Newsletter of HOPE by ‘DEEP WORKS’ Teaching and Healing Ministry
Dec 2013 “Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths”
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Love and kindness
I find Christmas to be a time that I go through an emotional roller coaster. Even though I try to stay positive, I try to think the best, but my mind can wander and think of the things of the past, painful memories, rejection, time lost, people that died. Christmas and the end of the year is so very emotional. I still go through these battles of my mind even though I have a loving husband, I have a few close friends and most of all I have God. I wander how lonely it is for those people who have no-one. If you take time to look at peoples faces, you will see that there are alot of sad and lonely people in this world who put on a front to get by, but when they get behind closed doors they break down and cry. They don’t know how to reach out and get help because they have closed themselves in. As I write this it brings back the time when I was doing this. I would go to work, but when I got home I would crawl into bed and cry. I was hurting so much, I didn’t know how to get better, I was living in such a dark place with no hope, no future, no vision, I really didn’t want to go on. As I write this tears are coming to my eyes of the pain and loneliness I had felt back then and I cry for the people who are going through this right now. I know even back then that God had his hand upon my life. All through my life, God has been watching over me. I didn’t know Him but He knew me even before I was conceived in my mothers womb.
Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew and approved of you as My chosen instrument…
My heart goes out to the hurting. I was so broken, I was so ashamed, I was in such a torment. This shame came from abuse as a child. My father, the one who I trusted and looked up to abused me and turned my world upsidedown. I hated myself, I felt damaged, I didn’t think I was worthy of love, I didn’t know how to love because I had closed myself in to protect myself so no-one else could hurt me again. I was full of so much anger and bitterness. My body was in dis-ease. It was at breaking point, I was at breaking point. God got me through, He brought people into my life that would be patient with me and not push me, that encouraged me to take small steps back to health. He gave me the courage to seek help. I still didn’t know God then, but he knew me and knew what would help me get back up again.
God knows you too and has been and is watching over you. God knows what you need.
Psalm 127:3 He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds.
So as this year comes to an end, I remember with awe just what God has brought me through, I remember how I used to be and how I am now.
2Corinthians 6:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away, behold all things have become new.
Jeremiah 26:11 For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
I say with all of my heart – Reach out to God, Reach out to others. Show Gods love and kindness in this darkened world. Shine brightly for the Lord.
God Bless
Love Denise
Keep going
This is a message which came to me a couple of years ago I spoke on it at the time and it has helped me through some stressful situations.
I had witnessed something which had dragged me down, I was on the verge of tears which I knew if released would have lasted for hours and picking myself up would have been very painful and difficult.
I was walking along with my son fighting to stay on top of my emotions, Adam was singing nursery rhymes and he knew I wasn’t listening, all of a sudden he said right to my face (rather loudly), ‘mummy keep going!’ It was a very simple statement but within those three words in my mind flooded in scriptures and a sudden realisation I didn’t need to accept those negative emotions and I didn’t need to let go of my joy and peace so easily. Over the course of a couple of hours I had regained what satan had tried to steal from me.
When Jesus was in the wilderness being tempted by the devil he could have become angry, upset, depressed, but he kept going, he kept going on in strength and spoke with boldness and authority, when he did speak he spoke the word.
When attacks come its important to keep going, ‘resist the devil and he will flee from you,
‘ James 4:7, resist temptation to let your emotions rule, remember-‘greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world,’ Philippians 4:7. Satan loves to steal our focus as often in difficult times we turn to the scriptures, he knows what raw nerves to hit to stir up negative emotions which not only affect ourselves but others around us. It is vital we hold onto our peace and joy as it’s our to keep.
A mighty promise to each of us who believe and keep going in our faith and our walk with God.
‘I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you,’ Philippians 3:14-15.
‘Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you,’ 2 Corinthians 13:11.
I pray that 2014 brings each of you prosperity, love, health, joy, laughter, revelation, and an ever increasing hunger for God’s presence and his word.
God bless.
Victoria Dalzell
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