought you to your crossroad today.




REMEMBER GOD IS NOT AS INTERESTED IN THE DESTINATION AS MUCH AS HE IS WITH THE JOURNEY.


The process is where GOD is working.

Don’t get so caught up in the destination.

God is a eternal God, He sees our yesterdays and our tomorrows as He sees our today's.


YOU ARE NOT ALONE AT YOUR CROSSROAD MOMENT

Crossroad moments can be some of the hardest times we will ever face in our lives.

1.He will never leave us or forsake us in our time of need.
2.Take your time and seek the Lord, find His grace and His help in your time of need.
3. He is a faithful God. He will not forsake us.
4.The Lord will embrace us and help us step by step to take the right road.

DON'T STAND ALONE AT YOUR CROSSROAD MOMENTS

We need one another and will find God’s help in our times of decision from one another. Let this be our motto;

“I will stand no more alone”

Conclusion


Lead us to Dream again; Brian Doerksen
Here we stand
At a crossroads again
Like you said
In time the seasons change
Looking back
We recall the blessing and the pain
But now we turn our hearts toward
What is still to come
We want to dream again
Lead us Lord
Into a life of fruitfulness
Prepare our hearts to risk again
As we trust
Taking simple steps of obedience we know
That you will lead us Lord

Comment by Dawn Sumner on March 5, 2010 at 5:47am

Bob and PoemiaDei thank you so much. I do have a question for you. Yesterday I was in prayer for about (4) hours. Part of the prayer was church tv. Every channel that I turned to was on the book of Jeremiah. I started to read Jeremiah as I believe it was a sign from God to read the book. So far I have read (8) chapters. I will continue to read the entire book of Jeremiah. Can you tell me the signifigance between my situation and the book of Jeremiah?

Comment by Bob B on March 4, 2010 at 6:34pm

Dawn, My heart goes out to you. I have had to deal with my own prodigal children and the hardest thing for me to do was to place them into God's care and to stop running interference for them when they dug themselves into a hole. We have to let them hit rock bottom even though everything in us wants to rescue them.

God loves your son perfectly and has a plan already in action to bring him to salvation. God was able to reach us and save us and he will also reach our children.

The following song is called; A prayer for a Friend, but let it be our prayer for our wayward children

Comment by PoemiaDei on March 4, 2010 at 5:41pm

Dawn, I understand how broken your heart is. But Jesus Christ has come to heal the broken-hearted and He will heal yours. Continue to pray and intercede for your son. Do not give up on him. May God give you the grace and endurance to stand in the gap for him. You love him. He is your son. Let your present hurt in seeing his miserable condition cause you to cry out to God on his behalf. And God will hear your prayers and do for him what you cannot do. And in the end his salvation and deliverance will be your joy.

Comment by Dawn Sumner on March 4, 2010 at 1:58am

Please pray for myself and my son. My son hasn't been here in about a week. He has called. I packed his stuff the other day when he called to say he found an apartment. He couldn't pay me the $160.00 a month rent which included EVERYTHING. His apartment is $400.00 a month without anything included.
He is selling drugs. This is not the lifestyle that the Lord or myself had for him. He called last night and we had a brief talk. He does not want me to tell anyone ata all where he is living. I let him know that I will not tell anyone. I don't remember what he said after that, but, I told him that what he is doing (selling drugs, lying and stealing) were an embarassment on my part and not something I would brag about. He said " so now it all comes out, your embarassed by me, well now I don't have any respect for you and to lose my number". I took him in in January because he was sleeping in cars and hallways. I wanted him feed, cleaned and warmed daily which is why I took him in. Now I have noticed things missing from my home. I did text him last night and told him that I love him but not the things that he does. I did not hear back from him. None of his friends will take him in because he does steal. I don't know where he is saying at now. Please pray that he finds his way to the Lord and tha it will be a safe journey. Please pray for inner peace for me. Thank you.

Comment by mike service on March 2, 2010 at 7:16pm

hi all well we serve an awesome God so faithfull some will know my friends here of my troubles with family my brother has for years abused blamed me for all and devistated my life everyday we have prayed done all as christians
then 4 weeks the lord said phone welfare authorities i said no waste of tim he persisted then it reached the stage i had no peace and i did phone they are a new team and have asked me to help them bring him to court etc

i still love all my family bless them everyday do all those things
after i had phoned i sat and praised god because at christmas time he had given me a vision of my helping and being asked to help bring him to justice
then i had another vision and saw a wave comming into his bay where he lives about 1 to 1.5 metres high with fire on top of it after it had gone the lord asked what do you see now i replied shells etc i couldnt see before he said so im sending fire
at the weekend they got waves 1 - 1.5 metres high from chile they are trying to find the girl girls now he was teribly disapointed when we did not go up for xmass the pattern he always pulls me into it all when he is doing stuff
the holly spirit told me dont go
praise god this trial is as good as over

Comment by Bob B on March 2, 2010 at 5:28pm

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