The Heavenly Man a book I highly remend you read!!!

Hi all
I have just finished reading a great book ( Rebbecca lent me it) called "The Heavenly Man". I recommend you read it. I will tell you a bit about it, it made me think about my own faith, compared to his and other Chinese Christain my faith in the Lord is little. The book is about Brother Yun and how he was faithful to God in all his life. He was sent to prison 3 times from 1984 and 1997, he did not commit any crime only spread the Gospel of God in China. He was very bad beaten and treated all 3 times, but still had his faith in God to not tell the prison judges what they wanted the other people who helped him in spreading the gospel of GOD. He was so strong in his faith!!! I could not believe how he was treated, but most of all I could not believe his faith. He trusted God for everything, and all 3 times brought many harded criminally to the LORD! Amen. There was another example of a lady's faith in China, she was in prison for her faith and was asked she would choose between going home to her Children or Loving God, she choose God, I am don't sure if I would of gone that far as to stay in prison and not be with my kids, she was in prison for 23 years and her son did not see her till he was 34!. I will not tell you any more apart from if you can get a cope of this book please read it it will open your eyes on how Chinese Christian were ( not sure if are still) treated and many more other country's are like with Christians. I thank the LORD I am free to speak my faith in God and not be treated like this. Here is a You tube Video watch it!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nuFuFba8io
God Bless all those Christians who are treated badly for their Faith!!!

The Lord Love is so Great!!!

Hi all Just away for a few relaxing, throughtful days in Norfolk, and God wanted me to share some of the feelings I felt for him( not sure if I can put it in words it was so deep but for him I will try)

I saw the beauty of his creation in the sea, and the most lovely sunset I have every seen here's a picture, but you had to be there to see the beauty of it!

Then there was the message he gave me at the Shrine in Walsingham. I had felt the Lords presents there once before 15 ago when I went, but then I not think I had God in my heart and life. The first feeling came when I stepped into what was a tomb like the one Jesus was in for the 3 days before he rose, here's a picture . It was almost dark only a small light, and in a box was Jesus in all the cloth they wrapped him in, I touched his head and could feel there was just me and Jesus there, I prayed, prayers of Praise for drying for my sins(OUR sins), for the LOVE he shows us all!! I felt UNWORTHY to be in his presence, but knew he and his Father loved me so much, I cry when I remember the feeling of his love!!!

Then I went into the Shrine Church its self. And felt the Holy Spirit all round. The messages I got were some very personal and have to keep them between me and my GOD and other message I am told to share with you all. He said to tell you he LOVES US SO MUCH!!!!. If you have God in your Heart there's NOTHING you can do that will stop him from loving you. His Love is Uncontional Love, not like a humans love where it can change from one day to another, if you upset the person. No GODS love is the SAME!! all the time. I know JESUS is ALIVE!!!! And I know there's nothing so great than the LOVE of GOD!!!. He knows that you all know these things already but its good to be reminded and reasured. I pray for all my loved ones to feel the LOVE of GOD in there lifes, EVERYDAY of their LIFES, because theres nothing better than that feeling, there nothing to be AFRAID of when GOD is LOVING you. I Pray I never forget the feeling of that GODS LOVE in my heart. I feel so much more closer to HIM. GODBLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just Wanted to Share a few Pictures with Sayings on!

On this one above look carefully and read the words making the
Cross!

Hi All just wanted to share a few pictures I found on Net I liked hope it makes you smile and think.

What Heaven might be like!

Well look at these picture's what people imagine what Heaven would be like when we get there. The first is of Jesus welcoming us and maybe saying " Welcome brother or sister, thanks for all you did for me and my father, when you loved others and did a kind deed in our name". I would love for these to be me when I die. The second is how Heaven might look like, beautiful, peace, love, no sickness, no violence. What a wondering place to look forward to, our reward for Believing in GOD!!!!!!!. I hope all my loved one, family and friends will there with me too.

What I think Jesus would think of Earth now.

HI All, I was looking at pictures, of Jesus on Google and had to share this one with you. I noticed the tear on Jesus face, it made me think eyes maybe Jesus is looking down from Heaven with his Father and is sad how the Earth is turning out. First there's church's getting fewer people in them and having to close, and more and more people finding other things than to do on a Sunday than worship him at his Church, like shopping( in the olden days shops were closed on a Sunday), going to DIY stores, gardening and many other things than going to church!!

Then there's how the streets seem not as safe to walk as when we were young( I know not all people are BAD), but there seems alot of Knife crime etc around more.

Then there how the family life is not like it was in the days of old( I know I'm just as bad with being a single Mum), but the 2 point 4 familys are not there any more.

I think Jesus Is some what sad at how people use God's name in fane alot as well.

I could think other things that would make Him sad.

But there are things I'm sure that make him HAPPY to.. Like a when a person turns to him in prayer for the first time! When a person does a kind thing out of LOve for another not wanting anything back. And there is alot more things as well but I cant think of them right now.

I would love to know what you all think would make God sad or Happy in todays world!!!!

God Bless You All!!!!!XXXXXXXXXX

We Must Put on the Full Armour of God each day!!

Hi Fellow Beliviers.
Yesterday (24/05/08) the Holy spirit brougth to my attention to the verse in the Bible Ephesians 6- 13 to 18 about Putting on the Full Armour of God each day to battle with the devils work, first I was reading a book about Praying that Rebecca lent me and then that night I was reading my
usual nightly reading from Joyce Meyers, and both books metioned this reading so I said to God " What are you telling me this time". I have decided each morning I will as part of my morning worship of Prayer and
reading the days "Our Daily Bread" reading for the day I will read this verse to help me focus on God in the day ahead, then I looked in my Life Application Study Bible
what it had to say and througth I would share that with you as it puts it lovely.


Heading " God's Armour for Us" We are engaged in in a spitirtual battle, all beliviers find themselves subject to the devils attacks because they are no longer on the devils side. Thus. paul
tells us to use Every Piece of Gods armour to resist the devils attacks and to stand true to God in the midst of attacks.

Belt ...... Truth........ The devil fights with lies, and sometimes his lies sound like truth, but only the Belivers have God's truth, whuch can defeat the devils lies.

Body Armour........ Righteousness...... The devil often attacks our heart, the seat of our emotions, self-worth, and trust. God's righteousness is the body armour that protects our heart and ensures his approval. He approves of us because he loves us and sent his Son to die for US.


Shoes.......... Peace that comes comes from the Good News..... The devil wants us to think that telling others the Good News is worthless and hopeless task, the size of the task is too big and negative respones are too much to handle. But the shoes God gives us are motivation to continue to proclaim the true peace that is available in God, News EVERYONE needs to hear.


Shield......... Faith.........What we see are the devils attacks in the form of insults, setbacks and tempations. But the Shield of faith protects us from the Devils fiery arrows. With God's perspective, we can see beyond our circumstances and know that ultimate victory is OURS.

Helmet........ Salvation....... The devil wants to make us doubt God, Jesus and our salvation. The helmet protects our mind from douting God's work for us.

Sword........ Word of God........ The sword is the only weapon of offense in this list of Armour. There are times when we need to take the offensive against the devil. When we are tempted we need to trust in the truth of God's Word.


I think we should all get in the habit of putting our Lord's Full Armour on each day!!!!. God Bless u all.

Well I did it I said My Testimony at Church!!

Well Friends God and Eric at last got me saying my Testimony at today's

Service, it was one of the scariest things I have done, but also the most

uplifting service for God. It went well they say, I just spoke what I felt

from the heart. I had been preparing for it for 3 weeks, wrote out what I was going to say about 5 times, but when it came to it the Holy Spirit had other plans, on Saturday morning I woke up all excited as the Holy Spirit said to forget what I had written out and use 3 hymns from out Church book to use to say what I wanted, I even had a reading from the Bible to confirm it was the

Holy Spirit saying this the reading the Verse Hebrews 3 verse 7 " the Holy Spirit says Today if you hear my voice do not harden your heart" , I read this 10 minutes after the Holy Spirit spoke the idea to me. So this is what I ended up saying( sorry to those reading it that heard me at church).....

The First Hymn was " Jesus you are Changing me" I spoke about how I felt the Lord had made me more Confident to do things like, standing at the door each Sunday greeting people, helping at the Church Cafe and evening volunteer to act in a play at church. Then I went on to say how I worried alot less now, I'm not saying I don't worry at all I'm only human, but if I do worry it not for long as I turn to God in Prayer. So to the 3rd bit I Pray alot more now, in the mornings in my room, on the bus, at work anywhere I feel the need of God to talk to about people who needs prayer or myself. Then I said I had more Love for people the Love of God I want to share to others.

The Second Hymn was " Iam a New Creation" no more in condemnation. Here I said I felt the peace of God in my Life because I felt free of guilt of my past sins, because of Jesus dying on the cross for us.

The Third Hymn was " Here I am Wholly available" , I will serve the Lord.. Here I said how I want to service our Lord in any way he wants me too, from helping out at church to supporting people if down or ill, I want to spread Gods love to any one he wants me to in the Future.

I felt I had said my testimony well and I hope the Lord will be happy, its him that put the words in my mouth.!!!!!

GOD BLESS in your Service Sue.

Just a few Poems from The Friendship Book I Like!

Hi Just What to share I few of my Favouite Poems and sayings from The Friendship Book 2005:;;;;



Don't Tell God you have a big problem. Tell your problem yov've got a big God, and you'll scare it away knowing that Your God is with You!!!







God Be with you in the morning, Guide and bless through the day, fill you with His love and Comfort, bring you strenght along your way. God be with you, when the sunshine like true friendship glows so bright, and when the stars and moon shine gently, God be with you through the night. ( this I pray for you all!)..







It keeps you smiling when everythings seems against you. It keeps you going when up against a brick wall. It keeps you on your feet when you should be down and out. What is it? FAITH. If you have that you don't need anything else.



Faith

Achieves

Impossible

Things

Humlby.



And last one...... Its a sad irony that sometimes, when out hearts are at their most full, we find it hardest to tell God how we are feeling. I pealed to come across the following quote which seems to sau it all; "God understands our Prayers even when we can't find the words to say them". Thats a comforting throught to remember when the problems of the world seem too big to cope with.


GodBless

The Peace Of God

Hi, I cant believe how must peace and happiness I have felt just latley ( I would say in the last 3 months ). Ten years ago when I was going through my divorce and felt so alone and depressed, if someone had told me I would feel like I feel today I would not of believed them. And it the peace of God in my heart that made it like this.

I feel so great to be me, alive, health, food to eat, water to drink, a lovely family ( even though sometimes they can drive me mad), a loving church family,great friends, a job I like (most of the time!), I am glad I live in England, I know it got crime, but not as much a some countrys, I know its got unemployment, but as much as some counrtys. At least in England we have food to eat, clean water to drink. I thank God every day for these good things in my live.

I know Life cant always be without troubles, but with God on our side we can get through the hard times. And feel his Peace!!!!

I wish all my Family and Friends the Peace of God in their LIVES!!!!

AMEN!!!

God work on the streets of our Town!

Hi all I saw a great thing this morning, was in my local town centre, when I saw 3 lady with bright yellow jackets on with name tag like badges with the words" Prayer Patrol" so I went upto them and asked what they were about, it seems they are members of diffrent churchs in the town who with the help of the police go round the town and if anyone needs prayer or help they will pray for them. Well I througth how great thats how to bring the LORDS work onto the streets what a great service these ladys are doing for the Lord and the people in the town, people who might not even have set foot in a church, or know about God. I thanked to ladys for what they are doing and told them which church I was from.

I felt I had to share this with you all. May the Word and Prayers of God reach the world in any means possilbe. AMEN

God Bless you all who read this.!!!

This is from the same book!

This is from the same book I just been telling you about, its a poem about how Mums can care for they children, but not live their lives,througth it was good and had to share it with you all......

I gave you life, but I cannot live it for you.
I can teach you things, but I cannot you make learn.
I can give you directions, but I cannot always be there to lead you.
I can allow you freedom, but I cannot account for it.
I can take you to church, but cannot make you believe.
I can teach you right from wrong, but I cannot always decide for you.
I can buy you beautiful colthes, but cannot make you lovely inside.
I can offer you advice, but cannot accept it for you.
I can give you love, but cannot force it upon you.
I can teach you to be a friend, but cannot make you one.
I can teach you to share, bu cannot make you unselfish.
I can teach you to respect, but can't force to to show honour.
I can advice you about friends, but can't choose them for you.
I teach you about sex, but can't make you pure.
I can tell you the facts of life, but I can't build your repution.
I can tell you about drink, but I can't say NO for you.
I can comfort you in your pain, but I cannot make you better.
I can warn you of drugs, but can;t prefent you from using them.
I can tell you about lofty goal, but can't achieve them for you.
I can teach you kindness, but I can't force you to be graciuos.
I can warn you about sins, but I cannot make you walk with GOD.
I can teach you about JESUS, but cannot make HIM your savouir.
I can teach you to Obey, but I cannot make Jesus Your Lord.
I can tell you how to live, but I can't give you Eternal Life.


This is so true of all Mums and Dads of Children everywhere. It rang true to me how I can tell Tony and Donna about how I would like them to behavouir, but not make them do it.

God Bless You all who are Parents.

About a book I have read.

Just been reading a book, a true story of a girl in England who was suffering badly with M.E., her and her family and friends were all Christians. Her Mum wrote the book about how the suffering of her Daughter tested her faith and that of the rest of the family, all thougth the book I saw thougth their suffering they still kept the faith in the Lord to help them cope with the girl illness, at first they prayed for her healing, she did improve for a bit, then spilt back to being ill, at times she even found it hard even to get out of bed or wash herself, then they prayed to God that he would give her and them the strength to cope with her suffering illness. It made me think 1) How terrible for the Girl and her family 2) How great it was that they kept their faith in the Lord 3) I felt so thankfull to the Lord that my 2 are so healthy 4) Thankfull to the Lord that I'm in good health. Praise the Lord!!! Through her illness the girl would write things down to help herself. Here is one of the things she Wrote, I wish these word for all my Family and Friends.........





May the peace of God run in and thro' you

Like gentle streams flowing over you

Quieting all fears

Quieting all worries

Releasing the tears

Drowning the torment

May God's peace dwell inside you

Giving inner reassurance to guide you.





AMEN!!!!!!

How 2 get the peace of the Lord from Prayer

I want to share my througths on staying in a peaceful mind by handing all your worrys and fears to the Lord, who cares for us where ever we are.

Each morning I wake up, I thank God for a new day and ask him to guide my steps though the day. Then I read the days verse out of "Our Daily Bread", then I say my prayers, always starting for my family and friends needs and then news items and ending with myself. But my prayers dont end there, when every a worry or someone comes to my mind I will pray for it, before I can worry to much and spoil my peace!.

Can I give you an example, when my son came home today he told me he had a run in with a angry boy on the bus, he sat down in a seat and the boy got mad and said" Aaaaa thats my seat move"!!!!, Tony shouted at the boy and did not move so the boy stormed off and sat somewhere else. Then when Tony left the bus the boy got behind him and got hold of his neck and chocked him a bit. Tony said he wished he had got his key and stabbed him, I said would of made thing worse. He was ok physical when he got home but was mad. Now at one time a day I would get real upset and worried about this. But tonight I told Tony he was right not to do nothing, and then Thanked God that it did not end up worse than it did, and for looking after Tony. Then asked God to look after him again every day and left at that and did not worry about it any more( though Tony was still in a bad mood!!!).

Hope this example has got to the point. God Bless may all my family and friends live in the peace of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirt!!! AMEN

A bit of how GOD helped me in the Past.

Thought I would tell you a bit of how I know God has helped me in my past. The first time I felt God close to me was when I was having a Op for a womens problems and was very worried about it for days before the day I was to go into Hosptial, friends at Church prayed for me, but still I was a little worried, then as I was being wheel down to the theater I prayed for God to look after me and all of a once a peace came over me, I even prayed for a women in the bed next to me( this was in the early days of my Christian walk). The op went ok and I will always remember the closeness I felt to God that day.


In another way God has helped me is when I was looking for a job, it kept praying but could not get anything for a year then I fell ill so was not up to working all day any way, so in a way God knew it was not time yet for the job. Then after a op and a few months to get over it, I looked again and prayed again, after a few months I found the job im in now. At first I had alot of problems settleing into the job, but I and my church friends prayed for Gods help and after 4 months things got alot better, THANKS TO GOD, and now after 2 years there I feel very settled and am respected but I know I could not have done it on my own!.


Since my first closeness to God I have felt I have grown close to him every day. I used to worry about little things alot, but now when I feel myself get like that I hand it over to the Lord and see what happens and feel alot more at peace. I do thank God and also my friends at Church and my family and my best friends who is a Vicar for helping me grow in Gods Grace!!!. I have now ground I can start and do Gods work and help others to get close to him and feel the peace of him.
I hope I have not gone on to much I just want to Praise God for his Help in my life.

God Bless Suex

Gods forgives better than humans!

I have learnt that God can forgive your Sins and failings alot quicker that us humans forgive each other. I will tell you what happen today, my daughter and her boyfriend went shopping for food they wanted to see what they wanted to eat, I had made a list of what me and my son wanted for the week and read it out to her, and she took it with her, when they got back half of the stuff was wrong missing and wrong, I lost my temper with them( I let the Devil and human side of me take control), her boyfriend stromed off and I had a row with my daughter. After I calmed down I could see how petty I had been ( for it says I the Word "Why should you worry about what you should eat or drink), so I asked God to forgive me, and I felt at peace at once. Then I went and said sorry to both my daughter and her boyfriend, she took about 30 minutes to forgive me and he took 1 and half hours, not talking to me in the mean time. Where I was at peace, they where still uptight. Hope you can see what I'm getting at. God forgiveness is quick and final if we know that we have done wrong and turely am sorry for our sins and failings. God is GOOD.


GOD Bless Sue

A Prayer from a good book By " Kathyryn Kuhlman"

Remember To whom You belong; I am His, by Him created, I am His, by redeemed, I am twice His, by original right and by purchase, I am His and He will defend me , He will correct me, He will make us of me, He will love me, He will delight in me. I am my Beloved Lord , and no one else possesses either right or power over me, except according to His will. He is mine, and all that is mine is His. All my sin, all my weakness, all my condemantions, all my misery, all my fears, all my shortcomings, I give to Him. They are His. His strength is my strength, His righteousness, is my righteousness, His wisdom, His holiness, His salvation is mine and His God is my God. His Father is my Father. His breathren is my breathren. And His Heaven my home! For I belong to Him, and He is Mine!!!

I Think this sums up Our Faith in Jesus very well.

God Bless You all Suex

A Truibute Of Ruth Jackson( a lovely lady)

Ruth Jackson was a lovely lady who died and went home to heaven to be with her LORD and Savouir on the 2 of April 2008. She had a great faith in Jesus. She lost her husband 2 years ago in 2006, after being married for along time to her beloved Geroge. She Had a great sense of Humour very rarely found in peoplr today.

At our Church we will miss her. My Prayers and througths go out to her Daughter Karen and Granddauthers and Great- Granddauthers. I know she will be makeing people laugh now in heaven. God Bless her and may her merory be with us always.

God Bless from Sue

What I think of God's love!

I think that GOD,s love for us, can give us a calm and peaceful life like the water in this picture. If we work with him and do what he wants us to. Mainly to love others like Jesus did and treat them how you would like to be treated.

The more you think of other and love others before ourselfs the more happy you will be.

But first the main thing is to prayer to God and Jesus as much as you can. And prayer to them like you are talking to a friend.

This is what I think.

God Bless you all