This is beautiful... .simply beautiful. I count myself as one of the Believers meant to see this. Thank you Amanda, God bless you and Praise Jesus!
--- In FamilyofGod@ yahoogroups. com, Amanda Webster <oneoddduck3@ ...> wrote:
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> For the past few days, this message has been on my heart. Sometimes I read messages for multiple groups or sites that I am a member of. Though they are all from my heart, this one is different. This one was given to me by God for this group specifically. This is for you, Family of God.
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> Maybe you have a background or a record that is less than perfect. Maybe you are haunted daily by the memories of past sinful lifestyles. Maybe you are haunted by your present lifestyle that you know doesn't live up to God's standard. Maybe you simply never see yourself getting out of your current situation -- those that are seemingly out of your control -- maybe it's abuse, maybe a spouse or significant other is a nonbeliever, maybe terrible health concerns, maybe addictions that still plague you, maybe combinations of other things.
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> Maybe you think -- no matter the reason or combination of reasons -- that God cannot use you, forgive you, or allow you to work in the Kingdom of God. Rest assured, my friends, this simply isn't true! Like I said, this is a message that God gave me. I know that those that need to hear this will hear it. I am positive of this.
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> Exodus 6:26-27, "This is the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, 'Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt, company by company.' It was they who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of Egypt, the same Moses and Aaron."
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> You remember Moses, right? Well, let's review a few things. Before he was even born, people wanted him killed. His mother was forced to abandon him as an infant with no explanation so that she could save his life. He was picked up out of a river and even named by someone that wasn't even his real mother. He didn't even know who he really was for a while! He had some serious anger management issues, and even murdered someone as a result of that. His shame forced him into exile for years. And, to put the icing on the cake, he stuttered! Can you relate? I know that I can. It wasn't a grand start for the man meant to free God's people from slavery. Yet, God still called him. God used him. And, here is the amazing part. It's in the verse. It's a simple word that I have overlooked for years. "It was the SAME Moses". The same one that had the awful background was the one that God called. The background didn't disappear. He was still the same
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> See yourself in that verse. God can call the "Same you" no matter your past or even your present. No matter who you WERE, God still uses you just as you ARE!
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> 2 Timothy 2:11-13, "The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny, he will also deny us; if we are faithless, HE REMAINS FAITHFUL-- for he cannot deny himself."
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> 1 John 1:9, "If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. "
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> Psalm 32:5, "Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and you forgave the GUILT of my sin."
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> What powerful verses! Those plagued by the sins from the past, remember, if you confess (that is your ONLY part of this process), then God WILL FORGIVE! God is faithful even when we are NOT faithful. It is an amazing thing! God cannot deny who he is. He is faithful. He cannot stop being faithful just as I cannot stop being a woman. My DNA shows I am female. Nothing -- even if I tried some silly surgery -- will change my DNA.
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> Knowing God will always be faithful, believe, -- know for a FACT -- that he will do what he promises. He promises to forgive if we only confess. If you have confesses your sins, then God HAS FORGIVEN YOU! Believe this. Your sins have been paid for. It's over! You do not need to continue to punish yourself or continue to feel guilty or unclean.
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> Look at the rest of these three verses. He forgives, he cleanses us (he makes us whole -- he makes us clean again to be able to be in his presence), and lastly, he even takes away the GUILT of our sin.
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> These are promises. Do you know what the Bible says about the promises of God?
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> Joshua 21:44-45, "The Lord gave them the rest on every side, as he has sworn to their forefathers. No one of their enemies withstood them; the Lord handed all their enemies over to them. Not one of all the Lord's good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled."
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> God doesn't change. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. The promises didn't fail then, and they don't fail now. He promises to forgive, to cleanse, and to take away the guilt. Believe he will do it. It's in front of you in black and white. God never fails us! EVER!
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> Never think you cannot be used by God. Never think you have to continue to live in the past lives. Never think you cannot overcome the present circumstances. It will happen! God doesn't fail us.
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> May God richly bless you.
> Amanda
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> There is an optimistic belief widespread among the generous-hearted that the average human being has only to become sufficiently acquainted with another's trouble or danger to transfer it to his own shoulders not merely unhesitatingly but gladly. --Margery Allingham
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> Bear one another's burdens. Galatians 6:2
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