CALM BEFORE THE STORM
CALM BEFORE THE STORM
How beautiful is this day, so wonderfully made are those fabulous sunsets from dawn to dusk. Sitting on the beach and feeling the sea breeze washing over me. I can live here forever just watching the waves rolling in and out and looking for those sea shells so perfect is my life. Everything as calm as can be.
Thinking about Jesus and how he walked on the water and taught those to be fishers of men. Some need a handout every now and then, but teach them to fish is a skill that can be used for life, for it gives life back to all of us in one way or another. Can we walk on water in the midst of the storm; keep our eyes on the prize that is Jesus Christ. Not looking back to who we were but looking forward to a fresh new start! Through roaring thunder the enemy tries to defeat us by blowing in the wind to knock us off our feet. But eyes on Jesus keep us standing firm where he has placed us. Shouting back at the enemy telling him he is defeated by the Blood of Jesus! Away he goes, only looking for another way in. Guard your heart and know he will find that open door if you don’t close it!
Tragedy strikes and a love one is gone to be with the Lord. This is a time to cerebrate their new life in heaven and know they no longer suffer anymore! Do not allow yourself to be dragged down by grief. There is a time to grieve just as there is a time to laugh. Don’t let the enemy in by grieving to long! Praise the Lord your love ones safe in the arms of Jesus! Allowing no regrets to pop in your heart to where the enemy can come in like a roaring lion and really put you on a guilt trip that is so hard to get out of! Bind that enemy and by the blood of Jesus he will flee once again!
We have the calm before the storm, but can you stay calm during the storm and walk on the water just as Jesus did by keeping your eyes on him an not on the storm that surrounds you all about? Can you be fishers of men and teach how to fish in the midst of the storm as well? When our eyes are on ourselves we start crying out to anyone who will listen to us. Tell them how bad your life is then off to find another shoulder to cry on. The enemy once again has gotten hold of you! When we get our eyes off of self and start helping one another the storm passes on by without any damage done to our souls.
Then once again we can sit back on that beach and praise God for all he has done for us and through us! Just as the sea breeze washes over us. God sent his Son Jesus to shed his blood for us. By the Blood of Jesus I am washed clean and all my sins are forgiven as I make them known to my Father in Heaven. I can live here forever just watching the waves rolling in and out and looking for those sea shells so perfect is my life. Everything as calm as can be in the midst of the storm! I keep my eyes focused on Jesus for he is there in the midst of it all he is my Divine Guidance to safety in this storm.
ARE YOU CALM IN THE MIDST OF A STORM?
OR
ARE YOU CRYING OUT TO ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN TO YOU?
Now to Him who is able to keep you from falling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. Jude 1:24-25
“Copyright 2008”
Jacqueline L. Greek
God gave this to me on December 29, 2008.
My father passed away on December 11 2008 and I was really feeling depressed, Yes I had a right to be depressed, I was not married, I did not have anyone to comfort me! I told that to my cousin Chris just the other day. My Sister all had husband to comfort them to help them through this. I had no one, I needed a shoulder to cry on!
This stinking thinking really weighed me down to the point all I did was watch TV and sleep til 3 in the afternoon! This was not me I was always busy doing something! I had a Christmas tree to tear down. I could get my grandson, but who cares how I feel, no one calling me. So I just watch more TV.
Tired of watching TV I got on paltalk and Chris was online, and I did not feel up to opening our room not in the mood for chatting, We have not open up our room in over a week. What is wrong with me! I did not feel up to going in the room that Chris was in, so I started to room hop, in the Christian section. Then there it was, Spiritual warfare and deliverance! I sat and listen to them chat and pray for others, then I typed in the room my problem with depression with my dad's death. The man Bruce started to ask me questions. Had me got my olive oil to anoint myself and they prayed, While they prayed God showed me I had this spirit of depression on me! That I picked up somewhere!
While they prayed the Lord showed me where I picked it up at! It came from Marie the lady across the street, I wrote a few things about her on here on my other testimony. She is the one that I had to stop being friends with least I become like her, she is so negative, and controlling I had to put a stop to it.
Here she came to my dad's memorial service and gave me one huge big hug! I am mean it lasted a long time, she held on tight to me as well. Finally she let me go, then I notice an old friend had also stop in, so I told Marie I had to talk to this person.
I did not give it another thought, other then I am still not going to go over to home and start to listen to her whine and complain again!
I did have some clothes to give to her daughter and I called her to see if her Boyfriend Ron could come get them being I was also sick and did not want to come over there.
He came and got them. He only puts up with her because he has no other place to go. How sad is that! He spends most of his time outside or up in the attic away from her. I told him why I still would not go over there, I did not want to become like her by being around her, it pulls me down. He told me while I am around her and she don't do that to me. If he only knew the truth. I am going to have to tell him sometime.
Getting back to where I was in the paltalk room, They prayed for the deliverance an bind Satan up off of me. Then had me pray as well in authority. I knew that was my problem when the prayer was over, I felt a weight had been lifted up out of my body! I was set free, who knew you can pick up a spirit just from a hug! Now I understood why I felt I needed a hug from someone anyone and felt envy for my sisters who were married. It was this spirit that came off of Marie and attached on to me. We need not only to be careful who we hang around with but who we get a hug from as well! We are in the end times and the more we get closer to God the more the enemy wants to knock us down, but as we stay close to Jesus and fellowship with believers we can stay on track with God!
Bruce and the others also told me to take an anointed bath! I never heard of that one before, just take one ounce of olive oil pray over it and ask God to bless it.
Well I did that, wow that was something, not only does my skin feels so soft but I can feel a new refreshing within me! But renew in energy I had, I stayed up all night, took down my Christmas tree, clean house, then took my bath and prayed. More energy came over me. I could not sleep so I got up and wrote this. God is Wonderful!
Matthew 4:18-22 (New International Version)
The Calling of the First Disciples
18As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19"Come, follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." 20At once they left their nets and followed him.
Matthew 14:29-31 (New International Version)
29"Come," he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!"
31Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?"
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