Faithwoman

A big Alleluia and Praise the Lord from New York how God is working in Bonnie's life.. and praises to Bonnie for being obedient and seeking him!

Bondman,
Another fabulous post!

Faithwoman

Bondman

Hmm... an amen as strong as that about says it all! hee! Many blessings to ya, Fluf!!


Yeah Bonnie's done great, hey!

And I think this is a perfect illustration of AN EXTREMELY SERIOUS MATTER IN ALL OUR LIVES, i.e., it goes to show that it's sooo EASY for us to consciously (or subconsciously) think, "BUT I CAN'T DO (WHATEVER)!!" - WHEN REALLY WE CAN!!! - just gotta put our mind and will into it!

- BM



EDIT: Ooh, 600 posts! hehe

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Faithwoman

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You jumped ahead of me.. I best get busy.. lol!

Fluffy

I was looking for something about counting blessings, and found this graphic instead. There is a sheep in there, get it? Count sheep/count blessings?
Lame, I know.
Peace!

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Faithwoman

Ok. so you all know my prayer in the morning.. Lord put people into my life today that may need to know of you, a smile, word of encouragement, prayer etc.. and Lord put people in my life that will continue to uplift me to you.

I could ramble for hours of things that have happened and the people the Lord led me to lately.. the bald headed guy, the 65 year old woman who is afraid she won't go to heaven because of her past scandulous life, the young 26 year old gal that does not Jesus what soever.. the events that led to these meetings were quite interesting.

Today's happenings though proved no different. It started by a message left on my machine by an ex boyfriend of years ago. . you see he said he knew God, went to church with me.. he was older.. after dating for 6 months, I found he was still looking elsewhere. he confessed and said he wanted a woman his own age who was retired and was financially stable with money.

Well he found this woman who supposedly had money, she was a con artist and took him for everything he had.. we are talking mega money here. He is in the process of pressing charges. Again he was saving his storehouse up for himself and the Lord showed him. He asked me about going to dinner sometime and I said sure.. but first know I am no longer the gal you use to know.. I am a woman of Christ.. if you need encouragement and prayer in your life, I can give you that.. I can give the love of Jesus.. nothing else..

At the doctor’s office while waiting for an appointment, I saw a young gal reading a book. I started the conversation.. well I should say the Lord started the conversation by what interesting book are you reading? She said a book of the Left Behind series. It is kind of a religious book. I said just my kind of book. She said well I really don’t know God, but have learned from this series.. Well now you all know.. if someone says to Robin, I don’t know God,, Robin jumps right in. I got to share about Jesus who is is , how my life was before having Christ , and how it is now after accepting him. I shared my cell number with her and told her if she ever wanted to walk, have dinner etc. I would love to do that. I also invited her to attend church with me. She is getting married in October. Her husband is not a believer as well. They are engaged and living together currently in a home they bought. Oh Lord, help the young ones of this world.. She did state that she was enjoying this 10 book series. Her mom is starting to question more of her own faith as well. Her mom read the series first.

My point is this… No one should be left behind not knowing Jesus. It is imperative that we as believers keep looking for every opportune moment to share of his love and who he is. Whether it be bald headed guy, the 65 year old woman who feared not going to heaven, the young gal in the doctor’s office, a past ex boyfriend of years ago, it is up to me to continue to share of his love, grace mercy and forgiveness. Believe me there are people every day in your life. Just open your eyes and your heart.

Lord Jesus, may we take the focus off ourselves , focus on you, and focus on leading others to you.
Amen
Robin
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PS.. I got a thank you note in the mail today from the 24 year old cocaine addict , thanking me for being in her life. On the front of the envelope was my name and address and she had written in Bold big letters- THE GREAT .. before my name, I am not great but Jesus is .. all praises to him!

PSS.. are you leaving anyone behind today?

Bondman

We get it, sweetie!!!

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SweetSurrender

That is soooo wonderful, Robin! I know I have been wanting to be like you and lead someone in the right direction. And I know that sometimes we are just the first contact in their lives. We made some kind of impact, and now the next person needs to be obedient and listening to His voice to speak to them. I forget what that's called, has a name for it. ??

There are so many babies at my new job with Early Headstart whose mothers are still in high school, 16, 17, or 18 yrs. young. I am starting by just being a friend to them and showing my concern for their lives and the great responsibility they have for this tiny one. I want them to know I am there for them if they ever need someone to talk with. God is giving me wisdom to see thru their facades and is helping me to break down their walls of mistrust. I need to pray for them each morning and watch as the Holy Spirit draws them to Jesus.

I pray that your willingness to take on an assignment each day will become the fulfillment for what you have given up to God, and that you will find your losses to be gain. Hugs! Bonnie

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Bondman

What a lovely post!! You are doing so well! Both you and Robin are! I guess I'm allowed to feel a little bit proud of you both? (that's sure what I feel!!)

- BM

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Bondman

I guess it's good that the Lord is keeping you so busy, sweetie! He sure seems to be, hey!! "Robin the Great" has a ring to it I reckon! *chuckles!* But you're 100% spot on: HE IS GREAT, we are as nothing - definitely the only way to go!!

Blessings, dear one!

- BM

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Bondman

Message #117

WHAT 'JOB' HAS GOD GIVEN TO YOU?

By 'job' I mean His calling to you while on the earth. In some cases His calling may be a specific gift, e.g., I have a gift of teaching and that is also my calling.

As I've said previously, your calling doesn't have to be "spectacular" or "major", i.e., it may be something quiet and hardly even noticed by most folk! This could be something like being a care person - someone who simply loves others and will go do the shopping for them when they are too sick to do so. Or cook a meal, or simply visit and just sit and talk awhile. Man, I can tell you that these so-called "unimportant" callings ARE SO IMPORTANT and SO NEEDED!!! Like, no one does 'em for us, and wow, do we NEED them!!!

We also need to understand that my job, my calling is NOT your calling! Cos if everyone was a teacher - there'd be no one to teach, hey! *nods* As I look at how God has recently led SweetSurrender into a new and wonderful prayer life, it won't surprise me if she ends up as AN INTERCESSOR: someone who spends much time PRAYING FOR OTHERS (a quite WONDERFUL 'job')! Please note that being an intercessor IS A CALLING FROM GOD! We are NOT all called to a life of intercession. And because "God is Smart", those who are so called are given sSPECIAL ABILITIES/GIFTS to ENABLE them to effectively do this ministry!! Makes sense, right!

Similarly, Robin seems to have a particular calling. I saw this very early, but didn't say anything to her as the Lord said not to. But after her recent post it's looking more and more like she may have the gift of an evangelist. The ease with which she speaks to others, and how it seems like THEY EVEN SOMETIMES SEEM TO SEEK HER OUT (without realising), are signs of something like an evangelistic gift. At the very lese certainly special abilities in this area.

Of course, we should all be "gossiping the Gospel" like the very early church did (they were so EXCITED about Jesus and His salvation that it seems like they couldn't help themselves!!) THOUSANDS were converted in a very short time! (this is in the first few Chapters of Acts). However, the EVANGELIST will often chat to someone sitting right beside them on a plane (carefully organised by God of course!!) who then ends up in the Kingdom by the time the plane lands!! Or the evangelist may stand up and preach to people in a bus, and many will ACCEPT CHRIST on the spot! They seem to have what the Greats of Old in England some hundreds of years ago would have called "A Holy Boldness"! Love it!!

So please don't envy those who have a calling or gifting that you don't!! Instead please DO seek from the Lord what His calling to YOU is!! And remember that whether it's "major" or "minor" IT'S OF EQUAL IMPORTANCE IN THE WORK OF THE KINGDOM!! (See "Serving the Lord is Good!") Bless you as you seek what His calling is for you!

- BM, with his Lady-love

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