Christianity Oasis Forum

[kimberly]

Do you sometimes feel useless? Good for nothing? Just taking up space and air? I used to.

Here's the antidote for that lil disease:

"I'm a useful member in the body of Christ. I serve the Father and Jesus well. I trust God from the bottom of my heart, I don't try to figure out everything on my own. I listen for His voice in everything I do and everywhere I go. He keeps me on track."
Proverbs 3:4-6

[smalltowngirl743]

Here is a partial verse that I use often:

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." (Proverbs 3:5)


This verse is helpful to me because I am an inquisitive person...always questioning and always wanting answers. The problem with this is often a spiritual one for me. There are so many conflicting beliefs and doctrines out there, that it can become confusing and overwhelming if you let it. I was caught up in this trap until I started reciting the above verse to myself.

We are not made to know everything...we are not little gods...and our human minds only have the capacity to understand a certain amount regarding the things of God. God knows all -- we don't -- which is why His Aways are often mysterious to us. So I finally gave up on trying to understand every little thing that people would throw out there, and chose to just trust in the Lord instead.

His Word is all we need, and if I sometimes don't even understand that, then I just wait and trust that the Lord will enlighten me when the time is right.

I don't even think that God wants His church arguing over little points in the Scriptures. It causes division and can turn off a repentant sinner seeking Truth. In the book of Titus, Chapter 3, verse 9 says:

"But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless."

I say "amen" to this!

Blessings ~ Ann

[kimberly]

Hey, Ann....thanks for that. I so agree!

This has been another Thanksgiving day for me, and at this evening hour, I'm thankful that as bedtime comes, God remains with me to make sure my sleep is sweet.

Here is my bedtime confession:--- "Father, I put your commands in my heart. I lay down in peace and safety and sleep well. My only dreams come from you. I wake again, because You sustain me. Awake or asleep, Jesus protects me. In His name, amen."
Psalm 3:5
Psalm 4:8
Proverbs 6:20-23

When I confess this, I have no wacky dreams. No fear attempts by the enemy in my sleep. I sleep safely and peacefully. My trust is in Him.

[Tam]

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you, he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
Isaiah 30:18

My confession today is that I will not take justice into my own hands....but I will let the Lord handle my battles.

[kimberly]

Have you ever been obsessed with food? Well, maybe not obsessed, but overly involved, .

I was. Fried food, junk food, sugary food, fast food. Then, I was diagnosed with diabetes. The future picture they gave me was grim. I determined food could lose it's hold on me, through Jesus. I decided. Finally.

I read and looked into meal plans and made one to fit me. I planned out every meal and snack for 3 weeks. I stuck to it, and to this confession:

"Thank You Father, You bless my food, water and medication. I eat for nutrition and health. My body is the temple. I no longer idolize food. I turn to Jesus for strength and wisdom in this matter. You give me wisdom to eat just enough, so I am filled and satisfied."

[Tam]

But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:13


I will keep looking forward....I have nothing to go back for.

[kimberly]

Should we let God choose our friends? I believe the bible tells us to use God's wisdom to pick friends. Although Jesus preached and ministered to people thought of as 'the dregs of society', they were not His intimate friends. He chose the twelve based on what God wanted, and those were the men He shared His time and intimate thoughts with.

"I choose my friends wisely, according to God's Word and instruction. I don't make worldly friends, I choose friends who have a relationship with Jesus, (although I might minister to others who don't)....my friends are those who believe in God's salvation message."
James 4:4
3 John 1:11

I am glad to say, all my friends are here....I don't feel sad because all my friends are online, I am lifted up by the fact they are all children of God.

[Tam]

Forget the former things: do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing: Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
Isaiah 43:18-19


My confession today is that I will dwell on thing of my Father and not things of my past.

[kimberly]

You'e seen those little signs that read---"God's not finished with me yet"? Well, He won't be finished with any of us until Jesus appears for us! I try to remember this whenever i get discouraged that "nothing seems to be happening" in my life....yet I know for a fact I am right where God wants me. So nothing 'seems' to be going on...I will continue to trust God that His plan will happen.

Phillipians 1:6 says: "...being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."

So, my confession is this:

"There will never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in me would keep at it, and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears!"

[Tam]

My confession today is Psalm 116:1-2

I love the Lord, for he heard my voice, he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.



The Lord is my refuge and I trust in him. His name will ever be on my lips.

[kimberly]

I missed posting yesterday due to tech problems, but I still had a confession!

Thurs. Aug.27:

"The Lord is my shepherd, to follow, lean on, and love. He makes sure I have all I need. He refreshes and restores me constantly, as i remain with Him. I'm going to dwell in His house forever!"
Psalm 23


Today, Friday Aug. 28th:

I have a day alone today. I have never minded spending time by myself, I actually like it....'cause I'm not much of a crowd person. I know I am not truely alone, Jesus is here. Because it's just Him and me, my mind is free to stay in Him, I don't have to speak or listen with my ears. My spirit is aware of His presence.During this time He instructs, guides and loves me.

"I am rich in the knowledge, wisdom and understanding of the Lord. My ears are open and I do what He tells me to do, because I believe and trust in Him. I rely on His wisdom and cling to Him. Through Jesus, I have eternal life!"
John 5:24

[comfy]

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
.And lean not on your own understanding;
.In all your ways acknowledge Him,
.And He shall direct your paths."
. . . . . . . . .(Proverbs 3:5-6)

the paths of my thinking, my emotions, relating with Him, relating with people . . . in His peace >

And let the peace of God
. . . .rule in your hearts,
. . to which also you were
. . . . .called in one body;
. . . .and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)