And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased

Personal Sun

Lately I've been doing that, talking about God, when before I didnt do that though I called myself a christian, and I noticed not only do I talk about God more but I get that flush of emotion, and this pulling feeling, like something is pulling the conversation and praise out of my mouth from the pit of my stomach, and as I talk more and more, I want to talk more and more Its a great feeling!!

I never thought I could feel like that so happy to talk about God, because before I might have been worried about what the other person was thinking, if they wanted to hear it or not, would I offend anybody.

It felt good to talk about God because all day I felt sluggish and Tired, It was cold and grey outside, It was just one of those days when I wanted to be at home in bed under the covers watching a movie, while eating a sub, and maybe some doritos.. naw pork rinds and a snack cake...sippin some strawberry milk. I wanted to be anywhere except work!!

But when I started to talk about God it was like the sun came out and shined on my cheeks!! you remember how when you were little in the summertime you would sit in the sun and close your eyes and just feel the sun, its warmth and how you could see its glow on the back of your eyelids and you were just peaceful and happy, that's what it felt like!! it was like God gave me my own little personal sun for a moment that only I could see and feel, It was great!!

I just want to thank you Lord because when things like that happen it lets me know that I'm on the right path that I'm pleasing you, and doing what you want me to do and me knowing that makes me so happy in return, I use to listen to people talk about that sort of thing, and I heared it being sung about from gospel artists, but experiencing it is a million times better because now I can understand what is being said, because I know it is real! And I thank you, for you, and for letting me experience you.

Sometimes I just sit and reflect on what God has done for me and what he has brought me out of and I just feel like dancing!!

Thank you Lord for giving me a second chance! and Thank you for forgiving me even though I will never be perfect you still love me! for who I am!

This is some beautiful Artwork from an artist named Kenneth Gatewood not all of his artwok is christian related but all of it is positive images so if you have a chance check out his work.

More artwork from artist Kenneth Gatewood

I was surfing the net and I ran across a website with beautiful poetry praising God by a woman named Helen Pearson Garrett
and these poems hit me and I had to share them with you her website is LESSONS OF HUMILITY
HOME PAGE
">PRAYER

It' s A Waiting
On
And A Believing,
A Trusting
In Thee.
It's A Praying
And A
Knowing
Thou Wilt
Surely
Set Me Free.
It, s A Praising
And A Loving
In The Place
Of Dark
Despair.
It' s A Safety
Of Existence
I Could Never
Find Elsewhere.
It, s A Joy
And
A Surrender
And A Resting
In Thee
It' s A Knowledge
That When
Ready
Thou Wilt
Fully Succor
Me.
It' s A Faith
To Feel
Thy Pathway
Under
My Wandering,
Seeking
Feet.
It' s A Whispering
Hope
To Guide Me
And Make
Life Worthwhile
And Sweet.
Then , When
"The Seeing"
Comes
Along With
These,
And The Veil
Is Torn Away,
I'll Know The Meaning
Of The Waitings
And I' ll Be Rejoicing
All The Way.
LESSONS OF ADVERSITY

I ask
For sunshine,
Thou givest
Rain.
I ask
For health,
And feel
Pain.
I ask
For riches,
And receive
A stone.
For companionship
I pray,
Then I find Myself
Alone
Lord, I thank
Thee
For the Lessons
of adversity,
So that I must
Pause,
And search
For Thee.
FROM ONE LITTLE
GRAIN OF SAND
(Helen's first Poem,195?)

From One Little grain
of Sand
A Pearl can grow,
and one Little Bit
of Faith
Can Help You Know
There Is
Someone
Who will Understand.

This is the beach and "Bird Rock" in front of which, Helen was
inspired to write her first poem, "From One Little Grain of Sand"

Laguna Beach, California

Photo compliments of Adele Hofman. (1923-2001)
Thank you Adele!


Helen wrote about the how this poem came to her:

"The Poem had Come to Me
Like a Comet, flashing into
My Life ~ that amazing Day
At The Sea as I sat at the foot
of the cliff across from Bird rock.
I was Carrying a heavy load of Care . . .
But the Cares were lifted,
And My Heart became as Light
as a feather. Everything Changed!
It was as though a grain
of Sand had been enlarged
Before My Eyes . . .
and The Little Poem That
Came to Me had
Captured My Thoughts, and
Lifted Them.
A Miracle had Come
To Me at The Sea!"
`

A Great Website To Check Out!!!

SON RISE

More poetry from
Author: Juanita DeHart

Ephesians6:11

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

The Devil is a liar!!! and he thinks he's slick, but if your saved and washed by the blood of Jesus, then your not bound by his tricks!!Ephesians 6:11 says to guard yourself at all times because we are at war! sometimes we forget this fact and the enemy will do anything, and use people, and situations, to trip you up in your walk for Jesus. Especially when your a "baby christian" because even though your saved your mind may still be holding on to your old ways, thats why the apostle Paul said in 1Peter1:13-16(nasb) prepare your minds for action, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance.

Let me share a little testimony with you and expose the devil for the liar that he is as I show you how he will grasp at anything when he realizes he's defeated,I use to smoke weed, I use to drink, cuss, and I use to watch pornography. when I say this I want you to realize this wasn't a light thing I was bound by all of these!Every time I got a paycheck I would spend $10,$20,$50 on weed even if I knew I was going to be broke the rest of the week, I still would do it, because it was better to escape for 15 minutes than to live with myself and face how I was living.But see I was being lied to and I was being tricked into believing that weed made me feel good, Because it never did! it made me feel lazy, dependant,upset and depressed.

If I wasn't smoking weed then I was drinking, though I usually didn't drink the heavy stuff, I still drank to get drunk. If something takes you out of your natural state of mind where you are not in control of yourself, then let me ask you a question: who is in control? not God he excuses himself from sin, so if its not you and not God...........Exactly!!! In the old days of cowboys and indians (and even today) they would call alcohol spirits! There's a reason for that.

Pornography....Pornography!! its disgusting for me to even think about how bound the devil had me. I thank God for his mercy and grace that he is a forgiving God that when we are saved we are no longer bound to and no longer slaves to the enemy and his spirit helpers.If you wanted to know something about pornography I knew it, I knew the stars name, I knew the names of movies, I had a collection of movies and magazines, and was proud that I had a stack of back to back issues, it was just nasty and disgusting.

Now that I've shared that, let me show you how the enemy will grasp at anything, once he knows hes defeated,Once I recieved my assignment from God my life started to change, it was like in Matthew 4:18-20 when Jesus told Simon and Peter to follow him, the bible says they straight away left, straight away means immediately, thats how it was for me, I immediately got down to Gods business,(I say when I recieved my assignment because when I was Baptized I still lived how I lived before,but when I recieved my assignment and I'm sure that those who recieved an assignment from god, can back me up on this, my life started to change!).

I started doing research, started praying, talked to people and I had a real thirst for Gods word, the devil got scared, I was doing to much so he had to do something to stop me, so he killed my car!I mean engine smoking, liquid spraying, and I couldn't put it into gear, and I couldn't get the hood up to find out what happened!!

I Thank God for watching over me because he sent a caring stranger at 3:oo am in the morning on a long dark street to pick me up! I even wonder sometimes if I would have stopped to help,if I would have seen that the stranded person was me......... heck naw!! I wouldn't have stopped because that would have been weired seeing myself!!!

Anyway it didn't stop there, everyday we are tested but just yesterday when I was visiting my mother one of my mothers good friends came over and had some weed, which she offered me and I refused, after that I thought it was over, but as I was leaving I gave my mom a hug then I went to hug her friend and why did she hold a joint up to my face as if I was going to take it? at that point in my mind I knew straight away that this was a trick of the devil and I refused again and left.

But you see how the devil will use people you know to do his work, thats my moms friend that Ive known for a while and when I use to smoke weed I smoked with her before, so he seen I don't do that anymore and he brought her around with a joint.

The same day at night I start working on this website, I try to post something at least once a week but I fell behind so I was trying to catch up and while Im on the internet what pops up? a porno ad! and I will not lie to you I started to look at porn, after, I felt real ashamed I prayed to God and asked for his forgiveness, then I rebuked the devil and told him to get from my presence.

Do You see where Im going with this no matter who you are or how far along in your walk for Jesus the enemy will try and stop you. so I urge you to pray and keep Ephesians 6:11 where you will be able to refer to it often, because we are soldiers and our enemy never gets tired.

A Reply to God is real

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
John 12:46"

A great website!

World watch daily is a great website to read about current events in the news from a biblical perspective, it also has news concerning Isarel if you get a chance check it out!

This is a great testimony thank you Tosha!

My name is Tosha, and I would like to give my testimony about what GOD has done for me... First off, I want to start by saying that I have been through some ROUGH TIMES!!!.. See I've always have known GOD and was raised in a christian home, BUT I was always too busy trying to be what the world wanted me to be... I wanted to be like my friends, and family etc. They didn't have a personal relationship with GOD but it still SEEMED like their life was fine. They had fun and always SEEMED happy, even though I knew what they were doing IS/WAS wrong. Nonetheless, that lifestyle was appealing to me. When my mind WASN'T kept on GOD, I went through the FIRE. Satan was trying to kill me....read the rest of this testimony

How to pray using matthew 6:9-13

You see a lot of lost people have backgrounds rooted in some type of church but when I was young my parents didn't really go to church. so needless to say I never really prayed and if I did they were selfish prayers.

When I became a christian I would ask people how do I pray? What should I say?How do I know god is listening? and why would he answer my prayers? I just became a christian and I use to sin a lot.Other christians would say just talk to him about anything say what you feel. I did and eventually became more comfortable with praying to god.

A year or two ago my girl friends mother had let me use a taped sermon by Creflo dollar called one hour prayer. I listened to it and wrote down some important information that I want to pass along too you. He basically broke down the prayer that was given by Jesus in matthew 6:9-13 he pointed out that this was a model of the correct way to pray, rather than a prayer that should be prayed every time you pray.which believe it or not some people do. I hope this can be of some benefit to the christian who is a beginner and the christian who has known god for a long time.

Date:	2005-09-04 19:28
Subject:	Welcome
Security:	Public
Mood:	happy

Hello,

My name is Harold I created the Believers call For people like me who are christians. God has a calling for all of us. He has blessed us with talents and gifts to be used for his purpose, which is to glorify him and witness to others about him. This website is a place where christians
(no matter what denomination)

can express there love for god through testimonies, stories both real and fiction, poetry, artwork, sermons, favorite scriptures, and anything else I might have missed.

This is also a place where we can help one another through teachings, guidance, opinion, and share information such as websights, or helpful books, music etc.. dealing with the christian faith.

It is my hope that this websight will be used to offer support to other christians and uplift everyone who visits it.

I am in the process of creating a non profit christian organization and will go into further detail as it progresses. I will also be creating a christian magazine in the future where the average individual can can write articles, so I will be contacting some people that post items on the website by email, especially if your postings are inspirational touching or moving.