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Who really has an impact on this world?

06 Tuesday Nov 2018

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Christian Living, Death, Deception, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Exhortation, False Spirits, Following Jesus, God's guidance, God's Love, Holiness, Holy Spirit, New Self, Old Self, Power of His Resurrection, Satan, Spirit vs. Flesh, Walking in the Spirit

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I think many of you might know the temptation to give in to people who do not know God, people by whom you want to be appreciated, though, even despite their sometimes profane remarks. We may not always be able to really like what they say, but we do not want to offend other people, either, or do we? Granted, there is a species of human beings who love to offend others continually; it is like a sport to them. But I do not speak of such personalities. Instead, I refer to those believers who try to live a Christian life and know about the difficulties to obey God when our old nature rather wants to cave in to ‘other spirits’, esp. when such human beings habitually impose their (strong self-) will on others. Our constant struggle to decide between flesh and spirit, as you know, was perfectly described by Paul here.

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It’s a Matter of Faith

26 Thursday Oct 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Church, confusion, Deception, Dependence on God, Discerning the Spirits, Dying to Self, Exhortation, Faith, False Spirits, Fellowship of His Sufferings, Following Jesus, God's Voice, Inspiration, Knowing God, Obedience, peace, Spirit vs. Flesh, The Bride of Christ, The Cross

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A misty morning, sitting at the hairdresser. Looking out the window, I see people hurrying to and fro around the main station area in Fürth. As I had asked the Lord whether I should begin to write a new blog article here or not, He answered, “If you like.” I responded, “Only if YOU like!” since I have had no clue, until now, what to write about. 🤔

However, that’s IT, indeed! 😊 I do not want to write about the BIG things God might be inclined to do through us because that would not be the truth. How many Christians still tend to believe that God’s main interests were in revival, in teaching proper doctrine, in healing the sick and helping the needy, or in evangelism aka preaching the gospel to save the lost? “Hey, wait a moment…” I hear someone say, “The Bible tells us that some of these things you mentioned will follow those who believe.” Yeah, that is right. But do we really believe just as Jesus believed His Father? Do we think that our Lord cared and worried about these issues as we do today? Or did He not, rather, care about what His tender loving Daddy in heaven had on His mind at any given moment?

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Seeking Silence

12 Saturday Aug 2017

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Building up the Body of Christ, Deception, Delusion, Discerning the Spirits, Entering His Rest, Exhortation, Faith, Healing, Seeking God, Sitting at His Feet, Spirit vs. Flesh, Temptation

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A week ago I got inspired to write my latest blog post Worth the Fight… Extending Inner Quietness, as I had read the newsletter of a German Bible TV program. Although I stopped watching TV of any kind more than eight years ago, I still get this newsletter and I saw that there are some people whom God gives pretty good thoughts. 😉 I decided to translate for you what would speak to me and to compare it with that which T. Austin Sparks had written about the same issue. At first it might seem to be a contradiction what both authors had to say. But Lord willing, this inconsistency might be dissolved. Please, feel free to share your own thoughts and concerns in a response below. I always appreciate and welcome genuine comments and sharing! So, first see Malaika Orth’s description about her own experiences with seeking silence. Malaika Orth is an editor at Bibel TV in Hamburg/Germany.

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The Light at the End of the Tunnel

17 Tuesday May 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abundant Life, Christ in us, Dying to Self, Entering His Rest, Eternal Life, Faith, God's guidance, God's Love, Hope, Light and Darkness, My Spiritual Diary, New Self, Old Self, Power of His Resurrection, Prayer, Relax and Chill Out, Salvation, Spiritual Guidance

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In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (Jn 1:4-5 ESV) Photo by Susanne Schuberth

In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (Jn 1:4-5 ESV) – Photo by Susanne Schuberth

Many of you might have heard or read about some people’s near-death experiences (NDEs) which they described as having been pulled through a dark tunnel toward the light. Having had a NDE myself (see My Testimony to be headlined ‘1995 – 2008: Years of the Wilderness’), I would say today that the ‘tunnel’ stands for our old self nature that is closely related to our body and soul. When people have experienced a NDE and come back into their ‘old’ life, something inside them has changed completely. Although their old nature is still there, a certain amount of God’s light has been poured into their own spirit so that their purpose in life could be changed. From then on they ‘know’ that love and gaining (spiritual) knowledge about God is most important. All other goals in life they once had have become less and less interesting. Basically, they long to be and live eternally in this light that they have come to know for a short time only. They might also realize that it is all about spiritual growth now, about being fully transformed into the image of God’s Son (cf. Rom 8:29; 2 Cor 3:18). Just recently I read a definition about this kind of spiritual growth.  If we ask, “What does it mean to grow spiritually?” T.A. Sparks offers us an answer which is truly surprising. He said,

“Spiritual growth means that the spiritual strain goes out of our eyes, and our faces, and out of our voices, and that awful intensity, tenseness, goes. It is not a mark of spiritual growth at all. So let us get rid of false ideas about what it means to be a grown Christian. It means to be entering into His rest; we all need that.”

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The Power of Our Thoughts

27 Wednesday Jan 2016

Posted by Susanne Schuberth (Germany) in Abiding IN Christ, Being Set Free, Building up the Body of Christ, Discerning the Spirits, Encouragement, Entering His Rest, joy, peace, Relax and Chill Out, Seeking God, Seeking the Truth, Taking our Thoughts Captive, Walking in the Spirit

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Picture credits http://www.mvnazarene.org/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/images/I-Am-620×250.jpg

This is another joint article Michael Clark and I wrote which springs from our own experiences and from what the Lord has been teaching us lately.


Paul signed off his letter to the Philippians saying,

Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Keep on doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you. (Phil 4:8-9, nrs)

How opposite this is to our human natures! We search the news looking for the latest terrorist attack or natural disaster. We even listen to gossip hoping to get some information that will make us feel superior to someone we know. Someone pointed out that Christians seem to have a vested interest in the misery of this world. We truly need new hearts and minds from God.

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