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Jesus telss us to tell the world what He has done for us so I would like to boast about YHWH and Jesus.

I did not want anything to do with churches for a long time because I did not see much of God's power in the churches. But I was in a deep trouble in my life and did not know what to do. I do not want to go into detail because it seems many people have been in the same kind of trouble I have been. In a nutshell, I aksed God to come into my life and make me a Christian. It was about 9 years ago and my adventure with God started. Even though my life did not change right away, it was meaningful because I was enjoying reading the Bible and changing my life accordingly.

After about a year I started changing drastically; I was leading confident life, I did not let my husband manipulate me anymore and I followed Jesus only. Of course my husband was furious of my change and left us when he realized he cannot manipulate us with his worldly mentality and lifestyles. Even though he claims he's been a Christian all his life.

God has blessed me with three devoted children; I never had happy family and it was my dream to have one. God gave it me after I became His follower. I believe we are the most happiest family in a whole wide world.

Hallelujah!!! Thank you YHWH and Jesus!!!

In Jesus' name, hitomi

Hi Hitomi,
Amen Hitomi, with the exception that since I don´t know your now ex I can´t really approve of what you say.



AR

hi AR,

I know God is blessing me because I finally have a happy family I never had. My faith for God and Jesus is getting stronger and stronger as years go by. All I need is blessing from God which He is giving me abundantly everyday in every aspect of mine and my family's life.

Thank you Jesus!!!

For the rest of you who are in mixed marriages—Christian married to non-Christian—we have no explicit command from the Master. So this is what you must do. If you are a man with a wife who is not a believer but who still wants to live with you, hold on to her. If you are a woman with a husband who is not a believer but he wants to live with you, hold on to him. The unbelieving husband shares to an extent in the holiness of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is likewise touched by the holiness of her husband. Otherwise, your children would be left out; as it is, they also are included in the spiritual purposes of God.

On the other hand, if the unbelieving spouse walks out, you've got to let him or her go. You don't have to hold on desperately. God has called us to make the best of it, as peacefully as we can. You never know, wife: The way you handle this might bring your husband not only back to you but to God. You never know, husband: The way you handle this might bring your wife not only back to you but to God.— 1 Corinthians 7:12-16 (The Message)

Love,

sw

Everyone,

This thread is for my praise of YHWH and Jesus.
Please don't distract from the topic. Jesus tells us to tell the world what He has done for us. That's all I am doing.

thank you.

Well Here We go in a Shorter form

In 1998 at the age of 40 things were going good at least on the outside a couple hit songs on the radio,a loving kind wife, 2 great kids and what am I doing drinking like a fish, smoking like a chimney,
messin around like a dog, and HURTIN' bad on the inside.

So my wife had been taking my kids to Sunday school at a church near by and I would grab groceries in the mean time ( Usually hungover).

But my wife bugged me to go to church a couple of times " The kids were in a few plays "

Well when the preacher preached it was if he knew what was happening to me on the INSIDE ( HEART )

This was STRANGE!!!
How Could He know? ( I had no Idea about the Holy Spirit)

Well one day I had had enough!! For the last year or so I had contemplated finding a way out of this Life.

So the wife and I had a tiff and I left in the car Her chasing me down the road and for some reason I turned around and went back home.

We talked for hours and then around 1-2 am a verse the preacher had said sank in " The wages of Sin is Death " " But the gift of GOD is Eternal Life " " In Jesus Christ Our Lord "

I had a problem the Holy Spirit convicted me of My Sins HOW could a sinner like me expect to spend Eternity with a Holy GOD?

My whole Life I had been collecting wages for my Sin and the Punishment for them was DEATH not the Death that we will all face.
( you know 10 out of 10 people will die in their life time ")

But Eternal Seperation From a Holy GOD I was as the Bible says Deserving of the " Second Death " Why would He have anything to do do with me? If I had never had anything to do with HIM.

Then I remembered the rest of the verse " THe Gift of GOD is Eternal Life " Hey this is a GIFT I don't have to do anything but ask the right Person for it!!! Who was that person? " In Jesus Christ Our Lord "

OUR LORD He wasn't my Lord!!! He was LORD to some of those people at the church. But He wasn't MY LORD!!

So early that morning I prayed to Jesus and saked HIM to Forgive me of MY Sins and to come into MY LIfe and Be MY LORD!!!

And I stepped from DEATH to ETERNAL LIFE THAT DAY!!!!


HALLALUJAH!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!
I was Born Again " A New Life In Christ "

PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME!!!!

Ditto Hitomi

I was not going to go into detail of my family problems but since everything I do and say is connected with my faith I would like to explain.

I have been consisting of believing and trusting Jesus teachings; they are wonderful and practical in every aspect of our lives. When we disobey His teachings we are inviting the disaster and not to mention being bad witnesses for our Lord Jesus. My family is good and typical example of that.

My husband married me breaking the Bible teaching of not yoking with non-believer which was me. Of course our marriage was disastrous from the beginning and I could not take any more of his addiction of porn which he has been committing on daily basis. I could not get used to of his hypoctrictical ungodly lifestyle. Most of his favorite shows was sleazy ones like Howard Stern and Jerry Springer and so on.

I could not take it anymore for the sake of our children. Our family was in chaos and my husband many times was so violent verbally. I talked to His pastors and they did not want to get involved and told me to go to women's shelter. So following counselor's procedures, he is in an abusing husbands' list, he is also on a list of child abuser because he beated up our oldest daughter one time when she acted up when she was teenager.

This is the reality of Christian community; they don't know how to help people who are in a predicament.

That's the time I asked God to come into my life and help me to be a faithful Christian. Then I stopped asking other pastors, counselors and christians for help. I just kept reading the New Testament to follow Jesus' teachings. I know the power of Jesus teachings. That's why I am persistant to encourage everyone to follow Jesus' teachings faithfully. Jesus' teachings power started to show in my life. I asked kids to take a choice which one they follow, me or their father because he is following himself and I am following Jesus. Three kids joined me because they have seen their father's hypocrisy and did not like it at all. So my husband left us because he cannot kick all us.

In a nutshell, if we claim to be Christians and don't respect Jesus' teachings we are mocking God and we will be paying all kinds of consequences.

I am very sorry that this group treated you in that way as you probably know the so called " Church " is not the body of Christ but it is the Believers who makeup that body.

The LORD Jesus gave this warning to his disciples and indirectly to those who would follow after them.

Luke 17: 1 Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3

THIS WARNING IS TO US

Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you,[a] rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you,[b] saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”

Knowing the Teachings of Jesus and following them may bring one " a better Life " as was the case with Ghandi ( as well as death ).

Knowing HIM Personally as the ONE died for YOUR own Sins is what brings the BEST LIFE " ETERNAL LIFE "

As in other Posts an analogy I use is this I can know all about the teachings of Wayne Gretzky on Hockey but if I showed up at His door He would say " Go Away I don't know You "

[/quote]In a nutshell, if we claim to be Christians and don't respect Jesus' teachings we are mocking God and we will be paying all kinds of consequences. [/quote]

AMEN



John 10:10T

he thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.[/quote]

I would like to add that Jesus' teachings saved us from a pit and we are now in the top of the world.

Thank you YHWH and Jesus for your teachings!!! We are forever grateful for your most precious teachings!!!

In Jesus name, hitomi

Welcome back hitomi!

I certianly missed your unique perspectives.

I also would like to say that our family problems are not unique case. Most Christians don't want to talk about their family problems and many times even when they do, they will not get much help from anyone unless it is urgent financial problems. Spiritual problems like ours will not be helped by anyone IMHO. It is because most of us are not being obedient to Jesus' teachings and God's power is not in our lives and we cannot help ourselves much less others. It is just sad. All our daily and spiritual problems are solved if we are sincerely striving to be obedient to Jesus.

hitomi

And some more if you don't mind;

Jesus' teachings are solution to all human problems. That's why I propagate it to everyone. I don't propagate any organization or any denomination.

People who are not following Jesus' teachings have all kinds of problems. And Jesus teacings are also very simple to understand; it is hard for us to follow because we are spoiled in many ways.

Being a faithful Christian is the best gift we can give to our children. Kids are the main victims when we are not following Jesus faithfullly.

I appreciate everyone not interrupting my testimony.

I have learned so much from our experiences and I know God wants me to use it for His Glory.

My olderst daughter have learned how miserable it is to live with her own ways. She was drug addict, sexually promiscuas, stealing and did many kinds of evil things. When she had her baby, she realized she cannot live with her live-in boyfriend because he was abusive to her and the baby. She came to me for help and I take her in of condition to live according to my household rules which is Jesus' rules. She agreed and her jurney with Jesus started with us too. She is so blessing to us in many ways now. She comes up with many ideas how we can improve our walk with Jesus.

I have another son but unfortunately he is following his father's foot steps. He married with catholic girl even though he is claiming to be a Lutheran and I did not bless their marriage because I knew they are lying to God by claiming to be Christians. After one year of their marriage, he came to me for emotional help because his wife committed adultery. I told him divorce is not solution because that's what he was considering. I gave only one advice that they have to follow Jesus faithfully and that's the only solution they have. He agreed and told me to be faithful. But when I asked him how they are doing with their walk with Jesus, he was saying they don't have time to follow Jesus. I don't hear anything from him ever since.

Our two oldest kids are vitims of their parents disobedience to God. Jina (oldest daughter) learned very well because of her severe consequences of her actions. I suppose Ben(oldst son) did not learn so well because he did not suffer enough from his wife's adultery even though he was misereable enough considering divorce. We are praying he repent of his woldly mentality and turn to God wholeheartedly.

I have two more children (Peter and Abigail) and they are the most fortunate ones because I turned to God while they are still very young. I have been telling them not to forget parents' mistakes and sinful ways or they will be the same as us.