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So last night, I was trying to go to sleep early so that I could get plenty of rest. Well I keep tossing and turning but I couldn’t get to sleep. So I decided to get up and go to my computer since my brain kept saying..Wakeup! I felt as though God was tapping on my shoulder, trying to wake me up.

Grudgingly, I went to my computer and decided to listen to scripture as I work on the computer (I use www.studylight.org). I felt that God wanted me to read/listen to Philippians 4. So as I’m reading/listening to it, I get an email from a client that their website is down & they needed my help. Well I checked things out and it turns out that their server is having problems.

I felt this was a God moment because I was awaken just before I got the email, I was on my computer when I would have been asleep, and Philippians 4 talks about having the peace of God regardless of what’s going on around you.

Well I put my client at peace and told them that I make it a priority to fix their problem as soon as everything was in place on their end. So what did I learn from this God moment? When I feel the tap on my shoulder trying to get my attention, I should…Wakeup! and listen.

Philippians 4:6-7, “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this, you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus,” (NLB).

Be blessed and experience the peace of God today!компютри втора употреба

Experiencing betrayal is a hard thing to do especially if it is someone you have put your trust in. As someone who works virtually from my home, I have found that placing trust in clients is something that I have to be willing to do. Yet I have to admit that some of my clients have betrayed me by either not paying me or after all my hard work, switching to another designer who takes credit for all my hard work.

Living through these types of betrays have been hard but compared to what Jesus had to deal with, I count it as small change. You see, He had to deal with Judas betraying Him in way that lead to Him dying on the cross. Now that’s betrayal! Yet Jesus still loved Judas just as much as the rest of His disciples even though He knew what Judas was going to do.

If you found yourself in the same situation, what would you do? Would you still love the person who would betray you and continue trying to act as though that person didn’t betray you? Or would you get offended and treat them as though they were invisible and get angry at them? I have to admit that I have not been perfect in this area and that I’ve taken offense. The only way that I’ve found that I can get past the offense is to turn it over to God and allow Him to heal me from the offense and to grow me through it.

Checkout Proverbs 12:19-22, “Truthful lips shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is [credited] but for a moment. Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but for the counselors of peace there is joy. No [actual] evil, misfortune, or calamity shall come upon the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil, misfortune, and calamity. Lying lips are extremely disgusting and hateful to the Lord, but they who deal faithfully are His delightoffice furniture in Bulgaria” (NLB).

How have you handled betrayal? Please share your experiences.

How many times have you been believing God for a specific prayer request and doubt tries to slip in? Have you had an assurance that you would have something positive happen like a job promotion and doubt taps you on the shoulder and cause you to waver in your belief? Then you understand me when I say that it’s time to start “Facing the Fight against Doubt”.

I’ve been living a life in recent years where all I can do is have faith and belief for God to provide me with financial blessings. I state this because I own an Internet

based business that I work from home. When I first gave up Corporate America to come home to start my own business, I had a mound of responsibilities that I told God I couldn’t do it alone.

The remarkable thing is that in the many years since starting my business and depending on it for most of my financial support that it has grown on its own. Yes there are times when I want to throw in the towel and say that I can’t do this and doubt tries to cause me to fear. But I’ve learned that with God on my side that I can conquer my fears and overcome my doubt and be a success in business.

Have you been losing the battle when facing the fight against doubt? Then now is the time for you to stand up and say I am not going to lose this battle! That God has given me the victory and that I will defeat doubt!

When I make the Lord my Shepherd,
He leaves nothing more to want.

He leads me out of my wilderness
To a place where I can feed and rest.

He calms the storms within
And heals my wounded heart.

When choosing to follow His instruction,
I stop trying to sit on His throne.

Then, I can walk through the storm
Knowing evil can’t touch me.

His presence becomes so real
All else is barely noticed.

He directs my every step
So all landmines are missed.

His Spirit swells up within me,
My heart overflows with joy …

And the love of God
Begins to exude through me.

It is then that I truly
Dwell in the Lord’s House.

And now, I can’t imagine having
Chosen to live any other way.

© 2007 by Joyce C. Lock
http://iam.homewithGod.com/glimpsesofgod/

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When going through your day, remember to PTL. When facing hard obstacles in your life, remember to PTL. When life doesn’t seem to be treating you fairly, remember to PTL. I encourage you to PTL so that you can always keep the focus on God through life’s trial.