Receiving Yourself in the Fires of Sorrow [shared by Dexter]

Receiving Yourself in the Fires of Sorrow [shared by Dexter]

 

As a saint of God, my attitude toward sorrow and difficulty should not be to ask that they be prevented, but to ask that God protect me so that I may remain what He created me to be, in spite of all my fires of sorrow. Our Lord received Himself, accepting His position and realizing His purpose, in the midst of the fire of sorrow. He was saved not from the hour, but out of the hour.

We say that there ought to be no sorrow, but there is sorrow, and we have to accept and receive ourselves in its fires. If we try to evade sorrow, refusing to deal with it, we are foolish. Sorrow is one of the biggest facts in life, and there is no use in saying it should not be. Sin, sorrow, and suffering are, and it is not for us to say that God has made a mistake in allowing them.

Sorrow removes a great deal of a person's shallowness, but it does not always make that person better. Suffering either gives me to myself or it destroys me. You cannot find or receive yourself through success, because you lose your head over pride. And you cannot receive yourself through the monotony of your daily life, because you give in to complaining. The only way to find yourself is in the fires of sorrow. Why it should be this way is immaterial. The fact is that it is true in the Scriptures and in human experience. You can always recognize who has been through the fires of sorrow and received himself, and you know that you can go to him in your moment of trouble and find that he has plenty of time for you. But if a person has not been through the fires of sorrow, he is apt to be contemptuous, having no respect or time for you, only turning you away.

If you will receive yourself in the fires of sorrow,

God will make you nourishment for other people.

 

 

[Source: My Utmost]

 

 

Be Thankful to God for Life [shared by Amilin]

Something to share with all of us.... 

Have a blessed week friends ☺☺☺
 

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Heavy rains remind us of challenges in life. Never ask for a lighter rain. Just pray for a better umbrella. - That is attitude! 

 

Life is not about finding the right person, but creating the right relationship, it's not how we care in the beginning, but how much we care till the very end.

 

Some people always throw stones in your path. It depends on what you make with them. A Wall or a Bridge? - Remember you are the architect of your life.

 

Search for a beautiful heart, but don't search for a beautiful face. Coz beautiful things are not always good, but good things are always beautiful.

 

It’s not important to hold all the good cards in life. But it’s important how well you play with the cards you hold.

 

Often when we lose all hope & think this is the end, God smiles from above and says, 'relax dear it’s just a bend, not the end.' - Have faith and have a successful life.

 

One of the basic differences between God and humans is, God gives, gives and forgives. But the human gets, gets, gets and forgets.

 

Be thankful in life....

 

Power of Prayer [shared by SuLi]

PRAYER FOR A FRIEND
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Romans15:13
Abound ~ Exceeding, multitude, numerous, overflowing.
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LORD, YOU can see YOUR child. She/he needs YOU to break through the barriers to her/his faith. She’s/he's tired, ready to cave in. Afraid to hope. Afraid to feel the pain of waiting for YOU. The ability to endure no longer exists.

Hope has been smashed. She/he has no joy and no peace in believing that YOU are true to YOUR PROMISES. She/he has not felt the power of the HOLY SPIRIT in a long time.

First, I ask that YOU deliver her/him from evil. Send YOUR angels to wherever she/he is right now and fight against what she/he cannot see. Defeat her/his enemies and put a blood covering over her/him. Restrict all enemies from speaking to her/him and moving against her/him. In the authority of CHRIST JESUS, I cancel their plans to lie, steal, kill and destroy her/his faith.

I bind her/his mind to YOURS. Be large in her/him, HOLY SPIRIT. Every prayer that has been spoken over her/him, bring to full budding and blossom. Every scripture that she/he has planted in her/his heart, bring out of the deep and put it within her/his heart’s grasp. As she/he opens YOUR Word today, remove the veil from her/his eyes to see the power of YOUR LOVE, the power of YOUR authority, and the power of YOUR hand to be the source of all that she/he needs. Bring such powerful revelation as she/he reads that a journal page cannot contain her/his insights.

Through YOUR Word, and through the GOD-moments that YOU will ordain today for her/him, grow her/his faith and her/his hope. Transform the flickering flame of her/his faith into a blaze of glory. Infuse her/his heart with fresh faith and the ability to stand in the cement of YOUR LOVE  and believe YOU! YOU are not distant. YOU are not passive. YOU are a GOD of intervention and no one who has ever trusted in YOU has ever been put to shame.

Break through the fog. Reveal YOURSELF to her/him so that she/he may see YOUR GLORY and LIVE. The KINGDOM is here now and near her/him.

Seal this by the power of THE SPIRIT and it is by the Name of JESUS CHRIST, SON OF GOD, SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, and KING OF KINGS, that I pray these things. AMEN.