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I feel like I'm back in Colorado again. When I was out there, the Lord Blessed me a lot. But seemed like when He did that a trial would come soon thereafter. So it was blessing, trial, blessing, trial, blessing, trial...over and over. I failed a lot of them out there, but I did catch on and it taught me, patience, trust the Lord, have faith in Him. So I pass more of them now.

So as you all know, the Lord blessed me pretty big recently. It was like the money to buy tires for my truck just fell out of the sky! I got them on Wednesday and praise the Lord I did! I've been trying to get those for a couple years now! Well, the trial came calling now. My water heater took a dump last night. All over the floor. I thought this thing was not that old...

Checking it I find that it's a 2014, not very old. 5 year warranty, prolly 2 weeks out of warranty that's how they build them nowadays. But I am broke! The Eagle crapped Wednesday, so I paid all my bills, and got those tires on got groceries, and now, no way do I have enough money for a water heater.

So I'm asking for donations to buy me a new water heater....sic! No I'm not. That would not be faith in God. When I first seen it and I confirmed it was the tank, and also that I am broke, I did what I should do. I praised God! I just thanked Him in the faith that, I know it will work out somehow. I dunno how, but it always has and does. The Lord is my Shepard I shall not want...Well I shall not want for hot water then, right? Right. Strangely enough, I had just showered, did the laundry and the dishes, so I'm good today

I checked prices. Man they are outrageous now. Not being licensed here I can not buy one wholesale at a plumbing supply. I got all those thoughts in my mind about how to handle this..all of them would be, against faith in God. So I told my flesh to shut up and just Praised God some more...

I believe that Normal Christianity should bring you a new testimony almost every day. Certainly at least once or twice a week. And that's how it has been for me pretty much. You Brothers and Sisters know, I have a lot of testimonies and a fair amount that I've not even shared here. Some prolly don't believe that I speak the truth or am deceived in wanting them to be true. I don't care if people believe me or not. Just give me your card number and I'll run it through, and the Lord will bless you. lol! .. Oh wait a minute, that's those guys, not me! I don't sell or ask for donations so have no reason to lie.

So I can see the Blessing now. A buddy I used to work with at the first horrible HVAC company here does have accounts at the plumbing houses. I also found out that this Rheem water heater came with a 6 years warranty on tank and parts! And dad being a plumber left me everything else that I would need to change this water heater. So Praise the Lord Indeed Brothers and Sisters! :)

It's cold and snowy but I have good tires now so it will be alright. The Lord gave me the unctions (obviously!) to do laundry. dishes and shower right before it went out, so I'm blessed in that regard also. God is good Brothers and Sisters! All you have to do is to trust what you can not see. That can be difficult. but believing it unseen is almost like a kids game or something. I don't understand all these things but I'll trust Him anyway and say and do things that make me look foolish to the world. But I don't care about that. I'm getting a new water heater for free. I will, though it's not confirmed yet. But I know it'll go through. So what started out as a trial or test of my faith turned out to be a blessing now cuz that's how God rolls! So let's all Praise the Lord!!

I give much praise to God for this!! I have so much thankfulness in my heart. I appreciate all that He does for me!! :sohappy
 
I feel like I'm back in Colorado again. When I was out there, the Lord Blessed me a lot. But seemed like when He did that a trial would come soon thereafter. So it was blessing, trial, blessing, trial, blessing, trial...over and over. I failed a lot of them out there, but I did catch on and it taught me, patience, trust the Lord, have faith in Him. So I pass more of them now.

So as you all know, the Lord blessed me pretty big recently. It was like the money to buy tires for my truck just fell out of the sky! I got them on Wednesday and praise the Lord I did! I've been trying to get those for a couple years now! Well, the trial came calling now. My water heater took a dump last night. All over the floor. I thought this thing was not that old...

Checking it I find that it's a 2014, not very old. 5 year warranty, prolly 2 weeks out of warranty that's how they build them nowadays. But I am broke! The Eagle crapped Wednesday, so I paid all my bills, and got those tires on got groceries, and now, no way do I have enough money for a water heater.

So I'm asking for donations to buy me a new water heater....sic! No I'm not. That would not be faith in God. When I first seen it and I confirmed it was the tank, and also that I am broke, I did what I should do. I praised God! I just thanked Him in the faith that, I know it will work out somehow. I dunno how, but it always has and does. The Lord is my Shepard I shall not want...Well I shall not want for hot water then, right? Right. Strangely enough, I had just showered, did the laundry and the dishes, so I'm good today

I checked prices. Man they are outrageous now. Not being licensed here I can not buy one wholesale at a plumbing supply. I got all those thoughts in my mind about how to handle this..all of them would be, against faith in God. So I told my flesh to shut up and just Praised God some more...

I believe that Normal Christianity should bring you a new testimony almost every day. Certainly at least once or twice a week. And that's how it has been for me pretty much. You Brothers and Sisters know, I have a lot of testimonies and a fair amount that I've not even shared here. Some prolly don't believe that I speak the truth or am deceived in wanting them to be true. I don't care if people believe me or not. Just give me your card number and I'll run it through, and the Lord will bless you. lol! .. Oh wait a minute, that's those guys, not me! I don't sell or ask for donations so have no reason to lie.

So I can see the Blessing now. A buddy I used to work with at the first horrible HVAC company here does have accounts at the plumbing houses. I also found out that this Rheem water heater came with a 6 years warranty on tank and parts! And dad being a plumber left me everything else that I would need to change this water heater. So Praise the Lord Indeed Brothers and Sisters! :)

It's cold and snowy but I have good tires now so it will be alright. The Lord gave me the unctions (obviously!) to do laundry. dishes and shower right before it went out, so I'm blessed in that regard also. God is good Brothers and Sisters! All you have to do is to trust what you can not see. That can be difficult. but believing it unseen is almost like a kids game or something. I don't understand all these things but I'll trust Him anyway and say and do things that make me look foolish to the world. But I don't care about that. I'm getting a new water heater for free. I will, though it's not confirmed yet. But I know it'll go through. So what started out as a trial or test of my faith turned out to be a blessing now cuz that's how God rolls! So let's all Praise the Lord!!

I give much praise to God for this!! I have so much thankfulness in my heart. I appreciate all that He does for me!! :sohappy
haha - you and God sure have an interactive relationship - God bless you - supporting you in prayer -thanks for sharing

i don't think anyone here doubts you - your descriptions are too real to be made up

thanks for being an inspiration for us all to lean on God and not ourselves - this is the key to having a blessed miraculous life
 
haha - you and God sure have an interactive relationship - God bless you - supporting you in prayer -thanks for sharing

i don't think anyone here doubts you - your descriptions are too real to be made up

thanks for being an inspiration for us all to lean on God and not ourselves - this is the key to having a blessed miraculous life

It's just that most miracles can be rationalized in a worldly way to make one doubt. Some of my testimonies are kinda far fetched, lol. And several of the smaller ones of mine could be (and have been!) questioned, coincidence it could have been this or that, da da da. Rationalize them. Most people accept them but not all the time.

God didn't deliver you coffee when you were out. God doesn't do that! God did not text message Ed! C'mon, get real! And God didn't fix a furnace for you on the job either, He's not a technician....and stuff like that. But God did. A short in the low voltage system would pop the fuse every time. Dead short. I know how to test all that stuff. It's time consuming and I went over everything, literally. I couldn't find it. I essentially. gave up and was putting every thing back in place (and praying) because I didn't know exactly what I would tell the customer...and the customer sorta sneaked up on me, just walked up and he flicked the switch for it to come, and it fired up so sweet and didn't blow the fuse! That was the Lord and it was clear to me. But those doubting electrician types, who know all that stuff also have clearly and rationally explained to me, what is was that I missed and what really happened to fix it. Oh it was such a good rationalization, even to me! At first at least, but!! I was praying hard about it, and they needed the heat, it was cold! And so..yes it's obvious to me that, I was helped by the Lord!! The Lord has done bigger things than this before, for me. so why not even a smaller thing? Man, I was feeling stupid at the time cuz I couldn't find it and fix it. Usually us heater techs have them fixed in less than hour. and this was into my 4th hour there and it's not fixed yet!! So I was praying hard and begging Him for help!! And the Lord was Johnnie on the spot with it. He fixed it and that is the Truth!

The Lord actually has told me before that He would like it if I asked Him for help with even small things also, and that He will do them for me. So that Master Electrician did have a good rationalization...but I know better. I figured out why the Lord told me that I should ask Him for help with small things!

Because He simply loves interaction with us and this would increase togetherness and conversation with Him!! He Loves it! I wish I had asked for help sooner! Would've been quicker than 4 hours!



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The Lord actually has told me before that He would like it if I asked Him for help with even small things also, and that He will do them for me. So that Master Electrician did have a good rationalization...but I know better. I figured out why the Lord told me that I should ask Him for help with small things!

Because He simply loves interaction with us and this would increase togetherness and conversation with Him!! He Loves it! I wish I had asked for help sooner! Would've been quicker than 4 hours!
amen - so true
 
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i have miracles all the time too - use to have way more - so your awesome testimonies are causing me to think the same way you think - all the time

Yeah, I started inviting the Lord to ride along with at work today awhile back but at first even though we might talk all the way to the job...then I'd go worldly and get all professional inside and all that, and wound up leaving Him in the truck while I went in to work! And call on Him if I needed help! How dumb could I be?! After that, hehehe. I started inviting Him in also!

I thought it was my idea but it's probable that the Lord was teaching me. But I got it now! But everyone wins when you invite the Lord to work with you. You win as a tech and things go better. This makes the Customer happy so it makes the company look good too, I look good to the company so they're happy and have profited, and I give God all the glory for it. So it;s win/win/win/Win.

I did notice that getting tips increased for me after this!
 
those who don't believe now may one day later - keep sharing with us your testimonies - they are making an impact - God bless you

Those are good words to hear Brother. Because God doesn't really seem to tell us plainly if we are doing good or bad decisions always He'll bless us quietly and I get that and they are clear to me, but there is a lot of vagueness also at times. It doesn't seem like I'm doing things for the Kingdom and I wonder at times if I am an unprofitable servant? So every little bit helps. Thank you Brother!
 
Yeah, I started inviting the Lord to ride along with at work today awhile back but at first even though we might talk all the way to the job...then I'd go worldly and get all professional inside and all that, and wound up leaving Him in the truck while I went in to work! And call on Him if I needed help! How dumb could I be?! After that, hehehe. I started inviting Him in also!

I thought it was my idea but it's probable that the Lord was teaching me. But I got it now! But everyone wins when you invite the Lord to work with you. You win as a tech and things go better. This makes the Customer happy so it makes the company look good too, I look good to the company so they're happy and have profited, and I give God all the glory for it. So it;s win/win/win/Win.

I did notice that getting tips increased for me after this!
haha - that is really funny - good points - taking all this to heart
 
i had a huge hole in my tooth and an abscess - no money - asked God to fill the tooth with tooth material - when i woke up the next morning the hole was filled with tooth material and my gopher cheek/face was back down to normal size - painfree - THIS IS OUR AWESOME GOD TAKING CARE OF US

That's an awesome testimony! Thanks for sharing. I know it's true too, I have heard testimonies like this before, several times. Even people getting Gold teeth! And one girl got some kind of valuable stone given to her. Big! It was not a diamond, something else I forget exactly what, but she even had it examined by industry professional and it was very real, flawless and they tried to buy it from her! But she declined to sell them the stone and I understand why!

I don't think you all will ever hear a God gave me stone testimony from me cuz I'd be tempted to sell it, lol! Shiny things don't impress me much and I can think of so many good things to do with the cash! I did get my Wife a $3K wedding ring, (it was ridiculous!) and very very nice and made her happy so that was the value for me
I'm rambling. I gotta get something done today!
 
Those are good words to hear Brother. Because God doesn't really seem to tell us plainly if we are doing good or bad decisions always He'll bless us quietly and I get that and they are clear to me, but there is a lot of vagueness also at times. It doesn't seem like I'm doing things for the Kingdom and I wonder at times if I am an unprofitable servant? So every little bit helps. Thank you Brother!
sometimes we think we have to do stuff - but honestly - your vivacious relationship with God is impacting many to draw closer to God in a practical interactive lifestyle

imo your kingdom work is to live your life with God and inspire us to do likewise

and i think that may be my kingdom work too - when i live like you do i find i make the biggest impact in other's lives -

also the miracles we all see is amped up when living your kind of lifestyle
 
That's an awesome testimony! Thanks for sharing. I know it's true too, I have heard testimonies like this before, several times. Even people getting Gold teeth! And one girl got some kind of valuable stone given to her. Big! It was not a diamond, something else I forget exactly what, but she even had it examined by industry professional and it was very real, flawless and they tried to buy it from her! But she declined to sell them the stone and I understand why!

I don't think you all will ever hear a God gave me stone testimony from me cuz I'd be tempted to sell it, lol! Shiny things don't impress me much and I can think of so many good things to do with the cash! I did get my Wife a $3K wedding ring, (it was ridiculous!) and very very nice and made her happy so that was the value for me
I'm rambling. I gotta get something done today!
i heard those stories too and i decided i didn't want gems in my teeth - which is why i specified tooth material -

gems might have been a bigger testimony for God but i didn't want to become a curiosity -

imo a real down to earth living relationship with God is going to profoundly impact people more than a one time miracle of gems in teeth - what i mean is people might focus on the miracle more than God -

i don't enjoy pizaz and hype - quiet demonstrations of God's love and power turn more hearts toward God imo
 
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