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[mlg]

Today was such a rough day for me. A spiritual battle all day. I've been working so hard for God lately, from studying and reading the Bible, to telling others of HIM, to helping teach Sunday school for the children at my church, to playing piano at my church, to playing Christian music in my office at work for all to hear, to spending many hours here at the Oasis. God and I have been walking so closely lately, and I just knew that Satan would eventually come after me, cuz I have been so excited about the Lord. And guess what today was that day, and wow did he ever come after me. This morning, he started in on me, by trying to fill my head with all sorts of doubts about my faith, then as soon as I got to work, he threw curve ball after curve ball, and I still had my head full of doubts, even after about 15 minutes of shouting, for Satan to leave me alone, and about 1 1/2 hours of prayer. Finally around lunch time, I was able to take a break, and I decided to read some of the Oasis studies. The first one I read, I'm not sure as the name, but had to do with eating pork. Now why I chose this study, I have no clue, but the humor injected into it by Oasis, about eating bacon in a bathroom, just kinda picked me up some, and then I went on to read the Once Saved Always Saved study. The scriptures within this study, finally gave me peace in my head. Then something else happened this afternoon, and again I had already had a rough day, so I found myself doubting the situation, but that too has passed. I'm still stuck with a few loose ends at work, that I hope to tie up tomorrow. The issue with all of this was, no matter how prepared I thought I was for one of Satan's attacks, it somehow become stronger and tougher to fend off. Especially, when I have been so strong in my Faith with the Lord, that's when the attacks are harder to endure. But, through it all, I have spent even more time with the Lord today, than I have in past weeks, lots of praying and reading and studying. So actually what Satan's attacks today did, was just make me love the Lord more, and want to do more for HIM, already when I'm doing so much, I feel like there's yet more to do. Amazing love from the Father huh? May you all know my Jesus, cuz he IS awesome and brought me through yet another day.

[splash]

Yay God! He's so good.

Your blog was a perfect example of how to react to attack... Pray...turn to the Word... turn to other people you know will encourage you in your faith... turn your mind to the Lord and get it off yourself. I'll prayer for you. Thank you for the time you give here MLG, it's made a difference to me and I know to many others as well. Love ya sis!

[susidivah]

((((mlg))))

I appreciated your post a lot... can relate totally to those doubts Satan loves to tease us with at times... and I agree with your comment about when the enemy attacks, it can draw us even closer to the Lord! May you keep in Him, and continue to be still and know He is God even when worldly chaos tries to set in.

Luv ya sis!
Susi