Where Is My Faith? Reaching Out to Fellow Saints - Black Preaching Network2024-03-29T11:31:17Zhttps://abcpreachers.ning.com/forum/topics/where-is-my-faith-reaching-out?id=916966%3ATopic%3A1142625&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBless you Minister Cager, I r…tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-01-10:916966:Comment:11746092010-01-10T13:53:27.139Zregihttps://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/RegiMPartee
Bless you Minister Cager, I receive your warm words of encouragement and the timing is good; it's not too late.. As a matter of fact when I typed this request I was so broken I don't know if I really heard the words of encouragement initially. I keep reading them as I go through this time, so they are continuing to help me through. This is a very scary time for me and I still find that I'm in that place of questions and more questions and fears that have to be cast down, and so much more. I do…
Bless you Minister Cager, I receive your warm words of encouragement and the timing is good; it's not too late.. As a matter of fact when I typed this request I was so broken I don't know if I really heard the words of encouragement initially. I keep reading them as I go through this time, so they are continuing to help me through. This is a very scary time for me and I still find that I'm in that place of questions and more questions and fears that have to be cast down, and so much more. I do appreciate and welcome your prayers; please keep me lifted up, and again thank you so much for reaching out. Blessings, Evangelist regi My Sister,
If only I'd read y…tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-01-10:916966:Comment:11745382010-01-10T07:57:10.092ZPastor Robb CAGER, IIIhttps://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/RobertJKCAGER111
My Sister,<br />
If only I'd read your post earlier, I would have replied and hopefully offered some resolution to your pain. I feel the pain, and the crying out. So many times I've felt as you feel, and no one seemed to understand or care. It seems many are programmed to say, "I know how you feel", or "It'll be alright", when really I've needed something more perfect. The only explanation to your situation is, there's really no clear cut explanation. You just have to keep on praying, and studying…
My Sister,<br />
If only I'd read your post earlier, I would have replied and hopefully offered some resolution to your pain. I feel the pain, and the crying out. So many times I've felt as you feel, and no one seemed to understand or care. It seems many are programmed to say, "I know how you feel", or "It'll be alright", when really I've needed something more perfect. The only explanation to your situation is, there's really no clear cut explanation. You just have to keep on praying, and studying the Word of GOD. I'm certain you know that while feelings are real, and present, feelings don't determine who or what we are. There are those times when the very foundations of our beings are shaken to their very core. I've learned through much experience, that we have to continue in our quest for righteousness, and while we naturally question the things we can't see, we just have to fight in order to encourage ourselves in GOD. Religious cliches don't work during the really deep, personal struggles we face. Pray, pray, and pray some more. Most of all, do alms for others, even when you can only offer a word. You'll come out of it, and you'll be noticeably stronger when you do. I get so down sometimes that there's not indication at all that it'll end. But eventually, the pain is less and less obvious, and it passes. THIS TOO SHALL PASS.<br />
I'm praying for you, as I type.<br />
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Minister Robb J.K. CAGER, III Lol!!!!! I love this. Sacrifi…tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-01-09:916966:Comment:11734862010-01-09T07:44:13.596ZPastor Melvin Kinghttps://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/MelvinKing
Lol!!!!! I love this. Sacrificial ham indeed. Hahahahahahhahahahahaha...whew, sigh...<br />
Sister Hope. You crack me up. I'm still lovin your wit, your wisdom, and your sense of humor. You ever thought about radio?
Lol!!!!! I love this. Sacrificial ham indeed. Hahahahahahhahahahahaha...whew, sigh...<br />
Sister Hope. You crack me up. I'm still lovin your wit, your wisdom, and your sense of humor. You ever thought about radio? Sister Hope 43:5, thank you f…tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-01-07:916966:Comment:11709852010-01-07T05:23:34.062Zregihttps://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/RegiMPartee
Sister Hope 43:5, thank you for the words and the smile. I appreciate your insight and to let you know, I truly do see with my spiritual heart and I don't take it to heart. I protect my heart. You gotta know you made me smile though, that was very good, a blessing, and light with a nice blend of humor. Bless you for your thoughtfulness and words. Blessings, Evangelist regi
Sister Hope 43:5, thank you for the words and the smile. I appreciate your insight and to let you know, I truly do see with my spiritual heart and I don't take it to heart. I protect my heart. You gotta know you made me smile though, that was very good, a blessing, and light with a nice blend of humor. Bless you for your thoughtfulness and words. Blessings, Evangelist regi You know Regi, I've always be…tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-01-07:916966:Comment:11705632010-01-07T00:23:25.822ZHOPE - Psalm 43:5https://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/TracyCurtis
You know Regi, I've always been a proponent of speaking the truth in love even though it may wound a person for a moment. Like a surgeon needs to cut you open to get out what doesn't need to be there so that you can be healed.<br />
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HOWEVER, far too often, I see in the Body of Christ, leaders who wound just because they lack tact and compassion. They believe that the ONLY way to heal a person is to cut them with their words under the guise of speaking the truth. But aren't we told to speak it IN…
You know Regi, I've always been a proponent of speaking the truth in love even though it may wound a person for a moment. Like a surgeon needs to cut you open to get out what doesn't need to be there so that you can be healed.<br />
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HOWEVER, far too often, I see in the Body of Christ, leaders who wound just because they lack tact and compassion. They believe that the ONLY way to heal a person is to cut them with their words under the guise of speaking the truth. But aren't we told to speak it IN LOVE.. not just to be slicing and dicing folks from a prideful position.<br />
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I mean I see leaders come out of the woodworks swinging ginsu knives at people who are already bleeding emotionally.<br />
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Beware of such advice from the foolish and prideful. It will be cloaked with scriptures but you will most definitely recognize the spirit of pride behind it from the first word they speak/type to the last word they speak/type.<br />
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As for your situation and my advice for you... well sis.. so many have encouraged you here and all I can add to what they have said is DITTO to what they've said!!<br />
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Your tears are pearls.. and cast not your pearls before swine who wish you more harm than good. Who wish to promote themselve in the midst of your pain. Only accept advice from those who are speaking the truth in love and the swine... well, when the Lord gets thru with them, they will become the sacrificial ham (LOL)<br />
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Be blessed dear.<br />
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<p style="text-align:left"><img src="http://frederick.com/images/calendar/pigroast1.gif"/></p> Thank you for those kind word…tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-01-03:916966:Comment:11653232010-01-03T00:16:05.080ZPastor Melvin Kinghttps://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/MelvinKing
Thank you for those kind words to both my sister of Spoken and Motion Ministries, and Sister Regi. May God be glorified. The storm can't last always. Fear not it is only the wind.
Thank you for those kind words to both my sister of Spoken and Motion Ministries, and Sister Regi. May God be glorified. The storm can't last always. Fear not it is only the wind. And your siblings in the Lord…tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-01-03:916966:Comment:11653182010-01-03T00:05:56.752Zregihttps://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/RegiMPartee
And your siblings in the Lord love you and the words your shared. Beautiful, Pastor King, and true! It's good to hear it from your siblings, because even if you think you know a thing, in the storm, the storm seems larger and at times we focus on the storm and lose sight of how Big our Father is; "but they overcame by the Word of God and their testimonies!" This is very good Pastor, I ate every thing off my plate and didn't leave a crumb, for this is good food for my soul! Thank God for your…
And your siblings in the Lord love you and the words your shared. Beautiful, Pastor King, and true! It's good to hear it from your siblings, because even if you think you know a thing, in the storm, the storm seems larger and at times we focus on the storm and lose sight of how Big our Father is; "but they overcame by the Word of God and their testimonies!" This is very good Pastor, I ate every thing off my plate and didn't leave a crumb, for this is good food for my soul! Thank God for your words of encouragement. Blessings, Evangelist regi All glory be to our Father in…tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-01-02:916966:Comment:11652202010-01-02T21:37:26.973ZPastor Melvin Kinghttps://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/MelvinKing
All glory be to our Father in heaven, my dear sister. I remember when I was in junior high school. I was a late bloomer so to speak, so all my fellows were larger than me. I was a fast runner, and because of this I was valued on the track team. We track team members had to workout with the football players, as there was not enough time and equipment to schedule our training event seperately. These guys would be bench pressing 250 - 300 pounds. I did well to muscle up a buck twenty-five. Not…
All glory be to our Father in heaven, my dear sister. I remember when I was in junior high school. I was a late bloomer so to speak, so all my fellows were larger than me. I was a fast runner, and because of this I was valued on the track team. We track team members had to workout with the football players, as there was not enough time and equipment to schedule our training event seperately. These guys would be bench pressing 250 - 300 pounds. I did well to muscle up a buck twenty-five. Not only was I the weakest, but i was embarrassed by it, so much so that I hardly wanted to train in the weight room. For the most part, the whole lot of them were buffed and chiseled with bulging muscles that gave them the very look of an athelete. I didn't look like an athelete. I looked like a stick. But just because I didn't look like one did not mean I wasn't one. I worked out some, but not consistantly, and always wondered, Where are my muscles? Coach Cooper walked in one day while I was sitting on the bench and he told me. Your muscles are there. He said, they're there but you don't know it until you've tried them. The way muscles are builded up is through challenge of an opposing force. The more you do it, the stronger they become. To make a long story short, I put into practice his advice and worked out faithfully, and you know I began to see my muscles. Soon everyone began to see them. I was able to lift more weights and to showcase a more manly body among my peers. As it is in the natural, so it is in the spirit. Your faith are your muscles that you cannot see, but if you will with thanksgiving endure this hardship as a good soldier and resist the opposing force that is been stacked up against you, you will see your faith. Soon the trial of your faith muscles will be of no great consequence. You will be able to embrace the trouble and filter the goodness out of it. Your troubles by comparison will become but light afflictions, but they shall be afflictions none the less. Only you shall be able to bear them. I am comforted by the Fathers word which says, He will not suffer us to be tempted above that which we are able, but that He will with the temptation provide us a way to escape that we may bear it. This is why I say, endure with thanksgiving. In all things (good or bad) we are to give thanks, for this is the will of God concerning us. But when I come to what seems to be the end of my rope and I think that I am not able to bear up, I cry unto the Lord and He hear me. I realize that he is not slack concerning his promises. If He says he will not suffer me to take on more than I can bear, then I must be able to bear this trial. And although my mind tells me I can't I know I can because he has allowed this temptation. So I thank God that He has confidence in me, to know that I can do it when I don't know that I can. While I am saying where is my faith, He is saying, It's there. You just gotta work it. This trial is not to break you but to make you. The funny thing about a muscle is, If you want it to grow, you'll have to afflict it and almost injure it. Then when it heals it grows back stronger and bigger. The more th process is repeated the bigger the muscle becomes. I know my dear sister that you shall come through this. Jesus was able to endure His cross because of the joy that was set before Him. He knew that there was something beautiful and worthwhile on the other side of that hell he had to go through. And I say to you sister, there is a joy on the other side of your hell as well. Be encouraged my sister. He will not let you fall. He is with you and He cares. He knows your end, and the end of this temptation. You shall see the victory; in Jesus Name.<br />
P.S. Sorry about being so chatty. I try not to be. but I love my siblings in the Lord. Oh My! Bless you Pastor King…tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-01-02:916966:Comment:11650752010-01-02T18:21:33.112Zregihttps://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/RegiMPartee
Oh My! Bless you Pastor King and your wife and family. Bless you for your prayer and reaching out. I sincerely receive it and appreciate it. This is what I was asking, this all I was asking, if only we can all come together to gird one another up during our storms, trials and testings in spirit and in truth, and ot try to step in and judge, figure out, take advantage of, or show case, just love on each other enough to intercede, for we are His children--I thank God for your prayer. I believe…
Oh My! Bless you Pastor King and your wife and family. Bless you for your prayer and reaching out. I sincerely receive it and appreciate it. This is what I was asking, this all I was asking, if only we can all come together to gird one another up during our storms, trials and testings in spirit and in truth, and ot try to step in and judge, figure out, take advantage of, or show case, just love on each other enough to intercede, for we are His children--I thank God for your prayer. I believe the Apostles had the idea as the fellowshipped when they could and when they couldn't be together they supported the followers in letters and by sending fellow believers. God bless you and all of those who have been so amazingly wonderful and awesome in kind support. I pray the next time you see something written from me it will be an Awesome Praise Report and the Mighty Arm of Father! Indeed bless you! Evangeilist regi My prayer for you my sister i…tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2010-01-02:916966:Comment:11649102010-01-02T15:41:56.484ZPastor Melvin Kinghttps://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/MelvinKing
My prayer for you my sister is that God would strengthen you by his might in your inner man. Even that He would uphold you in His right hand of righteousness for His names sake. God grant you peace in the midst of this storm. May He open up the very eyes of your understanding and cause you to stand in His vision; that you would begin to see through the eyes of faith and truly see the breadth, the depth, and the height of all that which concern and trouble you. May you begin to see through this…
My prayer for you my sister is that God would strengthen you by his might in your inner man. Even that He would uphold you in His right hand of righteousness for His names sake. God grant you peace in the midst of this storm. May He open up the very eyes of your understanding and cause you to stand in His vision; that you would begin to see through the eyes of faith and truly see the breadth, the depth, and the height of all that which concern and trouble you. May you begin to see through this what God is doing in your life. It shall work together with everything else that is happening in your life, for your good. I rebuke the devil now on your behalf and cancel every assignment of the enemy on your life. I command the adversary to cease and desist all maneuvers against you now in the name of Jesus. I send an anointed word to break and destroy every yoke of the enemy. The word I send you is the word <b>NOW!</b> Yeah a second word I send and this word is <b>"LET!"</b> I curse this storm at its very root and I speak death to it. With the same breath, I speak life and peace to my sister, Regi. Let her prosper in her way. Let the gift of God that she have of God be stirred up in her that the Sheri who is called and sir-named after Christ might stand up in herlike an exceeding great army, to put aflight a thousand devils for she is a son of God. And Father, I will be most careful to give you the glory, the honor, and all praise in Jesus Holy Name. Thank You Lord for hearing me. I thank you because you always hear me.. And You said if I know that you hear me when I pray according to your will, that I shall have the petitition that I desire of you. The petitition that I desire of you is for my sister, Regi. Thank You Father. I BELIEVE. Amen.