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Jessica
Guest
Dear Friends I have a testimony to share with you.
I had an encounter with God….!!!
Wooo it sounds exciting isn’t it..?
Best happens to you when you least expect it..
I am a born Christian though was never close to God. But He had a plan for me. He caught me. A baby Christian started a journey and growing in her faith … As exciting as a journey to some hill station.
People say the more we draw closer to God, with more power Devil tries to pull us back. Holding on to promises of God I kept asking God to fulfill His promises in my life. But somewhere I was running scared, as I wanted everything to happen my way. Not ready to forgive and let go, always complaining and full of bitterness. But after all God is God.. A Father, a Friend. God in His grace reveals Himself to us through others. When we least expect it, sometimes in far out of the way places, and often in times of fear, God shows up. Even when we have made a mess of things, and we don’t deserve it, God comes to offer His blessing and the promise of His presence forever coz He is faithful. Yes He really is…!!
I was not ready to let go my past and hurt made to me, but God wanted me to forgive, though I always thought I had forgiven but actually I never did. I was listening to this message of Joyce Meyer about forgiveness and God spoke to me… That was the time I had an encounter with God.
I heard a voice from inside me:
“Aastha do yourself a favor.. He repeated “Hey Aastha will you do a favor to yourself..??â€
I asked “what favor?? “
He said “Can you forgive?â€
Me: Oh I already did…!! What else you want me to do?
He said “Oh is it..are you sure you have forgiven? But you still have bitterness and self pity and have regrets.
Me: Yes I do feel bad about it, those are my emotions my feelings.
Jesus: “Are you gonna believe your emotions and feelings or My Wordsâ€..??
“Aah Jesus.. I believe Your Words.. but what about the way I feel..?
I was lost in my own conversation with God and Joyce Meyer started talking about emotions. Oooh that was amazing.. She asked “are you ruled by your emotions or are you ruled by the Word of Godâ€.. ?
“Oh God suddenly I knew what wrong I was doing.â€
As Joyce Meyer asked everyone to take a decision to forgive, within a minute I decided to forgive and seek forgiveness and asked God to help me in my decision. He is so faithful; I could actually feel elation in my soul the moment I took the decision. God released me from the bondage of bitterness, self pity, hurt, guilt and regret.
God instructs us to practice forgiveness. And when we choose to follow the path of forgiveness, we will experience the peace and joy that come through obeying God's Word. The act of forgiving allows God to work His will and our healing in the situation. And every time we forgive and seek forgiveness we slap hard on Satan’s face and defeat him.
I forgive and let go, if I was not hurt or I had never hurt someone I would have never had an encounter with Jesus.
Thank You Jesus for releasing me from this bondage. You have set me free.
Keep your hearts open to God’s Word You never know when you're going to get an encounter with Him.
Thanks
Aastha
I had an encounter with God….!!!
Wooo it sounds exciting isn’t it..?
Best happens to you when you least expect it..
I am a born Christian though was never close to God. But He had a plan for me. He caught me. A baby Christian started a journey and growing in her faith … As exciting as a journey to some hill station.
People say the more we draw closer to God, with more power Devil tries to pull us back. Holding on to promises of God I kept asking God to fulfill His promises in my life. But somewhere I was running scared, as I wanted everything to happen my way. Not ready to forgive and let go, always complaining and full of bitterness. But after all God is God.. A Father, a Friend. God in His grace reveals Himself to us through others. When we least expect it, sometimes in far out of the way places, and often in times of fear, God shows up. Even when we have made a mess of things, and we don’t deserve it, God comes to offer His blessing and the promise of His presence forever coz He is faithful. Yes He really is…!!
I was not ready to let go my past and hurt made to me, but God wanted me to forgive, though I always thought I had forgiven but actually I never did. I was listening to this message of Joyce Meyer about forgiveness and God spoke to me… That was the time I had an encounter with God.
I heard a voice from inside me:
“Aastha do yourself a favor.. He repeated “Hey Aastha will you do a favor to yourself..??â€
I asked “what favor?? “
He said “Can you forgive?â€
Me: Oh I already did…!! What else you want me to do?
He said “Oh is it..are you sure you have forgiven? But you still have bitterness and self pity and have regrets.
Me: Yes I do feel bad about it, those are my emotions my feelings.
Jesus: “Are you gonna believe your emotions and feelings or My Wordsâ€..??
“Aah Jesus.. I believe Your Words.. but what about the way I feel..?
I was lost in my own conversation with God and Joyce Meyer started talking about emotions. Oooh that was amazing.. She asked “are you ruled by your emotions or are you ruled by the Word of Godâ€.. ?
“Oh God suddenly I knew what wrong I was doing.â€
As Joyce Meyer asked everyone to take a decision to forgive, within a minute I decided to forgive and seek forgiveness and asked God to help me in my decision. He is so faithful; I could actually feel elation in my soul the moment I took the decision. God released me from the bondage of bitterness, self pity, hurt, guilt and regret.
God instructs us to practice forgiveness. And when we choose to follow the path of forgiveness, we will experience the peace and joy that come through obeying God's Word. The act of forgiving allows God to work His will and our healing in the situation. And every time we forgive and seek forgiveness we slap hard on Satan’s face and defeat him.
I forgive and let go, if I was not hurt or I had never hurt someone I would have never had an encounter with Jesus.
Thank You Jesus for releasing me from this bondage. You have set me free.
Keep your hearts open to God’s Word You never know when you're going to get an encounter with Him.
Thanks
Aastha
