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When It Comes To Health And Happiness, What Are You Waiting For?

This article is inspired by people who with an honest question. He will ask you
want all the happiness, health, and the same thing too. "Do you want to get
wholeness in their lives, but yet they well?" It's not a difficult question.But,
aren't willing to make that one life here's what the man answered. Could he
changing decision in order to get it. I'm have been making excuses? Remember,
trying to understand what it is they are excuses will only hold you back."The
waiting for.People tend to make all kinds invalid answered, Sir, I have nobody when
of excuses for their decisions and to me, the water is moving to put me into the
an excuse is something that will only pool; but while I am trying to come (into
hold you back. We hear so many different it) myself, somebody else steps down
opinions, we listen to other peoples' ahead of me." Jn. 5:7 (Amplified)Had this
advice based on their personal experinces man prepared himself before hand to be
and we hear negative feed back which ready to simply roll into the pool, he
keeps us sitting on the side lines and would've been healed a long time ago. Do
never allow us to get in the game. Jesus you know anyone who keeps waiting in the
said He came to give us life to the background and won't step forward to help
fullest. He never intended for us to sit themselves? No matter how much they hear
down and wait for someone else to do the about the saving grace of God and what
job for us. If we want to get something they need to do to receive it, they will
done, we have to make up our own mind to still wait because of false opinions or
do it, and then our heavenly Father can advise from other sick people.Christ has
take us by the hand and provide us with compassion but He showed this man "tough
all the things we only wish we had.I am love." Sometimes we need a forceful shove
writing this from personal experience. in the right direction. We need to
While I was in the world, I sought realize that there is no better time than
happiness but couldn't find it in terms now."Jesus said to him, GET UP! PICK UP
of fulfillment. I was still empty. This YOUR BED AND WALK!" Jn. 5:8
high expectation of fleeting happiness (Amplified)Once the man was given an
turned into negativity and that turned order, not an option, he was made to
into defeat. I expected happiness to come realize that this was something he had to
from the outside, through other people, do for himself. Without Christ to be the
places and things. But, this only set me One to have the faith and confidence,
up for bigger let downs. True happiness, this man would never have been healed.
health and wholeness must come from When we choose other Christian believers
within, through a personal relationship to associate with, they will challenge us
with Christ. Anything else is superficial to come closer to Christ as well. When we
and it just won't last. But Christ is have people who believe in us, we too
forever, His promises are real and His will realize our potential. We don't have
Truth will never fail us. Once we make up to remain on the sidelines anymore. We
our own mind to receive Him, our waiting just have to get up and walk!So what are
period is over.The Bible is full of you waiting for? Don't just sit there. He
examples that show us how people are knows how we hate to wait for things.
defeated through wrong thinking and When we listen to Him, things will begin
motives. People were the same back then to change immediately. He won't make us
as they are today. That's why God's Word wait. The invalid found this out and
will never go out of style. God will not realized he had wasted 38 years of his
leave us hanging, He always gives the life...just waiting."Instantly the man
answer so we may overcome defeat when the became well and recovered his strength
devil comes to keep us in the dark.The and picked up his bed and walked. But
example I want to use is found in John that happened on a Sabbath." Jn. 5:9
chapter 5. It describes the place where (Amplified)Jesus will instantly heal you
all the sick people gathered. When we too, He will give you strength to keep
expose ourselves to people that don't walking in truth. You will learn to
edify us, we will never strive to survive listen to His voice and will no longer
either. We must choose our friends listen to negative people. But this man's
carefully. If we expose ourselves to healing led to a problem. Unfortuneatly,
negative, sick people, we will be once we become healed, Satan will move
negative and sick also. But if we fix right in and want to cause us problems.
ourselves on positive people, our own The Pharisees heard about this and
outlook will be raised up to another immediately wanted to have Jesus killed.
level. So all these sick people were There are those who will not be happy
gathered together in one place, trying to about your walk with Christ. But this
out do the other people in seeing who should not deter you one minute longer
could get into the pool first in order to from coming to Christ. As I said in the
be healed. In other words, they waited on beginning of this article, Jesus is true
someone else or something else to make to His promises."Just as the Father
them better. In this case it was the raises up the dead and gives them life
angel of the Lord. In between the [makes them live on], even so the Son
appointed time that the angel of the Lord also gives life to whomever He wills and
would stir up the water in the pool, they is pleased to give it." Jn. 5:21
would not prepare themselves for their (Amplified)It's God's desire that all
own healing. There are those today who come to Christ in order to be well. One
are in need of healing, but are waiting of the divine attributes of God is His
for someone or something to give it to Spirit of giving. He is so pleased when
them without preparing first. Everyone someone who has been sitting by the pool
needs to be ready."There was a certain decides to pick up his bed and walk, His
man there who had suffered with a angels in heaven rejoice over them.If
deep-seated and lingering disorder for this person is you, what are waiting for?
thirty eight years." Jn. 5:5 (Amplified)I Get up and walk!When you receive Christ,
know people who have been suffering a God's work in you has just begun.Vivian
long time with the disorder of remaining Gordon is led by the Holy Spirit to reach
unsaved. Without Christ, we will have out and
deep-seated and lingering illnesses in give the Christian and non Christian
our lives as well. But they prefer to sit alike something to
on the side lines and wait for a miracle. think about in their own lives. These
They want to be convinced by an outside articles are meant
source. Healing begins from within. It's to edify the reader and bring them
something that only you can decide for deeper. They are
yourself.When Christ saw this man in his based on spirituality, inspiration, and
helpless condition He stopped and said, today's morals
"DO YOU WANT TO BECOME WELL?" (vs.6)In and how we need to get back to basics.
other words, Christ confronted this man




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