[__ Prayer __] Please Pray For The Family...

[Edward]

Bad news on the extended family front. My ex-wife's family has had yet another death in it. One of her younger brothers, Tomek (one of the twins) has passed away.

I feel so bad for them about this! Their family has had way too much of this sort of thing. First it was her younger sister who got killed in an auto accident by a drunk driver. Then, too soon afterwards, her dad got a brain tumor and didn't last long. Now one of the younger brothers. I know that my ex-wife and her mother must just be totally crumbling over this. They did over the other two and Tomek was way too young for anything like this to happen to him. From what I understand, he had been in the hos[pital for a couple weeks or more over this and then suddenly just up and died. I know that it was drug related. Not an overdose, he was in the hospital, but complications and problems from most of a lifetime of drinking and drug abuse. I suppose that his body could just not continue to take it and shut down or something.

I've been praying for them all on and off and the last I heard of him, he was shaking off the drug use and had a girlfriend and a steady good job and stuff and was getting it together like he should have been. Last time I spoke to him he said he had been clean for awhile....so I suspect that he probably had been drinking more than usual to...make up for the no other drug use so drinking more...??? I think. I'm guessing. But please pray with me that their hearts be strengthened at this bad time for them. Especially for my ex-wife and her mom. They do not take these things well and worse than some others I have seen before who have lost family. So I'm just feeling terrible for then because I know how they are taking it.

It was scary and bad for me to hear of this, but somehow....there is peace in my spirit about him passing, like his soul is safe (I had been praying for him and the others), so the hardest thing about it to hit me, is how I know it is affecting his sister and his mom. I messaged them all on Facebook and gave my condolences and so forth, but I doubt that my words gave them any comfort at all. So join with me, that the Lord comfort the hearts of the mother and sister...and his brothers. It kind of seems unfair that they get hit with this.

I thank you all in advance.

 

[Luminous_Rose]

I am sorry to hear about this =( so sad! I will be praying for you all!

 

[stovebolts]

Edward
You know this is close to my heart. What a tragedy, both his death and life of addiction. It's such an evil on this planet to which most don't truly comprehend.
My prayers go out to you and the family.

 

[Christ_empowered]

such a sad, sad death. :-(

praying for you and the family.

 

[daninthelionsden]

Praying

 

[Edward]

I thank you all for your prayers with me.

But uh...What in the world just happened? I'm clueless here. The older brother of the one who died (his brother) just called me and...I'm not sure what happened. I had messaged all of them to give my condolences, and The oldest one just called me in response. I've been praying for this one too. Well all of them for awhile now, and Chris calls and starts telling me about his brother and what happened, and he makes the statement, well we're all Christians so he is in a better place now...

I've never heard this one (Chris) talk like that before. He's always been kind of the wild one and he listens to all that weird death metal which always has all those satanic symbols on their album covers and stuff and has never really claimed to be Christian. Just out for himself and to have fun and drink and party and so forth. So when he said that, I thought, whoa, either my prayers are working, or the death of his brother has turned his heart towards God....either way, Praise the Lord. So what should I do at that point? I started testifying to him of what the Lord has done for me and that I KNOW the Lord is real because He talks to me. (Once audibly and many other times is a voice within me..)

I'm talking and giving testimony of how I was inviting the Lord to go to work with me, and that He told me to stop listening to the radio and that made me pray even more...and then it starts being a regular conversation between e and Him...and he's agreeing at first with me but then he said, F the Lord, we got a handle on it now...

And that was a 180 off from what he said at first. I didn't know what to think. So I slowed down a bit and got a little more basic, that the Lord IS real and time is so short that we can not waste any time and so forth...and he like changed the subject and asked me what do I think about the Govt. black and white flag and stuff? I have no clue because the Lord told me to stop watching the news so I only see occassional headlines online and stuff and have no idea about any black and white US Govt flag or something...

So I started to tell him how the Lord told me to not watch the news anymore so could he tell me what he's talking about? And he said, the Lord talks to you?
So I started telling him how I would invite the Lord to go to work with me and that I would pray in the truck between jobs (when I was working) and that after a little while, it just turned into a regular conversation between me and the Lord and is very real...I'm better at hearing His still small voice...

and Chris bailed on me. Said he had a call coming in he had to take, but he'd call me back...I could tell that he didn't have a call, he just didn't want to talk about the Lord...I think.

That was a weird conversation with him. Was he patronizing me when he said we're all Christians and he's in a better place now? And how can a guy go from we're Christians, to F the Lord in 5 minutes?

What is you all Brothers and Sisters impression of this and thoughts? Cuz this was weird and I dunno what to think.

 

[daninthelionsden]

I thank you all for your prayers with me.

But uh...What in the world just happened? I'm clueless here. The older brother of the one who died (his brother) just called me and...I'm not sure what happened. I had messaged all of them to give my condolences, and The oldest one just called me in response. I've been praying for this one too. Well all of them for awhile now, and Chris calls and starts telling me about his brother and what happened, and he makes the statement, well we're all Christians so he is in a better place now...

I've never heard this one (Chris) talk like that before. He's always been kind of the wild one and he listens to all that weird death metal which always has all those satanic symbols on their album covers and stuff and has never really claimed to be Christian. Just out for himself and to have fun and drink and party and so forth. So when he said that, I thought, whoa, either my prayers are working, or the death of his brother has turned his heart towards God....either way, Praise the Lord. So what should I do at that point? I started testifying to him of what the Lord has done for me and that I KNOW the Lord is real because He talks to me. (Once audibly and many other times is a voice within me..)

I'm talking and giving testimony of how I was inviting the Lord to go to work with me, and that He told me to stop listening to the radio and that made me pray even more...and then it starts being a regular conversation between e and Him...and he's agreeing at first with me but then he said, F the Lord, we got a handle on it now...

And that was a 180 off from what he said at first. I didn't know what to think. So I slowed down a bit and got a little more basic, that the Lord IS real and time is so short that we can not waste any time and so forth...and he like changed the subject and asked me what do I think about the Govt. black and white flag and stuff? I have no clue because the Lord told me to stop watching the news so I only see occassional headlines online and stuff and have no idea about any black and white US Govt flag or something...

So I started to tell him how the Lord told me to not watch the news anymore so could he tell me what he's talking about? And he said, the Lord talks to you?
So I started telling him how I would invite the Lord to go to work with me and that I would pray in the truck between jobs (when I was working) and that after a little while, it just turned into a regular conversation between me and the Lord and is very real...I'm better at hearing His still small voice...

and Chris bailed on me. Said he had a call coming in he had to take, but he'd call me back...I could tell that he didn't have a call, he just didn't want to talk about the Lord...I think.

That was a weird conversation with him. Was he patronizing me when he said we're all Christians and he's in a better place now? And how can a guy go from we're Christians, to F the Lord in 5 minutes?

What is you all Brothers and Sisters impression of this and thoughts? Cuz this was weird and I dunno what to think.

The death scared him into considering his own mortality. After he recovered from the fear, he went back to his "norm". At least that's what I've seen in similar circumstances.

 

[Christ_empowered]

yeah...kinda like churches fill up after disasters, shootings, terrorist attacks....

then everybody simmers down and goes about their business. blah. human nature, I suppose. :-(

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

I thank you all for your prayers with me.

But uh...What in the world just happened? I'm clueless here. The older brother of the one who died (his brother) just called me and...I'm not sure what happened. I had messaged all of them to give my condolences, and The oldest one just called me in response. I've been praying for this one too. Well all of them for awhile now, and Chris calls and starts telling me about his brother and what happened, and he makes the statement, well we're all Christians so he is in a better place now...

I've never heard this one (Chris) talk like that before. He's always been kind of the wild one and he listens to all that weird death metal which always has all those satanic symbols on their album covers and stuff and has never really claimed to be Christian. Just out for himself and to have fun and drink and party and so forth. So when he said that, I thought, whoa, either my prayers are working, or the death of his brother has turned his heart towards God....either way, Praise the Lord. So what should I do at that point? I started testifying to him of what the Lord has done for me and that I KNOW the Lord is real because He talks to me. (Once audibly and many other times is a voice within me..)

I'm talking and giving testimony of how I was inviting the Lord to go to work with me, and that He told me to stop listening to the radio and that made me pray even more...and then it starts being a regular conversation between e and Him...and he's agreeing at first with me but then he said, F the Lord, we got a handle on it now...

And that was a 180 off from what he said at first. I didn't know what to think. So I slowed down a bit and got a little more basic, that the Lord IS real and time is so short that we can not waste any time and so forth...and he like changed the subject and asked me what do I think about the Govt. black and white flag and stuff? I have no clue because the Lord told me to stop watching the news so I only see occassional headlines online and stuff and have no idea about any black and white US Govt flag or something...

So I started to tell him how the Lord told me to not watch the news anymore so could he tell me what he's talking about? And he said, the Lord talks to you?
So I started telling him how I would invite the Lord to go to work with me and that I would pray in the truck between jobs (when I was working) and that after a little while, it just turned into a regular conversation between me and the Lord and is very real...I'm better at hearing His still small voice...

and Chris bailed on me. Said he had a call coming in he had to take, but he'd call me back...I could tell that he didn't have a call, he just didn't want to talk about the Lord...I think.

That was a weird conversation with him. Was he patronizing me when he said we're all Christians and he's in a better place now? And how can a guy go from we're Christians, to F the Lord in 5 minutes?

What is you all Brothers and Sisters impression of this and thoughts? Cuz this was weird and I dunno what to think.

Prayers lifted for the family and so I guess that means that you aren't visiting my news thread anymore. Ah well, what I tell you to do is definitely overruled by God telling you what to do and since He has spoken to me audibly before on several occasions I already know exactly what you mean.

yeah...kinda like churches fill up after disasters, shootings, terrorist attacks....

then everybody simmers down and goes about their business. blah. human nature, I suppose. :-(

So what happens when to the churches when there's a shooting at a church?

 

[Edward]

Ok, I get it now. I think you guys and gals are right. He's still close enough to what happened to very probably seen his mortality and so but far enough away from it that when I picked up his initial comment and ran with it, he didn't really want to hear that so he ran. He was being specious. I'll continue to pray for him, that the Lord reveals Him self to him so he will turn to the Lord in prayer and go forward towards the Lord and life.

He's not much younger than I was when the Lord allowed me to seizure and wreck my truck on the highway and cried out to him. He's at that age that, he knows it all and is free to do as he pleases...and many times, it takes a near brush with death or having a tragedy to make a man look to God for help. That's how the Lord got me back on the right track. His younger brother Greg, the 2nd twin is...very much like Chris is but not to the same extent. These kids were raised half baked Catholic with no devotion and then got set loose in America where there is so much temptation that they went downhill as they grew up. So let us all pray in agreement for Greg and Chris that they see the light and shape up.

Usually I can tell when someone is lying but I missed it this time. I don't really know him that well any more since he grew up and went a direction that I was never interested in. The music I wouldn't listen to, the drugs I didn't partake in and the types of girls that I always knew to stay away from. Nevertheless, He's God's child too and the Lord loves him and wants to see all of them saved. So I'm gonna keep on praying for them all.

 

[Edward]

Prayers lifted for the family and so I guess that means that you aren't visiting my news thread anymore. Ah well, what I tell you to do is definitely overruled by God telling you what to do and since He has spoken to me audibly before on several occasions I already know exactly what you mean.

I visit that thread sometimes and sometimes not depending on the moment. I actually have always liked the news and started watching it when I was a kid. I don't watch the TV news at all anymore (or listen to the radio!) because He said not to. But this isn't the real news, it's our fellowship board, so I rationalize it that way and take a peek sometimes, lol.

The Lord has spoken audibly to you before also?! Several times?! Whoa! I didn't know that. Would you tell me about one time that He did?

That one time He spoke to me....it was the strongest presence of the Lord that I have ever felt before that or since! When Jesus walks into the room...you know it!

Tell us about when He did speak to you Sister. Please...?!

 

[Truthfrees]

Edward praying for all of you

not sure what to think of the behavior you described - praying that Christ be formed in them to such a degree that it is truly evident - Galatians 4:19

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

I visit that thread sometimes and sometimes not depending on the moment. I actually have always liked the news and started watching it when I was a kid. I don't watch the TV news at all anymore (or listen to the radio!) because He said not to. But this isn't the real news, it's our fellowship board, so I rationalize it that way and take a peek sometimes, lol.

The Lord has spoken audibly to you before also?! Several times?! Whoa! I didn't know that. Would you tell me about one time that He did?

That one time He spoke to me....it was the strongest presence of the Lord that I have ever felt before that or since! When Jesus walks into the room...you know it!

Tell us about when He did speak to you Sister. Please...?!

Sorry for such a late response but I've been rather busy today. Anyways He hasn't really told me anything really important other than He loves me and He is always there for me whenever I need Him. He talks to me more when I'm in stressful situations and really upset, like the current situation I am in with my fiancée (whom I believe to be innocent) being in prison.






He has told me scripture that I didn't know existed like "Be still and know that I am God" Psalm 46:10 and how he had me and Joey engraved upon the palms of His hands. Isaiah 49:16. Btw, I copied both of those scriptures down when He told them to me and wrote them on the back of my door. Oh yeah and God also likes joking around with me and making me laugh and He also told me to look at my kitchen wall after I asked Him why not everybody had the ability to communicate with Him and He replied with in order for that wall to exist somebody had to build it in the first place.





I took that to mean (even though I don't think He told me specifically) that God wants to personally communicate with all of us but sometimes people build an emotional wall around their heart so He can't get in. Which is really sad actually. I mean He loves us so much and He has been nothing but a Father and friend to me. He's not mean and scary like a lot of people assume He is. He is a very loving and caring God.

 

[JLB]

Bad news on the extended family front. My ex-wife's family has had yet another death in it. One of her younger brothers, Tomek (one of the twins) has passed away.

I feel so bad for them about this! Their family has had way too much of this sort of thing. First it was her younger sister who got killed in an auto accident by a drunk driver. Then, too soon afterwards, her dad got a brain tumor and didn't last long. Now one of the younger brothers. I know that my ex-wife and her mother must just be totally crumbling over this. They did over the other two and Tomek was way too young for anything like this to happen to him. From what I understand, he had been in the hos[pital for a couple weeks or more over this and then suddenly just up and died. I know that it was drug related. Not an overdose, he was in the hospital, but complications and problems from most of a lifetime of drinking and drug abuse. I suppose that his body could just not continue to take it and shut down or something.

I've been praying for them all on and off and the last I heard of him, he was shaking off the drug use and had a girlfriend and a steady good job and stuff and was getting it together like he should have been. Last time I spoke to him he said he had been clean for awhile....so I suspect that he probably had been drinking more than usual to...make up for the no other drug use so drinking more...??? I think. I'm guessing. But please pray with me that their hearts be strengthened at this bad time for them. Especially for my ex-wife and her mom. They do not take these things well and worse than some others I have seen before who have lost family. So I'm just feeling terrible for then because I know how they are taking it.

It was scary and bad for me to hear of this, but somehow....there is peace in my spirit about him passing, like his soul is safe (I had been praying for him and the others), so the hardest thing about it to hit me, is how I know it is affecting his sister and his mom. I messaged them all on Facebook and gave my condolences and so forth, but I doubt that my words gave them any comfort at all. So join with me, that the Lord comfort the hearts of the mother and sister...and his brothers. It kind of seems unfair that they get hit with this.

I thank you all in advance.

Praying that the Lord will bring something good from this horrible tragedy, as only He can.



JLB

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

Hey, God spoke to me again last night when I started having a coughing fit and comforted me. He tends to do that a lot. Even though it might be for little things He hates to see me when I cry or start getting upset. He even uses terms of endearment like "honey," "sweetie," and "baby girl." That last one is His favorite.

 

[HeIsRisen2018]

Before I sign off for the night this song always makes me think of Him and the relationship that I have with Him. (Btw, this is one of my first country songs that I actually listened to and liked.)

 

[Edward]

Now this is an interesting development...

My e BIL, the one who said F the Lord....has started mentioning the Lord in his facebook posts, and one day he even posted a meme (I think it's called) about Jesus...

That made my eyebrows go up! Maybe the death of his brother, or mine and you alls prayers are doing good because I have never seen this type of talk from this BIL...

Thank You, Brothers & Sisters!

(Maybe I just misunderstood him? Or perhaps I came on a little too strong to him abut my testimonies and the Lord? ...but the seed seems to be sprouting!)