Those who have learned by experience what physical and emotional pain and anguish mean, are a community all over the world. They are united by a secret bond. one and all, they know the horrors of suffering to which mankind can be subjected. One and all, they know the longing to be free from pain.
He who has been delivered from pain must not think he is free again and live his life just as he did before. Having come deeply to know pain and anguish, he must help to take a stand against pain and
anguish so far as human power can control them, and to bring others the deliverance which he himself
has experienced. Such is the fellowship of those who bear the mark of pain. One and all we must realize that our existence receives its true meaning only when we experience within ourselves the truth
of the saying..."He who loses his life will find it".
[ "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise
they might see with their eyes, hear with their hearts and turn, for they would be healed" ]
First is the spiritual restoration that we receive when we accept Jesus Christ into our lives, thereby
experiencing the rebirth of our spiritual nature and the coming into right relationship with God the Father. Does not God tell us, Freely we have received, freely we are to give away. If having Jesus in our lives is the greatest thing that has ever happened to us, nothing will be able to stop us from sharing Him with others. Then, finally practicing the Lord's principles becomes an on-going, daily way of living in which we will continue to grow in the Lord and be 'transformed from glory to glory'.
In silence comes God's meaning to the heart. I cannot judge when it enters the heart. I can only judge by results. God's word is spoken to the secret places of my heart, and in some hour of temptation, I find that word and realize its value when I need it. His presence is always 'close by'.
He who has been delivered from pain must not think he is free again and live his life just as he did before. Having come deeply to know pain and anguish, he must help to take a stand against pain and
anguish so far as human power can control them, and to bring others the deliverance which he himself
has experienced. Such is the fellowship of those who bear the mark of pain. One and all we must realize that our existence receives its true meaning only when we experience within ourselves the truth
of the saying..."He who loses his life will find it".
[ "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise
they might see with their eyes, hear with their hearts and turn, for they would be healed" ]
First is the spiritual restoration that we receive when we accept Jesus Christ into our lives, thereby
experiencing the rebirth of our spiritual nature and the coming into right relationship with God the Father. Does not God tell us, Freely we have received, freely we are to give away. If having Jesus in our lives is the greatest thing that has ever happened to us, nothing will be able to stop us from sharing Him with others. Then, finally practicing the Lord's principles becomes an on-going, daily way of living in which we will continue to grow in the Lord and be 'transformed from glory to glory'.
In silence comes God's meaning to the heart. I cannot judge when it enters the heart. I can only judge by results. God's word is spoken to the secret places of my heart, and in some hour of temptation, I find that word and realize its value when I need it. His presence is always 'close by'.
