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(10/30/2000) knowing the will of God


Hello prayer warriors, 1. Prayer note: knowing the will of God [John 8:32] And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. How do we know what is the will of God in our lives and is it important to know? Many times we spend so much of our lives searching for God's will when it can easily be found. Let's look at the verse before. [John 8:31] Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; The truth and many times the will of God is found in His Word. His Word tells us that He wants us to have abundant life, good health, prosperity, etc. His Word tells us that He is a good God and He does not plan on destroying us. I am now reading a book by Ray McCauley and I'd like to share some of his thoughts on this. Why is it important to know God's will? "i. because our faith begins where the will of God is known. If you don't know that it is God's will to heal you, you can never have faith to believe God for your healing. ii. because when you know what God's will is in a situation then you can fight the good fight of faith - you can apply the spiritual principles for God's will to be done in the situation. iii. because then you can stand wearing the armour of God." Many people will go to God in ignorance concerning His will and say, "God, you are in control ... whatever will be will be." That is sometimes the most dangerous position and stance to take in life. We stop fighting for what is ours, we stop having vision and we stop pursuing the life of faith that God wants us to have. We need to pursue God's will for us by visualizing, by praying and by fighting until we receive the breakthrough and live in God's perfect will for us. We start by spending time in His Word discovering His will for us. [John 15:7] If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 2. New prayer requests: i. Pray for me & my church -- pirlee Pray that I will continue to grow in Christ & for my church who has let the enemy in & that our eyes are opened to recognize the work of the enemy & that we stand on faith that even though things are happening in our church that nothing happened without God allowing it to happen & that we recognize that He has allowed it to happen for a reason & that we recognize and submit to His Will. I know that this is the only way that change is going to come. ii. Pray for Camille -- guest Pray that the Light & Love of God pervade the life of a small child, Camille Ko. That the darkness that has been so much a part of her experience be cast out, never to return. May a peaceful, healing & final resolution be obtained during this time of spiritual & emotional conflict & may the Love of God triumph & Truth be known. We ask for this in the name of Jesus. May His will be done. Amen iii. Pray for Darrin -- doug2k Please pray for Darrin in Mobile, Alabama. He has cancer. iv. Job testing -- glory I started a new job last week. The training is interesting but very difficult. We are tested every few days, & must score 80% in order to keep our jobs. This will go on for over three months. I have a test today. I really want to keep this job, I REALLY need this job, so please pray for me. Thank you. 3. Prayer update: i. Update on Darren -- nadine I want to tell all those that prayed for my brother Darren & his wife Sarah, that we have been witness to answered prayer!! As I posted very recently (right before the server went down) I was extremely worried for Darren who, although a christian for the past 5 years, had stumbled & was battling with a violent & threatening nature. Never before have I had to rely so much on prayer in my life, as I was so far away (they're in New Zealand & I'm in Argentina) & I couldn't practically do anything - except PRAY! So I got down on my knees & begged all I could to do the same, believing that God would not allow Darren to be snatched from His hand.. We prayed for a change of heart, for Darren to turn his face back to God. Our prayers were truly heard, for Sarah managed to get Darren to talk for the first time in a year - he cried 3 times & admitted he had a problem with anger that he couldn't control. We are still far from winning this battle, but this is the first perhaps most significant step, which I wish us all to praise the Lord for! Thank you so much, to everyone. 4. Site update: Praise God. The new site is up and you can access and use it now. Most of the things are working except for a few things here and there. I haven't got the automatic response emails to work yet. But I believe everything will be working in a week's time. Thank you everyone so much for praying. God honours our prayers. 4. Number of prayer warriors: 503 We welcome johart, godschile and christo into our prayer group. One has unsubscribed. in Christ, waihun
Monday, October 30, 2000 6:41:36 PM waihun
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