How has God challenged you recently? What is He teaching you?
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How has God challenged you recently? What is He teaching you?
purestruggle21 on March 25, 2009 at 10:01 am
God has challeged me to be more aware of what I look at when walking around
kchavez79 on March 25, 2009 at 10:03 am
The biggest challenge I am faced with right now is my current pregnancy. A genetic disorder runs in my family that ends a child’s life early and we lost a son in 2003. But I think what God is trying to teach me is to truly trust in Him. Not statistics or rationale, but His perfect will and word. He has reminded me of Matt 7:7 over and again throughout this pregnancy. Now He must be showing me that verse for a reason.
krystalknight on March 25, 2009 at 10:17 am
Right now God is challenging me to trust that He will keep His promises. For the past couple weeks, the Spirit has led me to Phil 1:6 on more than one occasion, and I know God is telling me that He will finish what He has started, and I need to trust Him to finish it, no matter how long it takes. It’s hard, because I’ve been hoping and praying and waiting for this to materialize for the last year now, and I’ve been trying to stay patient, but I know I’m reaching a breaking point. I just hope I can continue to press towards the mark…
W.B.Rich on March 25, 2009 at 11:11 am
I’m in a very similar sitution in probably every area of my life,so I’ll say to you just hold on.God is not a man that He should lie if He said it , it’ll come to past. Just look back where He brought you from.God Bless and Be Strong !!!!!!
lamarw on March 25, 2009 at 12:28 pm
I understand what you are going through. I lost my job back in January. I worked for this company for the past three years. This is the longest that I can remember ever being without a job.
I think God is allowing me to have this time to get closer to him. For a while I was drifting further and further away. The truth is, I hated my job and I am still trying to figure out what I need to do with my life. I believe God has a specific purpose for me, I just have to wait for him to reveal it. This is where trust in God comes in,
W.B.Rich on March 25, 2009 at 10:44 am
God is challenging me in the areas of summission,humility and faith.He is teaching me how to stand strong in the mist of persecution and accusation,I know I’ve been called to preach but I try to figure how,why and when, instead of just letting God do His watering and increasing .
suemay on March 25, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Move or Be Moved
As of today, March 25, I’ve been out of work for 3.5 weeks. To cut costs our small call center was being relocated to its corporate building in downtown Baltimore. I was excited about the move. Thinking how God has brought me this far – 6 + years – with the company, a new place, on the 8th floor and what great photo opportunities. All packed and ready to go a group of us was called in to a special meeting one day before the big move.
An hour later I was in my car with my packed boxes, in that serial state of mind, heart pounding, hands shaking and calling my oldest daughter on the phone with the news. I had to leave quickly and just wanted to get home. As I plopped myself down in my chair I thought of the last two years. My husband leaving us, taking over all the bills, the divorce and his new (3rd ) marriage. It was a time I put God on the spot immediately and put into action all the bible studies, sermons and prayer meetings I experienced.
This time though, I wondered why,why such a heavy blow like this came so quickly? Through my tears and anger I raised my fist to God and bellowed, ” OK, You brought me to this, You knew and You had better get me out of it !!!”
My challenge:to praise Him, to stay close, to pray for wisdom, to put into practice one of my favorite verses in Romans.
Romans 5
Peace and Joy
1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, wehave peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us
I may not have moved but I’m surely being moved.
dhoyt on March 25, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I recently been challenged by having to fire my best friend .What a struggle this has been.My faith is the only thing that has gotten me through this week.Tommorow is my only day off & I believe I will spend quiet time with my readings !!
hulstmommy on March 25, 2009 at 12:19 pm
The Lord is challenging me in many ways. My husband and I have a strong willed 2 1/2 year old, a 4 mos old who prefers not to sleep, and is now calling my husband into full time ministry. I already felt as though I didn’t see my husband that often and now I know really won’t. It’s hard when I feel like I could use some help at home but the Lord is using my husband everywhere else.
I know this is what the Lord has called us to and I am excited to see how He will change me through it. But it is definitely challenging.
The Lord constantly reminds me that a life serving Him involves sacrifice. If I am not faithful in the small sacrifices, how can I be in the big ones? I know this season, although difficult, will produce wonderful things!
learning2serv on March 27, 2009 at 6:09 am
hulstmommy, my wife and I spent a season in heavy ministry while I was in the Army. The challenge to a young marriage with a joined family running more on zeal than knowledge taught us valuable lessons. My prayer for you as I write this is that your faith fail not.
Years have past, our marriage is grown, and I’m amazed at how God delights in teaching us the little things. How to stay in touch by telephone. How to respect each others’ differing opinions, but to turn to Him for the last Word.
When I deployed across the water, I knew that my wife was in good hands – there was always somewhere there at the home to help her – especially important since she has a life threatening condition requiring a double lung transplant. Though I could have gotten out of the trip across the water because of her condition, I knew that was where I was supposed to be.
My prayer is that God will send you help like he sent me help – so that your burden will be light and that your husband’s heart will be free and your family will walk in the abundance of strength that is needed by both those who serve and those who serve those who serve.
-learning2serv
elishao on March 25, 2009 at 6:06 pm
I know that God is challenging me in the area of stewardship.
In November I left a stable job in the field of education to complete my degree in Anthropology/Archaeology. I had calculated my expenses to the penny and knew I could live off my retirement and the little money from working a part-time job until graduation. I did not account for tithing.
Variou situations have taken place and my savings have been depleted and I am on a desperate search for a job. I trust the Lord will provide. I believe that I need to learn to trust God more in the area of finances.
GregF on March 26, 2009 at 3:18 am
Fellowship: Without it I really feel alone. Even though with it, I sometimes still feel alone!
learning2serv on March 27, 2009 at 6:42 am
I remember when I first started an e-mail account with “learning2serv@…” thinking how appropriate it was. I’ve maintained that address now for more than 12 years.
Due to junk and clutter mail over the years, I created a new account – “learning2war@…” but it didn’t feel right. I came to realize that war for the saint isn’t about who has the biggest weapon or the greatest fighting technique, but by learning to serve others.
The ebb and flow of my life has taught me that when I open my heart and home to others I am blessed in ways that I won’t begin to describe. When I draw back, well…
Challenged by the last couple of years – leaving the military, loss of all our household furniture and goods, living on a greatly reduced income, waiting for major surgeries – has resulted in a faith that ebbed low. It is in these fires that God talks to us.
I came out of these fires with a single shining nugget: His Name is Faithful.
God had never left me nor forsaken me. He has ALWAYS taken care of that which I care about. And because I can trust Him, my heart converted – purified by the fire – I strengthen the brethren by remembering the name He has given me.
I Am Learning To Serve.