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As I said, after 3 decades you have probably read extensively on the subject and so I won't weary you with repeating what you already know.
However, I don't know what you have read. So I wonder if it would be possible for you say how you distinguish…
Hello,
I take it that after 3 decades you have read extensively on the subject, and that you read the Bible regularly. Therefore I will not weary you with repeating what you already know or have read.
1. It is as old as the revelation of God in th…
Profile Information
- Gender
- Male
- City
- Eastbourne
- State/Province
- Sussex
- Country (not County)
- England
- Occupation:
- retired
- I'm here to...
- serve God
- Interests:
- Bible reading and study
Witnessing
Formula 1
Some films
Music
Reading
- I'm passionate about...
- God and His revelation of Himself in His Word
- My story with God
- Met Christ @ 11years old
Called to missionary work in my 20s
Missionary in Peru 1960-72
Ill health and beginning of breakdown 1986
Depression
Psychoanalysis and counselling 1990-94
Separation from wife 1997
Recovery from depression 1997 onwards
All through this time I found that God was with me, helping me, guarding me, and bringing me to a better place both in myself and in Himself.
Comment Wall (35 comments)
- At 8:19pm on August 5, 2009,
Austin Richard.S said… - Hi brother ... how r u? By the grace of God am fine now...how about your spirituel life...?
- At 8:18pm on August 5, 2009,
Austin Richard.S said…
- Hi brother ... how r u? By the grace of God am fine now...how about your spirituel life...?
- At 5:14pm on February 8, 2009,
myrna sinclair said…
- hello,Derek I know what you are going through Hang in there.The Lord will bring you through all your troubles and tribulations as he has me.My question is:Was your marriage restored?
- At 4:53pm on February 5, 2009,
Ginnybee said…
- God Bless You Derek! Thank you for your help in the discussion forum :)
GinnyB
- At 3:53am on February 2, 2009,
felixpadua said… - hello. i am also a retired person like you. glad to visit your page.
- At 4:03pm on January 12, 2009,
Wally said… - Gracias mucho Derek para su mensaje. Me satisface ser su hermano en Cristo. Es bueno tener amigos en otros lugares para la conversacion, el rezo y la ayuda cristiana. Puede Dios continuar estando con tu y bendecirle en todos lo que tu hace y su caminata diaria con el.
Aunque yo gozando aprendiendo espanol, tu puedes ver que no es algo que he perfeccionada. He estado estudiando y en de cerca de dos anos.
- At 8:21am on January 6, 2009,
PoemiaDei said… - Derek, this is a very nice picture. It's good for us now to put a face to your kind personality already of much blessing and inspiration to us on this site. Also thanks for joining us at Grace To Help group. I know you will be a blessing to us there.
- At 10:50am on December 29, 2008,
PoemiaDei said…
- I am praising the Lord with you, Derek, as you enter into the joy of this great salvation the Lord offers us.
You are hearing the Gospel message, brother, not from man, nor from man's traditions and philosophy, but from the living voice of God in His word. And, therefore, you must be quickened the way you are being quickened now by it.
Continue on in the faith. Our on-going walk in this great salvation is designed by God to be in the same manner we began - in absolute dependence upon the Lord. This to me is what faith in God is all about - absolute reliance upon God.
Dead in sin when God by grace saved us, is there anything we could have done to initiate this salvation in our lives? We know the meaning of physical death; it is no different with spiritual death. It is not lightly or meaninglessly the Bible describes our condition before salvation as dead. Man will have difficulty accommodating the idea of salvation being absolutely God's initial work because of man's fallen mindset of self-dependence, as we discussed before. But that's God's way of salvation.
Take some time and meditate on these two Scripture passages and note the extent to which God is the absolute producer of our salvation. John 1:12-13: "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
Ephesians 2:1: "And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins."
So having been saved and brought to this godly life by God's own initiative by grace (favour granted unconditionally or without merit), we are instructed by the Bible to go on to live in this great salvation in absolute dependence on God's grace.
Paul puts it this way in Colossians 2:6-10: "As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power."
It's indeed an explosion of joy, peace, and strength when we come to the realization that everything we need to live on in this great salvation is there in Christ for us and we aborb it all like a plant absorbs nutrients or a branch absorbs sap for life and growth. This is the rest in Christ for the People of God.
- At 4:48pm on December 26, 2008,
PoemiaDei said…
- Thanks for your comment, Derek. It's good what the Lord is doing through you in ministering to others. That's the purpose of being a member of the Body of Christ and being endowed with the gifts of the Spirit; it is for the benefit of all.
I am thankful especially that the Lord has placed my son, Clinton James, and his young family on your prayerful heart.
I also can sense the renewal of Life in you, Derek. God is blessing you. We come to know the truth by the revelation of the Spirit. Then the truth becomes personalized and sets us free in Christ.
The Scripture passages that you shared have inspired me too. Another wonderful teaching the Lord gave regarding spiritual life, growth, and fruitfulness by resting in Him is the parable of the vine in John 15. There Jesus is very plain and assuring that it is by abiding in Him we can live and be productive.
God bless you. I am praying for you.
- At 10:52am on December 24, 2008,
PoemiaDei said…
- I am always so blessed in what you write. And it stirs so much in me.
Your testimony is heart-breaking. A couple days ago I was listening to a secular song I loved years ago. It's entitled "You left me just when I needed you most." I don't know if you have ever heard it. But it seems it was meant to describe a broken love relationship. But in listening to it this time all I was hearing were the voices of forsaken and unloved children, abandoned by or deprived of their parents just when they needed their parents the most. My eyes were filled with tears. I thought of my son's three kids after he and his wife were separated about three years ago. They range in years at 4, 3, and 2 and live in California with their young Mom. But my heart yearned for them as I listened to the message the Spirit was giving through this secular song. They certainly need their Dad. Then my son called yesterday and was excited because the mom for the first time since the separation was permitting him to spend Christmas eve with the kids. Pray for these kids.
Christ through your childhood experiences make you able to sympathize and empathize with the many who sorrowfull and unloved are wandering in this dark cold world without the warmth and comfort of a caring someone to talk to.
Your friendship is God sent to me, Derek. I am praying for you. Thanks for your prayers. I always need them.
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