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If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. (1 Jn 4:20 ESV)
– Photo by Susanne Schuberth
We have an easy time dealing with people who perfectly agree with us and always understand what we mean. Ahem, ahem, seriously… do such people really exist?? 😉 Is there anyone but God who understands everything we might tell them and knows these dark and hidden areas inside our hearts we do not even know ourselves? I assume we all might feel more comfortable with those people who agree with us or who appreciate us even if we disagree. Yet it appears to be more difficult when we have to do with human beings who like to debate or fight over who is right. God who knows our problems created a heavenly condition of which Jesus spoke as He prayed,
“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.” (Jn 17:20-24 ESV)
We read that we need to believe IN Christ (which is not the same as believing that Jesus exists). Also, we must have heard the Word of Christ preached before which does not necessarily mean through reading or hearing biblical words, although this can be the case. Primarily we must have perceived God speaking to our very hearts so that we receive faith in who Jesus really is, i.e. the Son of God. As an indispensable presupposition of experiencing this divine oneness with one another, we need to have shared His glory, too, as Jesus told us. Well, how do we become one with one another, eventually? To put it more simply, one could also say that as soon as we have become one with God in the fellowship with Jesus and our Heavenly Father, we will be able to become one with one another as well. The apostle John described it that way,
“[T]hat which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed, our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that [y]our joy may be complete. This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.” (1 Jn 1:3-7 ESV)
The main reason for me to write about these things lies in the fact that the Lord lately made me aware of two different dangers regarding this oneness with God and one another. We know that becoming one does not just have to do with agreeing on an intellectual level. There is a heart level involved, too. Intimacy with God is so much more than knowing a bunch of impressive and true facts about Him as the apostle Paul told us here.
[W]e know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God. (1 Cor 8:1-3 ESV)
Here comes danger #1. It is easy to find people, especially women, who claim to love God and Jesus in particular since He is a man. In most cases when you hear someone talk or write about loving God, we need to test their obedience toward God’s commandments so that we see whether their statement was true. These feelings they express can be a mere expression of the soul. And feelings come, feelings go, as you might know… As for me, I can say that I cannot love God. Whenever there is only a spark of a ‘loving feeling’ toward God in my heart, it is because God was the author to kindle a fire in another trial where I thought God seemingly left me alone in the dark valley of the shadow of death. In fact, if we find someone in the midst of a trial and they still obey God, if they are meek-minded and humble AND praise God although they are suffering, we might have found a true believer. So, let us not be deceived by our natural ‘good feelings’ which are always self-centered and point to our own goodness and our great experiences with God. Humble believers will always point to Christ, not to themselves. Also, let us not despair if our ‘bad feelings’ get the edge on us at times. These are only ‘feelings’, not the truth. Satan loves to intimidate us by threats that make us doubt God’s goodness and he is allowed to rock our own convictions, aka faith, we seemed to have been so sure of when our feelings were better.
Danger #2 does not only consist in a false oneness which has been based on good feelings of the soul, it is a danger that is much worse if we give into these temptations Satan suggests. Having been put to the acid test myself after I had realized the bad consequences of a ‘spiritual movement’ where this seemed to have happened, I lost my former prejudices and arrogant attitude since I have come to see how easily we can confuse God’s leading and Satan’s subtle suggestions. In the case I just hinted to, there was a man who most certainly had initial intimate experiences with God. Reading his descriptions, I felt they were true. Therefore I was not that suspicious, let’s say, about 1 ½ years ago. The only thing I sensed back then in my own spirit was a whiff of awkwardness when I got aware of distinct descriptions of divine love with God and with one another as well. These awkward feelings turned into real embarrassment yesterday as I checked out another blog (not the case I described before) where someone rather unashamedly boasted of their alleged intimate experiences with Jesus. Brothers and sisters, you know that I hint to experiences of divine love at times, I also say that agape love includes our bodies who are to be fully sanctified by the Holy Spirit so that we can enjoy God on all three levels (body, soul, and spirit). Or as John put it, “that our joy may be complete” when His love has been perfected in us. Indeed, danger #2 is to focus on these feelings in our bodies so that we are more and more drawn away from Christ who MUST BE the foundation of everything we do. When we are tempted to create fellowships with other believers apart from God’s leading and try to share with them what God has only given us, but not them as yet, we might fall into similar traps Paul spoke of in 1 Corinthians chapter 5. For this reason, I want to close with Paul’s admonition here.
I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.” (1 Cor 5:9-13 ESV)
Also, we should heed what Jesus told us as He warned in the Sermon on the Mount, “Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.” (Mt 7:6 ESV) Some things we experience with God in His unseen kingdom of the Spirit are not meant for the public eye. May God show us what it means to become both beholders and guardians of His Divine Beauty in all its mysterious breadth, length, height, and depth (see Eph 3:18). Amen.
“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.
(Eph 5:31-32 ESV) – Photo by Susanne Schuberth
Susanne:
I was just led to your writings this morning. I was absolutely positively and without doubt brought into the Kingdom by His grace a few months ago. Now He has led me to find a few who dwell there also.
My specific question for you concerns your bipolar diagnosis. I was diagnosed similarly about 25 years ago after a “road to Damascus” type encounter that completely realigned my worldview. In about 10 episodes, most in the first few years, God would show me a wonderful and true vision of HImself, and then the enemy would come along and add a whole lot of false visions, and my mind would go into chaos and I would end up in the hospital.
But this is completely different. There is nothing but the peace that passes all understanding. Any stray thought is swatted away by the Holy Spirit before it takes hold in my new mind, which is the Mind of Christ. New ideas come with the scripture that supports them, even as I was never a great reader of scripture. Most every new person I meet is an instant friend, except those who are very hostile to Christ, and they are easy to recognize, as in the light, the darkness is much more apparent.
So I am absolutely sure I have been “cured’ of bipolar, because I never had it anyway. Close friends and family though, are constantly asking me, “Have you taken your meds?” as they see the radical change in me as likely just another manic episode (I never had depression). So what is your advice/testimony on this? Keep taking the meds and seeing the psychiatrist while knowing that they have no power at all next to the universe creating power of Jesus, or continue so I have a small and possibly slightly effective refuge in chemicals if Satan ever does get back in and can honestly tell friends and family, “Yes, taking meds every day”. I believe, as in all things now, that the Spirit has led me to you to ask this question.
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Trey, thanks for asking this. Not that I would ever claim to be an expert on bipolar disease, but I recall that it was both an encounter with God and very painful personal circumstances that led to my first phase of bipolarity in 2000. What I saw later was that psychology can only judge what has happened to your soul and how your mind works if we talk about our thoughts, just as physicians care for the physical part of our being, the body. But you won’t find anyone in this world who is familiar with the unseen and spiritual realm so that they can tell you what has happened to you and your human spirit when God decided to reveal Himself to you. From hence, I do not doubt spiritual experiences with God as long as they bring us closer to Him and to others as well.
Bipolar disease is mainly characterized by megalomaniac periods in which we might think we got it all figured out (including God and others) and depressive states which might bring us to the end of our rope, even to despair of life itself. I remember that I did not want to accept this diagnosis of bipolarity for a very long time until I realized it was true. I felt so ashamed and even guilty to be that depressed and that I could not control this sickness, either. Meds and drugs, well, they have their place, but everyone is different. What is good for one person might be the wrong thing for another one. Since my nervous system is pretty wobbly at times, still, I use a tranquilizer that can at least ‘knock me out’ for a short time if necessary since overwhelming experiences like divine revelations as well as negatives experiences like the death of loves ones still threaten me.
I hope you found my explanations helpful.
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Susanne,
Thank you for this answer. It helps me, a little, to understand someone very dear to me who bore with the same diagnosis, and others both similar and stronger, for most of her life. She has since passed on, and I know that I will see her again, without the troubles which she had while on this earth.
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You are very welcome, Louise. I am very sorry to hear about your great loss, my sister. 😦 Bipolar disease can cause a lot of troubles, indeed… But I am relieved to read that God gave you this wonderful faith you have!
Much love to you! ❤ ❤ ❤
Susanne
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I’m thankful for your response to Trey. I also need tranquilizers from time to time to sleep. I wish I didn’t have to, but I also know how bad it is for my health if I don’t sleep. And insomnia happens all too frequently when I’m under stress. I usually take warm milk with honey (which doesn’t work, really), but occasionally I need something stronger or I can spend all night tossing and turning. And it doesn’t have to be anxiety-related. Sometimes it’s just the product of an overactive mind.
I’ve had trouble sleeping since I was a little child, and not all sleepless nights have been because of fear or anxiety. Many were just me imagining stories, conversations, and getting a little carried away with that. 😉 Recently I discovered an alternative explanation to bipolarity which seems to fit better in my case. But I won’t bore you with the details.
Anyway, I’m finding myself at a stressful time, finding it hard to finish a work project that I should be enjoying but can’t because of my mental (and physical) exhaustion. Because of the stress, the deadline before me makes the remaining tasks tortuous (basically because I spent more than 1 1/2 years ignoring my body and mind’s cries for help in my former job). Counting the days before my vacation!
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Carina, I wish I would not have to take tranquilizers at times, either. Before taking such a drug I try valerian, passionflower, hop, lavender or Melatonin drops. But sometimes that is not enough… Also, I can relate to not being able to sleep because of imagining stories and conversations (or writing fairy tales and novels in my mind as a child 😉 ). Actually, I can relate to EVERYTHING you wrote about in your comment!!! 😉 Mental exhaustion and deadlines… Feeeew!!! Oh yes!!! Although I care for my body through daily workouts (hiking, biking, swimming, sometimes dancing), my mind does not automatically fall asleep when I go to bed. This hamster wheel of thoughts can drive one nuts, indeed!!! 😛
As for different manifestations of biploar disease, you are right. You will hardly find two persons who suffer from the same intensity or duration. Some people experience an outbreak of bipolar disease only once, some two or three times, but others suffer on a permanent basis and get never healed during their lifetime. We do not know why God created us that way, but I believe there must be a reason. Also, it seems to me that oversensitive people have a natural inclination to get depressed. But maybe, I am wrong here.
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Though I’m not a big fan of psychological theories because some of them are very unbiblical (at least as far as I know), I’ve found some research on these topics helpful. There is one author in particular called Dabrowski who did extensive studies on what he called “overexcitabilities” in five areas (psychomotor, sensorial, intellectual, emotional and imaginational). I have all five OEs, and the ones that tend to be most “imbalanced” are the sensorial (some noises bother me a lot!), imaginational (because of insomnia and a tendency to get distracted with any idea but what I should be doing right now), and emotional (being too emotional has been one of my issues with God; I give too much importance to my highs and lows). The explanation seems to be more neurological than psychological.
Yes, when you’re a “highly sensitive person” (a term coined by another author) everything affects you much more, and that means an increased capacity both for joy and for sadness. There may be a connection between that and bipolarity, but as far as I know, you may have emotional overexcitability without necessarily being bipolar. I could sometimes be very happy one moment, and because of one minor thing, become extremely sad (or angry) the next. It’s only at extreme moments that I’ve had bouts of mania, though depression has been more frequent. One such moment was after my son was born. The post-partum depression was both spiritual (part of it were the attacks on my mind, like I was the worst mum ever!) and physical. I think my hormones went crazy from the time I got pregnant, and during the first months of my son, it was terrible.
Faith has helped me lots to stabilize my mood… but the way my mind is wired is a bit like a thorn in the flesh. The upside is if you’re supersensitive and aware of your emotions, you may have an increased capacity for empathy (as long as pain doesn’t cause you to build yourself an invulnerability shell, which we tend to do). I think it’s something God can definitely use for His glory if we surrender our emotions to Him and learn to rest in Him. People who don’t know God will probably experience sensitivity as a curse, because they have no one but the people around them, perhaps a therapist, friends or activities to “discharge” the pain it can cause. But we have a much better source of not just relief but actual healing! 🙂
I started to research the topic because right from his birth, my son has displayed high degrees of both psychomotor and emotional OEs, to the extent that it can be very hard to manage (one of the reasons I’m stressed is the challenge of parenting a “handle-with-care” son). Because of his restlessness, I suspected ADHD but what puzzled me is that, like me, my son has the capacity to concentrate a lot and be very persistent when he is motivated and he also has a great memory. So now I’m wondering if I should get some kind of diagnosis on what exactly is going on in his little mind and get some professional tips on how to help him find some balance. Because I certainly don’t want him to suffer as I did as a result of my parents’ misunderstanding my condition (and because my OEs collided against my dad’s!). My husband and I can be too harsh sometimes. And it hurts to see him cry so hard when we’ve hurt him. 😦
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Yes, I do know how deep it hurts when you have hurt your child, even if it happens accidentally at times. 😣 Our daughter is a lot like me, too, sound sensitivity and other ‘oversensitivities’ included. Handling our kids with care, this is something God can teach us like nobody else can. You and your family are in my prayers, dear sister. ❤ 😇 ❤
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Some things we experience with God in His unseen kingdom of the Spirit are not meant for the public eye.
Yes!
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I don’t know how to properly format my comment..but I believe you understand! 🙂
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Fixed! Quote in bold letters if that was what you meant, my dear sister! ❤ 🙂
PS
If you or anyone else is interested, I only added what you see below except for the (8) quotes so that the quote got BOLD. 😉
“<“strong”>”…Some things we experience with God in His unseen kingdom of the Spirit are not meant for the public eye…”<“/strong”>”
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Thank you very much for the encouragement, dear Louise. 🙂
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(Warning: this is a long comment) What an interesting picture (the second one), Susanne! How fitting it is with what you have written. Two birds soaring together in the sunlight, yet it looks like a wall is behind them through which the sun is shining. If we are to be free, we must pass through the wall and the opening has been made for us by the Son. So many types and meanings here!
You wrote, “We have an easy time dealing with people who perfectly agree with us and always understand what we mean. Ahem, ahem, seriously… do such people really exist?? 😉 Is there anyone but God who understands everything we might tell them and knows these dark and hidden areas inside our hearts we do not even know ourselves? ”
No, my sister, only God’s love and Light knows us and loves us this way and once in a while we run into a dear saint in whom this unselfish love abides. What a joy it is to have His fellowship while walking in the Light with another human, yet so rare indeed. God must do a deep killing work in the self, that old nature, for two people to walk in the LIGHT of Christ in unity and love together.
As for the glory of God in us, God is love and when His love shines forth from our hearts His glory is there as well. It is this unconditional love that “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things,” for one another that is the witness to the world that Christ is in us and that we are IN HIM. His glory radiates from those who walk in His perfect love.
Many people have more Bible knowledge than they have “heart knowledge,” that is, the truth that they have read in the Bible has not yet done its work in their hearts and become intimate in a life changing way. This head knowledge is all the Pharisees had and to them Jesus said, “Because you say you see, you are blind.” Head knowledge without an accompanying life change blinds us and makes us think that we already have arrived when we have not yet set out on our heavenly journey! For these people God has to bring a huge crisis into their lives to destroy this fortress of knowledge they have erected around their hearts so that they finally can have spiritual sight.
When it comes to suffering, many Christians have been told that if they give their lives to Jesus that He will make them happy and prosperous the rest of their lives. This is a lie from hell and a false gospel. Jesus said,
When we come to Christ the two edged sword (see Hebrews 4:12-13), THE Word of God, sets out to divide our soul from our spirit so that the Spirit of God in our spirits may have the preeminence over our souls (our intellects, wills and emotions) which have always ruled in our lives. Sorry, but this does not happen “insto-chango,” just because we have said “a sinner’s prayer.” God does not do a Tinkerbell thing with His magic wand and all of a sudden we are a super Christian and ready to rock the spirit world. No, He also has to separate bone from marrow in us. Our bones are our support system and the marrow in those bones is where the blood is made and “the life is in the blood.” Once again our blood and our life source is not compatible for living in the Kingdom of God. Jesus has to use His sword to bring an end to our personal strength and life. We need His strength in our weakness and His life’s blood flowing in us. Consider this passage,
After Jesus said this the crowd that wanted to make Him king because He fed them all turned away from Him. He then asked His disciples if they wanted to leave Him also? It was a hard saying that they could not receive and only the twelve remained. Peter confessed, “Where will we go? You have the works of eternal life.” Jesus then said, “It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63, KJ2000).
The Holy Spirit must speak into our hearts the very words of Jesus. THIS is our life source. Jesus said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.‘” Do we get our daily bread and spiritual life from listening to every word that proceeds from the mouth of God?” I think the lack of this intimate relationship with our Father and the Spirit is why so many Christians are spiritually emaciated. All these verses speak of an intimate relationship with our Creator. We must live by the Living Word of God in us. The life of that old Adam (the flesh) in us is in agreement with Satan and it competes with the Life of Christ, the ever present Word. We must take up our flesh killing crosses daily and follow Jesus if we are to be His disciples.
Paul wrote,
We need to understand that our bodies are supposed to be the sanctuary of God and they are not evil in themselves. They are only evil when Satan uses them for his purposes. God desires to sanctify us completely that our whole spirit, soul and body may be pure and belong to Jesus as His bride. There is a mystery in these words, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will eat with him, and he with me.” (Rev 3:20, KJ2000). This is so much more than a verse to be used for an “altar call.” To sup with Jesus we must eat His flesh and drink His blood and He must come into us. All these things speak of a wonderful intimacy that Jesus and the Father desire to have with us as the very bride of Christ. True Christianity is not a religion, it is a Husband and wife relationship.
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Michael, this is not only a long comment, this could also be your new blog post on A Wilderness Voice if God wills. 🙂 Very good, by the way! ⭐
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I wish we could have written this together. 🙂
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God willing, next time, my brother. 😉
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Susanne, you know how that works… I have a dozen blog articles I have started, but no go-ahead from the Spirit to finish and post them. I am afraid this long comment will be added to the pile.
Thanks for you encouragement, though. 🙂
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I do know how that works, my dear brother. We need to wait on Him, as always, which is never easy but worth the wait until God really speaks and leads us. May He bless you for your obedience to His voice, Michael! 😊🏕😇 🎼🎶🎶🎶🕭🎵 🤗⛱😊
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Yes, dear sister, the flesh wants to dive in and do God’s work, but He never puts His anointing on the works of Adam. So, we wait for Him to speak and lead us… all part of the dying process. We might know the Bible and have the ability to write, but regardless our thoughts are not God’s thoughts. We must live not by bread alone, but by every word that PROCEEDS from the mouth of the Lord. May His blessings and inspiration be upon you as well, dear heart. 😇🤗
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Amen, very well said, Michael! His Word PROCEEDS now… or “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts…” (Heb 3:7 ESV) Reading your comment, I was reminded of an article by Sparks of which I lately posted an excerpt in one of my blog posts, too. I thought TAS’ description to be very helpful. Sparks said,
How did the Lord Jesus know when the time had come, and what the words were, and what the acts were? I think the answer is undoubtedly this: By life, by the quickening of the Spirit, the life-giving Spirit. There is a law of the Spirit of Life in Christ, the Spirit of life in Christ, and a law of the Spirit of life in Christ.
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The Lord Jesus knew that at a certain time He could not act, could not speak; He had no movement of the Spirit in quickening, no life so to do at that time; in His spirit there was no movement of life; the law was not active in the positive way. But when the Father, Who knew what was required in speech or action, saw that the time had come, He did not bend down and speak with an audible voice into His ear, and say, Now is the time! Say this! Do that! He simply quickened Him inwardly. The law of life became active in that direction, and He knew by an inward quickening what the mind of God was. That is what Paul means when he says, “The mind of the Spirit is life.”
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If you want to know the mind of the Spirit about anything, you will know it by quickening, by life in that direction. If you want to know what the Spirit is against, you will know it because there is death in that direction in your spirit, you have no life, you say, in that direction. All right, that means you know the Lord, you know the Spirit, you know what it is to move on the basis of the law of the Spirit of life in Christ. The Father governed Him by that law. He governs us by exactly the same law when we are joined to the Lord, one spirit. Guidance, direction, is a matter of life in the Spirit, life by the Spirit. The Lord Jesus had His life ordered, governed, conducted, arranged in every detail by the quickening Spirit; the Spirit of life in Christ.
http://www.austin-sparks.net/english/books/002221.html
May every divine blessing come upon you, my dear brother!
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Susanne,
Yes! “Today, if you will hear His voice!” That fits perfectly as does what TAS wrote and you quoted here. Waiting for that whisper that is more an impression or a gentle nudge than an actual audible voice. When we were talking the other day I heard in my spirit, “It shall not come near you.” I knew this phrase was in Psalms and looked it up and it was Psalm 91:
“A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you.” (Ps 91:7, KJ2000)
So, I looked above this verse to get the context and stated reading it to you from verse five and ended up reading all the way down to verse ten:
“There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.” (Ps 91:10, KJ2000)
This was what Daddy wanted me to share with you. That He was watching over your household and for you not to let your heart be troubled. Little did I know what a great witness this would be for you!!! You got so excited and I was SO blessed.
I will leave it to you if you want to share more of how significant this was for you.
Your brother and friend,
Michael ❤ 🐻
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As I read your comment, Michael, I felt God nudging me to share the whole story, even in a blog post-to-be. At least NOW I feel His quickening LIFE in my spirit to do so. But you never know with God. 😉 So, here you are, my new blog post, as it seems. 🙂
https://enteringthepromisedland.wordpress.com/2017/01/26/susanne-schuberths-spiritual-diary-part-4-a-dream-come-true/
Your eternal sister and friend in Him who loved us before the foundation of the world,
Susanne ❤ 🐱
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Susanne, Wow! What a beautiful thing is your “diary part 4”. You really touched my heart as did our Father in the way He set this whole experience up seven years ago that we might share it together in the last two days. What a life He has for us all as we deny ourselves and press into His kingdom of love,
Michael ❤
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Michael,
You wrote, “God must do a deep killing work in the self, that old nature, for two people to walk in the LIGHT of Christ in unity and love together.”
Yes, that is so true and it is painful as we both know it. It seems to me that the ‘killing part’ does not come to an end until we are completely emptied of our old self nature’s destructive tendencies and habits.
The Scriptures and thoughts you shared are also very deep, my brother. I believe we can only hint to these mystical things and leave the rest to God…
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I agree. Jesus is the Light that lights everyone who comes into the world. We can write what we may, but unless the His Spirit opens the eyes of the heart, and inspires what we share, no amount of words from us will open a person’s spiritual understanding.
Thanks, Susanne. ⭐
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You are a treasure, Michael. I thank God that He made us one regarding these and other things as well. 😊 Much love, Susanne ❤ ❤ ❤ 🐺
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Oh, Susanne. You have been a treasure from God to me and many others as well. Yes, the unity and light that we both share IN Christ is the most wonderful fellowship I have experienced in my entire walk with Him of almost 50 years.
Love to you as well, Michael ❤ 🐻
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That was sweet by you, Michael! 🙂 Thank you sooo verrrrry much for this most wonderful fellowship in the Holy Spirit with Jesus! ❤ 🐱
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This was — as so often before — well timed for me, Susanne. I recently encountered another blog purporting to be Christian, but wholly inconsistent w/ Scripture. Repeatedly mentioning love, this particular blogger wrote rapturously about a document revealing that the physical world is only an illusion and we are all gods. The hair on the back of my neck stood on end. I saw no way of witnessing effectively. We must be enormously careful in our choice of companions, whether in person or online.
Love,
A. ❤
xxx
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I so appreciate this comment by you, dear Anna! ❤
I meet such stuff pretty you described in your response quite often on the internet as well. How glad I am that God let you feel His disgust immediately! I lately bumped into a blog of someone who seemingly ‘liked’ mine (one of the reblogs on A Wilderness Voice) and even while only trying to read one post of theirs, I felt all I could do was RUN! I cannot give someone a ‘re-like’ if that which they share was written under the compulsion of evil spirits. Yuk, what ugly feelings come up when I read such stuff! 😛
Much love to you,
Susanne ❤
xxx
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