forum Where my Jesus Freaks at?

Started January 24, 2022 by @just_gabs_needs_coffee group

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Same, I have to write an abstract XD

Hello everyone! I don’t really know if I can share my situation here, but I thought maybe I could. And if you guys are willing…can you please pray for me? (I also realize I could’ve put this in the prayer request chat, but I’d rather everyone else be focused on than myself lol XD) I’ve been feeling so conflicted in my heart lately, so much so that it’s made me lose direction and sight of what my purpose is. Please pray that the Lord restores my sight, and goals that I can make it to the finish line. If you’re willing

Yes, of course, love! I'm praying now!
Also, if you ever need to talk, my DMs are always open!!

@4lagoon4 absolutely! I'm always willing to pray for people :)

God, I just pray a sence of peace right now, I pray that You bring clarity to Lagoon and bring strength to walk out Your plan, God. I ask that You still whatever conflict there is and that Lagoon is able to persevere.
Thank You, God, for all you do and just for who You are.
Amen!

He loves you SO much! Please don't hesitate to reach out if u ever need prayer :)

Also wanted to share this; a few weeks ago I went to a church retreat and had a really cool experience. I was able to finally let go of a grudge I'd been carrying for years. It wasn't even over something this person did to me. It was about my friend, and even though she was over it, I was not. God put it on my heart to pray for this person I'd had the grudge against and to start to let go of it.
As I prayed for him, I felt a weight lifted off my shoulders. I was able to finally forgive him after years of carrying a weight I hadn't even realized I was carrying.
I've felt better (Emotionally speaking) than I have in months since I gave the grudge to God and forgave this person.

Idk, I just thought it was really cool. I know it's not huge or anything, but I wanted to share :)

That is really cool!

Also, if we could please pray for Arya, (@dancingwithmydemons), she has cancer.

Absolutely

Thank you both so much, to you and anyone else who was willing to pray for me. Thank you ❤️

@gabs_the_obsessive_writer I’m so happy for you!! :D I know how it is to bear something like that in your heart for so long, but to God be the glory that you’re finally released from that weight and are free once more! God bless you

@ForeverLilyEvens Amen, she’s already in my prayers! 🙏

Thank you.

Been praying for u this morning, @4lagoon4

@4lagoon4 of course! and thank you :) God really is wonderful

Thank you Lily, I really appreciate it. ^^) I never really ask anyone for help because I don’t like to bother anybody. 😅 I’m kind of a “Do it alone” kind of person lol. But I know there are times when we can only do things alone to a certain degree! (and that’s when the helping hands come in haha) I’m deeply appreciative, thank you for being so kind ♡

@gabs_the_obsessive_writer Amen, and no problem! He’s way more amazing than what some people give him credit for!! 💪✨

Lagoon I am the same way :P
:)

So true!!

OMG okay so a family member of mine had an operation recently, and the first time she had it, she was extremely stressed, her blood pressure spiked, all that. THE SECOND TIME THO
she said she felt so calm and peacful and it was because she felt someone holding her hand the whole time. She asked the surgeon about it, who said no-one in the op room had done that. She is convinced (I am too) it was an angel
JESUS IS SO FREAKING COOL!!!!!

WHOA

THAT'S AWESOME!

OH MY GOSH WOAH!

Okay. So.
I’m in Canada. Ontario, to be exact. I normally don’t pay attention to the news, and I have no idea if y’all in other countries are aware, exactly, of the situation up here, with the truckers and whatnot. But. My friend’s stepdad has a truck. A 70-footer. No biggie, right? He’s out of town now, and this is from my friend herself, who doesn’t exactly know what’s going on herself. But people are hiding and selling their trucks, innocent people who don’t want to be associated with the truckers. My friend’s stepdad has a criminal history. Nothing serious, he’s changed, he’s a great man. Really nice. But the cops won’t see it that way. They’ll just see his ex-con side, and arrest him.
If that weren’t bad enough, my friend got a phone call. Her home phone, not hers. They’re pretty sure it was one of the truckers. He threatened to r@pe and k!ll my friend’s stepdad’s wife and children if he did anything. It’s a general threat, and the stepdad only has one child, which means that they don’t really know alot about them. Still.
My friend doesn’t know if her stepdad will come back a free man, or even alive. If the truckers wanted to carry out the threat and did a bit of research, they could find her house. The school. Her grandparents, and biological dad.
I asked her, and she’s fine with people praying for her and her stepdad and family.

oh my gosh
praying now
whats going on with the truckers?

I think it started out as normal people protesting the mask mandate. But there are ex-paratroopers among them. People with military training and minds, with nothing left to lose. Literally. Their jobs - gone, because of the mandates. What they thought they lived for has been stripped away from them.
They are literally prepared to die for this cause.
Now it's about…what? Overthrowing the government, making a "better world", stuff like that.
They gang up on police, beat them up when they go patrolling. We're talking six or seven fully armed, trained police officers.
The Head of Police for Ottawa, I think, stepped down today because of it. Not even stepped down. Full-on retired.
It's scary. The good truckers are gone now. It's just chaos.
They wave Nazi flags.
They have millions in funding. TENS of millions.
And they're giving Christians a bad rap. Lots of them are Christians, so now people are looking down on Christians, like we're all going to want to join them dowtown beating up police and trying to overthrow the government.

oh wow
praying <3

@gabs_the_obsessive_writer That’s incredible!! What an awesome testimony :D

@all-hail-denny And thank you for letting us know Denny, I prayed as soon as I saw your message earlier!

Lagoon I feel ya; speaking of which; anybody got tips on getting over procrastination/executive dysfunction?

@gabs_the_obsessive_writer Oh! My friend and I where talking about this one time! He said he usually rewards himself snacks whenever he gets something he doesn’t want to do done! XD He has a little box of cakes that he keeps in his room, so whenever he gets assignment or chore done, he gets one! I think it’s a cute little way to keep yourself motivated haha ♡

that's a pretty cool idea :)
typically self-set rules or deadlines are hard for me to follow cause i'm like "I can have this when i'm done" and my brain is like "or you could now" and i'm thinking that the person who set these rules (me) is full of it so sure why not lol
I'm getting a little better about it, i think, but that could work. Maybe I can enlist my sister as an acountability friend, if you will.