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(02/22/2000) Among thorns


hello prayer warriors 1. Prayer note: among thorns This is a continuation on the series on the condition of our hearts when hearing God. The third type of soil: [Luke 8:7] And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. [Luke 8:14] And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. Well, we may look at these verses and say that this does not apply to me. Look again. Look at the parable of the prodigal son [Luke 15:11-31] There were two situations in which the prodigal son could not hear the voice of his father: i. He left the father to pursue the pleasures of this world ii. He was hiding in a pigsty because he was too ashamed and too guilty to face his father. Sometimes, we are like the prodigal son. We are either too busy with the pleasures and cares of this world for God or we are too guilty and condemned and we hide from God. Things have not changed. After Adam enjoyed the pleasures from eating the fruit of the tree of good and evil, he hid from God because he was too ashamed of what he has done. This was a revelation to me. I always thought that when I did something wrong that the Holy Spirit was doing His work to condemn me and I would feel really bad. But what does the Bible say? [John 3:17] For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. [1 John 3:20] For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. I heard this revelation from hearing a message by Joseph Prince. He said the Holy Spirit NEVER condemns us. [John 16:8-10] 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Here he said, the Holy Spirit convict the world of sin (in singular and not plural) because we believe not on Jesus. That is when we first accept Christ, the Holy Spirit convicts us of sin. But the Holy Spirit always points us to His righteousness, what Jesus has done on the cross for us. So, everytime we feel condemned, it is our heart that condemns us. Don't wallow in that guilt and condemnation but quickly turn to God, ask for forgiveness and repent. If we have that attitude, we will always be close to the Father and not run away or hide. 2. New prayer request i. Pammy needs healing from rejection by 1111 "Many of her friends over the past few years have rejected her and accussed her of things that have not occurred. Now being alone, except, she even feels that God has left her as well. " http://www.mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=91&table=prayer&reptable=replies Please lift up Pammy in your prayers regularly 3. Prayer update i. healing by alon I've been in touch with alon. Susie was in the hospital last week for four days trying to get her weight up and control the pain better. God is wonderful, suddenly last week, I remembered alon and susie in our prayer email even though she has not given me any update on that. Let us pray and continue to fight for her and really pray for the healing in her life. http://www.mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=19&table=prayer&reptable=replies ii. keith by sandy I have not been in touch with sandy lately but please continue to lift keith up, both in the area of his relationship with his father and brother and the continual healing of his brain tumour and of course, for his salvation. http://www.mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=38&table=prayer&reptable=replies 4. Number of prayer partners: 51 We welcome rbruns, maryp and debo into our prayer group. Note: You can pass this prayer email to your friends who are interested in praying for others. It is wonderful that God's hands is on this prayer group and He is moving through our prayers. Imagine if we grow to hundreds and everytime someone submits a prayer requests, there are hundreds of prayer warriors mobilised to pray for them. :) Let us march on, waihun i. Old prayer emails are archived here: http://www.mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewtpc.asp?forumid=11&forumtype=3&parent=0 ii. To join the prayer forum: http://www.mydevotion.com/logos/login/regredirect.asp?redirect1=/ iii. To unsubscribe from the prayer forum: Reply to this email with subject "unsubscribe"
Tuesday, February 22, 2000 10:26:40 AM waihun

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