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[Changing4Best]

Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 New Living Translation of the Bible

(If you have not asked for the Holy Spirit or for Jesus to be your Savior, the Holy Spirit has not been with you. Don't hesitate to ask for Him, He can help you in your battles with PTSD)!

 

[The Albatross]

Proverbs 18:10 "The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe."

 

[The Albatross]

I did a self study for 3 years called Raising the Standard (about the godly character and attributes)... I got it from Carmen's song... Great God:

I was military... I was fancy drill both flag and weapon (our drill weapon was an M-1)... I guess It appealed to me.

 

[The Albatross]

I also did a one year study on Share My Pleasant Stones by Eugenia Price. Here's the song that inspired the study:

 

[The Albatross]

I have long thought that I'm gonna be the one who stands by the door. It is a 12 step poem by a minister/pastor... I don't expect a crown in heaven, should I get there... I'd be glad to be the janitor:

I Stand at the Door
By Sam Shoemaker (from the Oxford Group)

I stand by the door.
I neither go to far in, nor stay to far out.
The door is the most important door in the world -
It is the door through which men walk when they find God.
There is no use my going way inside and staying there,
When so many are still outside and they, as much as I,
Crave to know where the door is.
And all that so many ever find
Is only the wall where the door ought to be.
They creep along the wall like blind men,
With outstretched, groping hands,
Feeling for a door, knowing there must be a door,
Yet they never find it.
So I stand by the door.

The most tremendous thing in the world
Is for men to find that door - the door to God.
The most important thing that any man can do
Is to take hold of one of those blind, groping hands
And put it on the latch - the latch that only clicks
And opens to the man's own touch.

Men die outside the door, as starving beggars die
On cold nights in cruel cities in the dead of winter.
Die for want of what is within their grasp.
They live on the other side of it - live because they have not found it.

Nothing else matters compared to helping them find it,
And open it, and walk in, and find Him.
So I stand by the door.

Go in great saints; go all the way in -
Go way down into the cavernous cellars,
And way up into the spacious attics.
It is a vast, roomy house, this house where God is.
Go into the deepest of hidden casements,
Of withdrawal, of silence, of sainthood.
Some must inhabit those inner rooms
And know the depths and heights of God,
And call outside to the rest of us how wonderful it is.
Sometimes I take a deeper look in.
Sometimes venture in a little farther,
But my place seems closer to the opening.
So I stand by the door.

There is another reason why I stand there.
Some people get part way in and become afraid
Lest God and the zeal of His house devour them;
For God is so very great and asks all of us.
And these people feel a cosmic claustrophobia
And want to get out. 'Let me out!' they cry.
And the people way inside only terrify them more.
Somebody must be by the door to tell them that they are spoiled.
For the old life, they have seen too much:
One taste of God and nothing but God will do any more.
Somebody must be watching for the frightened
Who seek to sneak out just where they came in,
To tell them how much better it is inside.
The people too far in do not see how near these are
To leaving - preoccupied with the wonder of it all.
Somebody must watch for those who have entered the door
But would like to run away. So for them too,
I stand by the door.

I admire the people who go way in.
But I wish they would not forget how it was
Before they got in. Then they would be able to help
The people who have not yet even found the door.
Or the people who want to run away again from God.
You can go in too deeply and stay in too long
And forget the people outside the door.
As for me, I shall take my old accustomed place,
Near enough to God to hear Him and know He is there,
But not so far from men as not to hear them,
And remember they are there too.

Where? Outside the door -
Thousands of them. Millions of them.
But - more important for me -
One of them, two of them, ten of them.
Whose hands I am intended to put on the latch.
So I shall stand by the door and wait
For those who seek it.

'I had rather be a door-keeper
So I stand by the door.

 

[Changing4Best]

 

[Changing4Best]

God has told me that I will have a job I can do in Heaven, I am so pleased! Like you, I would be glad to be a simple worker, maybe even to be a mother to children that come to Heaven. I was never fortunate enough to have kids here on Earth. I would so love the chance to be a mom in Heaven!

 

[Deleted member 20280]

Yesterday I was in the chatroom with Ed norton and Sheilakathy when Ed asked for a scripture to help him ground, I have no idea why Psalm 89 popped into my head. So about 5 minutes ago I went to Bible Gateway to read it myself before I head into work.

Well if my limited theology knowledge is correct the below section from Psalm 89 is the Biblical reference to King David having PTSD from his battles.

I nearly fell off my chair !


19 Once you spoke in a vision,
to your faithful people you said:
“I have bestowed strength on a warrior;
I have raised up a young man from among the people.
20 I have found David my servant;
with my sacred oil I have anointed him.
21 My hand will sustain him;
surely my arm will strengthen him.
22 The enemy will not get the better of him;
the wicked will not oppress him.
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike down his adversaries.
24 My faithful love will be with him,
and through my name his hornf]">[f] will be exalted.
25 I will set his hand over the sea,
his right hand over the rivers.
26 He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father,
my God, the Rock my Savior.’
27 And I will appoint him to be my firstborn,
the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
28 I will maintain my love to him forever,
and my covenant with him will never fail.
29 I will establish his line forever,
his throne as long as the heavens endure.

I would also like to take this opportunity to share a prayer given to me when I was 15 years old and was bathed in the Holy Spirit after a truly horrific time with my faith.

I was sat in Church when I heard felt the presence of the Lord upon me,

He gave me this simplist of prayer's in tongues.

"Sandara Sandomi Mi Dara Saey ah Dimo, Drachaem Amen", "Lord and Saviour protect my Soul from the Devil, with praise Amen".

May the Lord Jesus Christ watch over us all and protect us, the kingdom of heaven awaits the faithfull.

 

[Changing4Best]

I love to read the Psalms. Often, when I read one, it seems to mean something totally different than it did the last time I'd read it. When my niece said she was having trouble reading the Acts of the Apostles, I suggested to her that she read some Psalms, as I think they are easier to read and also relate better in a timeless kind of way to life today.

Psalm 1
1 Oh, the joys of those who do not
follow the advice of the wicked,
or stand around with sinners,
or join in with mockers.
2 But they delight in the law of the Lord,
meditating on it day and night.
3 They are like trees planted along the riverbank,
bearing fruit each season.
Their leaves never wither,
and they prosper in all they do.

4 But not the wicked!
They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind.
5 They will be condemned at the time of judgment.
Sinners will have no place among the godly.
6 For the Lord watches over the path of the godly,
but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.

 

[Changing4Best]

@Mr Laurie I too am amazed sometimes by what is written in the Psalms. David, who was the author of many Psalms, is also believed to be Bipolar by many. I have heard this in Christian circles before too. This is because of his many emotions that he expresses in his Psalms. He was also "a man after God's own heart" even though he committed some pretty heavy sins. He did not, however, commit sins against God by worshipping idols, as so many of the other Hebrew kings did.

 

[MrsBeasley86]

I seen this thread and wanted to share my story. To cut it short, I've never been a religious person. I considered myself agnostic. I had a few family members try to change my ways. And I would try. But I always felt let down.
I have been with my husband for 2 years. His dad is a pastor. How ironic was that? I decided to go to his church. Just to see. It changed my life.
I am now a Christian. I'm still learning things. But I have so much more hope. I feel so much better now that I have let the Lord into my life!

 

[Ed Norton]

Because the scriptures I quoted here must be taken in context to the conversation. I decided to put a link to the whole thing...some of the things that I posted are so 'scriptural'

Satan is a liar!
https://www.myptsd.com/threads/new-cops-told-to-go-out-and-cause-ptsd.55575/page-4#post-891005