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Posted: Fri Aug 10th, 2007 09:49 pm |
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I would like to request prayer specifically this weekend as my husband is out of town until Sunday afternoon. I have been free from M for about 3 weeks, and I know that times when my H is gone are times when I can easily give in to temptation. Please pray that I will bask in the love of Jesus for me and be satisfied with Him, I know He can give me so much more than the old habits could. Thanks.
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Posted: Sat Aug 11th, 2007 12:18 am |
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Posted: Sat Aug 11th, 2007 01:28 am |
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Posted: Sat Aug 11th, 2007 09:45 pm |
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I am praying for you too
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Posted: Sun Aug 12th, 2007 03:25 am |
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Thanks, friends, I am doing great so far! It's amazing, it feels like my heart is bound to the Lord, and I know your prayers have had a part in the strength I am surprisingly feeling.
Again, thanks so much!
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Posted: Tue Aug 14th, 2007 03:24 pm |
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I thank you for your prayers and encouragement, and I praise God for victory this weekend. Several times I felt a very strong desire for emotional/sexual fulfillment, but I turned to the Lord and asked Him for strength, asked Him to satisfy me with Himself. I don't know if I really even know what that looks like, but that's what I want.
This is SO different from what I have experienced in the last couple of years! I am rejoicing in this victory! (I used to refrain from rejoicing in victory because of my fear of defeat tomorrow, but I'm coming to believe that God, who already knows my future, wants me to rejoice in Him today, and celebrate each good step)
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Posted: Thu Aug 16th, 2007 01:09 am |
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... ... but I turned to the Lord and asked Him for strength, asked Him to satisfy me with Himself. I don't know if I really even know what that looks like, but that's what I want. ... (I added the bold, for emphasis)
Journey,
I feel exactly what you said.
I want it too - I am asking God for that right now - using those very same words:
God, please give me strength, and please satisfy me with Yourself!
In Jesus name,
Amen.
Thanks, Journey
That prayer makes a lot of sense!
I don't really know why I haven't prayed quite that way before.
-Dennis
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Posted: Sun Aug 19th, 2007 08:04 pm |
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dennis1soil wrote:
Thanks, Journey
That prayer makes a lot of sense!
I don't really know why I haven't prayed quite that way before.
-Dennis
You're welcome.  It's a comfort to me to know God hears our heart's cry.
I ran across a quote by Oswald Chambers about prayer that I wanted to share: "The trial of faith always comes in such a way that it is a perplexity to know what to do. You get advice that sounds wise, it has your welfare in view, everything seems right, and yet there is a feeling that there is an error at the heart of it. If any letter is not important enough to spread before the Lord, it is too small to annoy you. If I have not prayed about things so ridiculously small that I almost blush to mention them, I have not learned the first lesson in prayer."
I don't know why but that really spoke to me. Maybe it's that in being a Christian for a long time, I have fallen into the trap of thinking that I should be "mature" enough to handle the little things and not bother God about them? But I'm realizing maturity is really dependence on God and responsiveness to His presence.
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