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(10/08/2000) a time for everything


Hello prayer warriors, 1. Prayer note: a time for everything [Ecclesiastes 3:11] He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. This is one of my favorite scriptures. Today, my pastor talked about pain bringing us blessings and having a value-added life from the pain in our lives. I came back and God continued to minister to me from this book of Ecclesiastes. This book was written by Solomon after he's gone through a lot of pain and suffering of having gone the wrong way and now he has come back to God. [Ecclesiastes 3:1-3] 1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; There is a progression here that I suddenly saw. Not a degeneration but a progression. We progress from the time we are born to the time we die. The interesting thing here is that there is a time to plant and a time to uproot. There is a time to kill and a time to heal. A time to break down and a time to build up. We must first learn to die to ourselves first before we can live for Christ. This is such a simple truth and yet sometimes when we do not understand this we do not let the trials that God allows to come into our lives make us better. Instead of progressing, we degenerate. John learned this truth when he said it so simply in [John 3:30] He must increase, but I must decrease. Similarly the apostle Paul started his new letters to Galatians and the Corinthians with an introduction of himself as "Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ" [Galatians 1:1], [1 Cor 1:1], [2 Cor 2:1]. By the time he wrote the letter to the Romans, he started calling himself "Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ" [Romans 1:1]. What happened in between ... from apostle to servant? I believe that the old Paul was being "killed" and "broken down" and the new Paul was being "healed" and "build up" [2 Corinthians 4:8-11]. That is what happens. The devil will throw things into your life sometimes because we have open doors in our lives and sometimes because some things which involve other people are not within our control. But whether you made a mistake or whether others did something to you, God is able to reverse it... from being killed to being healed, from broken down to being build up. If we allow God to heal us and to build us up through the trials, we will encounter the progression that God intends in our lives and not the degeneration that the devil intended. 2. New prayer requests: i. troubled marriage -- guest My marriage is in trouble please pray for us...Pray for God's will!! TA http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=432&table=prayer ii. children's heart & homes broken -- guest we have an unusual problem. i'm married to my x husband's wife's x husband. now that i have you confused?? we are having double the trouble that most divorced & re-married couples face. but the children are hurting the worst. God knows our problems, I'm asking everyone to lift all of us up & pray there will be healing & peace in all our lives. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=433&table=prayer iii. prayer for companion/husband -- guest pray that God will allow for me to meet a companion/husband. I am a divorcee for 11 years & am now ready, after the abuse that i suffered from my previous husband, I am praying for a mate, that is a God fearing man, one who has reverance for the Lord, and one that is a true man of God. The bible says- ask and you shall receive, i am a Christian women, I have been waiting a long time. Please agree with me in prayer...so that as a team we may win souls for Christ. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=434&table=prayer iv. need prayer for visa extension -- bhanu_vk I came to US year back. I applied visa extension. It takes 3 months. For me it is taking long time. Pls pray for me to get my visa as early as possible. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=435&table=prayer v. Another child -- christiandeb My daughter desires to have another child, but when she had her first baby two years ago, she was torn & their is a big lesion which had a massive infection; The gyneocologist told her that it is unlikely that she can have more children because of the scar tissue inside her tubes. She is devastated as she loves children. Please pray also for her husband. He is a great guy, but currently backslidden. Their names are Denyse & Allan and their sons name is Bradley. Thanks. http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=436&table=prayer vi. God is able! Pray for Judy -- bina Judy had a brain biopsy yesterday, they are waiting on the result of the second biopsy..the doctors are not optimistic about radiation therapy. She has 15 cancerous tumors in & around her brain, BUT GOD (my favorite saying) is able to heal..(more on site) http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=437&table=prayer 3. Number of prayer warriors: 469 We welcome txtonya8 and daringdd into our prayer group. Two has unsubscribed. in Christ, waihun
Sunday, October 08, 2000 4:30:37 AM waihun

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