And now?...

[Micci]

So havn’t had the best start to the year, not something i would openly admit to most of course but hey i need to share a bit don’t I? Firstly a few days ago i walked in on people burgling my aunt and for a few days i was quite calm but today it hit me with full force, all the things that they could have done to me. All the things that could have happened, all the things that God protected me from and its quite stressful. Because when im stressed i chew the inside of my lip and i now have holes everywhere. I also flew from Port Elizabeth back to Johannesburg and i was stressed for that. No not because i do not like airplanes or anything but simply because i was stressed because of the robbery thing and there was like a 1000 to 1 probability that the plane crash so i stressed about that too. Its like something i would never normally stress about but i did simply because i had started the day stressing.

Then I also found out that my dog is missing which is sad, i keep imagining her dead in some ditch somewhere. I love my dogs a lot because im not the most... sociable person so they are like my best friends. I have two. My oldest, Lady, disappeared.

And Then I found out that my bearded dragon Charlie died while i was away on holiday.

And now Im sitting here listening to Jars of Clay, unable to sleep because im scared, what im scared of im not quite sure but im just scared.

So I spose this isn't as much as asking for advice as simply... i dunno talking... trying to not be so scared.

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Jan 8, 2013 15:18:11 GMT -5 Micci said:

So havn’t had the best start to the year, not something i would openly admit to most of course but hey i need to share a bit don’t I? Firstly a few days ago i walked in on people burgling my aunt and for a few days i was quite calm but today it hit me with full force, all the things that they could have done to me. All the things that could have happened, all the things that God protected me from and its quite stressful. Because when im stressed i chew the inside of my lip and i now have holes everywhere. I also flew from Port Elizabeth back to Johannesburg and i was stressed for that. No not because i do not like airplanes or anything but simply because i was stressed because of the robbery thing and there was like a 1000 to 1 probability that the plane crash so i stressed about that too. Its like something i would never normally stress about but i did simply because i had started the day stressing.

Then I also found out that my dog is missing which is sad, i keep imagining her dead in some ditch somewhere. I love my dogs a lot because im not the most... sociable person so they are like my best friends. I have two. My oldest, Lady, disappeared.

And Then I found out that my bearded dragon Charlie died while i was away on holiday.

And now Im sitting here listening to Jars of Clay, unable to sleep because im scared, what im scared of im not quite sure but im just scared.

So I spose this isn't as much as asking for advice as simply... i dunno talking... trying to not be so scared.

Micci. I believe this is the very reason that Jesus provided the church....... Not necessarily just referring to bricks and mortar type buildings, but groups like this too. Because we are the Church (Those who are saved in Christ Jesus)
It's really lovely that you have opened your heart with all that is going on in your life at the moment. It give us (Your brothers and sisters in Christ) the foundations of how we can lift these concerns to our Lord and I will very much be praying for you.......
It's very natural as well to be stressed, we would not be human if were not stressed from time to time. Very recently though, you have gone through a lot of situations and some, very upsetting.


Just to say this:-
Sometimes we all go through very tough times of testing don't we and we can't understand why this is happening . I truly believe God uses these moments to see if we are truly faithful to him by how much do we really trust Him. After all we are OK when everything is fine but how loyal are we when the foundations starts to shake under our feet.........

Do you know the story of Job where he was a faithful man and was truly blessed with everything. Then Satan starts to quiz God by saying 'Job only serves and loves you because he has all these things around him' 'Remove what he has and he will soon turn from you'. God says to Satan, very well we will see if Job is true to his love for me, remove things from him but you must not personally touch him. Well we learn that Job stayed true to God even when he lost everything and in the end he was blessed more so than when he first started.


Just to share with you Micci, we live in a council rented accomodation and at present we are not too sure if we are allowed to live here because they feel the house is too big for just the two of us. That means we may have to applicate to fined another smaller place; the problem we have is that my wife is disabled and our home is equipped with all the things we need for her ( which was not cheap!) but we are trusting a true and mighty God that He alone will interviene with all of this. We simply want His will to be done.

I understand what you are going through and I would like to encourage you by saying this. God loves you very much and he will never leave you or forsake you. It even says in the new testament that even the hairs on your head are all numbered. I believe God is going to see you through all this and lift you up. Keep trusting Him Micci. God bless from Les

[Olivia Josia Hamel]

Stress is not natural. No one is meant to have those feelings. They are truly demonic forces. Fear is not natural either.

Creflo Dollar has a bunch of teachings on it, so if you want to watch them they will really help you. I have learned to never fear in any situation.

Here's a sneak peak from my daily devotional I'm working on:

“Do not let your hearts be troubled [distressed, agitated]. You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me.”
John 14:1 [AMP]

Jesus said this because He does not will us to be distressed, agitated or fearful. He is also indicating that the responsibility is on us; we must not allow ourselves to fear, for when we do it allows Satan to work in our lives and to wreak havoc in it. We combat fear with words, not silently. Speak against fear constantly, and eventually you will overcome it.
This is the prayer that I use: “I do not allow any form of fear to have liberty in my mind and I cast it down, in Jesus name. I believe God and believe His Word, and His Word says that all is well.”

When you say something like that you are spiritually violently wounding the demons that are coming against you