Is There a Catfish in Your Tank?

"Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you."
- 1 John 3:13

I heard a story about some fish suppliers who were having problems shipping
codfish from the East Coast. By the time the fish reached the West coast,
they were spoiled. They froze them, but by the time the fish arrived, they
were mushy. They decided to send them alive. But the fish arrived dead so
they tried sending the fish alive again, but with one difference. They
included a catfish in each tank. You see, the catfish is the natural enemy
of the codfish. By the time the codfish arrived, they were alive and well,
because they had spent their trip fleeing the catfish.

This is my point. Maybe God has put a catfish in your tank to keep you alive
and well spiritually. It's called persecution. Maybe there's a person at
work who always has eight hard questions for you every Monday morning
regarding spiritual things. Maybe it is that neighbor who is giving you a
hard time for your faith in Jesus. Maybe it is a spouse or family member who
doesn't believe. You are wondering why this is happening. It is like that
catfish. That person is keeping you on your toes.

Shortly before His crucifixion, Jesus told the disciples,
"If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the
world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you"
(John 15:19).

God will allow persecution in the life of the believer. If you're
experiencing persecution, here are two things to remember:

1.Persecution confirms that you are a child of God.
2.Persecution causes you to cling closer to Jesus.
When you are suffering persecution for your faith, remember that this world
is not your home you're just passing thru!! Your treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue!!

Love & Prayers
God Bless
Pastor Judy

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Praise God, The Question is what is my Ministries? Network with God People. By saying a kind word that may lift some one spirit.
Proverb 16:24 says Pleasant words are like a honey cone sweetness to the soul and health to the bone..... Proverb 17:22 says a merry heart does good like medicine............
In Genesis 12:2 says I will bless you .. and you shall be a blessing" Joy is not a private stock item reserved for the privileged, in fact, it's more like a community pool. All are invited. DIVE IN! And give a kind word,

But they that wait upon the Lord,,,,Isaiah 40:31

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The Native American Indians in our simplicity, are taught to literally give away all that we have--to relatives, to guests of other tribes or clans, but above all to the poor and the aged, from whom we can hope for no return.

Matthew 6:3... But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret.

When out gardening with my husband...the meanings of Matt. 6:3 kept running through my mind. I understood what the Lord was trying to teach..but the Lord took it a little further with me that day...a deeper insight...(whisper...as Pamela would call it a light bulb moment)...Maybe also our giving should be so automatic...that there is no time, thought, questioning...even b4 our other hand realizes what is being let go of....just do it. Release...give...let go.

Matt. 25:31-37...Then the righteous will answer Him, Lord, "WHEN DID WE SEE" You hungry and feed you, or give You drink when you were thirsty, invite You in as a stranger, clothed You, visit You when You were sick or in prison? Verse 40..The King will reply, I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." Acts 20:35, 2 Cor. 9:7, Proverbs 21:26

Whisper...could "be in secret" also include ones self?

In Christs Glory, Brown Eagle

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I am leaving lady_angel59's house to come to yours.
Have a blessed day!!!

Receive me with love and send me to other houses so I can bless them.
Have a blessed day.





I am at the door, I knock. If someone hears my voice and opens the door,
I will come in and eat with them at their table.
Now HE is walking to your house.
Let HIM bless you and send HIM to someone else's house.

Replace my name with your name to show where HE is coming
from...

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Are you one who doesn't see within.... spiritual growth?

Php 1:6 being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Going through a new season of growing pains... sometimes it is hard for us to see the growth and change. One can only sense the soils restrictions... limits set by earthly weight and even by ones own self. Breaking through the soil...may be painful at times. The outcome from a new emergence we long to see.

We need to rest in the soil under the Son, because it is God who is watching and waiting for us to bloosom. It is the Lords purposes and plans that are preparing us. We need to "rest" on Php 1:6 that He (not I) who began a good work...(He not I) will carry it on....to completion.

Whisper...friend, soar boldly, being confidant...that in the soil of our confinements and weakness's....The Lord will carry it on...to completion! Ex. 19:4 2 Cor 3:18 In Christ, Brown Eagle

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