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Dear Brothers and Sisters in
IAUA
(ee-ah-oo-ah) our Father,
Greetings on this day of preparation for the weekly sabbath.
I hope this newsletter finds you in good health and happy in
the service of the Lord.
The trials and despair I have been struggling with are the
result of yielding to the temptations of Satan to doubt. I
have been praying for God to strenghten my trust. The Word
of God says:
Matthew 6:25-34
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life,
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your
body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat,
and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do
they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father
feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his
stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies
of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they
spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which
to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he]
not much more [clothe] you, O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or,
What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for
your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these
things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow
shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto
the day [is] the evil thereof.
The words "take no thought" repeat over and over. Trust
means leaving the burden for all our cares at the feet of
Jesus.
Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and
I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and
lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Without trust in God we are assaulted by fear. God will give
us strength and help.
Isaiah 41:10
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not
dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I
will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand
of my righteousness.
I still know nothing of where my family and I will be in
thirty days. I know that God has a plan for my life as I
yield to His will. I know that God is with me.
James 4:7-8
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and
he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
I was watching Kenneth Cox "God's Extreme Makeover" on 3ABN
last night. The topic was why haven't I received the baptism
of the Spirit. It was very helpful. He listed three main
reasons.
1. Cherishing known sin.
2. Grieving the spirit by bitterness and anger.
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are
sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour,
and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving
one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven
you.
Ephesians 4:30-32
3. Quenching the spirit by fear from lack of trust.
16 Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God
in Christ Jesus concerning you.
19 Quench not the Spirit.
I Thessalonians 5:16-19
The Lord has led me to victory over known sin but I do still
stumble with bitterness and anger as well as fear from lack
of trust. This current trial is magnified by the lack of
trust and will strenghthen my trust.
I hope that by sharing my struggles, doubts, fears, hope,
and trust that you will be blessed and encouraged in your
struggles.
May we all find peace and unity in the soon coming of
IAUShUO (Ee-ah-oo-shoo-oh) Messiah, the Son of God.
Shabbat Shalom
Frank T. Clark
Webmaster at IAUA.name
www.IAUA.name
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2005-05-27
Learning to Lean
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