THE INNER ROOM - "Learn and Grow - to Maturity". Please read the 1st Post.

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Well you can't say your life is boring!!! What with cars and alarms and exams and Tues. night... goodness, I feel tired just thinking about your life!!

So great to hear about the prayer with the 5 on Tues. evening!! And that you were able to laugh about your car problem and exam failure.

Thankyou for continued prayers. Praying also for you always.

Bless you, dear one!

- BM

 
Hello everyone...I just started to read this and I am amazed at it..what a wonderful ministry BM!

I would love to join with you all.

blessings,
Mary
 
Hello Mary! Thankyou so much for the kind words.

You are very welcome here (along with over 200 other regulars so far this year!!)

- BM
 
APOLOGY!! - Sun 17th

The Message I had posted here somehow managed to get mixed up, and it was one that had already been posted! (Message #60).

Sincere sorries to those I managed to confuse by this, and a big thankyou to my good friend Nick for pointing it out to me.

I DO hope I've managed to get it all straight now...

Blessings to all!

- BM
 
NOTE:: the initial post on this, Thu 5, is HERE.

B & B, CONTINUING!! - Wed 13

Oh man, I cannot help my human feelings of wishing God had answered so there'd be no need for continued prayer. In other words, I feel really bad about asking for more prayer!... But I know that it's out of my hands, and in His loving hands!!

Is He TESTING our resolve, I wonder? Could well be! 'I want to know just how SERIOUS you are' is something I've experienced many, many times in my life - often being pushed to the very limit before He responded. I understand that He wants to know those who are what we'd call here 'fair dinkum'!! Truly serious, no messing about!! He ALSO wants us to know this about ourselves!! Most important! Until you're truly tested, you don't really know, right! Once He's put you through the ringer and you come out the other end still His, still loving and serving Him - wow, that's great, because you then KNOW that Spiritually you have what it takes!

Is that why we're still waiting on Him to act? I don't know. But it certainly is quite likely. Stickability, determination, persistance - all qualities He is looking for in those who are TRULY HIS!!! Most fall by the wayside when the going gets tough! Don't let this be you!! I believe I've written enough things here to guide you to a total lifetime commitment to the Lord Jesus that can literally enable you to get through ANYTHING!!!

So we keep going, allowing NO negativity to creep in (or satan to throw it into your mind - resist that according to James 4:7b). No feeling 'down', or 'hopeless', or 'this won't happen'. If we think that, then it WON'T!! If we fail for a time, we simply confess and REPENT of this (we're already forgiven!!!), and tell Him we want to do BETTER, and ask Him to please send His Spirit to come help us!!

Writing this has just made me realise I'm simply talking about THE NORMAL CHRISTIAN LIFE here, that I've been writing about since 1-1-08!! Nothing special or unusal. This is real Christianity. And if extremely poor Indian Believers and persecuted Chinese Underground Christians can do it, then I ain't gonna fall over and give up and fail, THAT FOR SURE!!

Bless you heaps!! We love you for caring so much!!!

- BM and his Lady
 
So we keep going, allowing NO negativity to creep in (or satan to throw it into your mind - resist that according to James 4:7b). No feeling 'down', or 'hopeless', or 'this won't happen'. If we think that, then it WON'T!! If we fail for a time, we simply confess and REPENT of this (we're already forgiven!!!), and tell Him we want to do BETTER, and ask Him to please send His Spirit to come help us!!
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Awesome, awesome messages! I love the above.
May I also ask for prayer for two dear friends Sharon Wolf and Zach Ashely. They left on Monday for a misson trip to an orphange in Haiti and then the earthquake hit! They are there with a team from Trinity Lutheran church of Townawanda NY. They are safe, but can you imagine, you think you are going to volunteer at an orhphanage and then look where God has you? .. Wow..

As I sat at my desk today and looked at photos of the destruction and the dead folks lying around, I wondered how many did not know Jesus.. and the ones that are left feeling so hopeless, I just wanted to get on the next plane.. However God is using me right here .. Tonight as I type I have a woman sleeping in my spare room that had some domestic issues and had no place to go.. she is a friend of mine I first met upon coming here. please pray for her.

God Bless
Faithwoman
 
There seems to have been so much destruction around this past year, doesn't there. Like I said, our world. badly affected by human sinfulness, sure can be a tough place to live in. We were just saying today that with all the earthquakes, that we don't think there is volcanic activity.

Nice that you could put up your friend in her time of need!

Blessings, hon!

- BM
 
Reaching Higher #65​

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Why We Don't Have Spare Money - Part 3​

...Continued from Part 2, "Please Take Note of How Serious THIS Is For You"

I heard this when I was 19, training to be a Teacher. We had the Deputy Principal of the College lecturing us. He loved sharing things about "life" with us. I've never forgotten what he said that day. Simple statement really: "We all live up to our income level! Even I do," he told us. "We never have any spare money at our place, even on my high income." It was basically a strong warning to us, as we went from the relative 'poverty' of being a student to a 'large' amount as trained teachers.
So why would virtually all of us - always - be living right up to our income level?

Where's the SENSE in THAT?? What this means is that if our income was DOUBLED tomorrow, then in no time at all we'd somehow manage to be spending ALL of the extra!! Would the word "greed maybe cover this? What do you think? Whenever the concept of part of "I want" is the UNSPOKEN and UNCONSIDERED motivation for spending for what we truly truly do NOT need, or even for better than we NEED, and which we truly DON'T HAVE TO HAVE!!! (never mind whether our flesh is screaming the OPPOSITE!!) - well, I really can't think of a different word for it!!

Yes, I do realise that in our societies many today are living BEYOND their income (sad day in 1949 when the Credit Card was conceived). Nonetheless it's true that whether low income, medium income, or higher income, virtually all of us will be living up to this income (read: spending that income!!!) So please carefully read and consider what our Lord and Master said about this: Luke Ch 12:15 And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness (greed); one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.” Whoa!!!!

Some of you may be saying, "OUCH!!" to that. Strong's definition of the Greek word translated here as "covetousness" is "A greedy desire to have MORE." Another OUCH!!! God then commands us all in Hebrews Ch 13:5 Keep your life free from love of money (greed), and be content with what you have, for he has said. "I will never leave you nor forsake you." The Greek word here can be translated as "the love of money" or "greed."

What I say now is that it's just as well we're promised in the verse above that the Lord will never leave us nor forsake us! How else are we ever going to be able to OBEY the 2 commands in the first part of v. 5 otherwise!!! So if you're worried that you just can't do this (because it surely is VERY hard to do in our Western cultures), then please be encouraged that when the Lord promises that He will NOT ever leave us, He does so in the original Greek via not one, not two, but THREE "nots": saying that: "I will NOT, I will NOT, I will NOT ever leave you or forsake you!!!!"

So when we may be struggling to give up the greed that's been running our whole life and the "I want" that's always waiting to trap us AGAIN, remember that HE is ALWAYS there to help you!!! Turn to Him, plead the end part of Hebrews Ch 13:5, and trust Him to come to your aid!

- BM (with his Lady)

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So when we may be struggling to give up the greed that's been running our whole life and the "I want" that's always waiting to trap us AGAIN, remember that HE is ALWAYS there to help you!!! Turn to Him, plead the end part of Hebrews Ch 13:5, and trust Him to come to your aid!
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Awesome message!
Thank you all for your prayers for our friends who were in Haiti. We got word that they will be landing at home here in Buffalo, Ny tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 PM.
 
This is really timely for me. My wife and I have really been revamping our finances and trying to give more to God. Thank you Lord and you too, Bondman!
 
Bless you heaps, my brother - and your wife!

I'm so thrilled to hear about your finances. We simply have to honour God with them, don't we! ("Timely" is GOOD! *smile!*)

Love,

- BM
 
NOTE:: the initial post on this, Thu 5, is HERE.

LATEST - B & B, Tue 19th

Hi everyone!!

It's now 14 days that we've been praying. If God was going to bring Healing and Funding I would have expected at least the Healing to have happened or certainly started. But we are unaware of any changes in our bodies to this moment. Beloved is struggling to get a bit of endurance back after the operation, as she is the legs of the family and needs to be able to do some physical things to keep us going.

I'm worn out from overworking, but as I'm now back to just doing The Inner Room, my earnest hope is that without the extra stress and work I will slowly improve back to what is my 'normal' illness situation (that sounds a bit awful, but it's accurate, and is not a problem for me).

So as you can see, the need for Healing is just as high. However, in all conscience I just cannot bring myself to ask folks to keep praying ad infinitum. That just doesn't seem reasonable to me. Thus at 14 days what I wish to do is to release you from any obligations to continue prayer for us for Healing and Funding.

For those who may choose to keep praying, bless you!!!! And I believe that I'll maybe change this to an 'Every Sunday' sort of update of some kind (with the link still on the top of my Sig) so that you can still be in the loop, i.e., perhaps a little more than just prayer for our two big Ministry needs.

From now until Sunday 24th I'm throwing things open so that you can feel free to tell me anything you think or may feel from the Lord via PM, or by email to [email protected]. Then on Sun 24 I'll put up the first of the new B & B's. In the event of any miracle I'll put a big HALLELUJAH! on the top of my sig, so you can read what happened!!!

Personally, I am not the slightest downcast or anything like that, but rather am even more certain than ever of God's answer coming for both of our needs. Possibly now was just not His time. But I've believed for many decades now that NO PRAYER is EVER LOST!!! Plus... I have placed myself in God's hands for all of my life. Thus whatever He chooses for my life is absolutely fine by me.

THANKYOU!! Thankyou for spending some of your precious time in prayer for us. That is all such a humbling thought to me. I have prayed for each of you (GOD knows who you are!), and those prayers will never be lost either!

With all of our love to each one of you, and blessings from the hand of our mighty God!

- BM and his Lady
 
Prayers will continue my dear Bondman. We should never underestimate the timing and power of the Lord (not that you are by any means). My petitions to the Lord on you and your beloveds behalf will intensify rather than diminish. You still have much left to be done on this site and on this earth. God will bless even more. Just wait and see.

Love to you and the Mrs.
 
Thankyou so much, Mary! You are a great encourager!

We shall wait with patience for His time and timing, just like you said!

Much love and hugs!

- BM
 
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Prayers will continue my dear Bondman. We should never underestimate the timing and power of the Lord (not that you are by any means). My petitions to the Lord on you and your beloveds behalf will intensify rather than diminish. You still have much left to be done on this site and on this earth. God will bless even more. Just wait and see.

Love to you and the Mrs.
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Thanks, my friend!

Yes, we wait with the patience He provides us for His exact right time. There are times I consider how many things and people have to all be 'lined up', as it were, for when His answer is ready. In the case of the funding there may be tens of thousands of people, all of us waiting for the release of the funds that the 'world rulers' have had frozen. Numbers of them may be Believers, and it all has to 'dovetail' in time-wise.

How is this even POSSIBLE to do?!! Which makes me glad that HE is figuring all of this out rather than me!!

With love!

- BM
 
Reaching Higher #66​

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Treating God as Who He Really Is​

I was watching a TV broadcast of one of the really big-name preachers. He was speaking about God's wonderful promises He's given us in His Word. He told everyone, "These are promises from God, and you can be sure of them, because He has to do them." I remember feeling a twinge about that, but then thought I could maybe understand what He was saying. But he went on, "He has to do them because He's set them down in His Word. So you can actually demand that He does them!" he finished.

DEMAND?? Again I remember my inner response, so much stronger this time. I came to a conclusion about his words. "My friend," I thought, "you are setting yourself up ABOVE God! You think that puny little you can tell HIM what He MUST do!! Yes, God certainly IS committed to do all that He promised - AND HE DOES!! But for you to tell over 1 million people around the world that we can DEMAND anything at all from God, makes you greater than God!!

"Sorry Mr Preacher, but HE IS GOD!!! Jesus IS Lord of all!! Therefore He may do absolutely whatsoever HE chooses!!! Those of us who totally TRUST Him, we KNOW that He will never let us down. But as for you standing up on your tiny legs and with your tiny voice, and tiny understanding of Who God really is - you are headed for a monstrous fall, or likely much worse!!!"

Folks, we simply MUST fully respect God and Who He is. We are as NOTHING compared to Him. Will a grain of sand rise up and tell Him what He must do? The concept is ludicrous in the extreme. But mankind loves to be in charge - and to even think so much of himself that he will DARE to believe that he can boss God around!!! My warning I've written more than once still stands: take GREAT, GREAT CARE THAT YOU...

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Do so and you'll ALWAYS come off 2nd best!! That man with his 3, 4, or 5 private jets and his own private airfield, well, that's SO like Jesus, isn't it? - NOT!!! The One Who said He never had anywhere to lay His head, Luke 9:58, and owned just a cloak when He went to His death is as far removed from many of these "great" preachers of today (and perhaps some of us also), as it's possible to imagine!

He flies his jets each worth millions of dollars around the world, presenting himself as greater than God (and what I reported he said above was not a one-off; he's recorded as saying many similar things - along with numbers of his fellow preachers! I believe we could be forgiven for saying that they bring shame to the name of Christian!)

Total RESPECT we must have. We must never DEMAND a single thing of our God, EVER! One day very, very soon we will ALL bow before Jesus, King of Kings. Bow now, today and every day, or pay the penalty later. Bow to His commands - TO OBEY HIM and DO THEM!!! If He says that you are of this world and therefore His enemy, James 4:4, then TAKE VERY CAREFUL NOTE, and obey God's command to QUIT! Work towards replacing worldly things with Spiritual things and actions to make God pleased with you!! (and enjoy a life filled with agape, joy, peace, true personal freedom and so much more.)

Some think that giving their lives totally to Jesus as LORD will mean missing out on so much!! The EXACT REVERSE IS TRUE!!! Take Him as your LORD over all of your life - treating Him as Who He really is, the Son of the Living GOD, and life will REALLY START for you!! To continue living YOUR OWN WAY means at the very least you'll miss out on your REWARD from God in heaven (and that's MAJOR!!!), but at worst may even miss heaven altogether! People, this is all coming for us - basically 'TOMORROW'!! We've got completely the wrong concept of time: think that you'll enter eternity down the track and guess what - it's pounds to peanuts that you will NOT BE READY to meet your God!!!

So re-jig your life to be one of great respect for God, treating Him for Who His is - and also for what He can do either negatively TO you, or positively FOR you, either of which will happen for you real, real soon!!

Bless you greatly!

- BM with his Lady

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Have received a prayer request from my sister Jeri for her and Cal. Cal will have another surgery tomorrow morning at 7am. I've posted the test of the message below so you can get the jest of what's taking place. So much appreciate all your prayers.

Hi Everyone,
Cal is scheduled for his Angioplasty Thurs. morning at 7 a.m. in Bakersfield which is an answer to prayer itself! The procedure will probably start around 8 or 9 a.m. I just got a call form his kidney doctor (who referred us to this vasgular surgeon, Dr. Soto) and she told me she spoke wit Dr. Soto today and he wanted her to convey the message (he was in surgery) to us that this is a risky procedure as chances of opening the artery are 50/50. He told her we could get a second opinion but her recommendation was to proceed as we are this far down the road with him and....he is known for "saving legs" so if doctor can find a way, we believe Dr. Soto can. The only other place I would take Cal would be to Stanford if this procedure isn't successful but that would be his call.

I am calling on all prayer warriors to continue to pray for Cal and me...I' came down with bronchitis m now sick with bronchitis and trying to stay away from Cal so he doesn't come down with it. As a precaution the doctor gave me Tamiflu and Z pak antiobiotics and a cough syrup with codine. I haven't slept the last 2 nights and tomorrow we leave the house at 5:30 a.m. to be there by 7:00 a.m. so I need all the strength I can muster for the next several days. I will stay overnight but will have my cell phone (xxx) xxx-xxxx with me and you can call or text me.

I am hopeful and trusting God to take care of Cal and guide the doctor's hands tomorrow. His leg hasn't gotten worse and wounds are beginning to show signs of healing but it is still red indicating circulation is still very much a concern. Sores take a very long time to heal...worse than watching paint dry.

I know they say God won't give us more than we can handlle but honestly I believe we are at that wall, at least I am and need some relief from all the stress and anxiety. I know I'm not the only one who has been through the fire or furness but whatever it is that God is trying to teach me through all of this, I want to remain open to Him and hear His voice.

God is indeed good and my/our faith has never waivered so we are remaining positive for Cal's sake tomorrow and know that God is always in control. When you're in the midst of the fire, sometimes it's hard to see the water truck.

Cal and I couldn' ask for more loving family and friends at this moment in our lives and he has been from one crisis to another over the last 10 months and we pray God will open up this artery and get circulation flowing again so Cal can continue to praise and give God the Glory for His Greatness.

God Bless all of you
Jeri & Cal
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This is obviously all most serious.

"I praise You, Lord God, for Your faithfulness to us all. You've taken Cal and Jeri through a lot, and they have not lost their trust in You. I know how hard it can be feeling like you're right at the EDGE of what you can handle. But You remain true, and Your Word always remains true.

"Keep these two saints of Yours really close to You. I'm asking You for a good result to the surgery. May Jeri find great strength in You while waiting for all of the results of the surgery. And of course that Cal will know that he is in YOUR mighty hands every second! Bless You Lord, for You are GOOD!"

In prayer for both these two dear ones!!

- BM
 
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