04-09-2008, 04:54 AM
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PRACTICAL NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY
MESSAGE #43
GIVING, TAKING - and PATIENCE
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Originally Posted by Faithwoman
Wow that has been me way to many times.. especially in certain areas of my life.. but as I learn to lean on him.. and work on not taking it back.. what a great feeling and experience.
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Sorry, missed your post, hon! Yep, we have the saying, "give and take," don't we, but after giving something into the Lord's hands, taking it BACK is strictly verboten! YES!!
And as Fluffy commented in her story, we simply gotta learn that four-letter word "WAIT" - or maybe the LONGER word "PATIENCE", which the Holy Spirit can provide to us! God is simply NOT going to fix stuff up for us the very moment we ask Him. He is NOT our servant!! Rather we are His!!!
So it's give, then wait patienty - in faith - for His action or actions on our behalf. Please don't mistake me here: what you give to Him He HAS received! And He may immediately help you to leave it there with Him, but likely He will not. It's up to YOU to ensure you don't take it back!! And it's also likely that GOD will WAIT (He has NO trouble doing this!) - WHY? To see if we're gonna leave it with Him, or fail by taking it back! (This is Him TESTING you out, testing your Christian determination, okay!)
We can help ourselves here if we recognise this important truth: while WE are almost always in a hurry for things to happen, God NEVER is!!! That is, one of His middle names is "Patience" - and you may start a process of asking the Holy Spirit to give this to you if you wish (to become one of your middle names! *lol!*)
Galatians Ch 5
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
One aspect of the Fruit of the Spirit (singular - it's not fruits) is PATIENCE (or long-suffering). This can be YOURS - if you persist in prayer! Jesus speaking here:
Matthew Ch 7
7a Ask and keep on asking and it shall be given to you.
Just do it!! *smile*
- BM, with his Beloved 
QUESTIONS WELCOME!
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Last edited by Bondman; 04-10-2008 at 02:32 PM.
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