Hello my most wonderful World-Wide Family. I love you all so very much. It is great to be talking with you. I have been praying for you all and all of your generations. I wanted to share my recent experience of being robbed. This was the first time in my life this happened to me.
You know, we all go through situations, trials and tribulations. It does not matter whether we are rich or poor, highly educated or hardly educated, kind in spirit or a mean-spirited person; we will all go through circumstances that are beyond our control at some point in our lives.
Dear God Almighty our Creator, I pray to You in the Name of our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ, by the Dunamis Power of Your Holy Spirit. I thank You that no matter what we go through down here on earth on this side of heaven, that You are with us. You never leave us nor forsake us. You protect us Jehovah Nissi, the Banner over our lives. Please cover the people without homes and protect them from this heat LORD.
Thank You for Your ministering and warring angels that You send to do Your will and minister to us. Thank You for Who You are and that You loved us so much that You sent Your Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ to die a horrendous death on the Cross so that when we come to You and repent of our sins, You forgive us and give us eternal life and we are blessed to be able to have a personal intimate relationship with You while we do this journey of life.
Thank You for blessing and protecting all of our future generations and the innocent children in every nation to be able to keep their innocence and be carefree and happy and be taught about You. I pray for peace, love and kindness and human compassion in every nation. I pray for the peace of Jerusalem and Israel and the salvation of all Jews and Arabs and every single person on this earth in all nations. Please give the IDF Your strategies Holy Spirit.
Please free all of the hostages, cause confusion in the enemy camp and restore Your people after the heinous torture and captivity they and their families have been forced to endure. Give them Your strength, grace and mercy please LORD. Please end the terrorist regimes and indoctrination of evil LORD.
Help us to be bold in sharing Your Gospel of Salvation LORD please. I thank You in advance for hearing our prayer and having Your Will be done. In Jesus’ Name Amen.
I was at a popular store a few weeks ago. I had been very ill for about a month prior to going out to pick up some very needed items. I was not completely well but I felt a lot better and really needed to go to the store. It took all of my energy, I shopped, left the store, put each item into my car and breathed a sigh of relief that I did it! YAY! Now I could quickly go back home and rest. Mission accomplished! I locked my door, took the few steps to put my cart away, got back into my car and drove home.
When at home, I grabbed my purse, and it flew into the air, as light as a feather. I reached over the passenger seat and looked around for my phone and wallet. My purse is always heavy so these 2 items must have fallen out while I was driving. I didn’t find them and walked around the car to the other side to look. They weren’t there. Then it hit me….I had been robbed! The sick feeling of being violated hit me. I had to pull my thoughts together and I had to immediately PRAY!! (Take a deep breath)
This incident was bigger than me and out of my control but of course God was watching over me, He allowed it to happen for some reason that He knew. I prayed that I could have His Peace that passes understanding and not let the devil steal my joy which the Bible says is my strength. I prayed that I could forgive the thief, not have any bitterness and even see him one day and tell him about the Salvation that Jesus offers him.
Then began over 3 weeks of making and answering phone calls, (on my house phone). I began cancelling cards, ordering new ones, ordering a replacement phone, reporting the incident to the Police, calling insurance companies, getting a new Drivers License, (yes, the thief has my address), letting people know that I don’t have access to my cell phone nor contacts, etc, etc.
The thing is… the whole world is on fire and in spiritual warfare and even though this was a big deal to me; in the scheme of Life, it really wasn’t/isn’t that big of a deal. God did and is helping me like He says He will in His WORD the Bible. God works all things for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. We serve an Amazing God.
I have been through many trials, tribulations, and tragedies in my life. Sadly I must admit that I don’t always honor God in the way that I react when I am going through something. I am a work in progress. I am forever learning and God is forever developing character in me and rooting out what displeases Him in my life.
I have learned when something adverse happens to me, I must run to God in prayer. I ask Him if the incident occurred because I have done something wrong, if so I repent. I ask if there is a lesson God is trying to teach me to stretch my growth and build character, or if things simply happen because we live in a fallen world and we were all born into sin and we all need Jesus as our Savior.
Thankfully, I feel that I was able to honor God in my actions and attitudes this time because He answered my prayers and helped me with His Holy Spirit and gave me His grace and mercy to get through it. Thank the LORD!!
DEUTERONOMY 31:8 THE LORD HIMSELF GOES BEFORE YOU AND WILL BE WITH YOU; HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU. DO NOT BE AFRAID, DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED.
PSALM 91:1-6 HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH SHALL ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY. I WILL SAY OF THE LORD, “HE IS MY REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS; MY GOD, IN HIM I WILL TRUST.” SURELY HE SHALL DELIVER YOU FROM THE SNARE OF THE FOWLER AND FROM THE PERILOUS PESTILENCE. HE SHALL COVER YOU WITH HIS FEATHERS, AND UNDER HIS WINGS YOU SHALL TAKE REFUGE; HIS TRUTH SHALL BE YOUR SHIELD AND BUCKLER. YOU SHALL NOT BE AFRAID OF THE TERROR BY NIGHT, NOR OF THE ARROW THAT FLIES BY DAY, NOR OF THE PESTILENCE THAT WALKS IN DARKNESS, NOR OF THE DESTRUCTION THAT LAYS WASTE AT NOONDAY.
ROMANS 8:28 FOR WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK FOR GOOD FOR THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, WHO ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
I have to go for now. Until we get to speak again, please know that I love you and most importantly, Jesus loves you. God bless you and all of your posterity.