Newsletter of HOPE by ‘DEEP WORKS’ Teaching and Healing Ministry
Jan 2014 “Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths”
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The turning point
As of 4th of February this year I will be saved 6 years, I’m still finding my way and being taught, but so much in my life has changed as a result of that one prayer of faith. My life is almost unrecognisable, ‘therefore if any man be on Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold all things are become new,’ 2 Corinthians: 5.
I had reached a point in my life where something had to drastically change in order for me to carry on. I was in a state of desperation, my whole life centered around just getting through each day, I had been attending Bridgeview Pentecostal for 2 weeks and I saw how God could change my life if I let him, however my mind was so clouded I couldn’t see how God could love me and how he could change my circumstances I saw no way forward.
I sat in my living room one night in tears and in my heart I cried out to The Lord, that night I received the most comforting hug I’ve ever had, I calmed down and for the first time in a long time, I slept. The next Sunday at church the word of God came through my brother, God said, you have felt alone for a long time, you received a hug in a dark place now it’s time. I couldn’t take in what I was hearing, I had told nobody what had happened, it truly was The Lord who had been with me. A couple of days later I gave my heart to The Lord, almost immediately I felt lighter I knew I wasn’t alone.
A couple of years later I met my husband as the Lord had put in place a set of circumstances by which I passed my driving test and put in place the means to buy a car, ‘behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert,’ Isaiah 43:19. I will be married 4 years soon and I have 3 beautiful kids.
I’m not saying it has all been easy we have had our trials, ‘beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, ‘1Peter 4:12, but praise God we have came through them and had wonderful testimonies to tell. When my son was 10 weeks old he was diagnosed with whooping cough, the doctor told me he would be in hospital for weeks, he may sustain lung damage and even talked about fatality rates. Once I got over the initial shock I rang Paster Bert he came up and we prayed over our precious wee man, the next day he showed signs of recovery, he spent 10 days in hospital and is now a boisterous happy healthy toddler.
God has transformed my life, he has broken off the generational chains which once held me and my children would have inherited. I have witnessed God move to bring what seems like the impossible to come to pass, he always hears us and listens and above all His love is unconditional .
Victoria Dalzell
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Making that decision
Have you ever had to make a decision that was difficult, that you couldn’t decide what to do? How did you feel when you were in that place of indecisiveness? Did you feel at peace, did you think about it or were you tormented with thoughts, were you unsettled, you maybe couldn’t sleep, you had lost your joy and concentration. Did you stay focused on all the other things you needed to do in the day? I know when I have a decision to make that until I come to that place of decision my thoughts are back and forth, I can’t settle, I maybe make that decision in my head half heartedly and then sway the other way a few hours later. Did you ever notice that when something is on your mind you go into a wee world of your own or maybe you go the other way and want to talk and talk and talk about it until you make that decision. I probably do a little bit of both.
I made a decision to ask God into my life on 13th April 2008 aged 38. This was not just a quick decision for me. It took me a while to come to that place of decision. For many years I hated even the mention of God or Jesus. I didn’t hate the people that believed I just didn’t want them to talk to me about God and I told them so. I had such a hard heart. I had experienced rejection, betrayal and abuse over the years and had put up barriers around me to protect myself from any more hurts. I was bitter, I was angry, I was hurting so much. People couldn’t reach me. I had no self worth. I spent alot of time feeling lonely and tired of life. As the years went on I met my husband when I was 31. We married 5 years later. My husband was a Christian and knew God. God works in mysterious ways!
My husband did try on occasion to talk to me about God but still it fell to deaf ears. He didn’t pressurise me but prayed for me and left it to God to work within my heart. A few years later I started to ask more questions about God and the bible and what being a Christian was. I started to search for answers. Something was changing in my heart. Then one Sunday we headed to church (we had been going on occasion). The Paster said a prayer for anyone who wanted to ask God into their lives to speak these words out. I sat were I was and spoke those words silently to God between Him and me. I told my husband and a few weeks later told the Paster. I can remember being frightened of the unknown of what I was doing before I asked God into my life. I made a decision and stuck with it. From then on I have never looked back.
My life as a born again believer has been a journey and still is. The barriors that I had put around myself and my heart have come down. I can now feel love, Gods love and others love. I can say that I have never experienced the love that I feel now before I knew God. I have never experienced the healing deep within my heart before I knew God. God has given me a new heart, a new family in Christ, a new strength, a life and a future and a hope.
Ezekiel 36:26 A new heart will I give you and a new Spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stoney heart out of your flesh and I will give you a heart of flesh sensitive to the touch of God.
Fear used to dominate my life, now I refuse to have that fear because I can do all things through Christ who strenthens me. (Philippians 4:13)
God has completely changed my life around. I still have my battles but I know that I have God on my side.
Romans 8:31 If God is for us who can be against us.
Psalms 56:11 In God I put my trust. I will not be afraid, what can man do unto me.
Make that decision today. Call out to God. He loves you and wants to restore you.
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.
Start a new life today with a future and a hope.
God Bless, Love Denise
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