Dear KKIM/KARS/SHINE Family,
May you and have a HUNGER for God like never before!
Be still, and know that I am God
Psalm 46:10
My prayer is that you make time each day to be still and hear the Holy Spirit come to you like a cool refreshing breeze of grace……
We continue down this journey on healing……..
Our Dear daughter Getchen’s Bird, Tweet is having a tumor removed today from her stomach. The tumor is on the outside of the body. Tweet has been a member of the Moede household for 8 years. Please pray for little tweet. We thank you all who have sent us emails and those of you that have called for you love for Sharon, Buffy, and now Tweet. Your love and concern makes all the difference in the World! Sharon is doing good. Our thanks to Dr. Larry Bates who sent Sharon a big box of homeopathic’s!!! They are helping! PRAISE GOD! We are awaiting the pathology report on Buffy. I tell you Buff has recovered very good from her surgery, which was major! She is smiling and so happy to be out of pain!!!!!
While I was walking to the car to tape the TV program yesterday, My ankle snapped! It swelled up! It is the same one I injured in softball this past season! Just walking! The swelling is gone this morning! PRAISE GOD!
I am going to take you through a journey that I went through yesterday….and maybe by taking you through this it will help you react to a situation better…….it’s a journey of everyday life…….
So very important to pray before we act! Yesterday I had a dear friend and mentor encourage me strongly to act on a matter. I listened, I agreed to some of what was being presented, but I still had doubts, and my spirit was so unsettled. I was told other things in the meeting that unsettled my spirit. My point in bringing this up is that I am so thankful for the discernment the Lord gives me…and you…….the feeling of being unsettled means we must pray and hear from the Lord before we act.
Problems happen when we just react. React out of the flesh. My friend meant no harm, he was doing what he felt the Lord was telling him to do. When you get two men together and think they have heard from God and they are passionate about it, WOW! Lot’s of energy!!! We must always proceed in the wisdom of God, Be still and know that I am God! psalm 46:10
So this morning I awoke, and the Lord confirmed for me that I made the right decision by not taking action on the matter my friend and mentor suggested me to.
The point in all this is to help us handle everyday situations and not go off on emotions, but go with God, even when it comes from a Good friend and Mentor, we must pray and listen for our Lord to show us the way.
This is one of the most wonderful gifts we have available to is ….discernment from our Lord, I treasure it and wrap my arms and heart around this Godly gift we are given!
I also have a wife who prayers with me on all matters.
Our families, our work places, our Church’s would be so much better off if we held in check our emotions, the flesh…….and prayed more and listened for God more.
In this journey on healing, It brings up the thought of hurtful word’s! How many times have you spoken hurtful word’s to loved ones?
I have, too many times…..Sure was not worth it was it? ………I meet many people who still have not recovered from hurtful things that were said to them. They own them. They have not given them up.
They know they are to forgive, but for many the word’s hurt much.
So it all goes back to what I was sharing, let us keep our emotions in check and pray before we speak.
I had planned to continue the Teachings of George Martin today..But as I read Victor’s letter..the Lord sent me to Chuck Swindoll’s book on Paul. Just another example of being in prayer and listening for the Lord to give us direction every moment of the day……..First Victor’s letter and the a lesson from Chuck Swindoll, weekdays 6:30am and pm on www.mykkim.com
Dewey, thanks for the great perspective in today’s Cup! I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of George Martin’s book. It appears to be out of print and is only available online used. I’m searching for a good deal and will then order. Also, regarding something you said in today’s Cup, please read chapter 14 of Christ the Healer on “Paul’s Thorn”. Bosworth makes a strong case that Paul’s thorn was not a lifelong physical ailment but was satanic oppression to his ministry – as Paul himself called it “the messenger of satan to buffet me”. The same phrase is used elsewhere in the OT and always refers to satanic or human oppression, never as a physical ailment.
Victor
Victor, Sharon got me a used copy on line. I should order more! Thanks for your feedback!
This is how Chuck Swindoll describes that “Thorn” of Paul’s in his book “The Man of Grace and Grit: Paul…..
The word translated “thorn” comes from the Greek term skolops, meaning a “sharply pointed stake.” Specifically, Paul wrote, “There was given to me a stake in the flesh.”
After the glory came the groaning. On the heels of supernatural privilege came physical throbbing pain. Following the exalted heavenly revelations came humiliating and agonizing earthly suffering, It was an agony which would accompany Paul the rest of his life.
Now, what was that thorn? Suggestions abound. Some say it was a series of spiritual temptations .Others point to carnal temptations. Still others suggest relentless opposition and persecution. Physical deformity. Epilepsy. Migraines. Chronic eye trouble. A hunchback. Recurring bouts with malaria and it’s accompanying throbbing head pain. The truth is we don’t know.
Swindoll continues to write….You read one Biblical scholar, and he’ll identify the thorn as definitely one thing. Another theologian may say, “Couldn’t be that, it’s gotta be this.”
Swindoll says, When we are all done hearing all the opinions and theories it doesn’t matter. The man who endured it calls it a “messenger of Satan”
Swindoll, who I say is one of the Greatest Christian writers of all times writes this on healing……
This is a good time to correct faulty thinking. It is not always God’s will that you be healed. It is not always the Father’s plan to relieve the pressure. Our happiness is not God’s chief plan. ( I LOVE CHUCK BECAUSE HE SPEAKS GODLY TRUTH, TOO MANY PASTOR’S ARE NOT GOING TO SAY THAT!!!!)
He doesn’t have a wonderful plan for everybody’s life