AMAZING and INCREDIBLE News to share about My Family!!!
Sept 11, 2017 11:54:34 GMT -6
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Post by tiffanybw on Sept 11, 2017 11:54:34 GMT -6
I don't post in this section much. But I figure this is the best place to post this kind of stuff. WONDERFUL and UNBELIEVABLE MIRACLE kind of stuff!
Anyone who has read my posts here, knows that I have been worried for my family... and just constantly in intense prayer for them, asking The Holy Spirit what to do, how to share best with them, and most importantly... For HIM to WORK in their lives and do whatever it takes to bring them to a saving relationship in Jesus Christ, bring them to true belief in Him (if they don't already have it because it is not for me to judge not even one of their hearts), bring them to genuine repentance, and for selfish ME... lol... that Jesus will bring my heart peace and assurance that my ENTIRE family (included extended and my parents who won't even speak to me and have taken my oldest daughter away from me... though it is partially my fault too and none are innocent in the entire situation). WHATEVER. Anyways... to SAVE them ALL and give me peace in my heart regarding them because it seriously KILLS me to even think of one of them being lost to Satan.
I've been sharing in the Hurricane Irma thread... because I have a difficult time staying on topic and tend to not be able to only talk about one thing (sorry) lol!
For people who have read that thread though, they know that this past Saturday, on 9-9-17, my youngest daughter Angelina (11), we had a wonderful talk together and then she gave her heart to Jesus!
Next day on Sunday 9-10-17, I was praying the entire day because I knew I was going to go and talk to Liam, my 17 year old son. He has given his heart to Jesus before, at about 10 years old and went to the alter at church. Still, I wanted to talk to him... you know how mom's are... I love him and love them all so much and need to make sure lol! I walked in being very nervous, as he is 17, a teenager, you know how that is and usually it is like pulling teeth to get more than a one word response from him regarding pretty much everything!
Well, we just started talking, or really... I did at first. Nervous at first but then like The Holy Spirit took over and gave me the words to say to him. I told him all about me, my life, my past, and how I was sorry for not always being the best mom. I wasn't, not for any of them, because I myself did not start walking with Jesus until 2010. Before then, I claimed Jesus as my Savior and I can't say for sure if I was saved and I had definitely said the prayer, thousands of times, giving my heart to Him. But I sure do know I didn't live it. I called on Him only when I had gotten myself into such big messes due to my own sin... that then I couldn't handle it... and so then would call on Him to fix it.
Those days though... OVER all of that NONSENSE. Thank you Jesus! I have been His since 2010 and every day He draws me nearer. Especially this past year, 2017, words can't say how close He has brought me to Him, how He has just healed me and all the pain from my past and pain from everything... and all I think about lately... pretty much all of my thoughts involve Jesus in one way or another. I like that and I want to only be even closer to Him!!!
Well, another I have been praying for is my husband. He was raised Catholic and I think there is still a lot of that "works nonsense" in him. He does say though that he believes he is saved only by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and not by works. And again... it is not for me to judge my husband's heart. However, lately, seems the closer I get to Jesus... the more Eric pushes Him away, gets mad at me for talking about Jesus too much, I can just tell by his body language... a movement here... roll of the eyes there... that he just either thinks I am nuts, doesn't want to hear anything about Jesus, like he wants to pick an argument and disagree just to disagree, and on, and on.
One of my posts yesterday, I was talking in the Irma thread about how my husband became irritated with me because I had sent him a video I wanted him to watch, had asked him 4-5 hours later did he watch it, and he got mad, said he didn't watch it and he had too much other stuff to do. Well, a member here, MissusMack, she sent me a pm (hope it is ok MissusMack that I share); and she told me that what came to her mind was spiritual attack and the parable about Mary and Martha and how maybe my husband was feeling resentful toward me, because he just sees me always so happy, joy in Jesus, not worrying about the day to day things like money, bills, all that kind of stuff... (just saying, I do work and contribute and do worry about these things also but is true that I don't focus on it like Eric does and my attitude has always been... living day by day... and God will take care of us and Eric is definitely not like that).
Crazy thing is that before I read that pm from MissusMack, I had re-read what I posted in the thread, and the SAME EXACT thoughts came to me, I believe that The Holy Spirit was speaking both to me and to MissusMack. I couldn't believe it when I read her pm to me! And I told her that I had just been thinking the same thing, asked her advice, thanked her for praying for me, my husband, my family. THANK YOU MISSUSMACK and I see another pm I haven't read yet but I just had to share this first!!! Thank you so much for praying though!!!
Of course, I was praying too. And this morning, I'm just here on the forum and get a text message. This is seriously out of nowhere, way out of left field, and never would I have expect this with the way Eric has been lately. All I can say... Jesus was WORKING last night! And talking to Eric!!! Because... the message I got from him... (I did tell him that I talked to Ang and then to Liam and that they had both confirmed their hearts belonged to Jesus, given their hearts to Jesus, not sure how to say, but I did tell him yesterday and his answer was like... yeah... that's good.)
Text today out of nowhere though... his text said, "I've been thinking. And something that just popped into my head. Let's start doing a daily Bible study with you, me, Liam, and Angelina. We can start tonight." And there was some other after but that is the gist.
I immediately started crying and thanking Jesus!!!! ARE YOU SERIOUS LORD??? Just... THANK YOU!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you Jesus!!!!
And absolutely YES and we are going to have Bible Study every evening now!!! Only thing is, I am nervous because I know it is going to be me kind of the one facilitating it. Eric asked me too because he says he doesn't know like I do. And so I'm here to ask everyone here for help??? I've never led a Bible Study or anything like that. And what should we do? Where should we start? I am thinking we should start with Salvation. But is there any actual guideline or study anyone can suggest to me, like a more organized way to go about it? Also something that would be appropriate for 11 year old, 17 year old, and my husband... who I can't even remember the last time I ever even saw him look at a Bible. Please help???
Also, of course I am praying!
Mainly I am so HAPPY!!!!
On to praying for Devin and Ariana. Devin is 20 and Ariana is 22. Devin, he is a very good young man. And I have shared with him, shared Jesus, have talked to him kind of the same I talked to Liam except it was through text because Devin lives on his own with 2 of his friends (roommates). And with Ariana I have done the same, through text. She, I am very worried for. She is in a very bad place. And my parents refuse to even address it. And there is nothing I can do, as she lives with them, they take care of her and pay all her bills and she lives in pretty much what equates to an apartment in their basement. She does drugs, self mutilates, has been diagnosed bi-polar, anxiety, depression, has been hospitalized 3 times. She posts some really disturbing things on her social media accounts, naked pictures of herself, pictures of women all tied up like s&m, pictures of herself after she cuts herself up, and lately... just that I think she might now be in a relationship with another girl. I don't know for sure because neither my parents nor she will speak to me. She has chopped all her hair off though, recent pictures she looks very masculine (and this is a girl who used to be super model pretty and was very much a girly girl). She still is pretty... but like her entire identity has changed... clothing, no make up, male hair cut. And that is all I know because my parents refuse to talk to me, refuse to address any of Ariana's problems, they just sit back and enable her self destruction. And so please, pray for her.
After all that has happened over the past 3 days... Saturday Angelina... Sunday Liam... Today Eric!!!! God is a miracle worker and He can do ANYTHING! And HE WILL! As I have claimed Devin and Ariana both in His Name and For Him!!! It literally KILLS me, like a literal knife in my heart... to think of either one of them having to endure Tribulation. I can't even bring myself to think about if they were not to go to Heaven, if they were to be separated from God for eternity. But I TRUST HIM! Whatever it takes Lord!
And for my parents too... whatever it takes LORD!!!!
Edit: For those who don't like reading my books, can you read the bolded paragraph and suggest? Thank you!
Anyone who has read my posts here, knows that I have been worried for my family... and just constantly in intense prayer for them, asking The Holy Spirit what to do, how to share best with them, and most importantly... For HIM to WORK in their lives and do whatever it takes to bring them to a saving relationship in Jesus Christ, bring them to true belief in Him (if they don't already have it because it is not for me to judge not even one of their hearts), bring them to genuine repentance, and for selfish ME... lol... that Jesus will bring my heart peace and assurance that my ENTIRE family (included extended and my parents who won't even speak to me and have taken my oldest daughter away from me... though it is partially my fault too and none are innocent in the entire situation). WHATEVER. Anyways... to SAVE them ALL and give me peace in my heart regarding them because it seriously KILLS me to even think of one of them being lost to Satan.
I've been sharing in the Hurricane Irma thread... because I have a difficult time staying on topic and tend to not be able to only talk about one thing (sorry) lol!
For people who have read that thread though, they know that this past Saturday, on 9-9-17, my youngest daughter Angelina (11), we had a wonderful talk together and then she gave her heart to Jesus!
Next day on Sunday 9-10-17, I was praying the entire day because I knew I was going to go and talk to Liam, my 17 year old son. He has given his heart to Jesus before, at about 10 years old and went to the alter at church. Still, I wanted to talk to him... you know how mom's are... I love him and love them all so much and need to make sure lol! I walked in being very nervous, as he is 17, a teenager, you know how that is and usually it is like pulling teeth to get more than a one word response from him regarding pretty much everything!
Well, we just started talking, or really... I did at first. Nervous at first but then like The Holy Spirit took over and gave me the words to say to him. I told him all about me, my life, my past, and how I was sorry for not always being the best mom. I wasn't, not for any of them, because I myself did not start walking with Jesus until 2010. Before then, I claimed Jesus as my Savior and I can't say for sure if I was saved and I had definitely said the prayer, thousands of times, giving my heart to Him. But I sure do know I didn't live it. I called on Him only when I had gotten myself into such big messes due to my own sin... that then I couldn't handle it... and so then would call on Him to fix it.
Those days though... OVER all of that NONSENSE. Thank you Jesus! I have been His since 2010 and every day He draws me nearer. Especially this past year, 2017, words can't say how close He has brought me to Him, how He has just healed me and all the pain from my past and pain from everything... and all I think about lately... pretty much all of my thoughts involve Jesus in one way or another. I like that and I want to only be even closer to Him!!!
Well, another I have been praying for is my husband. He was raised Catholic and I think there is still a lot of that "works nonsense" in him. He does say though that he believes he is saved only by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and not by works. And again... it is not for me to judge my husband's heart. However, lately, seems the closer I get to Jesus... the more Eric pushes Him away, gets mad at me for talking about Jesus too much, I can just tell by his body language... a movement here... roll of the eyes there... that he just either thinks I am nuts, doesn't want to hear anything about Jesus, like he wants to pick an argument and disagree just to disagree, and on, and on.
One of my posts yesterday, I was talking in the Irma thread about how my husband became irritated with me because I had sent him a video I wanted him to watch, had asked him 4-5 hours later did he watch it, and he got mad, said he didn't watch it and he had too much other stuff to do. Well, a member here, MissusMack, she sent me a pm (hope it is ok MissusMack that I share); and she told me that what came to her mind was spiritual attack and the parable about Mary and Martha and how maybe my husband was feeling resentful toward me, because he just sees me always so happy, joy in Jesus, not worrying about the day to day things like money, bills, all that kind of stuff... (just saying, I do work and contribute and do worry about these things also but is true that I don't focus on it like Eric does and my attitude has always been... living day by day... and God will take care of us and Eric is definitely not like that).
Crazy thing is that before I read that pm from MissusMack, I had re-read what I posted in the thread, and the SAME EXACT thoughts came to me, I believe that The Holy Spirit was speaking both to me and to MissusMack. I couldn't believe it when I read her pm to me! And I told her that I had just been thinking the same thing, asked her advice, thanked her for praying for me, my husband, my family. THANK YOU MISSUSMACK and I see another pm I haven't read yet but I just had to share this first!!! Thank you so much for praying though!!!
Of course, I was praying too. And this morning, I'm just here on the forum and get a text message. This is seriously out of nowhere, way out of left field, and never would I have expect this with the way Eric has been lately. All I can say... Jesus was WORKING last night! And talking to Eric!!! Because... the message I got from him... (I did tell him that I talked to Ang and then to Liam and that they had both confirmed their hearts belonged to Jesus, given their hearts to Jesus, not sure how to say, but I did tell him yesterday and his answer was like... yeah... that's good.)
Text today out of nowhere though... his text said, "I've been thinking. And something that just popped into my head. Let's start doing a daily Bible study with you, me, Liam, and Angelina. We can start tonight." And there was some other after but that is the gist.
I immediately started crying and thanking Jesus!!!! ARE YOU SERIOUS LORD??? Just... THANK YOU!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you Jesus!!!!
And absolutely YES and we are going to have Bible Study every evening now!!! Only thing is, I am nervous because I know it is going to be me kind of the one facilitating it. Eric asked me too because he says he doesn't know like I do. And so I'm here to ask everyone here for help??? I've never led a Bible Study or anything like that. And what should we do? Where should we start? I am thinking we should start with Salvation. But is there any actual guideline or study anyone can suggest to me, like a more organized way to go about it? Also something that would be appropriate for 11 year old, 17 year old, and my husband... who I can't even remember the last time I ever even saw him look at a Bible. Please help???
Also, of course I am praying!
Mainly I am so HAPPY!!!!
On to praying for Devin and Ariana. Devin is 20 and Ariana is 22. Devin, he is a very good young man. And I have shared with him, shared Jesus, have talked to him kind of the same I talked to Liam except it was through text because Devin lives on his own with 2 of his friends (roommates). And with Ariana I have done the same, through text. She, I am very worried for. She is in a very bad place. And my parents refuse to even address it. And there is nothing I can do, as she lives with them, they take care of her and pay all her bills and she lives in pretty much what equates to an apartment in their basement. She does drugs, self mutilates, has been diagnosed bi-polar, anxiety, depression, has been hospitalized 3 times. She posts some really disturbing things on her social media accounts, naked pictures of herself, pictures of women all tied up like s&m, pictures of herself after she cuts herself up, and lately... just that I think she might now be in a relationship with another girl. I don't know for sure because neither my parents nor she will speak to me. She has chopped all her hair off though, recent pictures she looks very masculine (and this is a girl who used to be super model pretty and was very much a girly girl). She still is pretty... but like her entire identity has changed... clothing, no make up, male hair cut. And that is all I know because my parents refuse to talk to me, refuse to address any of Ariana's problems, they just sit back and enable her self destruction. And so please, pray for her.
After all that has happened over the past 3 days... Saturday Angelina... Sunday Liam... Today Eric!!!! God is a miracle worker and He can do ANYTHING! And HE WILL! As I have claimed Devin and Ariana both in His Name and For Him!!! It literally KILLS me, like a literal knife in my heart... to think of either one of them having to endure Tribulation. I can't even bring myself to think about if they were not to go to Heaven, if they were to be separated from God for eternity. But I TRUST HIM! Whatever it takes Lord!
And for my parents too... whatever it takes LORD!!!!
Edit: For those who don't like reading my books, can you read the bolded paragraph and suggest? Thank you!