| Let me take some time to share a passage of | | | | His purpose. The Bible promises that if we delight in |
| scripture with you and share some of my story. I | | | | God, that He will give us our hearts desire. There are |
| know that those who are suffering at the moment | | | | hundreds of promises in the Bible. |
| will find comfort in these words. | | | | I read a book once on heroes of the faith. In the |
| 1 Peter 1:3-7 (New International Version) | | | | book the first three people that shared their life of |
| 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus | | | | faith, said that the major contributing factor to their |
| Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth | | | | strong faith was the trials they had to endure. When |
| into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus | | | | I read that I had great peace for the trials that I |
| Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that | | | | have endured in my life. |
| can never perish, spoil or fade-kept in heaven for | | | | At present I have a mental illness that is really giving |
| you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God's | | | | me a lot of hassle. I have been in a hard way for |
| power until the coming of the salvation that is ready | | | | nineteen months. It's very hard for me to get out of |
| to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you greatly | | | | bed most days and the more time I spend in bed the |
| rejoice, though now for a little while you may have | | | | more depressed I get. It all started when I came out |
| had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have | | | | of an addiction and it is obviously from Satan and yet |
| come so that your faith-of greater worth than gold, | | | | I have found no relief save for about four times it |
| which perishes even though refined by fire-may be | | | | has left for a couple of weeks. |
| proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and | | | | It is a hard trial, it really makes me weep sometimes, |
| honour when Jesus Christ is revealed. | | | | but the people in my life that know me all tell me |
| Life on earth can be quite rough. I caught myself | | | | that my inner healing and personal growth in the Lord |
| wondering one day what life would be like if I had | | | | this past nineteen months has been inspiring fro them |
| nothing to worry about. I was a worry freak. One | | | | to watch. I had a vacation for 12 days with my |
| day on a train I caught myself worrying about how | | | | parents this past Christmas season, and after I came |
| much I was worrying. I bought two books on worry | | | | home my mother told me that I was the in the best |
| and read them. One of them said something that | | | | condition she has ever seen me in my life. She said I |
| helped me a lot. | | | | was really in a good place. |
| It said to think of what would be the worst of the | | | | To fight this sleep sickness that I have had, I just |
| situation you were worrying about. Then the author | | | | stay up one night a week and write articles and read |
| said, just accept that it might happen. Come to grips | | | | good books and stay up for two days and a night. |
| with what is the worst that could happen and just | | | | The longer I am up the happier I get. This habit of |
| accept it. He said once you accepted it you wouldn't | | | | staying up one night a week and getting productive |
| worry as much and in most instances our worries | | | | has resulted in me writing over three hundred articles |
| don't come to fruition. | | | | that can be found here. |
| I have been before the courts three times in my life. | | | | I have a stronger faith in God. I know Him better, I |
| On two occasions the charges were dropped. Quite | | | | know He loves me more and He has been doing |
| serious stuff. On the other one I got a charge that | | | | great work healing my spirit. I have learned so much |
| has affected me, but I was mentally ill at the time I | | | | from the trial in my life and I have built a good |
| did the crime and off my medication and so I don't | | | | personal prophecy website in the past six months |
| feel all cut up about it. | | | | that is working out to be an effective ministry to the |
| But in life we all have trials. Peter has us look forward | | | | body of Christ who come and get a free message |
| to heaven, to the day that we will gain an inheritance | | | | off God there. All of the team of prophets there hold |
| that can't perish. He says that whilst we are on earth | | | | me in high esteem and love me as a leader. |
| we should rejoice in that blessed inheritance, but take | | | | Years ago I couldn't have done what I have done. In |
| courage in the fact that the trials on earth are here | | | | fact, it is really the Spirit of the Lord that has done |
| so that our faith in God can be tested to be genuine. | | | | everything. Let me take this opportunity to glorify |
| I always like to watch the news when a national | | | | the Lord Jesus. For when I am weak He is made |
| disaster has struck. I like to watch in my country the | | | | strong. |
| TV and watch the fund raising for the disaster relief. | | | | I have often thought, is my mental illness a thorn in |
| I watch the telephones ring as they put on a charity | | | | the flesh sent to test my faith? Am I to be like Paul |
| event and I like to see the tally as people pledge | | | | and to suffer like this for the rest of my life or this |
| their money. I like to hear the stories of little girls | | | | affliction in my life only got a season in my life and is |
| emptying their money box and donating it to little | | | | going to be healed by God? Whatever the answer is, |
| girls who have lost their house and all their dollies. | | | | whether my sleep sickness and mental illness stays |
| I like to see my fellow Australians in these times of | | | | for the rest of my life, one thing is sure, I am not |
| national disaster reach into their pockets. Ordinary | | | | going to blame God for it and I am going to glorify |
| folk, simple folk, people that have mortgages, loans, | | | | his name. |
| credit cards and all manner of personal debt, reach | | | | You know, if a person wants the gift of prophecy a |
| deep into their pocket and give a hundred dollars. | | | | person only has to pray a prayer I send them via |
| These times, the times of national disaster show | | | | email and my mantle of prophecy is passed over to |
| great hearts and spirits in ordinary folk. | | | | them. I have had a personal prophecy site for three |
| The people who go through the disaster who lose | | | | years, but never had a whole team of prophets |
| loved ones, or property and everything they own, | | | | helping me like I do now, and over those years I |
| they go through a trial and it can really put their faith | | | | have had people ask me if I could pray for them to |
| in God to the test. | | | | receive the gift of prophecy and they all have, that's |
| Many people when tragedy strikes at home, will raise | | | | 100% of them have received the gift. |
| their fists at God and walk away from their faith. | | | | I simply pray the prayer over them and ask them to |
| Many atheists weren't born not believing in God, they | | | | write a personal prophecy over my life to practice |
| are simply people that were hurt by God in some | | | | their new gift. I am always blessed as the Lord God |
| major way and have simply gone to science and | | | | speaks through them and pinpoints something in my |
| explained Him out of existence. It's a tragedy to God | | | | life and speaks his wonderful healing words over my |
| to lose a Christian forever as they turn their back on | | | | life. |
| God and go back into the world. | | | | That's faith guys! Have you the faith to write to me? |
| But one thing lights God up. When disaster like 9-11 | | | | Yes I can testify that trials test your faith and bring |
| strikes and He sees so many people contemplate | | | | you closer to God. The more your faith is tested the |
| their security and questions of life and death and | | | | stronger it gets and soon you are not only living your |
| resolve to make things right with Him. Sure 9-11 hurt | | | | life but your testimony is inspiring others in their walk. |
| a lot of families of the victims, but those that knew | | | | As people see how you endure the trials that you go |
| God on a personal basis that were victims have | | | | through they see the Christ likeness in you and they |
| already received their inheritance and are in a heaven | | | | see something that they would like to possess. |
| full of bliss. And ten times that amount of people | | | | In the past six months I have been blessed that |
| now know God as their personal Saviour as the | | | | although I have been suffering, when I am out of |
| event that rocked the world sent many people into | | | | bed for the day the presence of God comes to rest |
| the security of the faith and the arms of God. | | | | on me and I experience peace. So in the midst of my |
| Trials can really test your resolve. But the Bible is full | | | | long trail there is a time of rest and joy. God is so |
| of promises. The Bible promises that we will never | | | | good. Far too good to really understand. |
| get something that we cannot endure with God's | | | | I pray that you all come to know Him like I do and |
| help. The Bible says that all things work together for | | | | you have found some hope in this sharing of mine. |
| good for people that know Christ and are called for | | | | God bless you. |