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One out of 10 came back to Thank Him

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In Luke 17 there is an interesting story: It is the story of how Jesus healed 9 Lepers. Now Leprosy was a very harsh thing (no cure for it). So Many times people cry out for miracles and get them but they never return to Glorify God with their lives. Jesus already knew why they didn’t come back to praise Him.

He wanted US to notice this happens otherwise, this passage of scripture would not be here! and Guess what? His dismay over this did not stop him! What an Example! 

What a Mentor he was! What a great High Priest! Father your Mercy endures forever. Let this story be an example and reminder to us, not to stop doing good things , even when only one out of 10 come back to praise you! We do it for that one! Amen! Praise Jesus! See the story below: a HEALING scripture

11 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. 13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.

15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.

17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.” (NKJV) 

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Church should be, Psalm 23

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At the beginning of this year the Lord spoke to me and “I’ve put my love in you for the church.” See for a long time I was like that jaded teenager that gets mad at the parent who made mistakes.

I have come to see a lot of the anger I had was from very deep hurt. Yes I’ve forgiven them, and let me tell you something, God has put powerful things in my heart to share with his people both IN And out of church. How do I know?

Some of the very same things have happened again, and I didn’t even flinch LOL Ok I flinched a little…..but didn’t run!

The truths of God are timeless, but we need to go with the times and not wear this outdated religious “clothing” so to speak. We all need to be spiritual pioneers, venture out into new territory, let God expand our horizons, get out of that tunnel vision and walk out of the stuck in the mud ways!

Platitudes are not going to work we live in a world that wants REAL answers, a REAL testimony of God’s power and the church can’t be just a club house anymore.

It needs to be filled to the top with testimonies of God’s love and power From EVERYONE in the church! We need ALL Of the Body parts to function and share!

CHURCH SHOULD BE Psalm 23! this is what the Lord has said to me. and not just for some for EVERYONE THERE …..
Green Pastures, Still waters, Restoring your SOUL!

THEN Go out! Don’t send wounded soldiers back to the battlefield! Get them Healed up! LOVE YOUR Brethren!

People come in hurting they don’t need to get scolded, or hear how they are not measuring up or not attending enough or whatever. THEY NEED SOUL HEALING! Let’s learn to be spiritual doctors! bandage em up! Pray for their healing!

Well that’s just the beginning. ………there is more!

LOVE YOU CHURCH (and People of God) I LOVE YOU! Laura Grace 

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How God solved a fight with a solar garden! by Laura Grace

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Being real here; ‘The solar light garden” and how it came to be Well, I hope this helps or encourages someone out there.

I’m not just showing off my tiny landscaping project, as there are much better ones out there. But what is significant about this one is, it was born in the midst of a quarrel about “Lights.” I love lights! Christmas lights, all kinds of lights! so when Solar lights came out I was like wow those are COOL!

I got some, lined them along the sidwalk. Tim has a riding mower now (exciting for him) he has to pull them all up for the mower to go over the sidewalk AND pick up sticks and branches and rocks. So he was not too keen on the lights along the sidwalk last year.

I thought well he’s right and put three by my deck this year and he decided to mow close to he pulled those up too (my lights) breaking one! OH LORD I was so upset about this!

He isn’t into my lights I’m not into his mower woes! HA All kinds of things went through my head. “UNFAIR” My mind screamed I do all kinds of inconvenient things for YOU! (Love me love my lights!)

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Oh My What a big battle can arise in our minds from tiny things!

So I prayed “Lord please help me not be so upset how do I solve this?” I came in the house “let’s make a solar garden!” With Bricks around it! So we did. Tim dug up all the grass and did the actual landscaping. See, he does love me!

🙂 aint’ it grand? Every day stuff God helps us with! Love it! -Laura Grace Speaker, Author, Writer……..every day person like you!

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WHAT DO I DO? Different Kinds of Faith

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owfaith in GOdSo We know the scripture! “THE just shall live by Faith” and all the stuff we’ve heard. sounds pretty lofty doesn’t it? I’m sorry but we can’t possibly cover all the examples of faith in one little meme’ or passage or even a blog! The various ways a person can HAVE FAITH (Just Have Faith) Is as endless as the types of jobs in the world or even dare I say (brands of cereal?). 

One put mud in his eye (In the Bible) by the way that’s where the saying came from “Here’s mud in your eye!” (a Reference to a bible story!) One did this another did that and one lady touched Jesus and another cut a hole in a guy’s roof! IN NONE OF THESE CASES did Jesus run around saying “who can I heal today or who do I WANT TO HEAL?” Tell me where he just randomly chose okay “You, you and you” I will heal and “you you and you” I will not heal. Didn’t happen. 

WE have something to do with the outcome. IF you are seeking him and he says go to the doc go..if he says put mud in your eye well, I would do it! would you? I am NOT afraid to do what the world considers crazy to get a miracle. I Am NOT Missing out! 

How about you? 

Think about that for a minute. READ your bible you’ll be amazed (and forever changed) and read it like a person who Expects to understand it BY FAITH!!!! that’s the biggest thing I’ve done by Faith in my life time. I read my bible expecting the HOLY SPIRIT To help me understand it. No I don’t care what the pope said, or what he said or she said or they said. NOPE sure don’t! The Holy Spirit is my teacher (John 14, 15, 16) there are severeal references to this I AM accountable to HIM. I have FAITH he will correct me! I have FAITH he will guide me! and guess what? HE DOES!!! This lonely ol’ girl from MT of whom if you don’t accept my testimony that’s fine. God Made it! HE WILL DEFEND IT! 

amen Laura Grace Author, speaker, minister in training and in internship with Jesus.  Love ya! MWAA! 🙂 now grow grow grow! 

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When Christians get divorced…..

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One good side effect of gay marraige is the whole church world will come to realize every piece of paper obtained for marraige is not a union arranged by God. Either that or they will succumb to peer pressure and decide it’s just okay

I am not an advocate of divorce but it happens. People who have no other way to get free should not be condemned over this and i’ve said it before (and will say it again).

Just seperating is a wonderful ideal but we live in a world the other person would be pursued for their bills and everything else so in some cases, yeah the person just needs to pray to “Free themselves like a gazelle” from the bad promise they made.

(book of Proverbs)

I was researching amazon about the topic and was amazed to find how many people have written that God showed them the very same things he showed me about the topic.

He talks about liars going to hell but yet Abraham lied (to save his wife) or was deceitful. God did not condemn him for it he was in a very big pinch. 

He said honor your Father and mother but he didn’t mean for little children to take abuse and say thank you for beating me please whip me again and kill me next time.

We need to see the very heart of God about things. I’m sure he uses whatever pain is driving people to defend gay marraige to bring about good in more ways than we can count

GOD is into TURNING OUT FOR GOOD what satan intended for evil! We have to stay focused on the good he will bring! We have got to Learn to say “USE THiS For your GLORY!”

That’s what I have done with all the heartaches and harships in my life “turn it out for good” “Let me help people’ Let me enourage them they are not alone” …….

Drug addicts get free, everyone rejoices. a person who gets their whole sense of self worth in taking care of someone who wants to stay addicted, messed up, and fights God’s ways at every turn ALSO needs to get free from that (type of) addiction.

The problem is very few rejoice with them when they do. In Order to set at liberty those who are bruised, see the captives set free, and see revival come To America, we need to see everything through God’s eyes, and not the natural man.

A Holy Ghost filled person in Love with Jesus is not going to just “toss a good marraige aside” nor anything else God has given them. So Do not fear! We need to start Trusting When a person is saved and Spirit filled we WILL KNOW WHO THEY ARE! There is coming a day we won’t be able to tell with our natural eyes who is who.

We will have to be led of the Spirit to survive (what is coming). Pray for souls to be won (to Jesus) and for people to be made whole. That is God’s heart for his (lost) people! Salvation being reunited with Him and RESTORED (made whole) that’s what he wants!

He is not sitting in heaven like a big dictator getting all hot under the collar about sin and mistakes. He is weeping for their souls, He just wants them to come to him and receive what he paid such a bloody price for ……..

HIS children! He bought them back! and heaven help anyone who gets in the way of HIS KIDS coming back to him! I’ve written a mini book “a Christian case for divorce” and I will publish it. Let me know if you want a copy send me your email. With Love,

Laura Grace 

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Green pastures…..and still waters

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Do not fear. Do not Worry. Do not doubt. 

There are all Kinds of commands in the New 

Testament. Do not Here’s a biggie: Jesus said, 

“BE PERFECT” Try doing that one by yourself!

It’s time we realize we don’t keep all the commands, 

so what is the point of walking up to someone and 

saying by the way “The bible says’ Not to forsake 

the gathering” and imply they are not right with God 

if they missed church last Sunday? 

Sometimes I want to say “really, are you perfect yet?” 

God spoke to my heart he said, “Church should be like

Psalm 23″ It Restores you, you are fed Still Waters, 

Green pastures. “He restores my soul.” 

Whether you spent the day with Jesus (the Shepherd

of your soul) Or with other sheep, (of his pasture) remember

this, God approves of you, and loves you! SO long as you 

are in HIS adpotion process you are His! HIS and no one 

elses! ALLOW HIM to direct your paths, K? 

Keeping in real (as Doc Lynch would say) BE Blessed! 

Laura Grace 

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Suicide: My take on the subject…. (Stuff nobody wants to talk about, #4)

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I’m going to address a tough subect here, because God told me to do it. 

In my (over 30 years) of travels, both amongst the Christian and secular realms, I have heard much on this subject. I’ve read many books on the subject too. 

Suicide happens because of free will. I had a Christian once tell me some do it out of defiance (to have the last word) In other words “I”LL SHOW YOU” Here, deal with my death! Judas committed suicide, after he betrayed Jesus. Sampson (in a way) knew, when he prayed to have strength “on more time” to defeat Israel’s enemies, that he would die in the process, but it does not qualify as suicide 

I am addressing this topic because God wants me to. 

It’s not always a “spirit of suicide’ as many surmise. 

People left behind after such a tragedy, want to know WHY. 

Not too long ago, I asked someone to pray for this person who said they were feeling suicidal. She said, “Statistics show people who are really going to do that don’t tell anyone.” I’ve heard this before (as well.) 

They did not seem to want to pray, because they were so bound up in their knowledge on the subject. SO instead of saying let’s pray, I got a big argument instead. 

It made me sad.  And a little bit angry, I must admit.

So here we go: 

#1 because the devil (always) wants to steal kill and destroy, he is ultimately behind it. Whether it was out fear of not facing another day (for the person wanting to end it all) or whether it was accumulative despair, hopeless feelings that overwhelmed them, or even as this other person suggested, “Defiance’ as in “I”ll show you!” I do believe the devil’s influence upon this earth is why “many bad things happen.” The reasons people do things are as varied as the types of plants we have on this earth. So if we want to know ‘the reason” we need to look at each invidual case with God’s help. 

#2 The answer, as to how to stop or prevent it, is just as varied as the actual condition, or situation of the person who has decided to take their own life. 

#3 Sometimes we cannor stop it (from happening) and this is the hardest fact of all. 

Lastly, if it’s going to be prevented, or can be, I believe we should seek God for the answer on this. (#4) Do they need love today? Prayer? a Crisis line? or maybe they just need YOUR listening ear .I have no idea but GOD DOES! And he’s always willing to share that information with us, if we seek Him for it. 

2000 years ago when people ate simple foods, and the world was much different, there were not recorded cases of chemical imbalances, mental illness, and so on. Many who believe the bible is their ONLY source of information (If it ain’t in the bible it just isn’t so type people) Think that because Jesus always cast out demons, well then it has to be a demon (of suicide) Because mental illness is not addressed in our bible (to my knowledge). 

There is mental illness. Sometimes demonic activity is passed off as mental illness, while other times mental illness is misdiagnosed and there really IS demonic activity going on. 

Now we are back to square one 

seek God 

Every case is different. 

ASK HIM What they need! 

if you are feeling suicidal, God always wants to rescue you 

If someone you love did it, it is not your fault. 

I’ve seen God Rescue people from many things (Including this terrible temptaion) so I know it can happen. 

#5 I refuse to put God in a box. 

Jesus is the answer 

and the answer (Pretty much always) will be just a bit different.

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We need a vision (Goal) Right? Without it we perish, or begin to perish.

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Proverbs 29:18 says (KJV) without a vision the people perish. IN the NKJV it says “cast off restraint) and this because they have no revelation. anointed

They are both true, but the wording is just a bit different.

Then we have this passage: 

Colossians 2:18 Let no one condemn you by delighting in ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm. Such people are inflated by empty notions of their unspiritual mind.
Ascetic: the doctrine that a person can attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self-denial, self-mortification, and the like.
My goal is first, revelation from the Holy Spirit. Next is processing it and applying it to my life. As I see how it works for me, then I find myself wanting to share it with others. 
1. I do not want lies, or to be deceived by satan 
2. I do not want to miss out on what God has for me
3. I do not wish to perish or fall away 
Many times people get “stuck” over fear that one of these three things will happen. We go out looking for spiritual guidance, and we find all kinds of things that seem to be helpful, or promise to be Christ like, but they really aren’t. 
And as for the above passage (in Colossians) why would that condemn you? Because the bible says if anyone preaches another message other than the gospel (of Jesus Christ) “let him” be accursed. People IN the gospel of Jesus Christ cannot be cursed. People who are not can be. I know we’ve all heard about ministers who got cursed, and had to pray their way out of it and teach others their deliverance methods. But the truth is, Jesus is your captain and he knows how to train YOU for what YOU are dealing with right now. 
Be spiritually ready and open for vision (revelation from God) 
so when you get to the point “I GOTTA HEAR FROM GOD” 
Let me tell you something…..
He will speak to you (He speaks to me) but let him speak about what he wants to speak about! (Into your lfe) He speaks from within most times not into your natural ear You have ears inside you (in your soul) where your spirit man lives.
He will not let you be deceived if you do not wish to be and ask him for that. 
YOU ARE HIS CHILD! 
Ask him for Vision AND Revelation! 
He wants to talk to You! 
stop being afraid of it. 
With Love,
Laura Grace
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TESTIMONIES!

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Have a testimony you’d like to share? (but never get to?) A Testimony is that God said what he will do (in his word) and now you are a witness he did it! 

 He broke the chains, he healed your marriage, or he set you free from a horrible situation…..(saved you from death) or he fed you, clothed you, healed you or

provided for you. HE RESCUED YOU, He SAVED you He (the list goes on and on). 

I have several about God giving me CHEESE (no kidding) I can tell you literally hundreds of Times God has honored his word toward me. We NEED our Testimonies and it helps the Body of Christ to overcome (They overcame by the blood of the lamb and the Word of their Testimonies!) SO if you have one or two (to share) send it to me at sisterzeal@yahoo.com by July 1, 2017.

I Have learned how to publish books myself, and God is now tweaking me on my writing skills as we speak (I’m in College!). You can give your first name only or first and last name or just initials if you want or use a pen name. If you want your

testimony in my book to benefit others, send me the story! Thank you so much! 

 

God  bless you…..til next time! Laura Grace