the importance of obedience
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Posted:Aug 21, 2007 4:43 am
Last Updated:Aug 27, 2007 5:08 pm 6385 Views
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Hey Y'all,
Its been so long!!
I'll try and make this update short.
For the last year I have been singing in the worship team at my church. Everything was moving up so quickly and I was going from strength to strength. Then I hit a wall, it was called obedience.
My pastor gave a talk about purity, and about how GOd had been telling him things would happen in the service such as healings and miracles but they did not eventuate. When he asked God why he was told very strongly that it was a matter of purity in the worship team. As we are the worship leaders, the front line, purity in our team should be of great importance.
He said he wasn't necessarily talking about immorality but I knew he was. God was speaking directly to me. So, at a stage when I thought I was about to be launched into greatness for God, he rebuked me and I was humbled.
The thought that I could actually hinder what God wanted to do in the church made me feel Horrible! SO I have put myself on hiatus, I am no longer leading worship until I get right with God.
The thing that I am on hiatus about is my relationship with Johnny.
We had a sexual relationship before I became a christian and this continued after I was saved. As we have been doing for 5 years, We still stay over at eachothers houses, him usually at mine.
I cannot be in denial any longer that this is wrong. I have been praying for God to give me the strength and courage to end this behaviour.
The problem is I just don't know how to approach him about it. I'm sure the Lord has given me plenty of opportunities but the words just will not come out. I am a coward.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? I need advice!!
May our spirits comfort each other in Christ.
Beck
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Thanks!
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Posted:Jan 11, 2007 6:49 pm
Last Updated:Aug 21, 2007 4:19 am 5806 Views
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Thankyou so much for your encouragement guys,
Since I have prayed I feel like I know what to do and that with God's help I will be able to acheive great things for His glory.
Its so funny that I felt so distant to God when all I had to do is talk to him! Because if you don't talk to someone, how can you expect them to answer?
Sometimes we ignore the most simple answers!
Dear Lord,
Thank you for your faithfulness. As I step out of my comfort zone and work to reach my goals I know that you will be with me every step of the way. I pray that if my path ever strays from what You want, you will steer me back to the right direction.
Please forgive me of my sins and rid me of anything in my life that may be keeping me from getting closer to you.
I ask this in Jesus' name,
Amen
I have been reading this book called 'The Dream Giver' by Bruce wilkinson. The book is so simple and yet I feel so inspired and Ive only just started!!
Any one else read it? If not, I recommend it!
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Prayer for guidance
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Posted:Jan 10, 2007 2:45 pm
Last Updated:Aug 21, 2007 4:18 am 5813 Views
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Dear Lord,
Please show me a clear path to what I should do towards my future. Should I keep going the way I am? Or should I go to University to increase my employment opportunities. I am seriously considering going to Uni in June/July, is this the right decision? I am also thinking about doing a teaching degree in teaching English as a secondary language. Is this what you want me to do? Please, my loving Father, guide me towards the right destination.
Maybe it doesn’t matter what I do or exactly where I am in life, what matters is how I do it. As long as I am on the pathway to heaven, to be in your holy presence and to see your beautiful face, maybe it doesn’t matter how I am getting there.
Holy Father, please give me decisiveness, please purge me of my fear of failure, and please give me the courage to jump, trusting that you will carry me to the end.
I ask this in the Lord Jesus Christ’s name,
Amen
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Turning up my hearing aid?
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Posted:Jan 9, 2007 9:07 pm
Last Updated:Apr 3, 2007 9:09 pm 5966 Views
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I wish that I could hear God’s Holy Spirit guiding me. I have heard many Christians say, “God told me to do this” or “the Holy Spirit told me that” but I have never experienced this. It really makes me feel distant from God because I don’t know how to listen to him, which means I have no idea whether I am doing what he wants me to.
There are some big decisions in my life that I really want His input into, such as whether to go to Uni and what I should do there. I have been recently considering doing Teaching English as a Second Language (which is 5 years of study and I would be 28 before I finished!!), but how do I know if it’s the right decision?
I know this just may be another way for me to self-sabotage, and the reason I have not pursued further studies is in fear of stepping out of my comfort zone and taking a risk.
I pray about it, but I feel as if I get no answer. Maybe I am not persistent enough, or trying hard enough.
Does anyone else feel this way or maybe overcome it?
If anyone is wiser in these ways of the Lord (which I’m sure the majority of you are), pleas tell me what can I do?
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Posted:Nov 23, 2006 7:21 pm
Last Updated:Dec 11, 2006 2:34 pm 5838 Views
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Thankyou so much for your prayers guys!
I wish they could tell you on the phone how bad it is on a scale of 1 to 10 at least! 
The Dr told me that the mole they removed was a melonoma and that they need to do a second procedure on my arm, the hole will be about 3 cm wide and 2cm deep, so when it heals I will have an ugly hole/scar in my arm. SO there goes my modelling career!! (lol Joking!)
Thank goodness beauty is more than skin deep huh?
I will have to have a week off work as well becuase the skin over it will be quite tight and there is a big risk of the stitches splitting, so at least I'll have a week to relax!
Thanks again for those who prayed for me and please continue to do so when I have the surgery (1st December). Please pray that the Holy Spirit will comfort me and give me strength and that the wound will heal with as little scarring as possible.
God bless you all,
Beck
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Please Say a Prayer
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Posted:Nov 21, 2006 7:57 pm
Last Updated:Aug 21, 2007 4:17 am 5965 Views
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I am being called in to the Doctors this arvo to "discuss" the results of a biopsy i had on my arm a few days ago. They have asked me to bring a family member in with me so it sounds serious!
Please pray for me.
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tithing
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Posted:Oct 19, 2006 9:52 pm
Last Updated:Nov 26, 2006 3:07 pm 5945 Views
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I have started tithing recently and was wondering if anyone could tell me why we should do it? Biblically and also how it effects our lives?
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Converted Spouses
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Posted:Sep 28, 2006 6:20 pm
Last Updated:Oct 23, 2006 8:44 pm 6030 Views
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Hi There Blogland,
I was wondering if there are any women out there who married non-christians, who became christians after you were married?
I would love to hear your story!! How did it happen, how did it change your relationship and would you have done it differently if you could go back?
Thanks girlies!!
XXOO Beck
PS Please don't put any posts in here about why you should never marry a non-christian, I want these posts to be messages of hope and faith, not of negativity... Thanks!!
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Jesus in hell??
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Posted:Sep 3, 2006 9:29 pm
Last Updated:Sep 10, 2006 7:41 pm 7022 Views
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Can anyone tell me about Jesus "visiting" hell when he died and where it talks about it in the Bible???
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Marriage vs Divorce
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Posted:Aug 28, 2006 6:38 pm
Last Updated:Oct 2, 2006 11:23 pm 6059 Views
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This was in response to a blog by Drakk:
I used to think about this all the time when I worked in a small law firm that dealt with Family Law. I would see these people coming in and fighting bitterly over furniture and material possessions. I would see them using their to hurt the other (which i think is so wrong btw, but is so common). I would see all this and think: one day years ago, these people loved eachother so much that they wanted to spend the rest of their lives together, and now look at where they are.
I am lucky that I am young and haven't made that mistake yet, but I always wonder if there were signs when these people were engaged that they shouldn't get married?? Was there anything telling them it wasn't right? And if not, how will we ever know?
My boyfriend and I had a conversation about this. His parents got divorced when he was 17 (His father had an affair with a work colleague and they are, btw, happily married now) and when I first met him he was still really hurt by that and said he would never get married. He told me he has changed his mind now and we both agreed that these days people just give up too easily but that is what society is like.
When I think about his parents, I wonder if they could have stopped all the pain by just remaining abstinant until marriage.
Johnny's mother got pregnant while they were in University together and so they had to marry. Unfortunately she had a miscarriage but they were already married. Here is where I think two people got married for the completely wrong reasons and it ended in disaster.
It think young people seem to forget that marriage is FOREVER, and not some dispensable phase in their lives that they can quit if it gets too inconvenient.
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