I Ask For Your Prayers

[ldysly]

Hello,

Some on this board know me very well and some not at all. To those I know (((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))) I have missed you so. To those I don't know yet, Hi, I'm so happy to meet fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.

I'm here to ask for your prayers. I feel that I have strayed from my First Love. I am in the desert right now and ask if you will pray that God will lead me forward. I need to know what direction to take my life and God is the only One who can tell me. Pray that I can bridge this distance, for I know it is not God who has turn His back but something within me that is causing the distance.

[Keith]

Good morning dear Sylvia! I'm sorry to hear you're having difficulty, but how timely you make us aware at this moment. Just yesterday my Pastor sermonized on staying in fellowship with the Lord. Let me share something with you:

"Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father." (1 John 2:24)

In a nutshell, here's the message: You heard the Gospel and you got saved. Now, knowing that you'll never lose your salvation (John 10:28), you can however lose your fellowship. The above Scripture tells us that to continue [in fellowship] with the Father and Son, you must continue in that which you heard from the beginning...the Gospel.

In other words, stay in the Word to stay in fellowship! If you're not going to Church, get to a good Bible believing church. If you're not reading your Bible daily, read it daily. If you're not praying every day, pray every day. His Word is how we grow and stay in fellowship with Him. It's necessary for our growth and our walk, especially in these last days with so many things which can draw our attention from He who should have it.

May the Spirit lead and direct you dear sister. Our thoughts, prayers and love are with you...

Keith

[ldysly]

Thank you Kieth. yes, I feel like I've lost my way. Prayers are going up but they seem to hit the ceiling. I know this is me and not God, I've allowed the world to draw me away. Since we moved to Tampa I haven't found a church and I've found myself slacking on my reading and studying. It's so easy to let everything overwhelm you and just float along. I know this is what satan counts on, that we as humans are so weak. But God is stronger and just on a day when I felt so down I got your email about DI's birthday and here I am. God knew I needed to reconnect and immerse myself with other believers.

[Keith]

Exactly sister. You need to get back into the Word and into fellowship, not only with Him but also with brothers and sisters who can support you in your walk. That's another reason to find a local church. That needs to be a big part of your life.

The evil one knows he's lost you, so the only thing he can now do is inhibit your fellowship. He'll put all sorts of obstacles in your way to draw your attention from the Lord who saved you...

[ldysly]

I've done some reading and there are some really great threads here. Think I'll poke around and do some prayin' and some stayin'

We grow complacent and that's all satan needs and of course he knows all our weak spots. I haven't been in full armour for some time. There's a song by Phillips, Craig and Dean called Mercy Came Running. In it there is a line that says "When I could not reach mercy, mercy came running for me." I guess that's kind of how I feel. I had pulled so far away that Jesus came and pulled me back. Why??? I really don't know because I certainly don't deserve anything but I am profoundly grateful that He came back for me.

[kindgo]

I am praying for you dear sister....[glow=red,2,300]Jesus loves you! [/glow]

[Keith]

Jul 28, 2008 18:44:57 GMT -6 ldysly said:

I had pulled so far away that Jesus came and pulled me back. Why???

Because He won't leave or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). He's not going to save you then forget you, but you've got to do your part too. You've got to make an effort to 'stay in contact'.

Maybe that's what He's using us for right now: To show you from Scripture what you need to do to reestablish fellowship with Him.

Jul 28, 2008 18:44:57 GMT -6 ldysly said:

...I certainly don't deserve anything...

Nor do we all, but that's the amazing part of God's grace: Giving us what we don't deserve. That's why He deserves our worship AND our fellowship.

[Murph]

"Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love." Revelation 2:4

Lord makes a diagnosis..."...because thou hast left thy first love."

Holy Spirit must have been pressed on your heart because you reconized it.

Lord has a remedy...

"Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works..."Revelation 2:5

Prayer, staying in the Word, and finding a good Church...get back to your first work...

it is a direct route back to our first love...

Praying for you Sylvia, sister and friend. I have really missed you! I am sorry that you are in distress. I know the Lord will help and I am so thankful that He led you to all of us.

Marilyn

[ldysly]

Thank you Kindgo, and Kieth I know you are right. It's funny but even when I drew away I remained on your list and I would get your comments and they would nudge me. But I couldn't see where I was headed, that I was drifting far from shore.
Amazing Grace...........astounds and confounds me, even now.

[Keith]

Amen Sylvia! How sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me.

We're here when you need us, and I'm glad to have you back...

[ldysly]

Dear Sweet Duck,

HOw I have missed you dear sister. We must have been typing at the same time. Yes, I must get back to my First Love and remember how it was to just be in love everyday, look at the sky and feel my heart leap.

We get so busy and wrapped up in life, how could I do that? I have so many blessings in my life and yet you used a very appropriate word...distress. My heart aches and breaks for the sadness that I must have caused my Lord. I just really feel the need to find what is the path? What is the path God REALLY wants me on. I feel that I will never be fulfilled until I find it. And I don't seem to be doing a very good job of getting there.

[ldysly]

It has been laid on my heart to say what has really drawn me back. I guess you can't know what to really pray for unless I tell you. Over the last month or so I have had a real issue with satan pursuing me. I look in the mirror and wonder what my worth is, why wouldn't everyone be better off if I was just gone? I know this is satan just putting thoughts in my head but they are VERY powerful. I scared myself silly when I thought "It would be so easy, just take a handful of pills. It looks accidental and then my life insurance pays off and all the financial issues go away."
I dropped to my knees and prayed but still I wonder, what good do I do anyone in this world anymore?

[Keith]

You know why life's so hard right now Sylvia? Because time is so short. I haven't talked to a single brother or sister recently that isn't experiencing some kind of turmoil in their life. There's sickness, temptation and trials being caste upon the brethren like never before. Satan knows his time is short and he's pulling out all the stops to impede us. But guess what, we've already won! Just a while longer and you'll be rewarded for your perseverance...

"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." (John 16:33)

"And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be." (Revelation 22:12)

[ldysly]

In my heart I know this is true, just a while longer.............. But sometimes it feels so far away.

[ldysly]

Stop what you are doing right now, and give God some Praise for what He's already done!
If you don't, I'm Praising Him for ya!

O - Oh Lord, help me not to cuss anybody out today
F - Freeze my tongue, if somebody gets in my way
F - Fill me with Your grace, so that I might stay cool
I - I'm trying to do right, but I ain't nobody's fool
C - Cause me to humble myself, before I get fired
E - Even a saint like me sometimes gets tired

P - Praise your name, because You've saved me, many times before
R - Rise up in me before I get in the door
A - All Mighty One, You know I need you close
I - Inspire me to be kind, if not to all, to most
S - Show me how to be an example of Your love, not hate
E - Even me Lord, I hope it's not too late

'Today I ask God to meet me at the office door, and sit with me all day'

[Keith]

Amen...

[DB]

Add our prayers for ldysly.............

[ldysly]

Thank you DB. I'll take all the prayers I can get. I've come to the conclusion that I can only rely on and rest in God. He will pull me through so I thank you for taking the time to pray for me. I'm grateful.

[Murph]

Sylvia if I could I would hop a plane right now and come down there I'd beat you black and blue! All the blessings in your life...and you are thinking about suicide...

Just got a flash of some pink tennis shoes. Do you remember? That is one of my all time favorite stories about the Lord and how He works...

[ldysly]

Believe me Marilyn when I say I KNOW! All the blessings in my life and those were still the thoughts I had. satan likes to get us when we are most vulnerable. Why do you think I'm back here? I realize that I have drifted, not forgotten but drifted and I left a chink in my armour.