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Comment on Wife In Pain by Yolanda

Yolanda — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:00:25 +0000

I also understand and can relate to many of the comments. I have been in the ministry with my husband for 15yrs and i have felt alone. I love the Lord with all my heart and soul. My purpose is to stand beside my husband in the ministry. But i am about to lose my mind because of the mininstry?????(help me Jesus). thank you all for the openness you have. I am not alone. What a Blessing…..

Comment on Disillusionment - The Holy Spirit’s Way of Saying, “What are You Doing Here?” by Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:19:29 +0000

This article really contained the words I needed to hear. I have been feeling so like God has let my husband and I down. He gave us promises concerning his kingdom and the work we were to do. We had such great faith that what he had said to us, he would do. But then we didn’t see it. Time and again we kept holding on in faith, each time our faith failed we would sink to a new level of despair and disillusionment. We kept rising up again and fighting the good fight of faith, only to be knocked down again by never ending trials and afflictions. We believed we were being opposed by the enemy and so we would rise up to fight again. As victory became less frequent and depression began to take a hold we began to wonder if God had abandoned us or we were being punished in some way. Anger began to take a hold. We had sought to obey God with all our heart, mind and soul. Was God now judging us for our failure to overcome the cares and worries of life that accompanies bringing up 4 children? Circumstances beyond our control had overwhelmed us during the previous few years, were we to blame for not being stronger? I began to see God has uncaring and unfaithful and judgemental. This caused me deep distress and guilt because I have always thought that I loved the Lord Jesus with all my heart, mind and soul. How could I be thinking these things? I was oscillating between believing I was just under attack from the enemy for doing the will of God and believing that God was opposing me for not doing his will! Which was it? How could I know - God wasn’t telling! Why was he seeming ever more distant and why during the times I felt his presence again did he not tell me what the problem really was. Then suddenly our only means of financial support in the place where God had called us to minister for Him was cut. We kept thinking God would come through as in times past but he didn’t. Then it became increasingly clear that we were just going to have to move back to where we came from. Four years of our life had been given to a dream/call/illusion…what? Yet it seemed that nothing had come to fruition. Then the stress of moving, having to part with beloved pets, accept a vastly reduced income, fear for the future and a knawing sense of God having failed us. And then these words…’Were you hanging your hat on a promise I never gave you?’ God gave us a promise but he did not say we would be around to see it. He brought us to a certain place to pray. He told us he would answer our prayers in that place because of his promise to the forefathers. He brought us miraculously to the place of the 1800s and 1904 Welsh revival and provided for us in the Wilderness for four years while we prayed. We believed so much that our prayers would be answered and that we would see another outpouring of God’s spirit and be part of it and oh, how we longed for it! These words brought so much comfort at such a time of sadness and anguish as we were boxing up the contents of our home and preparing to leave. ’God had to explain to Elijah that much was being accomplished even if it did not meet Elijah’s expectations or dreams. There were 7,000 people who had not bent their knee to Baal. Work was being done for the Kingdom and more was needed, and it was time for Elijah to come out of his male cave of depression and head back to where he had come from - to do more work for the Kingdom.It is God’s plan, and God’s family, and many things are happening even if you and I don’t see it. We need to move forward in faith and not set up in our hearts promises that God never gave us. Dis-illusionment is a gift. It can be the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives giving us the correction and direction we need. Next time you feel bewildered and disillusioned, just picture God asking you in a kind voice, “What are you doing here?” Thankyou so much for this article which has ministered peace in a very difficult time. I know now my brethren are out there and we are one in Him and we are waiting for that precious promise of the father together and great will be our rejoicing when it comes. He loves us and has not failed us. He is the author and finisher of our faith and we must wait for him no matter what is going on around us right now. Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen.

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Comment on Wife In Pain by Charlette

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Comment on Wife In Pain by shelly

shelly — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:00:20 +0000

I so understand all of these comments. I often feel that if I didn’t have children at home I would end it all. Church people are cruel and unappreciative. We have been hurt, maligned and set up for failure by people on a level that is unimaginable. We will lose our home soon because of the lying and general dishonesty of the people we came to “serve with”. I have moved way past anger and now am just so sad and exhausted all the time. I don’t know what to do. My husband has been looking for other work but so far no luck. I sometimes feel like God has pleasure in watching the misery. I know that isn’t the “right” thing to say but I feel we will never get out of this and have been destined to be miserable. Our marriage is more like a roommate situation due to the never ending stress and strain of the ministry. I really feel there is no way out.

Comment on House Cleaning by Industrial cleaning specialists

Industrial cleaning specialists — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:36:42 +0000

Working in the waste insutry myself I can 100% appreciate this this blog and like how it has been written. A lot of people assume that being in the waste insutry must be a awful job, but it’s not all that terrible. We do have some bad days though!

Comment on Why Am I Being Rejected? by kimwenzel

kimwenzel — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:05:11 +0000

I will certainly be praying for you. Remember, the only opinion of yourself that matters is what Jesus thinks about you. Even the people the closest to us will eventually be disappointed or disillusioned with us. Hang on to Jesus and remember even in times of sin and foolish decisions, Jesus loves us enough to die for us on the cross. When he says he will never leave us or forsake us even to the end of the age - he is the only one who can live up to those promises.

Comment on Why Am I Being Rejected? by tillyb

tillyb — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:38:54 +0000

thank you. i have just be fired from my job. and i fired myself from the pulpit for a couple of months now because of “fear”. everything and everyone around me seems to be crumbling but i thank you for reminding me that JESUS is with me and he will never leave me no forsake me even in these time. pray for me.

Comment on Musings On Freedom by http://www.youi.com.au/

http://www.youi.com.au/ — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:51:45 +0000

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Comment on Are You Burning Out? by http://www.youi.com.au/

http://www.youi.com.au/ — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:51:25 +0000

I was just talking to my partner about this very topic. You must be psychic or something!