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All in One Package Outrageous Thoughts on Sex Before Marriage Series By Marijo Phelps

A group of us were playing Risk together. This was definitely before Mick and I were in a courting relationship. His roommate had invited me over for a rousing game of war and battleships and laughs and Mick happened to be in the group who decided to play too.

I was reaching for the dice or moving some of my battle ships as Mick grabbed for something on my side of the table. His hand brushes my elbow and 4th of July fireworks ensued in my tummy.

Before I came to the Lord relationships I had been in with “fireworks” had all turned into huge disasters. SO I thought that the meaning of this innocent encounter was that I was to keep avoiding Mick at all costs. Thankfully, I mentioned this to my small group leader, Mary. A dialog began about God and His perfect plan for marriage and how He wanted us to have it ALL.

Friendship needed to be the foundation but there was also common calling in the Lord. It wouldn’t work is one of you was called to be overseas and the other felt called to do inner city USA ministry ok, that makes sense. AND the Lord wanted you to be attracted to each other physically and romantically. The trick was to HEAR from Him before you got your emotions turned loose because those emotions can make super ear plugs.

The Lord is the greatest romanticist in the universe. Just think about it and also take a look at Song of Solomon sometime too.

Hum, so that might mean I could still be Mick’s friend even though I was attracted to him, novel idea. The Lord Jesus had done much healing within me and it looked like there was still more to come.

I was SO thankful for being at Youth With a Mission at this point in my life. What teaching, prayer covering, leadership to get close to and the Lord Jesus Christ to open up to and allow to do what He had for restoration and growth.
Mine was to be yielded to Jesus and He was doing all the rest and it was nothing short of incredible!

More teaching on relationships:

LASCIVIOUSNESS or DEFRAUDING Continued
WARNINGS
Sex is any physical involvement before marriage: heavy “making out”, petting or intercourse. As singles we can be complete only in Jesus. Marriage does NOT complete us. Our companion is to accent our life and ministry.

A. Lasciviousness/defrauding increases impatience, makes you harsh and robs you of God’s peace, makes you restless.

B. Lust builds in you an attitude of being a quitter because you can’t stop yourself.

Romans 6:12-18 (New King James Version)
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. 13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.

From Slaves of Sin to Slaves of God

15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. 18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.

L. Lasciviousness/defrauding reduces the sensation and height of enjoyment of sex/excitement.

M. Sex works on the law of diminishing returns before marriage. Then you eventually want another partner.

N. Lasciviousness/defrauding leads to a cycle hand holding becomes putting your arm around becomes kissing becomes making out then petting, stripping etc.

O. Within marriage YWAM teacher Dean Sherman had a visual of God’s protective circle around the couple. Within that circle (marriage covered by God) there was no guilt. The Holy spirit entered into their spirits in the marriage relationship.

P. Sex before marriage is more vanity with a focus on looks, make-up, face, figure or body.

Q. Sex before marriage changes the participant’s eyes

R. Sex before marriage produces insecurity which increases the need for companionship.

S. Sex before marriage produces a comparison in looks etc. with other girls/guys and you get jealous and threatened.

T. Sex before marriage is performance oriented.

U. Sex before marriage increases fear as a result of guilt.

Some of these writings are based on a lecture series called Sex and Dating by Dale Crall and are used with his permission. Thank you Dale!

There are many more articles in this series if you enjoyed this one you might want to read the others!

Please feel free to leave comments or questions.

(C) Marijo Phelps all rights reserved. Use with proper credits.

About Self

Saved by His grace in 1974, from 9 years of professing atheism into His loving arms. RN for 23 years, missionary with YWAM then statistical analyst for Every Home for Christ over 9 years. Living with my husband in the middle of a mountain meadow. GRIN! Wanting to spread the good news

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Healing by Faith By Diane Kennedy

Last night, my mom went to church with me. This was a pretty big deal because there was a time that she thought that would never happen again. It wasn’t all that long ago that mom was praying night and day for me. I have Spinal Stenois, a condition that causes spinal cord to shrink. The cord, which isn’t very big, in the first place, literally vanishes. Two years ago, I woke up one morning to discover that I couldn’t feel my feet. I could see them, knew they were down there, but I couldn’t feel them.
For the following 2 years, I was in a wheelchair. First a manual and then as it progressed, an electric. (It stills sits in my kitchen, as a reminder). During that 2 years, My entire body shrank along with my spinal cord . I went from 125 lbs. To 86 lbs. I went through every treatment and procedure the doctors could think of. I was put on more than 20 different medications per day. I was literally living on pills and water.
The feeling in my legs was completely gone. But the pain in the rest of body got worse each day. Eventually, I was so miserable and hopeless that I started begging to die. That very woman that was sitting beside me last night, I once told that if she really loved me, she’d give me my gun and let me stop my own suffering. She has devoted all she could to teaching her children right from wrong. That faith was the foundation to build every day upon and God was always there. And there she was hearing her only daughter tell her that she didn’t believe God was listening anymore. I thought that he had just left me there to suffer. I have been through a lot. Most of which I brought on myself. But this took me to the bottom. There was nothing to live for. I couldn’t function. I couldn’t take care of myself. I felt like my family would be better off without having the burden of me.
But Momma didn’t give up. She took my outburst and my anger and she kept right on praying. The more I doubted the more she prayed. Doctors from The Med to Vanderbilt told my family that there was no way that I could every walk again. The cord was shrinking, the cells and most of nerves were damaged beyond repair. Many of the other nerves were deadened to ease my pain. The fractures in my spine were causing so much swelling that I was having seizures 3 & 4 times a week because of the pressure on spinal cord and brain stem.
Mom didn’t give up on God or me. When I reached the point that I realized that she wasn’t giving up. I finally shut up and listened. Then I really learned something.
God isn’t limited by medical science. He doesn’t read x-rays, MRI’s or a medical chart. He doesn’t refer to research. He loves his children more than anything. The things that matters to God is that his children make it to Heaven. And (as I found out the hard way) even if it took knocking me off my feet and letting me sink as low as I could go…He’d do it before he would give me up.
My legs and back are not perfect. I still can’t walk normally or run. I still don’t have all the feeling in my legs. But, my soul isn’t paralyzed anymore. My heart isn’t hard and cold. That was the real sickness that was cause of my true suffering. Hate & Heartache had paralyzed my soul long before my spine paralyzed my legs. I fought God. I ran from God. I broke his heart. I gave up. But he didn’t give up and Mom didn’t give up. My doctors say that it is unexplainable. But that’s not at all true. I’ve just explained it

Diane is a former event model and scout with a new book coming out in April of 2010.
Diane Kennedy
www.dianekennedy.info

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I Need Patience By naomi Cassata

Read Psalm 40:1-3

Our society is constantly changing. In fact, it is moving at a pace too quick for some to keep up with. Microwaves, fast food, instant emails and direct downloads all make up our “No Patients” society. Long lines, dial-up internet, cassette tapes and snail mail are almost things of the past.

I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry (Psalm 40:1).

King David faced many trials during his life. However, he learned through them all that “waiting patiently” on God was the only solution to his problems. He called on God because he knew that He was larger and more powerful than any issue he faced. God was always faithful to deliver David, as long as he was willing to wait on Him.

Living in a world that views waiting as an inconvenience can cause you to forget about waiting on God. You can never go wrong when you learn to wait on God’s provision, answer, wisdom or will in a matter concerning your life.

Can you think back at a situation you’ve faced that you didn’t wait on God and it turned out horrible? If so, how did it turn out and what did you learn from it?

Why do you think it’s important to wait patiently on God?

Thru the Bible Reading: Psalm 40; Galatians 3.

Prayer Emphasis: Ask the Lord to help you to not become conformed to the world, but to wait on Him when facing situations that cause you to want to be impatient.

Copyright 2010
Naomi Cassata
iluvjc079@yahoo.com

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Christian Prayer - How is Your Prayer Life? By Robert Baines

Christian prayer is a reference to a believer communicating with God, often by speaking or thinking. It is essential to Christian growth. The following are my suggestions regarding Christian prayer:

1. Understand times and types of prayer
- Morning. In the morning is a good time to thank the Lord for letting you make it through the night. It is my longest and devotional prayer. I use the ACTS formula that we will discuss below.

- Meals. Before every meal you ought to tell the Lord “thank You” and ask Him to bless the food that you are about to eat. A long, head bowed, and eye closed prayer is not necessary, especially, if I am hungry (smile).

- Bed. Before you retire for the evening, you ought to tell the Lord “thank You” for another day. I often pray a shorter version of the ACTS formula that we will discuss below. I like to get on my knees, bow my head, and close my eyes, in total submission to God.

- Worship. In the worship service, you should pray silently, while others are leading you in prayer. In some churches, people are asked to pray out loud and all together. And sometimes they read a prayer together.

- Trouble. In the times of trouble, we tend to move past “saying prayers” to actually “praying.” Thank God, God is able to hear us all at the same time and work things out for our good.

- Special. When special decisions need to be made or you simply feel like praying, pray. When someone asks you to pray for them, pray.

2. Use A.C.T.S.
- Adoration. Christian prayer should express to God that you are aware that He is the creator and sustainer of the whole universe. Acknowledge that it has been the Lord who has brought you this far and not yourself.

- Confession. Tell God that you have sinned. Name some of those that come to mind. Tell Him that you are sorry. Ask Him to forgive you because of Jesus’ suffering for your pardon.

- Thanksgiving. Tell God “thank You” for the many blessings that He has showered in your life. Thank Him for food, clothing, and shelter. Thank Him for life, health, and strength. Tell Him “thank You” for keeping mean people from snuffing your life away.

- Supplication. Ask God to supply the needs of others. This is intercessory prayer. Make sure you ask God to bless your Pastor and church. Ask God to bless your family and loved ones. Even ask God to bless and have His way with those who cause stress in your life.

And then ask God to meet your needs. Ask Him to fix what is broke and smooth out the rough places. But most of all, ask God to have His way in your life. When God has His way, He will always do what is best for His people.

I often pray using the ATCS model. I put adoration and thanksgiving close and then follow with confession and supplication. There are times when after I finish adoring God, thanking Him, and confessing to Him that I am almost ashamed to ask Him for anything else.

In summary, understand that there are times and types of prayers. The acronym ACTS is a nice guide in praying.

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The Most Important Communication and Social Skill Ever By Greg Baker

There are so many things that could go on a list of important skills to develop when building or establishing a relationship. I’ve been counseling for over ten years, and all of the supposed words of wisdom that I’ve uttered since that day pale in comparison to the good that this single skill has accomplished in my counseling and personal relationships.

What is the most important social skill? Here it is: the art of listening.

There have been innumerable times, it seems, that people have stepped into my office with a problem that they don’t know how to handle. They sit down with a defeated air, a strained expression, and hopeless eyes. I begin, “What can I do for you?” And they begin to talk. They talk. I listen. So many times they stand up after the session is over with a completely different attitude. “Preacher,” they say, “you’ve been so helpful. Thank you so much. I feel so much better.” I may have said all of a dozen words, but just having someone who was interested in their problem did the most good. Just having someone willing to listen is all that most people need.

Recently, a very distraught young lady called me with a problem. The problem was with someone else in our Church, and she began with the statement, “I can’t go back to that Church anymore.” I asked her if she’d like to talk about it. She indicated she would, so I scheduled a time for her to come on down when my wife would be around. She arrived and I asked her, “Could you tell me about it?” She did, and as she talked everything changed. She went from ‘that Church’to ‘our Church’ by the time the conversation was over. I talked some, but mostly I just listened. She decided she didn’t want to leave after all.

Finding someone who will listen, and I mean really listen, is a very rare skill now a days. We seem to want to say our peace, give our opinion, and insert our notions into a conversation. Few people know how to turn the mouth off and the ears on.

There is significantly more to listening than merely hearing what someone is saying. I’d like to give you a few suggestions and tips, if you’ll hear me out, that’ll help you develop this essential social and communication skill.

LOOK THEM IN THE EYE

How many times have you sought to talk to someone who was looking somewhere else? Frustrating isn’t it? We often demand that our children look at us when we talk to them, because if we can’t see the eyes, we feel they aren’t listening.

Look someone in the eye when they are talking to you. Give them your undivided attention. It’ll do wonders for how people perceive you.

LOOK INTERESTED

Nod in the appropriate place, or shake your head when it is called for. Add a helpful, “Wow,” or a, “That’s interesting,” or a, “I’m sorry,” comment here and there.

Make sure that your facial expression reflects the fact that you are listening. Don’t stare off into the distance, or fiddle with your fingers, or tap your foot impatiently. Look patient and interested. Give them your full ear and attention.

ASK SMALL, CLARIFIYING QUESTIONS

This is important. When someone is talking, only ever interrupt to ask small, clarifying questions that demonstrate your willingness to listen to them. Doing this also accomplishes two other very important things.

First, it shows them that you care. People who don’t care, don’t care enough to ask questions. When someone cares for you they inquire after your health, or ask about your family, or ask your opinion on something. When listening to someone ask questions that show how much you care. People always gravitate to that.

Secondly, it steers the conversation towards the best resolution. When someone is hurting, excited, or struggling they often can’t see the problem clearly. Since you don’t have as much of an emotional stake in the issue, you will probably see it better than they do. That being the case, your questions gently steer them towards the obvious resolution.

Most people know what needs to be done with a problem. But while under the emotional impact of the problem, they become paralyzed or befuddled in their thinking. Asking these questions helps steer them to what they know they should do. Many times I just end up agreeing with their final analysis after asking some very appropriate questions that gets them to think better about the issue.

The art of listening is an essential skill for anyone who wants to help build their relationships, endear people to them, and foster trust between two people. If married couples would take the time to listen to each other they would find a significant portion of their problems evaporate.

A good listener makes people feel secure, loved, cared for, and accepted. Give it a try. You’ll like it.

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Lessons from the Life of Gideon 1: Where Am I, and How did I Get in This Handbasket? By Jim Canter

Israel had served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Moses’ servant, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, the General of the armies of Israel. After that entire generation had died, a most amazing thing happened: the Bible says that the next generation after Joshua died grew up with NO knowledge of the LORD or anything He had done for Israel (Judges 2:10).

How is this possible? How, in only one generation (think of the lifetime of your father) could all knowledge of God and his great miracles in Egypt and the Red Sea and Jericho be completely forgotten? The answer is simple and sobering: they didn’t listen to God’s command to teach their children the things of God:

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:1-20; e.g. v4-7, NIV).

Wouldn’t it have been a simple thing to tell their kids about the great God, the LORD, and teach them His commands? Yes, but the things of God were not on their hearts; they became preoccupied. The Jewish historian Josephus put it this way:

After this, the Israelites grew effeminate as to fighting any more against their enemies, but applied themselves to the cultivation of the land, which producing them great plenty and riches, they neglected the regular disposition of their settlement, and indulged themselves in luxury and pleasures; nor were they any longer careful to hear the laws that belonged to their political government: whereupon God was provoked to anger, (Antiquities, Book 5, Chapter 2).

As a result of not being taught by their parents about God, that generation began to worship the only gods they knew anything about, the ones served by and talked about by the people that were still in the land that God had intended for them to dispossess. God was angry with the Israelites because of this and actually fought against them when their enemies attacked.

The object lesson for Christian families today should be obvious. The LORD must be mentioned and discussed in our homes with our children; the stories of His miraculous works told and re-told; his Law, accounts of His intervention and involvement in our own lives and the assurance of His love for us in Christ Jesus recognized, lived out and taught daily.

Copyright 2009 By Jim Canter. Jim is the worship leader for Grace Church of Tallahassee.

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Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved

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Lessons from the Life of Gideon 2: Setting the Stage By Jim Canter

It had been nearly two hundred years of cycles of idolatry, oppression by neighboring enemies and God’s deliverance, followed by times of peace. God accomplished these times of deliverance through four judges: Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar and Deborah.

Then, Israel again left off serving the Lord and “did evil in the eyes of the Lord” (Judges 6:1) and was now being savagely oppressed by the Midianites. The Midianites, descendants of Abraham through his second wife Keturah (Genesis 25) had been almost completely destroyed by Israel while the nation was still wandering in the desert. Undoubtedly, the Midianites had not forgotten even after two hundred years.

The biblical account (Judges 6: 1-6) tells that raiders from Midian in alliance with Amalekite raiders (Exodus 17: and other eastern peoples, would enter the territory after the crops had been planted specifically to ravage the land; to ruin the crops and destroy all the livestock, not leaving anything for the Israelites to use for food.

“They camped on the land and ruined the crops all the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels; they invaded the land to ravage it.” (Judges 6: 4-5, NIV)”

Once rich from the produce of the land God had blessed them with, they were now reduced to severe poverty. The wealth they had gladly accepted from God (while refusing to acknowledge and worship the source of those blessings) was now, over a period of seven years, being utterly destroyed by those whom God had originally intended to dispossess. Midian sent Israel into such poverty that the Israelites finally (it took seven years of this?) cried out to the Lord for help. So God sent them a prophet to explain the situation.

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. I snatched you from the power of Egypt and from the hand of all your oppressors. I drove them from before you and gave you their land. I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.’ But you have not listened to me.” (Judges 6:7-10, NIV).

“I said…..but you have not listened to me.” We can bring many sorrows on ourselves by not obeying what God has said in His Word. We can find many instructions in His word to guide us in our everyday lives, but the foremost, on which all others depend, is to love the Lord with all our heart, mind, soul and strength. (Mark 12: 28-34 and Matthew 22: 36-40) The Israelites were demonstrating their lack of love for God by casting their cares as well as their sacrifices on the altars of idols. We can do the same.

Even as christians, we can sometimes delude ourselves into thinking that we are doing what God wants. We work hard, we persevere, we do not tolerate wickedness, we are so knowledgeable about doctrine that we can immediately spot a fake, and even endure hardship for the name of Christ. These are good things, but, if they don’t spring from our Love of Him, we have fallen from the high ground. Take a look at Revelation 2:1-5:

1″To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands: 2I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. 4Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. 5Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.”

Our Love for Him comes first; the rest follows. Let’s get our focus where it belongs. Love Him. And yet, it’s critical that we realize that even our love for God originates with Him, and is a result of His first loving us:

“This is love: not that we loved God, but he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John 4: 10, NIV)

Copyright 2009 By Jim Canter. Jim is the worship leader for Grace Church of Tallahassee.

Web: http:www.surefoot-surefoot.blogspot.com

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved

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Lessons from the Life of Gideon 3: Things May Not Be What They Seem By Jim Canter

A fable was tossed around the Internet about a blind lady who had her seeing eye dog with her on a flight. The flight was diverted and delayed. Once on the ground, she was asked by the pilot if she would like to disembark briefly. She told the pilot no, but her dog might like to stretch his legs. So the pilot, in his sunglasses, takes the seeing eye dog for a little walk. This was not well received by boarding passengers.

The situation in Israel was dire. Food and livestock were scarce because of the seven-year Midianite and Amalekite oppression. Gideon is threshing wheat (pounding the stalks of wheat to separate the grains from the outer shell and stalks) in a wine press to prevent the Midianite raiders from discovering him and separating him from his food and his head from his body. They had already killed his two brothers at Tabor.

The Angel of the Lord appears, sitting under an oak tree near the city of Ophrah, where Gideon is threshing, and says “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” (Judges 6:12, NIV). At this, Gideon, not realizing who he is speaking to, cynically answers,

“if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our fathers told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and put us into the hand of Midian.” (Judges 6:13, NIV)

Gideon was one of at least three sons of Joash, a man of some wealth and standing in Ophrah (within the tribal allotment of Manasseh), who had an altar to Baal and an Asherah pole beside it. The people of the city came to this altar at Joash’s house to worship these idols.

God had just sent a prophet to inform the Israelites of the reason He had given them over to their enemies. From the beginning, God had told them the He was their God, and that they were not to worship the Amorite gods; but they had not listened. And here is Gideon, whose father has an idol worship center at his home, bitter and complaining that God, if He ever did do any miraculous things, certainly doesn’t now, isn’t with them, and has abandoned them to these Midianites.

Can we see anything in this that applies to us? Any similarities in the way God deals with us as His family? Ever been a father? Ever had to discipline your kids? Did you ever wish your kids would realize that you had their well-being in mind when you instructed them? Do you ever blame God for your circumstances? Here are a few things that come to mind from this account:

In Israel’s hopeless condition, when they cried out to God, even while some were still worshiping idols, God reached out to deliver. He did this for His own Name’s sake and out of love for them. God’s dealing with Israel is instructive to us and serves as a reminder of His first loving us with a love so deep and profound that it culminated in His offering up His only Son for our sins when we had no hope or desire for Him:

” You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:6-8 NIV. See also Ephesians 2:11-12)

When the Angel of the Lord hailed Gideon as a “mighty warrior” He was not being sarcastic, but knew what Gideon was to become in a few days. This was actually an encouragement. Our paths can be radically altered by trusting in God, especially in the midst of fears and doubts.

It is easy to blame God when bad things happen, especially if we are in a condition where He is somewhere near the bottom of our “to-do” list rather than in the preeminent position He deserves. This way we don’t have to face our own condition before a Holy God and deal with the question of whether or not the source of the problem lies within us.

We are going to see that contrary to the way things seemed to Gideon, God was acting for His own Name’s sake and out of love for His people and had not abandoned them. We will see Him patiently working with Gideon, a cynical, skeptical, fearful man to radically change his life. The result would be the emergence of a fearless trust in God and the deliverance of an entire nation.

Copyright 2009 By Jim Canter. Jim is the worship leader for Grace Church of Tallahassee.

Web: http:www.surefoot-surefoot.blogspot.com

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved

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The surgery itself went well,and the recovery from the hernia is going well,the incision is fine.I did have some problems on friday the 12th.
I felt I was gonna die after my potassuim went to a dangerous level..2.8.after a huge bowel movement brought on by too much milk of magnesia,My heart raced to 160,I called the ambulance,I literally felt I was gonna die,I was very afraid I was.At the hospital they diagnosed me as I mentioned with low potassuim level.Potassuim is very important in controlling your heart,so be aware of that.
so they gave me klor-con and I took that a few days and I never felt right since,so I felt fainty on monday and went back to the emergency room,they did the whole nine yards of tests then,even a cat scan on the chest to check for blood clots due to surgery,and all that came back negative,and my potassuim was normal.
Since then I have felt much better,yesterday and today I feel almost normal.Praise God he seen me through this,without him I would not had made it.God is Good.

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