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SO TRUE. WE STRIVE TO KEEP THE FRUITS ROOTED TO GROW INTO MATURITY, AND NOTHING TO FEAR, THE TEMPTATION WILL ALWAYS TRY, BUT THAT'S ALL IT COULD DO, JESUS WON, I'M REALIZING THIS THROUGH THE FIRE. IS IT WHEN TIMES GET ROUGH, IT'S LIKE GOING TO THE STORE TO PICK UP THE NEXT HAIR COLOR, OR THE SIGN THAT SAYS, 'THIS WAY OUT" MARRIAGES HAVE BEEN LIKE THIS. HOW DO I LOVE THEE LET ME COUNT THE WAYS, OR THOUGH HE SLAY ME YET WILL I TRUST AND HOPE IN HIM.{ JOB 13:15} I KNOW THIS GOES ALONG WITH THE PRAYER HERE, AS WE ARE ENCOURAGED, AND DAVID ENCOURAGED HIMSLEF IN THE LORD ALSO. THE HARDEST THING TO GROW I THINK IS PATIENCE. THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT FRUIT. ONE BAD APPLE SPOILS ALL THE REST, IT MIGHT BE THE SAME WITH SPIRITUAL FRUITS, IN ONE BASKET. NEED TO SPRAY, PRAY. THANKS FOR SHARING.I've been reading Philip Yancey's book "Prayer"...wow, I'm really learning a lot.
He has a lot of bible teaching in it and one section talks about Peter 'being sifted'. I think all of our trials are times of 'sifting'...and how we react to them is INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. I've learned the hard way that the wrong reaction, resentment in my case, can jerk out all of those nice seedlings that God had growing; and the weeds take over.
You are such an encouragement to the right way of responding...praying for your 'enemy'.
THANK YOU SWEET SISTER, YOUR A BLESSING. SHALOM IN YESHUA OUR JESUS CHRIST.I lift you up to our Lord and I release you to Him!