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promised to give you when he called you. As the scripture 1 Peter 3:9-22
Do not pay back evil with evil or cursing with cursing; instead, pay back with a blessing, because a blessing is what God ays,
"Whoever wants to enjoy life and wishes to see good ties, must keep from speaking evil and stop telling lies.
He must turn away from evil and do good; he must strive for peace with all his heart.
For the Lord watches over the righteous and listen to their prayers: but he opposes those who do evil."
Who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good? But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, how happy you are! Do not be afraid of anyone, and do not worry.
But have reverence for Christ in your hearts, and honor him as Lord. Be ready at all times to answer anyone who asks you to explain the hope you have in you, but do it with gentleness and respect. Keep your conscience clear; so that when you are insulted, those who speak evil of your good conduct as followers of Christ will become ashamed of what they say. For it is better to suffer for doing good, if this should be God's will, than for doing evil. For Christ died for sins once and for all, a good man on behalf of sinners, in order to lead you to God. He was put to death physically, but made alive spiritually, and in his spiritual existence he went and preached to the imprisoned spirits.
Suffering For Christ

These were the spirits of those who had not obeyed God when he waited patiently during the days that Noah was building his boat. The few people in the boat-eight in all-were saved by the water, which was a symbol pointing to baptism, which now saves you. It is not the washing off of bodily dirt, but the promise made to God from a good conscience. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone to heaven and is at the right side of God, ruling over all angels and heavenly authorities and powers.
1 Peter 4:1 and 2
Since Christ suffered physically, you too must strengthen yourselves with the same way of thinking that he had; because whoever suffers physically is no longer involved with sin. From now on, then, you must live the rest of your earthly lives controlled by God's will and not by human desires.

I remember having a hard time praying for the Lord's will to be done in my life. Boy Satan had me horn squaggled into believing everything in my life would turn upside down and nothing but bad things would happen to me. I was so filled with fear, I simply couldn't pray and ask for the Lord's will to be done until, my last escapade. Let me tell you, when your fine one moment and the next you can't talk, walk, think, write, feel, or care for yourself anymore it doesn't matter what the devil says. You just seem to want the Lord to take care of you and the things concerning your life and that He does. Now when I pray for the Lord's will to be done I know, He will do exactly what He wants too in order to get His job done whether its for you too learn something or to do a task that needs to be done.
These were the spirits of those who had not obeyed God when he waited patiently during the days that Noah was building his boat. The few people in the boat-eight in all-were saved by the water, which was a symbol pointing to baptism, which now saves you. It is not the washing off of bodily dirt, but the promise made to God from a good conscience. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone to heaven and is at the right side of God, ruling over all angels and heavenly authorities and powers.
1 Peter 4:1 and 2
Since Christ suffered physically, you too must strengthen yourselves with the same way of thinking that he had; because whoever suffers physically is no longer involved with sin. From now on, then, you must live the rest of your earthly lives controlled by God's will and not by human desires.

I remember having a hard time praying for the Lord's will to be done in my life. Boy Satan had me horn squaggled into believing everything in my life would turn upside down and nothing but bad things would happen to me. I was so filled with fear, I simply couldn't pray and ask for the Lord's will to be done until, my last escapade. Let me tell you, when your fine one moment and the next you can't talk, walk, think, write, feel, or care for yourself anymore it doesn't matter what the devil says. You just seem to want the Lord to take care of you and the things concerning your life and that He does. Now when I pray for the Lord's will to be done I know, He will do exactly what He wants too in order to get His job done whether its for you too learn something or to do a task that needs to be done.

I have learned that my knowledge of things are one sided and I usually get my self into trouble, but if the Lord is making my decisions I just seem to know everything will turn out just fine
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