Comments on: To Know Him . . . http://shawnbarnard.com/to-know-him/ Out Loud . . . On Purpose . . . Online Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:42:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dee http://shawnbarnard.com/to-know-him/comment-page-1/#comment-916 Dee Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:20:00 +0000 http://shawnbarnard.com/?p=300#comment-916 Pastor Shawn, That is exactly how I feel. I have finally come ,been broken enough, to choose God and His ways over my husband and his ways. I have struggled for many yrs as a Christian to be a submissive wife as described in God's word. I have been blessed and been broken, now I see so plainly my dear husbands stubbornness and pride against God's ways and I see God's love and provision so beautifully and real. There is no way not to see His hand at work, it is so clear and obvious. I have always had a love for God as I have known HIm, born a Jewess, bat mitzah and confirmed in the Jewish faith and then having the privledged as a young adult to meet Jesus and come to faith in Christ Jesus my Lord! I have desired to know HIm and serve HIm all my life. I am blessed to know and thank God for my future of restoration in my marriage, to have a ministry for young married women. To see my husband share testimony of marriage. To see our lives restored. I ask you to pray in agreement with me on these things and Thank God with me for HIs promise of Hope and a future. Right now we are in bankruptcy, facing forclosure, but hopeing that tomorrow we will be able to sell our custom built (my dear husband is a custom home builder. I was wheelchair bound when he designed and built this home for me, now I am free !The Lord has set me free from w.c. He has healed me from many health issues and thanking Him for continued healing and complete healing to come, lasted attack and lie from enemy is edrenal glands not working, due SLE Lupus, I have been disabled and unable to work for many yrs, and on Feb 7th my husband had a stroke and will not be able to return to full self employment for 6 months. We had already gone thru all savings, as last yr we only built one home, and our budget was based on 8-10 homes per yr.) God has provided thru HIs people, thru church , charities and Lone Star. We will not know until this wk if we will continue to receive benefits of Lone Star, had estate sale last wkend which enabled us to pay all bills up to date, pay off car which had 6 ;months left but none left over for apartment search. Not sweating though as I have said I trust in God alone. Of course I will continue to do what I can by selling off belongings and drastic change in life style. I look forward to being able to give again.ANd was thrilled beyond to be able to tithe all that had been given to us. I will always do that now. I love God and want so much to live His way and in His standards. I struggled for many yrs with putting God in the number one spot in my life, I lied to myself and tried to share that spot with God and my husband, but I have learned that does not work. Yes to Love God I must honor my husband, but I cannot hide behind him. Yes, I cannot fight his ways, but learn to listen to God and for God's wisdom in each situation. He will speak to us, He will give us His wisdom, those who are saved and are His intimates as Dr. Stanley says. That means, those who are plugged into Him thru His word, seeking HIm thru His word, and prayer. We cannot hear from Him if we do not seek HIM. This is so important. Christians must understand this, if we are on the shelf, we cannot expect to hear from HIm or Experience His promises, we have to have continued communication, for instance, I cannot hear from you Pastor Shawn, unless I pick up the phone and call you, turn on my computer and read your blog or listen to your podcast, or visit your church and talk to you face to face. It is the same with the Father, We must , please excuse the terminology, "pick up the phone" and dial in". That is picking up His word, calling upon HIs name in reverence, and approach His Holy throne. Thank you for your words of encouragement, Thank you for your ministry, Thank you for holding the Tabernacle. Thank you for leading your church in missionary work. God bless you all. Pastor Shawn, That is exactly how I feel. I have finally come ,been broken enough, to choose God and His ways over my husband and his ways. I have struggled for many yrs as a Christian to be a submissive wife as described in God’s word. I have been blessed and been broken, now I see so plainly my dear husbands stubbornness and pride against God’s ways and I see God’s love and provision so beautifully and real. There is no way not to see His hand at work, it is so clear and obvious. I have always had a love for God as I have known HIm, born a Jewess, bat mitzah and confirmed in the Jewish faith and then having the privledged as a young adult to meet Jesus and come to faith in Christ Jesus my Lord! I have desired to know HIm and serve HIm all my life. I am blessed to know and thank God for my future of restoration in my marriage, to have a ministry for young married women. To see my husband share testimony of marriage. To see our lives restored. I ask you to pray in agreement with me on these things and Thank God with me for HIs promise of Hope and a future. Right now we are in bankruptcy, facing forclosure, but hopeing that tomorrow we will be able to sell our custom built (my dear husband is a custom home builder. I was wheelchair bound when he designed and built this home for me, now I am free !The Lord has set me free from w.c. He has healed me from many health issues and thanking Him for continued healing and complete healing to come, lasted attack and lie from enemy is edrenal glands not working, due SLE Lupus, I have been disabled and unable to work for many yrs, and on Feb 7th my husband had a stroke and will not be able to return to full self employment for 6 months. We had already gone thru all savings, as last yr we only built one home, and our budget was based on 8-10 homes per yr.) God has provided thru HIs people, thru church , charities and Lone Star. We will not know until this wk if we will continue to receive benefits of Lone Star, had estate sale last wkend which enabled us to pay all bills up to date, pay off car which had 6 ;months left but none left over for apartment search. Not sweating though as I have said I trust in God alone. Of course I will continue to do what I can by selling off belongings and drastic change in life style. I look forward to being able to give again.ANd was thrilled beyond to be able to tithe all that had been given to us. I will always do that now. I love God and want so much to live His way and in His standards. I struggled for many yrs with putting God in the number one spot in my life, I lied to myself and tried to share that spot with God and my husband, but I have learned that does not work. Yes to Love God I must honor my husband, but I cannot hide behind him. Yes, I cannot fight his ways, but learn to listen to God and for God’s wisdom in each situation. He will speak to us, He will give us His wisdom, those who are saved and are His intimates as Dr. Stanley says. That means, those who are plugged into Him thru His word, seeking HIm thru His word, and prayer. We cannot hear from Him if we do not seek HIM. This is so important. Christians must understand this, if we are on the shelf, we cannot expect to hear from HIm or Experience His promises, we have to have continued communication, for instance, I cannot hear from you Pastor Shawn, unless I pick up the phone and call you, turn on my computer and read your blog or listen to your podcast, or visit your church and talk to you face to face. It is the same with the Father, We must , please excuse the terminology, “pick up the phone” and dial in”. That is picking up His word, calling upon HIs name in reverence, and approach His Holy throne.
Thank you for your words of encouragement, Thank you for your ministry, Thank you for holding the Tabernacle. Thank you for leading your church in missionary work. God bless you all.

]]> By: Bigfala Mike http://shawnbarnard.com/to-know-him/comment-page-1/#comment-885 Bigfala Mike Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:36:47 +0000 http://shawnbarnard.com/?p=300#comment-885 Hey can i use that It sums up perfectly my sermon for Sunday To Know Him is more than just loving, it is breathing, it is wanting souls touched by him. lives changed, and most importantly I just like Him oh to be like him is cool but to just like Him He is so loving and gracious and merciful and he gives me his peace, purpose, and oh words can't describe but I am thankful for the words you wrote..... Michael longing to be radical like Paul Whitman Hey can i use that It sums up perfectly my sermon for Sunday To Know Him is more than just loving, it is breathing, it is wanting souls touched by him. lives changed, and most importantly I just like Him oh to be like him is cool but to just like Him He is so loving and gracious and merciful and he gives me his peace, purpose, and oh words can’t describe but I am thankful for the words you wrote…..

Michael longing to be radical like Paul Whitman

]]> By: Randi Mackey http://shawnbarnard.com/to-know-him/comment-page-1/#comment-881 Randi Mackey Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:54:59 +0000 http://shawnbarnard.com/?p=300#comment-881 Thank you for this encouragement. It's such a great dose of positive - to hear about other Christians LIVING and not just buying time. :) Love it! Thank you for this encouragement. It’s such a great dose of positive – to hear about other Christians LIVING and not just buying time. :) Love it!

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