In case people wonder about what my STAND is or question it Biblical standpoint....here is part of my on going testimony!!
God called me to STAND for our marriage almost 8 years ago now...I had NO IDEA of what it was at the time...I just knew what my heart had felt for my Cov. Husband of my Youth...it was to NEVER be unfaithful to him even while we had dated 7 years before we married and said the "I DO". At age 11 our Daughter said Mom is this a TEST (from God) and I said Yes, Karleigh it is...but destruction continued and the enemy had a hay-day with tearing the boys to one side and the girls to the other...breaking hearts along the way (GOD HATES DIVORCE and NEVER INTENDED for us to go through all we had to go through...but He allowed it) He allowed it for HIS GLORY TO COME!!! Amen He knows the beginning to the end and we will help save COUNTLESS marriages like the Stienkamp's with telling them the TRUTH and turning them back to their Cov mates of their youths...People give up way to early with their marriages and if they would just wait out their storms....they would be amazed at what the Lord can and will do. Many leave for material differences, spiritual difference or affairs and things that the enemy leads them down the wrong pathway with ease (Prov 5). I am THANKFUL for my journey with the Lord and Him keeping me on task and track with him despite my personal raging storms and trials around me...WHY? Because its shaped me and defined me and brought me even closer to the Lord than I was before. Ive meet people that I otherwise would have NEVER met in which along our journey we have shared some tragic situations and rejoiced together as well as prayed for one another over the years fasting and praying and breaking strongholds and generational cusres along the way...I AM THANKFUL to EACH AND EVEY ONE OF YOU they know who they are) It made me appreciate the little things that I otherwise took for granted with my Husband or my Children....and I've been able to take care of my elderly parents-in which one parent (my Mom still living) about 7 yrs ago had OV. Cancer and the other just passed away April 17th 2010 (My Daddy). My Mom is still alive to tell her testimony of how the Lord healed her with NO CHEMO. God has restored me from nothing to where God is going to take us next with His Cov. blessings of Abraham as He has promised me to the next level). I found myself and who God had designed me to be and created me to be as His chosen vessel and woman of God (striving for the Proverbs 31 model). I am now attending a Bible College in the field of "Associates of Arts in Leadership & Ministry"...
A passion that I had when our kids were growing up! I've never allowed the situation with my husband and I to give our children an excuse not to do their VERY BEST for God. We have a handsome Son who is talented in SOOOOO many ways...as well as a beautiful talented Daughter who not only has a job that she loves in fashion retail but she is such an inspiration to many around her including me and is also college bound like Robert she shares some of the SAME EXACT passions and they are amazing blessings from the Lord. I KNOW that the BEST is yet to COME for me and my household will serve the Lord in an ever greater and mightier way! I am here for anyone who needs prayers pretty much 24/7 and we are all expecting an EXPECTED END along with a GRAND CELEBRATION and I will say right now anyone and everyone is welcome and invited to celebrate along with us when we re-new the new US in the near future. Gods working out ALL the details in the meantime and all I need to do is obey and trust as well as BELIEVE Him and take Him at HIS VERY WORD! He makes all things new and forgives us for the mistakes we make and casts them into the sea of forgetfulness. Yes we do have to drink from our own cistern...but there is also LOVE and FORGIVENESS at the CROSS!! Amen! Part of my testimony with the Latter days ....and the BEST to COME!!! God bless!!
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Devotionals Psalm 139:14 1 Corin 12-4-6
Devotional
Psalm 139:14 1 Corin 12-4-6
I will praise you for making me and having a purpose for my life before I was even formed in my mother's womb. I give you praise and thank you because of who you are my High God.
You are breathtaking and amazing. I worship you in adoration with all that you create and have created thinking of me in every detail of my life as you made me in secret. How precious are your thoughts of me and your creations around me and for my pleasure.
It's amazing how you would count the grains of the sand as well as design every aspect of my being and soul. I am aware of your presence and yet I am still in the quiet secret place we have together. You are with me at every given hour. I will continue to give you praise and walk humbly in wonder and fear of you Lord as you use me as your earthly vessel for your glory in ministry and to my family until you come again for the whole world to marvel and stand in undeniable wonder.
I am thankful through God's word that I can confirm the gifts that He has given me. I am thankful for each and every gift of the spirit. Each spiritual gift that He has given and trusted in me profits all in whom I minister to on a daily basis. I'm thankful and grateful to our Lord and Savior for the wonderful variety of gifts that He has given to me including my studies at a Bible College and His wise council with the clear understanding of the journey that I am currently on in this season and phase in my life. I'm excited to share in unity with the body how we are all different yet all the same in moving forward in motion and purpose to reach our destiny. Our purpose is in healing and encouragement amongst other gifts that are used to assist each other and the body of Christ in a whole we gain the same knowledge and truth. He is the same God who works in us all and yet in all aspects at the same time. I am in awe of His purpose and design which is inspired by His divine works of the Holy Spirit.
Psalm 139:14 1 Corin 12-4-6
I will praise you for making me and having a purpose for my life before I was even formed in my mother's womb. I give you praise and thank you because of who you are my High God.
You are breathtaking and amazing. I worship you in adoration with all that you create and have created thinking of me in every detail of my life as you made me in secret. How precious are your thoughts of me and your creations around me and for my pleasure.
It's amazing how you would count the grains of the sand as well as design every aspect of my being and soul. I am aware of your presence and yet I am still in the quiet secret place we have together. You are with me at every given hour. I will continue to give you praise and walk humbly in wonder and fear of you Lord as you use me as your earthly vessel for your glory in ministry and to my family until you come again for the whole world to marvel and stand in undeniable wonder.
I am thankful through God's word that I can confirm the gifts that He has given me. I am thankful for each and every gift of the spirit. Each spiritual gift that He has given and trusted in me profits all in whom I minister to on a daily basis. I'm thankful and grateful to our Lord and Savior for the wonderful variety of gifts that He has given to me including my studies at a Bible College and His wise council with the clear understanding of the journey that I am currently on in this season and phase in my life. I'm excited to share in unity with the body how we are all different yet all the same in moving forward in motion and purpose to reach our destiny. Our purpose is in healing and encouragement amongst other gifts that are used to assist each other and the body of Christ in a whole we gain the same knowledge and truth. He is the same God who works in us all and yet in all aspects at the same time. I am in awe of His purpose and design which is inspired by His divine works of the Holy Spirit.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Tuesday's message is from Bob who was a prodigal who returned home and was remarried to me for an additional 23 years before the Lord took Bob home to Heaven. Bob wrote 19 books from the prodigal's perspective for more than two decades after our divorce and remarriage.
Today I have selected a devotional that I believe will remind you to pray for your beloved husband or wife who is a prodigal as we approach Holy Week and Resurrection Sunday. - Charlyne
What Are All Holidays Like For My Prodigal?
In short, holidays are horrible out in the far country of life. Everything we see, hear, or do is a reminder of what life was like before our home was attacked by Satan.
We prodigals attempt to deal with holidays in one of three ways. The most painful is to attempt to replicate our family’s traditions in our own miserable surroundings. Secondly, we may attempt to totally ignore the holidays. For prodigals where the enemy has planted another person into the picture, the prodigals may attempt to join in on his/her family’s holiday traditions. If you are a stander, rejoice when that happens. Rejoice? Yes, praise God that is taking place. Let me explain.
Our youngest son, Tom, and his wife, Kathleen, married several years ago, near Easter. Their Easter plans that first year picked up on both Steinkamp family and Hektor family traditions, yet they were unique to Tom and Kathleen. By their second Easter, they had even more traditions.
We have a treadmill in our home. The manufacturer placed a warning on it telling of the danger of stepping onto the machine when it is already moving, because given enough speed, the treadmill can flip the user. Tom and Kathleen are starting their treadmill of traditions. By the time their children are old enough to remember, there will be another generation of Steinkamp family traditions in place.
After I became a prodigal, I attempted to step onto the treadmill of traditions of another woman and her children. That family’s treadmill had been running for years and was going full speed, and it almost flipped me.
Have you ever noticed an adult in church for the first time in their life? They are uncomfortable as they attempt to do what everyone else is doing, without knowing the reason. That is what I was doing and I can promise you that is what your prodigal is experiencing at the family gatherings of that other person as well.
When the other woman’s extended family would gather, I was treated politely, but nevertheless as an outsider. I did not know the incidents they were talking about. I barely knew the people there, much less the grandmothers they spoke about.
If you want to see a dance called "The Prodigal Wiggle," let Uncle what’s-his-name start loudly telling old anecdotes about the other person’s spouse! The prodigal knows that family’s treadmill of tradition is about to flip them when good old Uncle finishes his story with, "I sure miss him/her not being here," and the prodigal is certain every set of eyes in the room is on them, silently wondering, "Why are you here? This is our family." I never attended an "other person" function that I did not feel totally out of place.
I left every holiday gathering in the far country nursing my wounds, after being flipped by another family’s treadmill of tradition. The salt in my wounds was hearing my children innocently report on "holiday as usual" at home, as Charlyne worked alone to carry on our family traditions. That, my friend, is one of those times when the Holy Spirit is quietly saying, "Why don’t you stop this foolishness and go home to your family?"
We prodigals think we are made of tough stuff and dismiss that urging, thinking the next far country treadmill trip will be different. The process is repeated over and over until finally we are beat up enough to go home.
After 21 years of marriage ministry, I understand how standing spouses hurt on holidays. Above all else, I have heard my wife share the hurts I caused her during our time of divorce.
If you will ask the Holy Spirit to give you a glimpse of how your prodigal is also hurting, your holidays will become one of prayer, as my wife has been suggesting recently. Do not waste this day on the computer listening to how bad someone else has it, but spend your day off "laboring" in prayer for your prodigal spouse. Today, you can ask God what you should do, not a bunch of strangers.
Do you realize how many journeys toward home are started on the many different holidays? For most prodigals, being flipped by the treadmill of tradition softens the heart. Yes, we have Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year holidays, but did you know that more people go to church on Easter than on Christmas? Do you know how many prodigal men, women and children will be in an Easter service this year? I was there without Charlyne. Are you praying and fasting for your spouse and all prodigals to have the Holy Spirit touch and change their hearts during Holy week or on Resurrection Sunday?
You need to pray that every man of God will present the Gospel as God plants the urge for your husband or wife to be asked to go to church by the other person, neighbors or people at work or you may feel the Holy Spirit encouraging you to ask them to go to a church service near or on Easter. Always seek God’s will and way as you pray for His directions.
The question is not what so-and-so "says" to do or not to do, but is a matter of what God is clearly telling you to do. Above all else, keep your family’s treadmill of tradition operating at a speed where your prodigal is able to jump right back on, when God leads them.
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. 1 John 4:1-3
Because He lives,
Bob Steinkamp
Rejoice Marriage Ministries, Inc.
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he Steinkamp's first his/her book. On one side Bob's writes to the prodigal how to re-adjust to living back home. How to deal with your emotions and feelings in "After The Prodigal Returns." Turn the book over and read Charlyne's "Standing After The Prodigal Returns". Charlyne teaches standers to learn how to love their husband or wife unconditionally, learn to "Zip their lips," and to never stop praying even though your husband or wife may be back home.
Tuesday's message is from Bob who was a prodigal who returned home and was remarried to me for an additional 23 years before the Lord took Bob home to Heaven. Bob wrote 19 books from the prodigal's perspective for more than two decades after our divorce and remarriage.
Today I have selected a devotional that I believe will remind you to pray for your beloved husband or wife who is a prodigal as we approach Holy Week and Resurrection Sunday. - Charlyne
What Are All Holidays Like For My Prodigal?
In short, holidays are horrible out in the far country of life. Everything we see, hear, or do is a reminder of what life was like before our home was attacked by Satan.
We prodigals attempt to deal with holidays in one of three ways. The most painful is to attempt to replicate our family’s traditions in our own miserable surroundings. Secondly, we may attempt to totally ignore the holidays. For prodigals where the enemy has planted another person into the picture, the prodigals may attempt to join in on his/her family’s holiday traditions. If you are a stander, rejoice when that happens. Rejoice? Yes, praise God that is taking place. Let me explain.
Our youngest son, Tom, and his wife, Kathleen, married several years ago, near Easter. Their Easter plans that first year picked up on both Steinkamp family and Hektor family traditions, yet they were unique to Tom and Kathleen. By their second Easter, they had even more traditions.
We have a treadmill in our home. The manufacturer placed a warning on it telling of the danger of stepping onto the machine when it is already moving, because given enough speed, the treadmill can flip the user. Tom and Kathleen are starting their treadmill of traditions. By the time their children are old enough to remember, there will be another generation of Steinkamp family traditions in place.
After I became a prodigal, I attempted to step onto the treadmill of traditions of another woman and her children. That family’s treadmill had been running for years and was going full speed, and it almost flipped me.
Have you ever noticed an adult in church for the first time in their life? They are uncomfortable as they attempt to do what everyone else is doing, without knowing the reason. That is what I was doing and I can promise you that is what your prodigal is experiencing at the family gatherings of that other person as well.
When the other woman’s extended family would gather, I was treated politely, but nevertheless as an outsider. I did not know the incidents they were talking about. I barely knew the people there, much less the grandmothers they spoke about.
If you want to see a dance called "The Prodigal Wiggle," let Uncle what’s-his-name start loudly telling old anecdotes about the other person’s spouse! The prodigal knows that family’s treadmill of tradition is about to flip them when good old Uncle finishes his story with, "I sure miss him/her not being here," and the prodigal is certain every set of eyes in the room is on them, silently wondering, "Why are you here? This is our family." I never attended an "other person" function that I did not feel totally out of place.
I left every holiday gathering in the far country nursing my wounds, after being flipped by another family’s treadmill of tradition. The salt in my wounds was hearing my children innocently report on "holiday as usual" at home, as Charlyne worked alone to carry on our family traditions. That, my friend, is one of those times when the Holy Spirit is quietly saying, "Why don’t you stop this foolishness and go home to your family?"
We prodigals think we are made of tough stuff and dismiss that urging, thinking the next far country treadmill trip will be different. The process is repeated over and over until finally we are beat up enough to go home.
After 21 years of marriage ministry, I understand how standing spouses hurt on holidays. Above all else, I have heard my wife share the hurts I caused her during our time of divorce.
If you will ask the Holy Spirit to give you a glimpse of how your prodigal is also hurting, your holidays will become one of prayer, as my wife has been suggesting recently. Do not waste this day on the computer listening to how bad someone else has it, but spend your day off "laboring" in prayer for your prodigal spouse. Today, you can ask God what you should do, not a bunch of strangers.
Do you realize how many journeys toward home are started on the many different holidays? For most prodigals, being flipped by the treadmill of tradition softens the heart. Yes, we have Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year holidays, but did you know that more people go to church on Easter than on Christmas? Do you know how many prodigal men, women and children will be in an Easter service this year? I was there without Charlyne. Are you praying and fasting for your spouse and all prodigals to have the Holy Spirit touch and change their hearts during Holy week or on Resurrection Sunday?
You need to pray that every man of God will present the Gospel as God plants the urge for your husband or wife to be asked to go to church by the other person, neighbors or people at work or you may feel the Holy Spirit encouraging you to ask them to go to a church service near or on Easter. Always seek God’s will and way as you pray for His directions.
The question is not what so-and-so "says" to do or not to do, but is a matter of what God is clearly telling you to do. Above all else, keep your family’s treadmill of tradition operating at a speed where your prodigal is able to jump right back on, when God leads them.
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. 1 John 4:1-3
Because He lives,
Bob Steinkamp
Rejoice Marriage Ministries, Inc.
Click and Copy the Link Below
http://www.stopdivorce.org/index.php/product/paperback/bob_and_charlyne_steinkamp/after_the_prodigal_returns_standing_after_the_prodigal_returns/00038?utm_source=Charlyne+Cares&utm_campaign=a40b4e8888-UA-273832-1&utm_medium=email
he Steinkamp's first his/her book. On one side Bob's writes to the prodigal how to re-adjust to living back home. How to deal with your emotions and feelings in "After The Prodigal Returns." Turn the book over and read Charlyne's "Standing After The Prodigal Returns". Charlyne teaches standers to learn how to love their husband or wife unconditionally, learn to "Zip their lips," and to never stop praying even though your husband or wife may be back home.
Friday, March 23, 2012
"So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word."
Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey
Good morning,
The Spirit of the Lord says;
Never doubt My faithfulness to you. Every thing that I have spoken to you, every promise made I Am doing exactly that! I Am not bound by the time of this world, I Am ageless and timeless. Just because you have not seen the expected desire, I Am watching over My Word to perform it. At times you think that I Am unaffected by your cries for relief, yet I Am always beside you making sure that you live to see and walk in the promise. Only know My Word, never assume that I will do what you want if it doesn't line up with Me. Quite often this is where My children are deluded and deceived and where their hope becomes deferred. When you are not acquainted with Me or My ways, you allow the enemy of your soul to make you believe a lie, for you expect Me to do what I cannot do, and that is lie. When I speak I cannot lie! I told Joshua and Caleb that they would come into their promise land as long as they continued to believe Me, it came to pass for them. Forty years passed and My Word was alive in them, it remained the same and they enjoyed the fruit of believing Me.
Many must let go of the false gods of faith, believing Me for the things in their heart that they could not find in My Word. For when you believe in things that I did not say, those desires then have become idols, forming their own belief systems in your heart. Go back and see if those things are so, study to show yourself approved unto Me. My Word is the Truth that you need to order your life by. All that is in your life and every test of your life I will turn for your good, no matter how it has comes, or how long it endures, I will keep My promise to you. It shall be even as I have declared to you. For it is My Word that you believe and continue in that I can prosper and watch over to perform, not preconceived ideas, or speculations. So meditate on My Word and you will be amazed when your desires become Mine, bringing us into agreement. So don't give up, don't lose hope. I know what time it is, and I have time on My side to perform all that I promise.
"So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word." (Heb. 10:23) "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain and snow come down from the heavens, and return not there again, but water the earth and make it bring forth and sprout, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it." (Is. 55:9-11)
Love,
Pastor D.
Good morning,
The Spirit of the Lord says;
Never doubt My faithfulness to you. Every thing that I have spoken to you, every promise made I Am doing exactly that! I Am not bound by the time of this world, I Am ageless and timeless. Just because you have not seen the expected desire, I Am watching over My Word to perform it. At times you think that I Am unaffected by your cries for relief, yet I Am always beside you making sure that you live to see and walk in the promise. Only know My Word, never assume that I will do what you want if it doesn't line up with Me. Quite often this is where My children are deluded and deceived and where their hope becomes deferred. When you are not acquainted with Me or My ways, you allow the enemy of your soul to make you believe a lie, for you expect Me to do what I cannot do, and that is lie. When I speak I cannot lie! I told Joshua and Caleb that they would come into their promise land as long as they continued to believe Me, it came to pass for them. Forty years passed and My Word was alive in them, it remained the same and they enjoyed the fruit of believing Me.
Many must let go of the false gods of faith, believing Me for the things in their heart that they could not find in My Word. For when you believe in things that I did not say, those desires then have become idols, forming their own belief systems in your heart. Go back and see if those things are so, study to show yourself approved unto Me. My Word is the Truth that you need to order your life by. All that is in your life and every test of your life I will turn for your good, no matter how it has comes, or how long it endures, I will keep My promise to you. It shall be even as I have declared to you. For it is My Word that you believe and continue in that I can prosper and watch over to perform, not preconceived ideas, or speculations. So meditate on My Word and you will be amazed when your desires become Mine, bringing us into agreement. So don't give up, don't lose hope. I know what time it is, and I have time on My side to perform all that I promise.
"So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word." (Heb. 10:23) "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain and snow come down from the heavens, and return not there again, but water the earth and make it bring forth and sprout, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it." (Is. 55:9-11)
Love,
Pastor D.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Nets Begin To Break Rejoice Ministries- Charlene
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Nets Began To Break!
One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, he saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. Luke 5:1-3
Do you believe that God can go and catch your spouse, touching, cleaning and changing their life completely? I do. I believe that nothing is too hard for the Lord God to accomplish in healing marriages or in changing your family member's lives, or friends or co-workers lives. You and I must stand in the gap and seek our Lord praying for hearts to be transformed every day!
“For nothing is impossible with God.” Luke 1:7
Do you know that God sent His only Son down to earth to save the world? Every day we hear from standers, family members or friends telling us about the horrible circumstances that are going on with their marriage problems. We have the solution! Jesus Christ died on the Cross for your and your spouse's sins. If your family and friends are concerned about you, ask them to fast and pray one meal a week for your spouse's salvation. My own personal heart's desire would be for one or two special men or women of God to fast and pray for your circumstances and your spouse's salvation at least three times a week or possibly fast one meal a day for your marriage. Imagine what could be accomplished in the Heavenlies before Resurrection Sunday!
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen; to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?...Then you will call and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.” Isaiah 58:6, 9
Jesus loved teaching the people in so many different settings and in so many towns as He proclaimed the Gospel. Are you listening to His instructions? Are you reading God’s Word daily? Do you hunger to hear what the Lord may say to you personally through a special scripture? That is how the Lord spoke to me all through my stand and still does it now. Just recently I wrote a question on my Daily Bible Reading Calendar and within a few days, the Holy Spirit had given me a special scripture and then I did a cross-reference to have the Holy Spirit magnify His answer to me even more. The next day I did my normal readings for that day and the Lord gave me another scripture which was a strong confirmation of the answer to my question, again. The Lord is my Husband, I want His will and way in my life. I must spend time with Him as if I were sitting at a lake listening to him teach to the multitudes. Are you willing to sacrifice some time with the Lord every day? God DOES SPEAK to His children! Are you listening?
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” Simon answered, “Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. Luke 5:4-7 (emphasis mine)
Did you notice Simon Peter's obedience when the Lord spoke instructions to him? Are you willing to obey the Lord as Simon Peter did? Peter knew he had been fishing all night and there had been no fish. Peter also knew that you catch fish at night, but He listened and obeyed the Master. I knew that my Lord had spoken to my heart and directed my footsteps to pray and stand for my marriage forever. I was to pray for my husband to be set free from Satan’s tricks, schemes and prison. I was to wait for my marriage to be healed and restored by my mighty awesome God in His perfect timing.
There is a time in your life when you must surrender your will and way to God's will and way forever. Stop debating with the Lord all your reasonings and excuses, but choose to sit at the Lord's feet, listening to His teachings and to His instructions for your life and marriage.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men.” So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. Luke 5:8-11
What did Simon Peter see when he obeyed Jesus' instructions? He saw the power of Jesus Christ and his own sinfulness. May you and I repent daily of our own sins. Then Peter, Andrew, James and John pulled their boats up on shore leaving the fish for Zebedee and his servants to clean. These men chose at that very moment to surrender their lives to following Jesus Christ and become Fishers of Men. Have you surrendered your life and marriage to the Lord?
Now may you know that your Lord Jesus Christ wants your spouse to come to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord of their life. The Lord wants to save multitudes around the world every day. Has your spouse known Jesus Christ, but has fallen into a trap of sin? Jesus Christ cares about them. God has written their name in the palm of His hand.
So do not give up, but keep praying for your spouse to repent just as David did after he committed adultery and murder. The Lord will not stop looking for His lost sheep. Will you pray with me that lost sinners will ask Jesus Christ to change their lives and hearts today? Let's pray for the all the nets to break every day this week!
Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” Luke 5:31-32
Believe in the Lord's power,
Charlyne Steinkamp
The Nets Began To Break!
One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, he saw at the water's edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. Luke 5:1-3
Do you believe that God can go and catch your spouse, touching, cleaning and changing their life completely? I do. I believe that nothing is too hard for the Lord God to accomplish in healing marriages or in changing your family member's lives, or friends or co-workers lives. You and I must stand in the gap and seek our Lord praying for hearts to be transformed every day!
“For nothing is impossible with God.” Luke 1:7
Do you know that God sent His only Son down to earth to save the world? Every day we hear from standers, family members or friends telling us about the horrible circumstances that are going on with their marriage problems. We have the solution! Jesus Christ died on the Cross for your and your spouse's sins. If your family and friends are concerned about you, ask them to fast and pray one meal a week for your spouse's salvation. My own personal heart's desire would be for one or two special men or women of God to fast and pray for your circumstances and your spouse's salvation at least three times a week or possibly fast one meal a day for your marriage. Imagine what could be accomplished in the Heavenlies before Resurrection Sunday!
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen; to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?...Then you will call and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.” Isaiah 58:6, 9
Jesus loved teaching the people in so many different settings and in so many towns as He proclaimed the Gospel. Are you listening to His instructions? Are you reading God’s Word daily? Do you hunger to hear what the Lord may say to you personally through a special scripture? That is how the Lord spoke to me all through my stand and still does it now. Just recently I wrote a question on my Daily Bible Reading Calendar and within a few days, the Holy Spirit had given me a special scripture and then I did a cross-reference to have the Holy Spirit magnify His answer to me even more. The next day I did my normal readings for that day and the Lord gave me another scripture which was a strong confirmation of the answer to my question, again. The Lord is my Husband, I want His will and way in my life. I must spend time with Him as if I were sitting at a lake listening to him teach to the multitudes. Are you willing to sacrifice some time with the Lord every day? God DOES SPEAK to His children! Are you listening?
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” Simon answered, “Master, we've worked hard all night and haven't caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. Luke 5:4-7 (emphasis mine)
Did you notice Simon Peter's obedience when the Lord spoke instructions to him? Are you willing to obey the Lord as Simon Peter did? Peter knew he had been fishing all night and there had been no fish. Peter also knew that you catch fish at night, but He listened and obeyed the Master. I knew that my Lord had spoken to my heart and directed my footsteps to pray and stand for my marriage forever. I was to pray for my husband to be set free from Satan’s tricks, schemes and prison. I was to wait for my marriage to be healed and restored by my mighty awesome God in His perfect timing.
There is a time in your life when you must surrender your will and way to God's will and way forever. Stop debating with the Lord all your reasonings and excuses, but choose to sit at the Lord's feet, listening to His teachings and to His instructions for your life and marriage.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don't be afraid; from now on you will catch men.” So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. Luke 5:8-11
What did Simon Peter see when he obeyed Jesus' instructions? He saw the power of Jesus Christ and his own sinfulness. May you and I repent daily of our own sins. Then Peter, Andrew, James and John pulled their boats up on shore leaving the fish for Zebedee and his servants to clean. These men chose at that very moment to surrender their lives to following Jesus Christ and become Fishers of Men. Have you surrendered your life and marriage to the Lord?
Now may you know that your Lord Jesus Christ wants your spouse to come to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord of their life. The Lord wants to save multitudes around the world every day. Has your spouse known Jesus Christ, but has fallen into a trap of sin? Jesus Christ cares about them. God has written their name in the palm of His hand.
So do not give up, but keep praying for your spouse to repent just as David did after he committed adultery and murder. The Lord will not stop looking for His lost sheep. Will you pray with me that lost sinners will ask Jesus Christ to change their lives and hearts today? Let's pray for the all the nets to break every day this week!
Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” Luke 5:31-32
Believe in the Lord's power,
Charlyne Steinkamp
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
You Are Writing A Story
You Are Writing A Story
2 CORINTHIANS 3:2B NLT
2 Your lives are a letter written in our hearts; everyone can
read it and recognize our good work among you.
Every day by your actions you are "writing" your story.
One purpose of life on earth is to give us each an opportunity
to "write" our own story, which we will be able to share and
enjoy throughout eternity. We are here to learn, and what we
experience and learn will be shared with many.
Humans love stories. Facts and figures can sometimes be boring,
but when anyone tells what happened to them, it usually draws
our attention.
Everyone knows and loves the story of David and Goliath.
We all love a good story. But what does every good story
require? It must involve some problem or difficulty that is
ultimately overcome so there is a happy ending. These are the
stories we love to hear.
The good news is that, because of God's love, your story will
at least have a happy ending. But you can make your story more
interesting by the choices you make now.
As you know, there can be many problems and difficulties in a
story. But how the story finishes is what's most important.
You may be facing some terrible circumstances right now. But
your story is not over. The trouble you are facing now is what
will make your story interesting as it is told in the future.
You can overcome! God is there to help you! You can face
difficulties with God's help and overcome (just like David did
with Goliath.)
So don't judge your story too quickly. Life is not over. Your
story is still being written. Some of the best and most
exciting parts are still to come.
It's too soon for a final judgment.
SAY THIS: My story is going to bring God glory with a happy
ending.
2 CORINTHIANS 3:2B NLT
2 Your lives are a letter written in our hearts; everyone can
read it and recognize our good work among you.
Every day by your actions you are "writing" your story.
One purpose of life on earth is to give us each an opportunity
to "write" our own story, which we will be able to share and
enjoy throughout eternity. We are here to learn, and what we
experience and learn will be shared with many.
Humans love stories. Facts and figures can sometimes be boring,
but when anyone tells what happened to them, it usually draws
our attention.
Everyone knows and loves the story of David and Goliath.
We all love a good story. But what does every good story
require? It must involve some problem or difficulty that is
ultimately overcome so there is a happy ending. These are the
stories we love to hear.
The good news is that, because of God's love, your story will
at least have a happy ending. But you can make your story more
interesting by the choices you make now.
As you know, there can be many problems and difficulties in a
story. But how the story finishes is what's most important.
You may be facing some terrible circumstances right now. But
your story is not over. The trouble you are facing now is what
will make your story interesting as it is told in the future.
You can overcome! God is there to help you! You can face
difficulties with God's help and overcome (just like David did
with Goliath.)
So don't judge your story too quickly. Life is not over. Your
story is still being written. Some of the best and most
exciting parts are still to come.
It's too soon for a final judgment.
SAY THIS: My story is going to bring God glory with a happy
ending.
Soft Sraws March 20 2012
SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by MARSHA BURNS:
Be on guard and remain fully and solidly positioned in My presence, says the Lord. For, the enemy has released an attack to get you off track and to scatter you to the wind. His strategy is to cause you to get emotionally invested in things you have no control over. Yours is not to try to control but to trust Me in those things. Refuse to allow the devil and his plans to get your off balance. Stand strong and resolute in My purposes. I am with you and for you.
Nahum 2:1 He who scatters has come up before your face. Man the fort! Watch the road! Strengthen your flanks! Fortify your power mightily.
Be on guard and remain fully and solidly positioned in My presence, says the Lord. For, the enemy has released an attack to get you off track and to scatter you to the wind. His strategy is to cause you to get emotionally invested in things you have no control over. Yours is not to try to control but to trust Me in those things. Refuse to allow the devil and his plans to get your off balance. Stand strong and resolute in My purposes. I am with you and for you.
Nahum 2:1 He who scatters has come up before your face. Man the fort! Watch the road! Strengthen your flanks! Fortify your power mightily.
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