Sister, Let Me Tell You!
I've got a story to tell -- I just couldn't keep it to myself!

WHERE DOES IT HURT?
Carla Y. Nix

Lately, I've been talking to different people about a number of things, but the one thing that continues to come up is that we are hurting. Women, in particular, are hurting deeply and we're carrying these pains as though it's ours to carry. Well, I'm here to tell you, sister, that you don't have to carry that baggage. Yolanda Adams sings to us clearly that the battle isn't ours, it's the Lord's. Didn't we listen?

Well, now, it's time to believe!

Why are you carrying that big load?
Why must you insist on wearing the weight of the world on your shoulder?
Didn't Christ do that when we carried the cross in your place?
Wasn't all of that nailed to the cross with Him?
Didn't He cry out, "It is finished!"?

Of course He did! So, why must we carry it ourselves? Sister, let it go! Drop that pain. I don't care what she said about you, or what he did to you, or what they have planned against you. IT DOESN'T MATTER! God is in control --- why not let Him have control in your life? No weapon formed against you shall prosper!

I have experienced some very deep hurts in my life. Some, I must admit, I am still feeling. But I only feel the pain when I allow myself to. It is at such time that I am obviously not letting God deal with it. This is total torture! Why do we do this?

Someone said something to me that was utterly profound. I'd like to share it with you. Perhaps you'll have a new perspective on that baggage you're carrying --- just as I did. The sister was speaking about the Samaritan Woman at the well. Remember that story, when Jesus told her all about herself. Told her that she's had five men who were not her husband --- including the one she was with at that time. Well, once she realized that He was indeed the Christ, the Son of God, she high-tailed it out of there to run and tell anyone who would listen about this man named Jesus. As she ran, she dropped the pot of water that she came to the well to get. The sister who spoke to me today looked at it this way. She said that perhaps the Samaritan Woman dropping her pot represented the fact that once we meet Jesus, once we embrace the Savior in our hearts, that there is no need for us to be carrying anything. We can drop that baggage at the foot of Jesus, and we should be about the same business of running and telling someone......anyone.....about the Savior!

What a mighty perspective!

So, sisters, will you join me? Will you drop that pot of water (baggage) and take off running as we minister and testify? Will you let it go.....and let God? Will you stop holding on to all of that stuff that is weighing you down and holding you back?

We are free!!!! Free, because Jesus delivered us from the bondage and penalty of sin. He told us to cast our cares upon Him. Sister girl......you have got to let it go!

God gave me favor in the midst of my storm.
Cynthia Thrasher, New York

God has truly been faithful in my life. His word is true yesterday, today, and forever. I found that out first hand.

For over a year I have been believing, praying, confessing, meditating for a full time job. I had been going through some serious financial challenges since losing my previous
job. I was dissatisfied with the sporadic temporary work that I would occasionally find. No matter how overdue the bills were or how many bill collectors would call, I lived and breathed God's promise of supplying all of my needs according to his riches and glory.
day and night I meditated on the scriptures on fear and God's assurance to keep us in
perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee. It became my daily ritual. No matter how bad things looked in the natural world, I believed God would make a way. I was determined that faith would rule. I would not allow fear, doubt, and worry to get hold of me.

I vowed to fight the God fight with the word of God. I watched Christian tapes and television broadcasts every day. I read books by ministers of the Gospel intending to immerse and renew my mind in the word of God. The wonderful thing is that, even though all hell was breaking loose in my finances, I felt such a peace inside. I would catch myself smiling at times when most people would be crying. I knew that it was God's grace shining down and sustaining me. God gave me favor in the midst of my storm. I was blessed and am blessed to have a godly mother who stood by me and supported me (thank you Jesus) through everything. I knew in my spirit that victory getting closer and closer. I received a message on my machine regarding an interview with a non profit Christian organization. I had sent a resume over a month before and hadn't heard anything immediately so I forgot about it.

The call confirmed my certainty that God was still at work. I went on two initial interviews and then a third and, in between, there was a waiting period which seemed like an eternity. I didn't let myself get discouraged. I continued to believe, pray, confess out loud, mediate, praise, and thank God for the job. I just knew in every fiber of my being that that the job was mine and that God was ordaining it. Praise the lord! I received a message on my answering machine telling me that I had a job offer. The first words out of my mouth was the loudest PRAISE GOD, THANK YOU JESUS! I couldn't contain
the praise or the tears. God answered my prayer! His word is true. I am so in awe of
Him.

God is so good; so kind and faithful. Tomorrow, I start my first day on the job. I feel such hope and anticipation for the future. I'll be working with saints of God. I'll be able to intercede in prayer on their behalf on the job and by mail. I'm still letting it sink in that I'll be getting paid to do work that I would do for free. I feel so blessed!

I've felt called to make a difference in the world in Jesus name. I'm mindful
of that as I begin this new job, this new journey and to God be all the glory.

To God be the glory, for the things He has done...
Regina Baker

I truly have a testimony everyday... the breath of life that God places in me to awake every morning! To be able to pray to Him and thank Him for the wonderful blessings He has bestowed upon me and my family. God is good, all the time!

Today, I would like to share with you one of the awesome blessings of our Lord... Christian-Ads.net, Marketing Solutions for the Christian Community. I have done oh so many businesses over the years. Not really knowing what I was doing or why. One day, I decided to pray, duh! - and ask the Holy Spirit what should I do to glorify my Father? Over a period of time, visions began to rush through my spirit. One day while sitting at my computer, I, guided by the Holy Spirit, began to design Christian-Ads.net. C-Ads.net was created for people who sincerely love the Lord. People who are interested in placing the Lord first and foremost over their lives and businesses and are not ashamed to tell the world! The bible says, "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2Ti 2:15

Through prayer, I was shown all of the web sites that offered advertising, banner exchanges, etc. but the cost is so high that it is often out of the reach of us who desire to promote our businesses. The word again states, "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; Ro 12:10-11 and "Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality." Ro 12:13

Therefore, it is my desire - by the Grace of God and for His glory and edification, to offer affordable advertising, free classified ads, marketing articles, and honest business solutions to those needing it. You may ask, why is this a testimony? It is by His grace and mercy that I am able to do this... I humbly accept a precious gift given to me by HIM!

To God be the glory for the things HE HAS DONE!