I want to praise God today . There are so many things that I want to say thank you for. For such a long time I felt I was missing out on the peace and joy , although I had the righteousness by faith. I brought this before the Lord some time ago and told Him that I have this feeling in me that is preventing joy and peace.

Its gone now and lately I wake up with joy and peace. I have a knowledge these days of the goodness and faithfulness of the Lord. I know that He will never leave me nor forsake me. I know that He has already supplied my ever need, healed me by His stripes, freed me from my bondages, seated me in the heavenlies, that I am dead and Christ is in me, that I have the mind of Christ, the faith of Christ, the life of Christ. I know that He has already given me all things pertaining to life and godliness. I know that He has forgiven me and that He has taken away my sin. I know these days that He has taken away even the desire to sin. I know that my old man is dead and buried and that He now lives in me.
The absolute joy of knowing His grace is overwhelming. Like John said: I must become less and He must become more. Daily as I take up my cross and decide to die to self (by and through His grace) I can see and feel Him rising. Something too wonderful is happening. I have searched so long for this.
I am a grown man but I find myself crying before the Lord so many times, but they are tears of thankfulness . Why me Lord? I am really so very much undeserving of anything from the Lord. I have sinned so much in the past, been so far away, did my own thing my way.

God is amazing. His Word has saved me. His Name is my strong Tower. I am so very safe in Him.


Just a small testimony as well: I was thinking of buying a wood-burning stove. Not that I need one, but they are lovely and I am on a farm with a lot of wood. It would warm the house. They are very expensive here because they are all old and people collect them. I decided not to spend money on one although I could probable buy one if I saved a bit. I just had this feeling in me that I would still like one, but now I am not going to buy it.
On Sunday I had guests and I did not mention it, but somehow somebody mentioned such a stove. I told them that I liked them as well. The next minute one guy said: I have such a stove and I have just restored it. You can have it for free. I will even deliver it for you
Praise God. It is even one of the smalled ones, because the big ones would not fit into my house. God decided to give me a treat and give me one.
This is just one of many things that are happening

Thank you Father. I love you.
C

*Smiling big* here......YUP.....that is our Father. When we "finally" give Him ALL................EVERYTHING..... He gives us back above and beyond ....blessed beyond measure....overflowing.... !!!! The REAL testimony in this......is that you had found the freedom and JOY..... BEFORE He blessed you with that surprise.

PRAISE HIM FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW!!!!

Sigh,
You live on a farm with lots of wood and a wood stove. You are blessed.
I'm in the city with central heating so I am blessed too. But the central heating does not have quite the charm of the wood heater.
I'm looking for a small pot belly stove for my shed but God hasn't blessed me with one just yet. Your story has encouraged me though.

May God be praised for his wonderful blessings which he gives abundantly like a cup running over

I just want to say thanks C.
Ive been here on this forum now for a pretty long time and have read and been encouraged by your posts.
I kind of feel sometimes like a guy that crashed a party and doesnt know anyone so I just sort of listen.

Also, Im not such a fast typer and some of the posts I read are so incredibly long, Id like to respond to some of them sometimes, but I just dont have that much time at the computer to respond properly. I cant imagine how long some of them must take to write. Im the short and to the point post-kind of person.

Again, I just wanted to say thank you for your faithfulness to the King, this testimony that you just wrote
was especially a blessing for me.

I understand how we can go through periods of being really low on joy and peace. Its always amazing
that God is there the whole time and when we come out on the other end, we can see that we have
grown in some way and have drawn closer to Him.

Earlier I was upstairs working on my bathroom (remodeling) while tearing up the old flooring and fixtures,
I could hear His voice saying to me "see what a mess this is, this is how you had to be for me to start to
work in your life, You had to be brought down to nothing so that you would cling tightly to me, I had to strip you of everything that I could make you into a vessel that be used to My glory."
And He is still sanding and rubbing away what does not belong.

Our God is so good to His children and what a Savior! So many times I find myself on my kness saying the
same thing that you said, "Why me Lord? Why did You show Your mercy to me? Why and How is it that I
was one of the chosen from the foundation of the world? You are truly amazing Father and so worthy of praise!!!

Thanks again C. for your faithfulness and testimony of Gods faithfulness.

Blessings in Christ,
Chris

God is good indeed
Without Him, we have nothing. No understanding, no blessing, no breath in our bodies.

Maiden, you are right, the gift came after .

Chris your posts always bless me , so do not worry about being short. I think I am too long-winded, but then I seem to not be able to say what I want to say in less words. Miki told me I am too long to read, she likes small bites, but then again...one thought leads to another for me.

Ex, can you find such a stove where you stay? (potbelly) I know we export ceramic stoves like that from SA. I will find out for you if you want?
love C

The other thing that happened is that I noticed a wet spot on the ground and thought: Oh no, a water pipe is leaking !
A friend was visiting and we were discussing faith, so she said: Why do we not pray that God will heal the leak?I must admit that I did not have the faith for that and told her that. She said: "But I have faith for that" so I agreed and we prayed and commanded the pipe to he "healed". I left it and later phoned the builder and he told me there was no water pipe where I found the water. Nevertheless I had it dug up and sure enough , I found the pipe there, but not the leak! I have left it open for a few weeks to see if any water will show, but nothing. Still not believing my eyes, I called in a plumber and he fitted a meter that tested for leaks underground and......no leaks ! So now I have to say that God healed the leak ! I saw all the water, where there was "no pipe" and now: no water. I must admit that I am still having difficulty getting my mind around it. My minds keeps on jumping to "natural mode" and want to explain a miracle.
Praise God
C