Comments on: Fears That Keep Us From His Presence http://guia9.blog.friendster.com/2008/01/fears-that-keep-us-from-his-presence/ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; [...] a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. --Ecclesiastes, The Bible Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:02:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Aaron Andro http://guia9.blog.friendster.com/2008/01/fears-that-keep-us-from-his-presence/#comment-9 Aaron Andro Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:54:40 +0000 http://guia9.blog.friendster.com/2008/01/fears-that-keep-us-from-his-presence/#comment-9 I even heard something (I do not know if it is in the Bible) that Jesus is accused of being in league with the devil because He had the power to "command" the devil to go away (as what he did in Gerasenes). I think that faith is the starting point for us to receive Christ in our heart. Without faith, we can continue in disbelieving the existance of GOD. Even if He makes thousands of miracles everyday...a faithless person will always find some ways of affirming his disbelief. Faith in GOD creates a different perception to all of us because all the things in this world...no matter how mundane those are, will be miracles in our eyes. Ishmael Ahab <a href="http://theparadoxicleyline.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://theparadoxicleyline.blogspot.com</a> I even heard something (I do not know if it is in the Bible) that Jesus is accused of being in league with the devil because He had the power to “command” the devil to go away (as what he did in Gerasenes).

I think that faith is the starting point for us to receive Christ in our heart. Without faith, we can continue in disbelieving the existance of GOD. Even if He makes thousands of miracles everyday…a faithless person will always find some ways of affirming his disbelief.

Faith in GOD creates a different perception to all of us because all the things in this world…no matter how mundane those are, will be miracles in our eyes.

Ishmael Ahab
http://theparadoxicleyline.blogspot.com

]]> By: Guia Writer http://guia9.blog.friendster.com/2008/01/fears-that-keep-us-from-his-presence/#comment-8 Guia Writer Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:28:15 +0000 http://guia9.blog.friendster.com/2008/01/fears-that-keep-us-from-his-presence/#comment-8 Jeremiah was told by God to go down to the potter's house and see how he made his pottery: 'The jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so [the potter] crushed it into a lump of clay...and started over' (Jeremiah 18:4 NLT). Sounds a bit harsh considering we're supposed to be like the clay. But, the potter crushed the clay in order to make something loads better out of it! Here's the good news: life may have crushed you but you're still in God's hands! Your life may seem to be out of control today but in reality you're still on the potter's wheel - being stretched, shaped and moulded. 'As the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.' One day a friend of Michelangelo saw him working on a piece of marble he'd found on a rubbish dump. When he asked Michelangelo what he was doing he replied: 'There's an angel inside and I'm going to bring him out.' How good is that? From a rubbish dump piece of reject rock to a priceless work of art. That's what our God does! Hannah said 'He raises the poor from the dust...To set them among princes' (1 Samuel 2:8 NKJV). AGAIN, you're not born qualified; you become qualified by spending time with Jesus. So stay where God has you today and let Him keep working on you. Tomorrow you'll be glad you did. >>> A dose of faith from my friends =) Jeremiah was told by God to go down to the potter’s house and see how he made his pottery: ‘The jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so [the potter] crushed it into a lump of clay…and started over’ (Jeremiah 18:4 NLT).
Sounds a bit harsh considering we’re supposed to be like the clay. But, the potter crushed the clay in order to make something loads better out of it! Here’s the good news: life may have crushed you but you’re still in God’s hands! Your life may seem to be out of control today but in reality you’re still on the potter’s wheel - being stretched, shaped and moulded. ‘As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.’

One day a friend of Michelangelo saw him working on a piece of marble he’d found on a rubbish dump. When he asked Michelangelo what he was doing he replied: ‘There’s an angel inside and I’m going to bring him out.’ How good is that? From a rubbish dump piece of reject rock to a priceless work of art. That’s what our God does!

Hannah said ‘He raises the poor from the dust…To set them among princes’ (1 Samuel 2:8 NKJV).

AGAIN, you’re not born qualified; you become qualified by spending time with Jesus. So stay where God has you today and let Him keep working on you. Tomorrow you’ll be glad you did.

>>> A dose of faith from my friends =)

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