Tired and weary

[yesjesusloves]

Hi, folks,

I’m Josh. I’m tired. Tired of my life and the way I’ve been living it. I’m pretty beat down to be honest; I’m looking for something better. I’ve always believed in Jesus Christ but have been disobedient and have run from the teachings of the Holy Bible most of my life. I have not been a good person and I know that my maker is not pleased with me as it stands.

Sin isn’t fun to me anymore. The pleasures of the flesh no longer pacify me. They just make me miserable. I’m miserable. I kind of feel like I was made miserable intentionally so that I would turn to God as my way out. That’s sort of the way I feel anyway.

I don’t like what I see when I look around me and I don’t like what I feel. The condition of the world is bad. I was at a bar Saturday night and yes I was intoxicated just like I am almost every weekend and I noticed some things that bothered me. The things that I witnessed had never really bothered me before but it hit me for some reason last night all at once. “Josh, the world is just like it was in the days of Noah”, that thought popped into my head out of nowhere. It’s really bad out there folks and I’ve made plenty of contributions myself. I’m done with it. None of this is worth an eternity in Hell. It isn’t, nothing on this earth is.

I’m tired and I want God to use me for whatever purpose he intended. I want to live my life in a way that is pleasing to him. I know it won’t be easy and I know Satan will try his hardest to hinder me but with God’s help I will do it and hopefully make it to heaven and meet my maker some day. Walking the straight and narrow is going to be hard for me but I will try.

I want to turn my life over to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ now. I’ve been doing things my way for the past 29 years that I’ve been on earth and it has done nothing but made me miserable. I’m done with it.

Yours,

Josh

[deltaguitar]

I rejoice with you that you have made a decision to follow Christ. Totally submitting your life to him and living in his grace and mercy is the best thing that can ever happen to you.

I remember once being at the point where something had to change. Though I grew up in church I was serving God the way that I wanted and was not born again or submitted to him.

[Falla39]

Hi, folks,

I’m Josh. I’m tired. Tired of my life and the way I’ve been living it. I’m pretty beat down to be honest; I’m looking for something better. I’ve always believed in Jesus Christ but have been disobedient and have run from the teachings of the Holy Bible most of my life. I have not been a good person and I know that my maker is not pleased with me as it stands.

Sin isn’t fun to me anymore. The pleasures of the flesh no longer pacify me. They just make me miserable. I’m miserable. I kind of feel like I was made miserable intentionally so that I would turn to God as my way out. That’s sort of the way I feel anyway.

I don’t like what I see when I look around me and I don’t like what I feel. The condition of the world is bad. I was at a bar Saturday night and yes I was intoxicated just like I am almost every weekend and I noticed some things that bothered me. The things that I witnessed had never really bothered me before but it hit me for some reason last night all at once. “Josh, the world is just like it was in the days of Noah”, that thought popped into my head out of nowhere. It’s really bad out there folks and I’ve made plenty of contributions myself. I’m done with it. None of this is worth an eternity in Hell. It isn’t, nothing on this earth is.

I’m tired and I want God to use me for whatever purpose he intended. I want to live my life in a way that is pleasing to him. I know it won’t be easy and I know Satan will try his hardest to hinder me but with God’s help I will do it and hopefully make it to heaven and meet my maker some day. Walking the straight and narrow is going to be hard for me but I will try.

I want to turn my life over to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ now. I’ve been doing things my way for the past 29 years that I’ve been on earth and it has done nothing but made me miserable. I’m done with it.

Yours,

Josh

Dear Josh,
I am old enough to be your grandmother and I feel to tell you that GOD
will give you direction through someone who will read your post. You just
read each one very carefully, and you will know which one is for you. It will
give you hope to go forward, in Jesus Name!

Blessings,

Falla39

[MawMaw]

Josh, your testimony touched my heart. Several days ago at our church we got news of one of our young backslidden young men, that had almost taken his life through an overdose. Thank God that he did not die. He now has the mercifully given opportunity to make right choices in his life once again. We are praying continually for him. I'm almost certain that Holyghost filled people have been and are, praying for you too. I will help them pray. You can make it dear one. :)

[Cindy]

Will be praying for you Josh.

[simplyme]

Wow JOSH I am sooo happy for you! Praise GOD you have finally reached the point
where you KNOW something has got to change and NOW. GOD is sooo ready to
receive you back into His fold, angels are rejoicing as well!
DO you have a church to go to, and/or a minister friend? Find a good Apostolic
JESUSname church to attend, tell them what you told us, and they will surely
GLADLY lead you the rest of the way. ;)

[PETER]

Josh, you have taken the first and most difficult step, you recognize that the path you are on leads nowhere. I spend 40 years dancing with the devil, drinking, doing drugs, and living with depression and a lifetime (56 years) of severe pain and spinal disorders, mental disorders advanced artiritis and all kinds of things. My testimony is posted on this site, go to it, read it and you will find that Jesus still loves you. Call out to him with a broken heart and spirit, repent and he will lead you through the valley. I lived a dark life Josh, I delved in occult practices, called out spirits, lived for the devil, I saw friends commit suicide, saw friends murdered, saw friends burn out so bad they are only a shell of a person, I saw all the dark side of life and I was never happy. You do not want this, so call on HIM. I was going for spinal surgery, the prognosis was poor, but the night before I called on Jesus and asked him to heal me or take me, but I was repentant and I wanted my life to change. HE saved me on the operating table, again read my testimony for the story, or give me your mailing address and I'll send you a DVD of my testimony. But Josh, call out to HIM, go to an alter of repentance and you will find out just how much Jesus loves you. HE will save you like he did for me. I gave up drinking, tobacco, drugs, occult and all the sin in the blink of an eye, one does not walk away from addictions after 40 years with no withdrawal symptoms without HIS help and tender mercy. HE loves us all, we only have to call out to him, do it honestly and HE will be there for you. I'm still learning about Jesus, I can't quote scripture like many on this site can, but I can tell you with complete honesty that HE will get you through the valley if that is what you truly want, I am a walking breathing example of HIS power, he took away my addictions, my pain, took away my arthirtis and most importantly Josh, HE gave me an internal peace, a wonderful peace of mind that I had not known was possible for 56 years. This is what you crave now too, cast aside the devil, he is a loser and you will never satisy him, but Jesus is easliy satisfied, this I do know for a fact, I have lived it. Josh, I shed tears for you, I know how you feel, my heart breaks for you because but for the Grace of God and the love of Jesus I would be dead today. Call on HIM Josh, I wish I had the scripture you need, but I feel your pain because I lived it. So Josh, call on Jesus now, find a Jesus Name Church, talk to the pastor, repent at the alter, and start praying now, please, for your family, for those who love you and see what you are doing, and do it mostly for Jesus and your life will change. May God bless you Josh and give you a healing and the peace of mind you so badly crave. I will pray for you Josh, I wish you well, I will pray for your healing in Jesus Name.
God Bless
Bro. Peter

[Falla39]

Bro. Peter's Testimony posted under Testimonies

http://www.apostolicfriendsforum.com/showthread.php?t=20497

[MawMaw]

What a powerful testimony from Bro Peter!!

[Sam]

...
I want to turn my life over to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ now.
...


then do it

[tstew]

Josh, I'll be praying for you and that God will give you His wisdom, direction, and strength to become the man that you desire to be.

[PETER]

Hey Josh, I pray you are not out in the world tonight you have come to realize isn't all that. Usually when you see it for what it is, the devil drums on your brain, your friends will tell you it's only fun, and it's hard to turn your back on it and reject that world you know so well, especially when you have been doing it for so long. I know how you feel, it's lonely sitting home when your buddies are doing the usual weekend thing, you get the urge to go back at it, you may convince yourself that you'll try next week, have one more drink, one more drunk, one more party, I know, I've been there. You know something I didn't at your age, I didn't know Jesus, I had no help, you do. Turn to HIM, he will carry you through the lonely, tough times, and you will be a better person for it. Don't waste your years wishing, turn now, it gets harder the longer you wait. Jesus will never let you down Josh, HE may put you through a refining fire to test your faith and strengthen you, and HE has a job and purpose for you. I pray tonight that you have stayed out of bars, and away from drinking. You know Josh, the best friends I have ever had I found in church this past 20 months. They are all true, all supportive, all strong in their faith, I wish I had found them when I was 29 rather than 57, what a life I could have had, but I still have much to look forward to. Keep the faith Josh, I pray for you every day.
Bro. Peter

[Falla39]

Praying that Josh will return to this forum and see all the prayers and encouragement
from those who care. God's people really care. Because of the Love of GOD shed abroad
in their hearts by the Holy Ghost!.
Lord, draw Josh back to this thread, in Jesus Name!

Falla39

[PETER]

I am still praying for you Josh, I look for a reply several times a day. May the Lord Jesus give you the strenght you need, the wisdom you seek and you find the work HE has for you. HE cares for your soul, HE loves you and wants you to come to him today.
Bro. Peter

[Tina]

Last Activity: 10-26-2009 03:50 PM :(



Josh hasn't been back to see many of the posts, and I'm bumping his thread in hopes that a reminder will go to his email if he subscribed to receive emails from the forum when his thread receives replies so that he knows some of us are continuing to pray for him.

[Falla39]

Last Activity: 10-26-2009 03:50 PM :(



Josh hasn't been back to see many of the posts, and I'm bumping his thread in hopes that a reminder will go to his email if he subscribed to receive emails from the forum when his thread receives replies so that he knows some of us are continuing to pray for him.

Thanks, Tina!
I have watched his thread every day and prayed that he would come
back!
Hugs,

Falla39

[Sinatra]

Thanks, Tina!
I have watched his thread every day and prayed that he would come
back!
Hugs,

Falla39



Me too.

[PETER]

I still look for Josh too, and pray for him. Don't anyone give up on him, not now, not ever. I tried so many times to give up that like and find truth, but it took me 40 years. Though I do not struggle with that world or addictions anymore, thanks and all Praise and Glory to God, like everyone I do have my struggles. I am thankful for my friends for the help, I'm still only newly come to Jesus. In fact, it will be two years tomorrow that I woke up in a recovery room and realized that my life had changed forever. I still look for help and direction, so does my wife, and God put Falla39 in our path, she is a great source of wisdom, scripture and friendship. Josh needs this too, so everyone keep praying that he comes back, he needs the kind words and prayers of everyone. If you hvae never been down that road, it is almost impossible to understand the difficulty in that fight, so give him a chance and with prayer he will make it through.
Bro. Peter

[Falla39]

I still look for Josh too, and pray for him. Don't anyone give up on him, not now, not ever. I tried so many times to give up that like and find truth, but it took me 40 years. Though I do not struggle with that world or addictions anymore, thanks and all Praise and Glory to God, like everyone I do have my struggles. I am thankful for my friends for the help, I'm still only newly come to Jesus. In fact, it will be two years tomorrow that I woke up in a recovery room and realized that my life had changed forever. I still look for help and direction, so does my wife, and God put Falla39 in our path, she is a great source of wisdom, scripture and friendship. Josh needs this too, so everyone keep praying that he comes back, he needs the kind words and prayers of everyone. If you hvae never been down that road, it is almost impossible to understand the difficulty in that fight, so give him a chance and with prayer he will make it through.
Bro. Peter

Bro. Peter Wells,

I am believing with you that the Spirit is going to draw Josh back, in Jesus
Name. And I am sure others are believing too!

Falla39

[Falla39]

Just thinking this morning that perhaps the original post is to remind us to pray
daily for all of the JOSH's in the world. God is no respecter of persons. He loves
and cares for all those who desire to be delivered from the power and degradudation
of sin.
May the Spirit of The Living God draw them to a place or to a person/persons who
can lead them to repentance and salvation.

Blessings,

Falla39