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Aabraham knew God had been faithful till now and He aalso needed God's guidance to go further. He building an altar to God showing His continue need for continued leading.. It was a way of him saying I believe. for me to call on the name of the Lord tells me I am c pletely dependent on Him ffor all things and circumstances.

I need faith and know thaat God will come through for me. I know it is God' will and still seeing it to come to pass, it will be so. God's time table is not mine mu thoughts are not his, but He knows the time and the seson that all will come to pass and the need will be met

Abraham waas appointed by God to be the father of all nations and because of his faithfulness we are blessed He believed Gao and his endurace and patience has taught me to be more patient and live expectantly to what God promises mee.

yes, wnen God called me i nto a praayer ministtry of prayer I hesitated. Again nudged me after praying for a woman whose husband was dying from cancer. Again God called me as I was clled to the hospital to pray for her husband again. I felt and knew God was talking directly to me. I said "yes Lord. Little did know that in the near future I would be the one who needed the members of the minitry Myself.Today I am still in the ministry In a slowwer pace yet stronger. But God has been faithful and Abrahams faith has strengthheened m y own many times.

as a christain we have a living hope that Christ will return and that hope is ever before us as wwe anticipate Chrrist's coming.It will be an exciting experience to see Christ in all of His glory and welcominng us home to all His fulness and receeive our inheritance of all He has promised us. Knoowing it can will come at any time, cay or night gives me to look eexpectanly and be aware of my obedience to Him and not blindly attached to this world. If we are not aware that Christ could come at any time an d lead lives of no regard to His coming, we fall into apaathy and lose purpse and meaning to the life we have begun to live and we become morre attached to this world than before.

Because of our human sinful nature wwwe do rebel against God and His will He haas planned for us. we believe that we are maaturre enough in our faith that we can know what is best. We are selfish people and think we know all the answeers. Pride makes us believe that we have all the right and best answers. WWe ate told to submit to those who are in authority as long as they are submitted to God's will.

AAfaterbeing married 27 years I was faced with a divorce. It was a 3 year battle. with shame and rejected. At the time I was President of a large Conference church organization and called by God to abegin a praayer minisstry.a Depression sset in an d felt no reason for livinig. But I kept in the word and had the spport of many of my Prayer partners. I sought professional help. with no help. But God led me step by step into aa siniging ministry and made a record and today I am stronger in my faith and happier than ever before. Praise God for deliverance and He has sustained me thrrough it all. I give all the glory to JESUS.

It is a gareat comfort to me as far as the east is from the west he remembers them no more. tho your sins abe as scarlet they shall be as white as snow. It was for me died an d He paid the price and H prayed Father forgive them for they do not kow what they do. It is finished me me a nd I am free to serve Him with mu whole being. It was for me He died so thaat I may live and experience life more abundantly.

to knoow Him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowhip of His suferings brings me unspeakaable joy. I have suffered many things buat t hrough it all God has abarought me great joy that I may know Him in all of His f ullness Through lonliness trials I have eexperienced g reat joy kowing I could do all things through Christ that strenthes me.My spirit is liftaed Christ words bring me much encouragement. Joy is always there and is not up an d down.

As in the Old Testqment they had to offer a lamb witheout blemish, so in the New Testament one had to be without sin, who is God's anointed to saave us from our sins. Without a sinless Saavior Christcould n ot pay the penalty for ous sins. Christ was separated from God when He bore our sin{ descended into hell} thaat when He bore the entireload of all men siiins from the time of the Old Testament to this day was a day He bore Our transgressions for us.

Iknow He called me personally. His voice came through the scriptures clearly as I was reading in John l5. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. The ord Jesus Christ us as individuals as indicatedin the lies of many Old Testament and New Testament Saints. In Insaiha we read I have called you by namee I know you are mine.

Be ye Holy as I am holy. God's command to me. I pray that t he Holy Spirit continually works within me when I am unholy. Without the Holy Spirit to convict me every time I disobey I would f ail my Lord many times, I am holy n ow because of what christ has done for mme and I become righteous of because of Him. I struggle with my thought patterns and this is a daily prayer. But I think that now that I am a new creature in Christ I ca say "halleluah" I can walk in freedom knowing where yo turn to.

As true believeres we should live expectantly with a dddaily rrenewal in our lives . The Holy Spirit has sset us aside to constantly lool for that hope. WWe are born again not only to a hope but to an inheritance that is the substaance of hope.Faith itself is precious but is valuable. We do not see Him now and much in the scriptures tell us to watch and Pray. I feel today is so wicked thaat Christ would weep a s He did on Jerusalem as elievers

They sometime think that doing all the right things that would compensate for all the they would ask of God. We are bought with a price and never de serve what a gracious God bestows upon us. This inspires me to humbly come before His throne but also am told I can boldy approach the throne.

A carnal ChristianOne who is easily lured to the world's ways.