It is always fear first  and then anger  or shame  pain  spiritual or emotional pain  To what extent should we push  the limits..?..eating better foods  excercise, sleep,.....  I have a friend who has a rough life  lost a spouse, almost lost a second spouse  smoked a lot in the earlier years  these days there are lung problems  and bone problems etc....but this person although  using foul language....professes to know God.  I used to use a lot of foul language myself...  so this is not about foul language....in fact  I still struggle with foul language....another  person said in conversation recently...we  agreed that...the anger and frustration that  make us cuss is the real problem...and so  we find ouselves USING the foul language  sometimes without mouthing a word.  We say we are in the F mode  with the MUTE button on.  Going to work....   all the time   from one job to another  no time for family  taking the pills   to go to sleep at the right time  and then to stay awake  Is this the management of our lives....?  "WE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT OUR   LIVES HAD BECOME  UNMANAGABLE"  GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)  O LORD, I know that the way humans act is not under their control.   Humans do not direct their   steps as they walk.  Jeremiah 10:23 (click it to read the rest)  so now we break a bone.....  an accident.....not really  Did God intervene ? this person thinks so now  in fact they state without doubt....  This person now acknowledges God  The struggling seems to have stopped  There is no other way out  As I sat and listened last evening....  The visit began with the complaining...  "I can't live like this....I must have a check"  by the end of the visit  there was another attitude emerging  resingation  peace  not only is the bone broken  my will is broken  I admit that there is nothing I can do  now for at least 12 weeks.  my family is around  everyday now...  I can enjoy them  ________________________  drop THY still dew of quietness  till all our striving cease  take from our souls   the strain and stress  and let our ordered lives confess  the beauty of THY peace  _________________  
 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.   2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and   though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;   3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though   the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.   4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad   the city of God, the holy place of   the tabernacles of the most High.   5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:   God shall help her, and that right early.    | 
Seven Ways to Be an Effective Christian Witness
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Seven Ways to Be an Effective Christian Witness Dr. Paul Chappell Fri, 
10/24/2025 - 14:35 
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