At 10:15am on August 13th, 2008, candy:) said…
you know thoughts ,......! its so hard to control ya thoughts ...!!!1..pray for me ...while i do for you .....sweet rose you have nice eyes ....see how beautifully GOD has created us;) ...tc ....... ...
Romans chap.5:6,7,8. He has more than enough grace and mercy for your cigs. i smoked for 20years or more.He will gladly take it from but what good will it do, give them to Him My sister in Christ.Contrary to what some teach he said he came for the sinners not the righteouss.Amen! In His Service
By His Grace
i run this race
Hoping to reach
His eternal place
Pastor Robert
hey there rose ...thats a very ...beautiful pro pic ..and lay out .....so are you out of smoking ///?.....now ill pray for you ..k theres something holding me back to my final step to ..........pray for me ...were in the same state ..hey i love this song ,,,jesus take the wheel its a wonderful song:0)
just recieved an email and i thought that i should share it with you
It Is Hard For A Prodigal When -
Nothing I say or do seems to shock or upset you.
"I forgive you" is uttered as often as my name.
"Don't worry about it" is your answer to everything I have done.
You let me talk about you-know-who and you just smile.
I see you growing spiritually when I am living in sin.
You build me up to our kids so they still love me.
You have zipped your lips.
You are content living with almost nothing.
You agree to anything and everything I ask.
You depend on Jesus, and not on me, to be your provider.
I can't push your buttons like I once did.
You make it impossible for me to hate you, or even to dislike you.
You seem to remember all the things I like.
You remind me that you will be waiting until you die.
I know the home I left could always be my refuge from the storms
of life.
I suspect everyone is reminding you how I will never change, and
adding how old dogs don't learn new tricks. I am not a dog and I
am not out to learn tricks. I set out to be happy without you,
but every time you show me unconditional love, instead of anger
and attempting to get even, something is being changed in my
heart, one small bit at a time.
People are also probably telling you not to be a doormat for me,
but they have it all wrong. You are not being a door mat, but a
welcome home mat.
The prodigal said:
"I never loved you."
The Lord said:
"I have loved you with an everlasting love." (Jeremiah 31:3)
The prodigal said:
"You never satisfied me."
The Lord said:
"You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living
thing." (Psalm 145:16)
The prodigal said:
"I am never coming back."
The Lord said:
"He who goes out weeping carrying seed to sow, will return
with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him." (Psalm 126:6)
The prodigal said:
"Stop praying for me!"
The Lord said:
"Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat
you." (Luke 6:28)
The prodigal said:
"I hate you."
The Lord said:
"Everyone who does evil hates the light for fear that his
deeds will be exposed." (John 3:20)
The prodigal said:
"You act so holy."
The Lord said:
"For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy
life." (I Thessanlonians 4:7)
The prodigal said:
"You are a hypocrite."
The Lord said:
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged." (Matthew 7:1)
The prodigal said:
"I don't know what to do."
The Lord said:
"Come, follow me," Jesus said, and I will make you fishers
of men." (Mark 1:17)
These words are being written at 6 AM. Charlyne will find them
on her vanity as a good morning greeting. How do I know all
those things wayward spouses say? Sadly, they have each been
uttered in our home. Today, as you prepare to face another day
without your spouse serving the Lord look through the eyes of
faith at the morning note your mate will leave you, in God's
timing.
Don't go for looks, they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth even that fades away.
Go for someone who makes you smile.
There are moments in life
when you really miss someone
that you want to pick them up
from your dreams and hug them.
Hope you dream of that someone.
Dream what you want to dream,
go where you want to go,
be what you want to be,
because you have only one life
and one chance to do all the things
you want in life.
May you have...
Enough happiness to make you sweet
Enough trials to make you strong
Enough sorrow to keep you human
Enough hope to make you happy
And enough money to buy gifts.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens.
But we often took so long at the closed door,
that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
The best kind of friend is the one
you could sit on a porch, swing with,
never saying a word and then walk away feeling
like that was the best conversation you've had.
It's true that we don't know
what we've got until we lose it,
but it's also true that we don't know what
we've been missing until it arrives.
Always put yourself in other's shoes.
If you feel that it hurts you,
it probably does hurt the person too.
A careless word may kindle a strife;
A cruel word may wreck a life
A timely word may level stress
A lovely word may heal and bless.
The beginning of love is to let those we love
be perfectly themselves and
not to twist them with our own image,
otherwise we love only the reflection
of ourselves we find in them.
The happiest people don't necessarily
have the best of everything,
they just make the most of everything
that comes along the way.
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people
before meeting the right one so that
when we finally meet the right person,
we should know how to be grateful for that gift.
It takes a minute to have a crush on someone,
an hour to like someone and a day to love someone
- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
Happiness lies for those who cry,
those who hurt,
those who have searched
and those who have tried.
For only they can appreciate the importance
of people who have touched their lives.
Love is when you take away the feeling,
the passion, the romance
and find out you still care for that person.
A sad thing about life is that when you meet
someone who means a lot to you
only to find out in the end that it was never
bound to be and you just have to let go.
Love starts with a smile,
develops with a kiss
and ends with a tear.
Love comes to those who still hope
even though they've been disappointed,
to those who still believe
even though they've been betrayed,
need to love those who still love,
even though they've been hurt before.
It hurts to love someone,
and not to be loved in return
but what is most painful is to love someone
and never finds the courage
to let the person know how you feel.
The brightest future will always
be based on a forgotten past.
You can't go on well in life until you let go
of your past failures and heartaches.
Never say goodbye when you still want to try;
Never give up when you still feel you can take it;
Never say you don't love that person anymore
when you can't let go.
Giving someone all your love
is never an assurance that they'll love you back.
Don't expect love in return,
just wait for it to grow in their hearts
but if it doesn't,
be content it grew in yours.
There are things you love to hear
but you would never hear it from
the person whom you would like to hear it from,
but don't be deaf to hear it from the person
who says it with his heart.
When you were born, you were crying
and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life to the fullest so that when you die,
you're smiling and everyone around you is crying.
~Author Unknown~
thank you for your words of encouragements,i went to visit my wife today and she has got this attitude towards me almost every weekend and when it suits her to talk to me nicely she does and when ever she needs some things to be done for her the first person she phones is me eg like going to the library,she talks to me nicely,i feel like i am wanted but not needed and whenever she is around her mother she gets this arrogant way of talking to me,she just starts shouting at me for no apparent reason. well i pray and hope that you have had a very blessed day filled with the love of god.please pray for me as my court case is on wednesday
FROM THE FULLNESS OF HIS GRACE WE HAVE ALL
RECEIVED ONE BLESSING AFTER ANOTHER.
( JOHN 1:16 *NIV )
Always remember to count our blessings each day, and to
thank God for them! For no matter what we have, when we
look around us, we find others who have less! So never feel
sorry for ourself, instead start counting our blessings, for that
should cheer u up indeed.
Now we know that when things disappoint us, we are sad and
often depressed. However it is written that we should: BE
JOYFUL ALWAYS; PRAY CONTINUALLY; GIVE THANKS IN
ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR THIS IS GOD'S WILL FOR YOU
IN JESUS CHRIST. ( 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18 )
Therefore, never feel that God doesn't hear our prayers
because a prayer isn't answered the way we want, or something
goes wrong in our life. For our Heavenly Father always knows
what is best for us, and: HE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU NOR
FORSAKE YOU. ( DEUTERONOMY 31:6 )
So my friend, remember to always: GIVE THANKS TO THE
LORD, CALL ON HIS NAME; MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE
NATIONS WHAT HE HAS DONE for you!
( 1 CHRONICLES 16:8 )
In closing, MAY THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, AND THE LOVE OF GOD, AND THE
FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL,
now and always! Amen! ( 2 CORINTHIANS 13:14 )
Thank you for your mail. I am gald to know that you are planning and praying to join in ministry. I will pray for you.
With love and prayer.
Your friend
Chiranjib
India
please pray for me as im feeling down today of what i had heard from my wifes cousin,he went to visit her on monday and he asked her aout reconciling ,she turns around and tell him that she wants a divorce and she is not coming back to me,when i heard that i felt like a truck that just hit me and felt all alone no one to defend me at that moment,well it is the work of the enemy he has got her captive,i tried to tell her and show her that i have changed but i geuss she is just to blind to see it at this very moment please pray for my wife,my daughter and my self for complete restoration and healing in our life and in my marriage,thank you
Dear Friend,
Greetings in His holy name!
Thank you for your reply. I am staying in North-east part of India. My home town is Siliguri. In my family 4 members. I myself, my wife(Runa), my daughter(Lidia) and my daddy(Anil). All of them are believers. My daddy accepted Christ, when he was 62 years from Hindu back ground. I accepted Christ at the age of 18. As we changed from Hindu to Christian, our uncle and other relatives hate us and neglect us. I have joined in Campus Crusade for Christ in June 1999.
Our place is close to Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh border. Our organisation Campus Crusade for Christ is also working in Bhutan with so many risk factor.
In your place, Campus Crusade have any activity or not?
Last Saturday (26/7/08) I went to Jalpaiguri (45 Kms from Siliguri) for field ministry. We taught some small songs to a children of Red Light Area (Prostitute's area), apart from that area we taught some general informations about Jesus Christ with small group of children in 4 different places.
Rest is fine. Hope to get your early reply.Please write about your life and ministry.
Ending with love and best wishes.
Your friend
Chiranjib
thank you for your support and words of encouragement thought i should share this email with you
Which Way Are We Going? -
"Why do some prodigals visit their families and seem
to have a good time, but do not come home to stay?"
Men and women who are standing with God for marriage restoration
must have a lot of faith. Along with that, they have high hopes
of a prodigal spouse soon coming home. What has happened when the
process seems to be starting, and then suddenly the prodigal
makes an 180 degree turn, once again, away from their home and
praying spouse? What happens to the stander's high hopes?
Charlyne and I pray that by now you understand that the path back
home that a prodigal spouse travels is not always a straight one.
Like a road to the top of a mountain, (and your prodigal coming
home will be a mountaintop for you), the road is not straight.
If we were to leave our home and travel north on I-95, we would
reach a point in Martin County where the compass would indicate
we are going south. Are we going north or south? Should we give
up on our northbound trip, because the compass says we are going
the opposite way? I-95 actually goes so far west in Martin County
that at one point, due to a curve, northbound cars are heading
south.
My wife and I can understand your high hopes of restoration, and
that is great, providing these hopes are based on the promises of
God. When the road home takes an unexpected turn, you need to
pray just as strongly, never doubting for a moment that God is at
work.
The foremost question on the heart of any prodigal who ever gives
thought to returning home is a simple one; "What's different
now?" It does not matter if you are separated because of
adultery, abuse, alcoholism, or any of the rest of the alphabet
of causes, your spouse wants to know what has changed so that
this nightmare will not repeat itself.
Most standers make the mistake of volunteering what is different,
reciting to their prodigal about a closer walk with the Lord, and
how much He has changed them. Your absent spouse does not want to
hear your words; he or she wants to observe the changes.
"Me change?" someone is thinking. "My spouse was the one who
committed adultery, not me. Let them change!" You need to stop
playing the blame game. Satan is the one at fault for your
situation. He attacked your family by using a pre-existing
spiritual weakness in one or both parties. Gradually, the enemy
took over that person, until they were his captive, as described
in 2 Timothy. Let's follow a typical family from the thousands we
have on our mailing list and attempt to discover why the spouse
has not come home.
It could be a husband or wife, but let's say that Jack becomes
too friendly with Susie at work. That is the point of the enemy's
attack. They progressed from being co-workers to having lunch
together most days. As they got to know each other, things
reached the, "I'll tell you my problems and you can tell me
yours." One of Jack's "problems," be it true or not, was related
as a poor or non- existent sex life at home. While Jack still
went home to Jill each evening, it was Susie, not Jill, who
occupied his thoughts.
At some point, and in some way, Jack and Susie crossed the
physical line. From that moment on, the enemy who had attacked
Jack back in the pre-lunch days now has full control of the man.
He is hearing in his spirit, "You are not good enough for Jill.
She doesn't meet your needs, but Susie sure does!" "You deserve
some happiness, not just a wife and kids." He is hearing from
Susie, in a hundred ways, "We have a future. Leave your wife for
me." The other person may even be giving your guilt-filled spouse
ultimatums that they must make a choice. Can you imagine? The
choice was made when you married. Satan has now taken full
control.
Confused Jack moves out of the family's home, leaving behind a
shocked Jill. She knew something had changed in him, but assumed
it was job pressure or mid-life crisis, or sadly, she blames
herself. You may be to blame for not praying for your family, but
certainly not for the break-up. That credit goes to the enemy,
who is out to destroy every family, thus destroying every church,
thus destroying society itself.
The months or years following are a blur of lawyers, protection
orders, battles over the unimportant, court dates, many tears,
and all the rest that most standers know too well. Jack, silently
bearing the guilt for all of this, tells himself, "Jill hates me.
She probably hated me the entire time. It is best we are
divorcing." At the same time, Susie is pushing marriage. Jack
half-heartedly agrees, knowing if he does not, that he will lose
Susie. By some means, the news is mysteriously leaked so that
Jill will hear there is a wedding being planned, adding to her
devastation.
Meanwhile, God, in His love for Jack and Jill and their family,
used some means to introduce Jill to standing with Him and
praying for the restoration of Jack back to his Heavenly Father,
and to his family. Jill turns not to people, but to her Lord God
for her support, her direction, and her decisions. During her
stand, she becomes less of the abandoned and angry woman she had
been, and more like Jesus every day. Her Bible replaces her
newspaper as her source of information. Jill's taste in music has
changed to Christian music. Prayer takes more time than the
computer. She is teachable. She has a burden for Jack's soul, now
destined for Hell, unless he changes.
Jack's sinful relationship is not going well. Susie is not the
happy person he used to dream about all the time. She is
demanding and controlling. (Do you know why? She knows that her
days with Jack are numbered and she is hanging on in any way she
can.)
Jack sees Jill every other weekend when he picks up the children,
or when he picks up his mail. Gone is the angry, spiteful woman
who sat at the opposite table in court. She has a peace that Jack
wishes he could find. She is kind to Jack, and always agreeable.
The day comes when Jack stands on his own porch, ringing his own
door bell, and is excited to see Jill, if only for a couple of
minutes. It is almost like when they were first falling in love.
He feels good when Jill calls out, "I'm praying for you," as he
walks away.
This marriage is at a crossroad. If Jill continues to stand,
there will come a day when Jack starts to confide in his wife. He
will walk inside his home and have his heart almost burst with
good memories. He will wish that he could rewind the clock and
never have met Susie. Jill will become more serious about
standing. She may fast often, and not waste time online. She
recognizes she is approaching the biggest battle of this
spiritual war for her husband's soul and for her marriage.
What if Jill takes the other road? She feels God has had enough
time and nothing seems to be happening. (But she can't see inside
Jack's heart!) What if she gives up standing and gets on with her
life, like everyone tells her to do? Some day another man will be
opening Jack's front door when he rings. Both Jack and Jill will
revert to angry people, at war not against Satan, but with one
another. Jack and Jill will probably both go on to second, and
possible third marriages. Left behind will be a string of
brokenhearted children.
If Jill continues to stand and to grow in the Lord, God will
change her, before he changes Jack. Then Jill and their home will
become a spiritual magnet for Jack. He will find the peace there
that he is seeking. Jill, still wearing her wedding rings, may
become like the other woman, as Jack shaves the truth to Susie in
order for him to see his covenant wife. Experts, of which I am
not, have said that prodigal spouses may live with one foot in
each of two worlds, as they test the water.
The prodigal comes home for the birthday parties, and then
suddenly leaves, even disappearing for a time, with no contact. I
like to compare this to the pendulum on a clock. Pull the
pendulum all the way back toward home, and when released, it will
go farther to the other side, but always returns.
What's a stander to do? Jill is not even married to Jack, yet he
drops in at home as if nothing ever happened. She should be
rejoicing, because Jack is on the way home. Jack has a tremendous
battle going on inside, between right and wrong. He is guilt-
filled and plays the "What if..." game over leaving Susie. Satan
is losing the war for this family and will pull out his major
weapons at this point.
All the time, Jack is going to be asking himself, "What's
different now?" Charlyne and I pray that all the "Jacks" will
readily see that things are different because you have now based
your life on the Lord Jesus Christ. You are living His way, and
silently inviting the one you love to come home to a totally
different spouse.
We acknowledge that not every situation will match this composite
of fictional Jack and Jill presented here. Charlyne and I pray
that you will find something herein that will help you understand
the dilemma of prodigal spouses who visit, but can't move home
(yet!)
"The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you in power, and you will
prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different
person." I Samuel 10:6
thank you so much for inviting me as your friend i really appreciate it and thank you for praying for my wife and i for i believe it that our lord and savour jesus christ is the only answer for our problems he will restore my marriage amen
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you know thoughts ,......! its so hard to control ya thoughts ...!!!1..pray for me ...while i do for you .....sweet rose you have nice eyes ....see how beautifully GOD has created us;) ...tc ....... ...
Romans chap.5:6,7,8. He has more than enough grace and mercy for your cigs. i smoked for 20years or more.He will gladly take it from but what good will it do, give them to Him My sister in Christ.Contrary to what some teach he said he came for the sinners not the righteouss.Amen! In His ServiceBy His Grace
i run this race
Hoping to reach
His eternal place
Pastor Robert
hope and pray that you have had a very blessed day filled with the power and love of god
god bless
In the love of Jesus.
Bob
just recieved an email and i thought that i should share it with you
It Is Hard For A Prodigal When -
Nothing I say or do seems to shock or upset you.
"I forgive you" is uttered as often as my name.
"Don't worry about it" is your answer to everything I have done.
You let me talk about you-know-who and you just smile.
I see you growing spiritually when I am living in sin.
You build me up to our kids so they still love me.
You have zipped your lips.
You are content living with almost nothing.
You agree to anything and everything I ask.
You depend on Jesus, and not on me, to be your provider.
I can't push your buttons like I once did.
You make it impossible for me to hate you, or even to dislike you.
You seem to remember all the things I like.
You remind me that you will be waiting until you die.
I know the home I left could always be my refuge from the storms
of life.
I suspect everyone is reminding you how I will never change, and
adding how old dogs don't learn new tricks. I am not a dog and I
am not out to learn tricks. I set out to be happy without you,
but every time you show me unconditional love, instead of anger
and attempting to get even, something is being changed in my
heart, one small bit at a time.
People are also probably telling you not to be a doormat for me,
but they have it all wrong. You are not being a door mat, but a
welcome home mat.
The prodigal said:
"I never loved you."
The Lord said:
"I have loved you with an everlasting love." (Jeremiah 31:3)
The prodigal said:
"You never satisfied me."
The Lord said:
"You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living
thing." (Psalm 145:16)
The prodigal said:
"I am never coming back."
The Lord said:
"He who goes out weeping carrying seed to sow, will return
with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him." (Psalm 126:6)
The prodigal said:
"Stop praying for me!"
The Lord said:
"Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat
you." (Luke 6:28)
The prodigal said:
"I hate you."
The Lord said:
"Everyone who does evil hates the light for fear that his
deeds will be exposed." (John 3:20)
The prodigal said:
"You act so holy."
The Lord said:
"For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy
life." (I Thessanlonians 4:7)
The prodigal said:
"You are a hypocrite."
The Lord said:
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged." (Matthew 7:1)
The prodigal said:
"I don't know what to do."
The Lord said:
"Come, follow me," Jesus said, and I will make you fishers
of men." (Mark 1:17)
These words are being written at 6 AM. Charlyne will find them
on her vanity as a good morning greeting. How do I know all
those things wayward spouses say? Sadly, they have each been
uttered in our home. Today, as you prepare to face another day
without your spouse serving the Lord look through the eyes of
faith at the morning note your mate will leave you, in God's
timing.
Because He lives,I can also live
God bless
Don't go for looks, they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth even that fades away.
Go for someone who makes you smile.
There are moments in life
when you really miss someone
that you want to pick them up
from your dreams and hug them.
Hope you dream of that someone.
Dream what you want to dream,
go where you want to go,
be what you want to be,
because you have only one life
and one chance to do all the things
you want in life.
May you have...
Enough happiness to make you sweet
Enough trials to make you strong
Enough sorrow to keep you human
Enough hope to make you happy
And enough money to buy gifts.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens.
But we often took so long at the closed door,
that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
The best kind of friend is the one
you could sit on a porch, swing with,
never saying a word and then walk away feeling
like that was the best conversation you've had.
It's true that we don't know
what we've got until we lose it,
but it's also true that we don't know what
we've been missing until it arrives.
Always put yourself in other's shoes.
If you feel that it hurts you,
it probably does hurt the person too.
A careless word may kindle a strife;
A cruel word may wreck a life
A timely word may level stress
A lovely word may heal and bless.
The beginning of love is to let those we love
be perfectly themselves and
not to twist them with our own image,
otherwise we love only the reflection
of ourselves we find in them.
The happiest people don't necessarily
have the best of everything,
they just make the most of everything
that comes along the way.
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people
before meeting the right one so that
when we finally meet the right person,
we should know how to be grateful for that gift.
It takes a minute to have a crush on someone,
an hour to like someone and a day to love someone
- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
Happiness lies for those who cry,
those who hurt,
those who have searched
and those who have tried.
For only they can appreciate the importance
of people who have touched their lives.
Love is when you take away the feeling,
the passion, the romance
and find out you still care for that person.
A sad thing about life is that when you meet
someone who means a lot to you
only to find out in the end that it was never
bound to be and you just have to let go.
Love starts with a smile,
develops with a kiss
and ends with a tear.
Love comes to those who still hope
even though they've been disappointed,
to those who still believe
even though they've been betrayed,
need to love those who still love,
even though they've been hurt before.
It hurts to love someone,
and not to be loved in return
but what is most painful is to love someone
and never finds the courage
to let the person know how you feel.
The brightest future will always
be based on a forgotten past.
You can't go on well in life until you let go
of your past failures and heartaches.
Never say goodbye when you still want to try;
Never give up when you still feel you can take it;
Never say you don't love that person anymore
when you can't let go.
Giving someone all your love
is never an assurance that they'll love you back.
Don't expect love in return,
just wait for it to grow in their hearts
but if it doesn't,
be content it grew in yours.
There are things you love to hear
but you would never hear it from
the person whom you would like to hear it from,
but don't be deaf to hear it from the person
who says it with his heart.
When you were born, you were crying
and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life to the fullest so that when you die,
you're smiling and everyone around you is crying.
~Author Unknown~
LIVE A LOVING LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you for your words of encouragements,i went to visit my wife today and she has got this attitude towards me almost every weekend and when it suits her to talk to me nicely she does and when ever she needs some things to be done for her the first person she phones is me eg like going to the library,she talks to me nicely,i feel like i am wanted but not needed and whenever she is around her mother she gets this arrogant way of talking to me,she just starts shouting at me for no apparent reason. well i pray and hope that you have had a very blessed day filled with the love of god.please pray for me as my court case is on wednesday
god bless
RECEIVED ONE BLESSING AFTER ANOTHER.
( JOHN 1:16 *NIV )
Always remember to count our blessings each day, and to
thank God for them! For no matter what we have, when we
look around us, we find others who have less! So never feel
sorry for ourself, instead start counting our blessings, for that
should cheer u up indeed.
Now we know that when things disappoint us, we are sad and
often depressed. However it is written that we should: BE
JOYFUL ALWAYS; PRAY CONTINUALLY; GIVE THANKS IN
ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, FOR THIS IS GOD'S WILL FOR YOU
IN JESUS CHRIST. ( 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18 )
Therefore, never feel that God doesn't hear our prayers
because a prayer isn't answered the way we want, or something
goes wrong in our life. For our Heavenly Father always knows
what is best for us, and: HE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU NOR
FORSAKE YOU. ( DEUTERONOMY 31:6 )
So my friend, remember to always: GIVE THANKS TO THE
LORD, CALL ON HIS NAME; MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE
NATIONS WHAT HE HAS DONE for you!
( 1 CHRONICLES 16:8 )
In closing, MAY THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, AND THE LOVE OF GOD, AND THE
FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL,
now and always! Amen! ( 2 CORINTHIANS 13:14 )
hope you have had a fantastic day,thank you for your support it means a lot to me
god bless
With love and prayer.
Your friend
Chiranjib
India
please pray for me as im feeling down today of what i had heard from my wifes cousin,he went to visit her on monday and he asked her aout reconciling ,she turns around and tell him that she wants a divorce and she is not coming back to me,when i heard that i felt like a truck that just hit me and felt all alone no one to defend me at that moment,well it is the work of the enemy he has got her captive,i tried to tell her and show her that i have changed but i geuss she is just to blind to see it at this very moment please pray for my wife,my daughter and my self for complete restoration and healing in our life and in my marriage,thank you
god bless
god bless
Greetings in His holy name!
Thank you for your reply. I am staying in North-east part of India. My home town is Siliguri. In my family 4 members. I myself, my wife(Runa), my daughter(Lidia) and my daddy(Anil). All of them are believers. My daddy accepted Christ, when he was 62 years from Hindu back ground. I accepted Christ at the age of 18. As we changed from Hindu to Christian, our uncle and other relatives hate us and neglect us. I have joined in Campus Crusade for Christ in June 1999.
Our place is close to Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh border. Our organisation Campus Crusade for Christ is also working in Bhutan with so many risk factor.
In your place, Campus Crusade have any activity or not?
Last Saturday (26/7/08) I went to Jalpaiguri (45 Kms from Siliguri) for field ministry. We taught some small songs to a children of Red Light Area (Prostitute's area), apart from that area we taught some general informations about Jesus Christ with small group of children in 4 different places.
Rest is fine. Hope to get your early reply.Please write about your life and ministry.
Ending with love and best wishes.
Your friend
Chiranjib
thank you for your support and words of encouragement thought i should share this email with you
Which Way Are We Going? -
"Why do some prodigals visit their families and seem
to have a good time, but do not come home to stay?"
Men and women who are standing with God for marriage restoration
must have a lot of faith. Along with that, they have high hopes
of a prodigal spouse soon coming home. What has happened when the
process seems to be starting, and then suddenly the prodigal
makes an 180 degree turn, once again, away from their home and
praying spouse? What happens to the stander's high hopes?
Charlyne and I pray that by now you understand that the path back
home that a prodigal spouse travels is not always a straight one.
Like a road to the top of a mountain, (and your prodigal coming
home will be a mountaintop for you), the road is not straight.
If we were to leave our home and travel north on I-95, we would
reach a point in Martin County where the compass would indicate
we are going south. Are we going north or south? Should we give
up on our northbound trip, because the compass says we are going
the opposite way? I-95 actually goes so far west in Martin County
that at one point, due to a curve, northbound cars are heading
south.
My wife and I can understand your high hopes of restoration, and
that is great, providing these hopes are based on the promises of
God. When the road home takes an unexpected turn, you need to
pray just as strongly, never doubting for a moment that God is at
work.
The foremost question on the heart of any prodigal who ever gives
thought to returning home is a simple one; "What's different
now?" It does not matter if you are separated because of
adultery, abuse, alcoholism, or any of the rest of the alphabet
of causes, your spouse wants to know what has changed so that
this nightmare will not repeat itself.
Most standers make the mistake of volunteering what is different,
reciting to their prodigal about a closer walk with the Lord, and
how much He has changed them. Your absent spouse does not want to
hear your words; he or she wants to observe the changes.
"Me change?" someone is thinking. "My spouse was the one who
committed adultery, not me. Let them change!" You need to stop
playing the blame game. Satan is the one at fault for your
situation. He attacked your family by using a pre-existing
spiritual weakness in one or both parties. Gradually, the enemy
took over that person, until they were his captive, as described
in 2 Timothy. Let's follow a typical family from the thousands we
have on our mailing list and attempt to discover why the spouse
has not come home.
It could be a husband or wife, but let's say that Jack becomes
too friendly with Susie at work. That is the point of the enemy's
attack. They progressed from being co-workers to having lunch
together most days. As they got to know each other, things
reached the, "I'll tell you my problems and you can tell me
yours." One of Jack's "problems," be it true or not, was related
as a poor or non- existent sex life at home. While Jack still
went home to Jill each evening, it was Susie, not Jill, who
occupied his thoughts.
At some point, and in some way, Jack and Susie crossed the
physical line. From that moment on, the enemy who had attacked
Jack back in the pre-lunch days now has full control of the man.
He is hearing in his spirit, "You are not good enough for Jill.
She doesn't meet your needs, but Susie sure does!" "You deserve
some happiness, not just a wife and kids." He is hearing from
Susie, in a hundred ways, "We have a future. Leave your wife for
me." The other person may even be giving your guilt-filled spouse
ultimatums that they must make a choice. Can you imagine? The
choice was made when you married. Satan has now taken full
control.
Confused Jack moves out of the family's home, leaving behind a
shocked Jill. She knew something had changed in him, but assumed
it was job pressure or mid-life crisis, or sadly, she blames
herself. You may be to blame for not praying for your family, but
certainly not for the break-up. That credit goes to the enemy,
who is out to destroy every family, thus destroying every church,
thus destroying society itself.
The months or years following are a blur of lawyers, protection
orders, battles over the unimportant, court dates, many tears,
and all the rest that most standers know too well. Jack, silently
bearing the guilt for all of this, tells himself, "Jill hates me.
She probably hated me the entire time. It is best we are
divorcing." At the same time, Susie is pushing marriage. Jack
half-heartedly agrees, knowing if he does not, that he will lose
Susie. By some means, the news is mysteriously leaked so that
Jill will hear there is a wedding being planned, adding to her
devastation.
Meanwhile, God, in His love for Jack and Jill and their family,
used some means to introduce Jill to standing with Him and
praying for the restoration of Jack back to his Heavenly Father,
and to his family. Jill turns not to people, but to her Lord God
for her support, her direction, and her decisions. During her
stand, she becomes less of the abandoned and angry woman she had
been, and more like Jesus every day. Her Bible replaces her
newspaper as her source of information. Jill's taste in music has
changed to Christian music. Prayer takes more time than the
computer. She is teachable. She has a burden for Jack's soul, now
destined for Hell, unless he changes.
Jack's sinful relationship is not going well. Susie is not the
happy person he used to dream about all the time. She is
demanding and controlling. (Do you know why? She knows that her
days with Jack are numbered and she is hanging on in any way she
can.)
Jack sees Jill every other weekend when he picks up the children,
or when he picks up his mail. Gone is the angry, spiteful woman
who sat at the opposite table in court. She has a peace that Jack
wishes he could find. She is kind to Jack, and always agreeable.
The day comes when Jack stands on his own porch, ringing his own
door bell, and is excited to see Jill, if only for a couple of
minutes. It is almost like when they were first falling in love.
He feels good when Jill calls out, "I'm praying for you," as he
walks away.
This marriage is at a crossroad. If Jill continues to stand,
there will come a day when Jack starts to confide in his wife. He
will walk inside his home and have his heart almost burst with
good memories. He will wish that he could rewind the clock and
never have met Susie. Jill will become more serious about
standing. She may fast often, and not waste time online. She
recognizes she is approaching the biggest battle of this
spiritual war for her husband's soul and for her marriage.
What if Jill takes the other road? She feels God has had enough
time and nothing seems to be happening. (But she can't see inside
Jack's heart!) What if she gives up standing and gets on with her
life, like everyone tells her to do? Some day another man will be
opening Jack's front door when he rings. Both Jack and Jill will
revert to angry people, at war not against Satan, but with one
another. Jack and Jill will probably both go on to second, and
possible third marriages. Left behind will be a string of
brokenhearted children.
If Jill continues to stand and to grow in the Lord, God will
change her, before he changes Jack. Then Jill and their home will
become a spiritual magnet for Jack. He will find the peace there
that he is seeking. Jill, still wearing her wedding rings, may
become like the other woman, as Jack shaves the truth to Susie in
order for him to see his covenant wife. Experts, of which I am
not, have said that prodigal spouses may live with one foot in
each of two worlds, as they test the water.
The prodigal comes home for the birthday parties, and then
suddenly leaves, even disappearing for a time, with no contact. I
like to compare this to the pendulum on a clock. Pull the
pendulum all the way back toward home, and when released, it will
go farther to the other side, but always returns.
What's a stander to do? Jill is not even married to Jack, yet he
drops in at home as if nothing ever happened. She should be
rejoicing, because Jack is on the way home. Jack has a tremendous
battle going on inside, between right and wrong. He is guilt-
filled and plays the "What if..." game over leaving Susie. Satan
is losing the war for this family and will pull out his major
weapons at this point.
All the time, Jack is going to be asking himself, "What's
different now?" Charlyne and I pray that all the "Jacks" will
readily see that things are different because you have now based
your life on the Lord Jesus Christ. You are living His way, and
silently inviting the one you love to come home to a totally
different spouse.
We acknowledge that not every situation will match this composite
of fictional Jack and Jill presented here. Charlyne and I pray
that you will find something herein that will help you understand
the dilemma of prodigal spouses who visit, but can't move home
(yet!)
"The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you in power, and you will
prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different
person." I Samuel 10:6
God bless,
thank you so much for inviting me as your friend i really appreciate it and thank you for praying for my wife and i for i believe it that our lord and savour jesus christ is the only answer for our problems he will restore my marriage amen
god bless
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