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Tuesday 28 July 2015

Advice For The Afflicted 1 - Samuel Godfrey George

A fearful approach to God only shows little confidence in his love. We need to trust in the love of God and receive it in its perfect form. And in that perfect love there is no place for fear.

Be strong and confident in who you are. You are more than a conqueror.

Hold on to God, no matter how rough it gets.

Be strong and courageous. God is with you.

May your confusion disappear in the light of God. He is with you and in you. And whatever is plaguing you is not from God.

God is a master of surprise. So hold on, don't give up hope yet.

Don't worry now. God is at work. May God gladden your heart and let you rest.

We are in a great battle right now. But let's not lose sight of this. The battle belongs to the Lord. We should only stand and watch our deliverance. Will we stand? Let's pray for strength and determination.

We all have a major distraction in our lives. If we could only make God our main attraction these distractions will fall into place. Keep fighting. Ask God for an undivided heart. Take control of your mind and think about something else. Love someone. Help someone. Rejoice in what you can still do. Don't focus on what you can't do.

Discard the maddening prophecies that spell your doom. Let the event unfold. Just believe it will happen, no matter how hopeless it looks. Don't lose hope. Pray and ask God to distract you from this. Attend to something else in life. Share God's love with anyone who is willing to receive it. And appreciate Nature, and everything around you.

Trust in God, and let Him make it happen. Ignore the evil voice. Just say, "God's will be done." It won't be easy. But you must persist.

Don't yearn for human love. It will come to you without your doing anything. Such love is always a gift from God. But where there is no love don't force it.


Love God more than you love anyone else. And you'll be well.

Remember, the last thing we need to do as Christians is to worry. When we submit a problem to God, we should learn to take our eyes away from it to Him, who is able to do whatever we ask of Him.


There is light at the end of the tunnel. DON'T GIVE UP. Just say like a child, "Jesus, help me."


If demons attack you fiercely then they know that you are precious in the eyes of God. Declare that you belong to God, and order these unclean spirits out. Declare that your body belongs to God and that no evil spirit can have it. Believe and declare, even when nothing seems to happen. For it will eventually happen. God will bring about justice in your life, and you will receive double for your trouble.

We have the mind of Christ, whether we experience it or not. And we have everything that is required to live the godly life. To be sane is to know that God is good even when He appears to be anything but good.

Whatever fire you go through know that God is with you. And you will never be separated from His love.


We cannot give up, though it seems impossible that any good will come out of this. We must persist in faith, for there is no other alternative.

Now let's hope for the best. We all need help. None of us have made it.


Today God met my needs in the nick of time. And He'll meet yours. Don't give up. God is good despite our worst doubts.

Remember this. You are never alone. God is with you. And He will not let you slip.  


No demon can pluck you out of God's hand. We all fall and we all make a fool of ourselves. But that's all right. For God knows how hard it is. And he will forgive and restore. Think about the goodness of God and not about the badness of the devil.


If there is a demon inside you order it out in the name of Jesus. And keep on doing it till you are free.Say that you belong to Jesus and you will have no truck with it.


You should value your life. It belongs to God. But you must rest now. Rest in the knowledge that no matter what, nothing shall separate you from the love of God, which is in Jesus. Say this to yourself: "NOTHING shall separate me from God's love, neither angels nor demons will be able to separate me from God's love." This is when you must stand up in faith. But if you can't do that now, don't worry. God is faithful.


The only voice you need to hear is that of God. And he has already spoken loud and clear. In the Bible.


I don't know whether God speaks audibly to his people. But we are required to believe by faith. If faith is required, then God will by and large avoid anything that overrides the need for faith.


You should value your life. It belongs to God. But you must rest now. Rest in the knowledge that no matter what, nothing shall separate you from the love of God, which is in Jesus. Say this to yourself: "NOTHING shall separate me from God's love, neither angels nor demons will be able to separate me from God's love." This is when you must stand up in faith. But if you can't do that now, don't worry. God is faithful.

I'm praying for you. You are God's child. Don't forget that.


You will not be destroyed. Just cling to God and declare that you belong to God. Say that you have been freed by Christ and are certainly free. Believe and then speak. Don't be afraid. Be clear about this. You belong to God.

We have nothing to lose, when we are with God.

If Jesus Christ is the author and finisher of our faith and everything else about us, then we should just trust and walk on.


Yes, it is scary. Our boat will surely be rocked. But who is in our boat apart from us? Let us remember Him.


Love God and do whatever you want, said Saint Augustine. When you love God you will only do what He wants. You can't love him and cheat. You can't love Him and be selfish. Just pray that God fills you with love, the love for God and godliness. Meanwhile don't be so hard on your human nature. For it will surely pass.


Remember that it is when you are weak you are strong. If you desire strength, that is fine. But now, cling to your weakness. That may well be the road to your strength.


We are exactly where God wants us to be right now. We are in a place of dire need. There is no better place.


We're all selfish. But with Christ, our selfishness will be slowly stripped away. But this is a process. And we must learn to live with our imperfections for now.

This is a long battle. It will take some time, but we're getting there.

We are linked. When I pray for you I pray for myself. And vice versa.

Rest in the faithfulness of God. Submit everything and everyone to Him.


God is great. Whom the Son sets free is free indeed. We ARE free despite how we feel.


We all doubt. And we all learn to reject our doubts. That is the way of faith.


Jesus wants you to stop doubting. Just as he said to Thomas. You are hurting yourself more by your doubts. And that's what He really cares about. May God ease your soul, and let it enter into His rest. Just determine to believe that He is good and faithful, no matter how it looks. And yes, I am praying for you.

It is good to feel sad and unworthy up to a certain point. But beyond that it is only right that we focus on the grace of God, which is the greatest of all blessings, and something that cries out to be celebrated. It is time to celebrate. Nothing shall separate you from the love of God. You cannot sin beyond His grace.

Someone asked me what's in a name. Quite a lot I think. Remember Jacob who became Israel.

We surrender only when all other hope fails.

I surrender all = I abandon all


I will surrender all to Him. That is the key to being relieved. As long as I hold on to my baggage, I will never feel relieved.


We walk hand-in-hand. What I pray for myself I pray for you.


Yet our fears hold us back. We must abandon our fears altogether if we are to be with God.


Satan is most persuasive many times. But there comes a time when one must look beyond and see through his lies. And then one will see God who till then appeared unlikely to be the truth.


Smile and laugh. For He who makes you a conqueror never ceases to do so.

How supremely confident we ought to be be in what God is doing in us, when we are actually afraid of what might happen to us.


Weeping may endure for a night. And the night may seem endless. But remember this, and look forward to this, REJOICING COMES IN THE MORNING,


You can't sell your soul to Satan now. It is not yours to sell any more. When you accepted Christ He became the owner of your soul. Only He can sell it or give it away. And He will do neither.


If you are uncomfortable about Satan that is a good thing. The people who belong to Satan are those who are so comfortable with him that they do not even know that he exists.


Satan preys on our weakness, which is ignorance. Remember what God said. "My people are destroyed out of ignorance." We are ignorant of this: that we are weak, and this, far from being a barrier to God, is really the mindset in which He works best. We are sinful. But Jesus has washed away our sins. So let us not be obsessed with our sins, and worry about sinning. The process of sin is not halted in this life. And if we sin, we are directed to confess to God who will wash away our iniquity. So why should we worry about our place with God on account of sin? We are in His hands, and nothing, not even our weaknesses and sins, can pluck us away from them. Yet this is exactly where Satan attacks. He wants us to believe that we can ruin our relationship with God by our sinful acts, which are already atoned for.


Remember the mystery about weakness. When we are weak, then we are strong. It is when we are weak that God works best.


If Satan is telling you anything, it is so because He sees you as someone who belongs to the other camp. If you belonged to his camp, He will not waste any time with you.

I like human approval as well. But the more we seek it, and the less we are satisfied by it, we will eventually turn away from it. Or at least we will not glamorize it any more.


I will pray for a heart that seeks God above all things. But distractions may also serve a purpose. The more we are distracted the more we are aware of what we need to follow. I think distractions are only distractions. The obsession will stand out against the distractions.

But even Elijah knew fear. And Moses was not exempt from it. Fear may not be bad. Sometimes it leads us to seek God even more.

Satan wants to keep all of us. But God has promised that no one is able to pluck us out of His hand. That promise should do.


Life seems like a never-ending struggle. Still God does show up every now and then, and infuse hope into what seemed like a hopeless situation. I know that. And I wish every child of God knows that.


Despite what the enemy tells we will believe in God. The enemy is persuasive and the evidence seems to confirm his harmful suggestions. But we will trust in the Lord, won't we?

You are a child of God. When you are weak then you are strong. God is always with you no matter what you do. Sometimes when I struggle with myself I remember what Paul said, "Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not be mastered by anything." I just say this to remind myself of what I could be, what I ought to be. But In Christ, we are already more than conquerors. Let us run this race to win.

Be strong in the Lord. Declare yourself to be strong and free. You are God's child. And you are blessed. You belong to God alone, and no matter how you feel, know that God will never let you go. Speak to Him and seek His wisdom. Listen patiently till you hear His voice within you. I'm praying for you.


You will have whatever God wants for you. Just say the greatest prayer everyday. "Thy will be done."


If it's too much to handle, don't handle it. Just cast your hell on God and forget about it. Go out and do something else. When I had a terrible stress attack, which I believe was a demonic attack, I would go out every day and walk in a park. I went to many parks. And on many occasions I felt that I would collapse in the park. But I never once collapsed. Psalm 91 was constantly on my lips. "Because he loves me, I will rescue him. I will protect him for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation." I had a friend in America, who prayed for me and instilled courage in me. She wrote me this line: "Sam, you will not die, but live and declare the work of God." Those words made such an impact on me that I internalized them gradually. I share this with you in the hope that I may connect with you meaningfully. God is too great for any demon that is attached to a human. He is too great for your demon or demons. Just believe that. And declare that again and again. "If God be for us, who can be against us?" "Nothing shall separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Neither angels nor demons can separate us from the love of God." Remember these eternal truths. And go out into the open and forget your problems as best as you can and recognize the glory of God in whatever feeble way you can. The more you try the better you will be at it. Remember this, you are well and free. "If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed." As Jesus said, "Don't be afraid. Just believe."


I know. It seems unfair. And God seems distant and uninterested. If we didn't believe in God we would think that he is a terrible cheat and a liar. But we do believe in God and we accept his goodness and faithfulness by faith. So let's hang in there with a devil or many devils, as God wills. You take it easy Chris. The battle belongs to the Lord and never to you, though it seems like it's all yours. Don't lose heart. Fix your eyes on God and just relax. Believe that you are well already. Just believe it and declare it, though it may feel like you're fooling yourself. Think about the good in your life. Celebrate the goodness of God that you have observed in this world. God's there for you. That's what I choose to believe. I'm praying.


I will be praying for you. Remember all the good things God has done for you. Forget not his benefits. And your faith will increase.


Just hang in there. I know you will. Christ is with you.


Just say, "Deliver us from evil. Deliver me from evil." Pray for all your brothers and sisters caught in similar webs. Focus on God. Fix your eyes on him. And this is what he says to all of us, "Fear not, I am with you." He will neither leave you nor forsake you. He is right there beside you, near you and in you. Remember him and look to him.


We may not believe in the effectiveness of our prayers. But the name of Jesus Christ is enough as long as you trust in its power. Just trust Christ. Be absolutely determined. You belong to Christ. Believe it. Say it a hundred times and even more.


But really, can this thing stand against the power of God, which is in you already? Just believe that you have the key to heaven. Whatever you bind on earth is already bound in heaven. So bind this creature in the name of Christ. Do it now. Speak the words. And trust in God and his word. I'll pray with you.


Keep trying as long as it takes. Be determined to get it out of you. See someone who is in touch with God. Above all set your mind on God and focus on him alone. There are demons in all of us. But let us choose to see the higher presence, Greater is he who is in us than the devil who is also in us.

Order this demon out in the name of Jesus Christ. It will go because of His name. If you really want it out, this should work.


And it is best to be weak. When you are weak, then you are strong. The Lord works best in our weakness. Just say to yourself, "I belong to God no matter how I feel and regardless of what I think and do."


If you are troubled by this, it is a good thing. There is still a presence within you, which makes you long for something else. Just hold on to this and distract yourself by reflecting on God.


We are all rebels. Let us not measure the extent of our rebellion. But let's remember this. We now belong to God despite our rebellious hearts. You and I belong to God.









 
 


 

  
 




 


 

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