What Has Stopped The Flow Of Grace in Your Life?

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BurdenBarer4U

Guest
#1
Please don't be offended or afraid of the title, What Has Stopped The Flow of Grace in Your Life?
This is actually a very positive subject that will sett many of us free, and find the
the Flow of God's Loving Grace Flowing in Our Lives once again!

Most Christians feel, if the flow of Gods Favor and Grace stops in their life, its because they must have done something wrong to just have it stop. That's not True. I want to share the four main reasons
of what I believe stops his Grace and his Blessings from flowing freely in our lives!

1)God- He could be putting us through a Testing Time to see if we will still be content and thankful with a little. Even as with Job, God allowed that trial to test him. But Job did get upset and did some complaining, but still
stood firm in his Faith, and would not blame or curse God for loosing everything he had, along with his health! It was God who but for this test, stopped his flow of Grace in Jobs life! But after the long
Test, he was blessed with so much, much more than he ever had before!

2) People- The wrong kind of people, especially with teenagers who are Christian's if they start hanging around
the wrong kind of friends with bad influences, they will quickly feel their walk with God and his Blessings and grace dry up! Remember, People carry around spirits. If their an unbeliever, then they are serving the devil, and his spirits are on them and in them! And as Christians we are carrying Gods Spirit! But if we started going to a few parties
that we were invited to, or some other worldly event that we were surrounded by only unbelievers, it wont be long because we left the protection of the word, that those evil spirits will have the right to attach them selves to us.
For as the word says be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers! Now those Evil spirits cant not enter into our
soul, because it is sealed with the Spirit of God, but they can attach them selves to our spirit and flesh man, and
God will allow it, as they torment us as a way of his correction for being disobedient to his word until you repent, and regain your fellowship with God!

Just like when ever Israel or Abraham were not in Gods place for them to abide, they were not Blessed.
Their flow of Grace had stopped! But when they obeyed God and returned unto their promise land, they
were Blessed with the Flow of Gods Grace once again!

3) Satan- He is the prince and power of the air! He tried to kill the disciples on the sea fishing with a mighty
storm, but their the Lord was not very far away and commanded the storm to cease! I and many other believer
friends, have just at different times went into a mall to make a purchase, and its filled with evil spirits with
rock enroll music blasting, and all of the ungodly people, and with us not doing anything wrong, we came out
of there feeling so dirty! What is it, its evil spirits that are hanging around you, and you have to go pray, and read your bible until you feel clean and the Holy spirit starts flowing his Grace and Blessings all over you again! And even singing praises worshipping and gospel music will drive evil spirits away!

4) You-Now you and me can attract and receive evil spirit's in many different ways!
But one very, very important thing to remember is, the closer your walk with God is, and you
spend more time in prayer and the Word, the more you will be sensitive to the evil spirits that are around you!
I don't care if you have been a Christian 30 years, if you for the last few years have just been slack
in your devotions and time alone seeking Gods face, you'll be so desensitized to the evil spirits that are on
you and maybe even got into your spirit, and be so self righteous, that you don't even know that you have any
problem at all! So then if we get like that, it will take the Power of The Holy Ghost in a revival meeting at church
to bring such a conviction in, because your in his presence and you fall to your knees and repent and are prayed with and those spirits will leave!

Now we can also be tempted and do something wrong, and if not repented of it quickly enough, it will be easier
to just do it again and again and don't know that you even have evil spirits, but yet your heart
is convicted because you've grieved the still small voice of God to long inside you. And then you start to notice
that the flow of Gods Grace and his Blessings are not there anymore!
I must say that any of us who have been truly born again, and filled with the Holy Ghost, threw the years
we have had all 4 of these things stop the Flow of Gods Grace in our life! And that's me included!

Now, please listen to this last part that will amaze you, and I pray it will set some of you free!
I'm writing this last part in red for a very important reason! There are many Christians who
stand perfectly Sinless and stand perfectly Forgiven before God, and yet have never been able
to forgive themselves! Its one of the hardest things to do is to forgive yourself!
Oh how this must hurt the Lord, he looks down at his son or daughter who has confessed there
sins, and stand pure and forgiven before him, and he says as tears are flowing down his sad eye's,
I went to the Cross and gave my own lifes blood for all there mistakes and failures, and they stand
Forgiven before me, and yet they wont Forgive themselves!

Then even though your forgiven, this unforgivness toward your selves, gives Satan the right to place
you under condemnation, which is of the Devil, and then lies to you and says to you that its conviction
and God does not Love you anymore! So actually because you wont forgive yourself, you wont allow
Gods peace to flow, or grace or any other of his many blessings! Its just a trick of the Devil! Gods Flowing
Grace and Mercy and Love is not dried up! Oh my Precious brother and sister, Please forgive yourself
today, and find some alone time with the Lord, and ask the Holy Spirit to deliver you from the Devils
condemnation! He will set you free, and from this day forward start confessing with your mouth
I Forgive my self! Amen!You are FRRREEEE I pray that this subject has helped some one!

AND PLEASE, PLEASE IF YOU HAVE STRUGGLED WITH CONDEMNATION AND
FORGIVING YOUR SELF, PLEASE LISTEN AND WATCH THIS 4 MINUTE SONG
CALLED WHAT SIN? IT WILL REALLY HELP TO SET YOU FREE FROM YOUR PAST!!!!!

What Sin? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxzdtZi8Qn4&spfreload=10
 
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jaybird88

Guest
#2
i think its the physical world that stops the flow of our Lords grace to me. I know it gets me down a lot. when i was a child I bursting at the seams with the Lords love but at that time i had no self awareness of the world.
 
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The_highwayman

Guest
#3
Please don't be offended or afraid of the title, What Has Stopped The Flow of Grace in Your Life?
This is actually a very positive subject that will sett many of us free, and find the
the Flow of God's Loving Grace Flowing in Our Lives once again!

Most Christians feel, if the flow of Gods Favor and Grace stops in their life, its because they must have done something wrong to just have it stop. That's not True. I want to share the four main reasons
of what I believe stops his Grace and his Blessings from flowing freely in our lives!

1)God- He could be putting us through a Testing Time to see if we will still be content and thankful with a little. Even as with Job, God allowed that trial to test him. But Job did get upset and did some complaining, but still
stood firm in his Faith, and would not blame or curse God for loosing everything he had, along with his health! It was God who but for this test, stopped his flow of Grace in Jobs life! But after the long
Test, he was blessed with so much, much more than he ever had before!

2) People- The wrong kind of people, especially with teenagers who are Christian's if they start hanging around
the wrong kind of friends with bad influences, they will quickly feel their walk with God and his Blessings and grace dry up! Remember, People carry around spirits. If their an unbeliever, then they are serving the devil, and his spirits are on them and in them! And as Christians we are carrying Gods Spirit! But if we started going to a few parties
that we were invited to, or some other worldly event that we were surrounded by only unbelievers, it wont be long because we left the protection of the word, that those evil spirits will have the right to attach them selves to us.
For as the word says be ye not unequally yoked with unbelievers! Now those Evil spirits cant not enter into our
soul, because it is sealed with the Spirit of God, but they can attach them selves to our spirit and flesh man, and
God will allow it, as they torment us as a way of his correction for being disobedient to his word until you repent, and regain your fellowship with God!

Just like when ever Israel or Abraham were not in Gods place for them to abide, they were not Blessed.
Their flow of Grace had stopped! But when they obeyed God and returned unto their promise land, they
were Blessed with the Flow of Gods Grace once again!

3) Satan- He is the prince and power of the air! He tried to kill the disciples on the sea fishing with a mighty
storm, but their the Lord was not very far away and commanded the storm to cease! I and many other believer
friends, have just at different times went into a mall to make a purchase, and its filled with evil spirits with
rock enroll music blasting, and all of the ungodly people, and with us not doing anything wrong, we came out
of there feeling so dirty! What is it, its evil spirits that are hanging around you, and you have to go pray, and read your bible until you feel clean and the Holy spirit starts flowing his Grace and Blessings all over you again! And even singing praises worshipping and gospel music will drive evil spirits away!

4) You-Now you and me can attract and receive evil spirit's in many different ways!
But one very, very important thing to remember is, the closer your walk with God is, and you
spend more time in prayer and the Word, the more you will be sensitive to the evil spirits that are around you!
I don't care if you have been a Christian 30 years, if you for the last few years have just been slack
in your devotions and time alone seeking Gods face, you'll be so desensitized to the evil spirits that are on
you and maybe even got into your spirit, and be so self righteous, that you don't even know that you have any
problem at all! So then if we get like that, it will take the Power of The Holy Ghost in a revival meeting at church
to bring such a conviction in, because your in his presence and you fall to your knees and repent and are prayed with and those spirits will leave!

Now we can also be tempted and do something wrong, and if not repented of it quickly enough, it will be easier
to just do it again and again and don't know that you even have evil spirits, but yet your heart
is convicted because you've grieved the still small voice of God to long inside you. And then you start to notice
that the flow of Gods Grace and his Blessings are not there anymore!
I must say that any of us who have been truly born again, and filled with the Holy Ghost, threw the years
we have had all 4 of these things stop the Flow of Gods Grace in our life! And that's me included!

Now, please listen to this last part that will amaze you, and I pray it will set some of you free!
I'm writing this last part in red for a very important reason! There are many Christians who
stand perfectly Sinless and stand perfectly Forgiven before God, and yet have never been able
to forgive themselves! Its one of the hardest things to do is to forgive yourself!
Oh how this must hurt the Lord, he looks down at his son or daughter who has confessed there
sins, and stand pure and forgiven before him, and he says as tears are flowing down his sad eye's,
I went to the Cross and gave my own lifes blood for all there mistakes and failures, and they stand
Forgiven before me, and yet they wont Forgive themselves!

Then even though your forgiven, this unforgivness toward your selves, gives Satan the right to place
you under condemnation, which is of the Devil, and then lies to you and says to you that its conviction
and God does not Love you anymore! So actually because you wont forgive yourself, you wont allow
Gods peace to flow, or grace or any other of his many blessings! Its just a trick of the Devil! Gods Flowing
Grace and Mercy and Love is not dried up! Oh my Precious brother and sister, Please forgive yourself
today, and find some alone time with the Lord, and ask the Holy Spirit to deliver you from the Devils
condemnation! He will set you free, and from this day forward start confessing with your mouth
I Forgive my self! Amen!You are FRRREEEE I pray that this subject has helped some one!

AND PLEASE, PLEASE IF YOU HAVE STRUGGLED WITH CONDEMNATION AND
FORGIVING YOUR SELF, PLEASE LISTEN AND WATCH THIS 4 MINUTE SONG
CALLED WHAT SIN? IT WILL REALLY HELP TO SET YOU FREE FROM YOUR PAST!!!!!

What Sin? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxzdtZi8Qn4&spfreload=10

Romans 8.38-39 completely refutes some of what you posted here, but do not ever let the Bible get in your way.....

[SUP]38 [/SUP]For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
[SUP]39 [/SUP]Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Friend, God will love you straight to the gates of hell....
 

Joidevivre

Senior Member
Jul 15, 2014
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#4
I have never in my life felt the flow of God's grace cease to reach me - even when I was in bondage to sin. In fact, it was that love that was there for me at that time that I was given His grace to truly repent. If He had stopped the flow of grace to me, I would never have had the touch on my heart to change.

Romans 38 assures me that His love will always flow to me.

What happened to me was that I turned my back on it for awhile, but it was always there!
 
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BurdenBarer4U

Guest
#6
I never once said that God ever stopped Loving us!
Hebrews 10:26 says For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins. That means no more grace to cover the sin! But the grace that is held back will flow again with a renewed true repentance. But I agree that God never will stop Loving us! But he will pull away his blessings and favor if a believer backslides for a length of time as he continues to live in sin! This is proven, through hundreds of stories in the bible! And remember I never once said that Gods Grace was not there or available, I just said it stopped flowing as Hebrews 10:26 says!

God stopped his Grace for Moses to enter the promise land because of his Anger! Gods Grace is nothing to play around with, but should be held in Great Honor and Respect! For also the word of God says in Gal. 5:4 Ye are empty of the Christ, whosoever of you that justify yourselves by the law; ye are fallen from grace. So this is another evidence of Gods Grace that stops flowing for a self righteous Religious Pharisee type of so called Christian that think they have no sin, and are counting on all there good righteous deeds to make them righteous!

I could go on for another 30 paragraphs proving with many Scriptures of God holding back his grace from flowing, because of his anger with his peoples disobedience, like Lots wife who looked back, like king Saul who lost his Kingship, to the Children of Israel who were thrown into the bondage of there enemies for 4 hundred years for there disobedience. The Flow of Gods Grace stopped for a season. But oh the Lord that is so full of Love and mercy, leads us back to his grace again through repentance! I Humbly would like to end here by saying I'm sorry if I made my Post a little confusing! And I amongst all of you, need his Grace more than ever! I know that I have Disgraced the Lord many times in my 35 years of serving him! But his Tender Love and Mercy excepts the tears of my repentance over and over again! That's Amazing Grace! So Please forgive me again if I failed in the way I explained my post! Its such a blessing to be here with you, and I Love You all!!!!
 
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sassylady

Guest
#7
I'm not sure the Grace stops, but we don't hear the Spirit as we should when we are going against the Word, or have unforgiveness, etc. I have found being in a panic blocks out what the Spirit might say for guidance.