To start with let me say, I’ll pray for you.
I think the answer to that is to pray and seek guidance from the Lord.
Are others pressuring you to go into Missionary work?
Your service to the Lord is between the two of you, only you can know his will for your life.
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if you believe in your religion and have faith then you should do what it tells you.
doesn’t the bible say to put god at the very pinnacle of your life and all others things second. if your love between you and this girl is real then it will last longer than two years and will sustain through your service.
you are a wonderful young man, your family should be very proud of you.
look at it this way, god brought you and your girl together and he is directing your path. just relax and let god, he will give you all the answers you need have faith and believe he is the captain of you ship. if he wants you 2 to be together, his will, will be done. god bless
is she a member? would she plan on writing to you on your mission?
well anyway best luck for you if you plan on your mission.
She’s not a member but she believes in the Lord. She just finds Church boring so she doesn’t go. Thank you so much. I will pray and see what God wants me to do. I do love her and she loves me but I just don’t want to be very far from her; she’ll be alone if I go but I will pray for her and she for me.
hey if you ever have time read this talk by President Thomas S. Monson,
http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp…
its a great talk about missionary work and serving one…(just to let u know, im lds too.)
hey! i’m his girl
I am Christian and a believer in God, but i’m not LDS. I do support him with the Missionary thing though, and I do pray for him, and wish him the best :)
I would also wait for him!
So Warren.. Go for it :)
I am not a LDS but one of my sons is. He went on his mission to Africa a few years ago. He was in the same possition you, after the two years were up he came back and found out that both he and his girl were even more in love than when he went on his mission. It also gave him much joy when on his mission, the joy he found in truly helping other people and the things he learned about life, his faith and the love he found through being on his mission.
Just go out there and enjoy it all, it will probbably only happen once in you lifetime, make the most of this opportunity.
My first reaction would be to advise you to go because obedience is what God wants more than success.And we are to sacrifice for him and take the road less traveled.You probably know all this already,but I’m just trying to put it in perspective for you. All points to ‘you should go’ especially since it will only be for 2 yrs.of your life.If you live to be 100, what is 2 yrs of sacrifice. I can see how hard this is for you.It would be for me too if I had to leave behind family.But if you do decide to go,put her in Gods hands,this way you know she will not be alone.Also relationships can survive long-distance.What I like to go by is ‘Will I regret it if I don’t do this or that and if the answer is yes,then you may have your answer.If something does happen and your not there? Sometimes we can be so close in proximity and still not be able to prevent or help . On the other hand, Being a husband and father may be what he wants for you.Ask him what is his will ,he may already be telling you,so listen carefully and maybe the power of intercession prayer.,If it hasn’t already been done. Fizz is right about the pressure,so don’t rule that out.I truly hope this helps you Warren.May God Bless and keep you safe in whatever your endeavors may be.:)
God bless you Wren….sounds like you got some good solid advice above, and I am in agreement with what has been said.
Prayer is the key, and fasting always helps when facing a major decision.
Once we come into the family of God, he becomes our director.
Sometimes it is very difficult to know his will.
Sometimes we make mistakes.
If we can find his perfect will for our lives, we find our greatest happiness.
This does not remove us from difficulties, but, it makes them more bearable.
and our joy is greater.
It takes time and effort to find the mind of the Lord, concerning any certain
thing, but, he is faithful. He will meet us at our point of need, and he will respond, if we keep seeking. He understands our frailties. It is best to come with an open heart and mind, ready and willing to follow as he directs. He is more than willing to confirm his will. So, don’t hesitate to ask.
Asking for prayer is very helpful in finding direction.However, the ones doing the praying have to be willing to pray with an open mind, willing to receive what God shares. If we go to God with our minds already made up, he will not override our wills. To get his will, we have to come with none of our own.
Here are a couple of very good prayer sites, that will truly pray with an open mind.
wjcr.org click on prayer, they will not respond, but, they will pray.
godswork.org
dailyguidepost.org
Jenn….. you sound like a winner… I wish you both the very best. And whatever you do, keep God at the center.
Many Blessings…..
Thanks all of you! I do have problem adhering to the will of God. I do need to seek more diligently but the business of life is keeping me from it.
I am so very frail in the spirit neither do I have companion of the Spirit. Thank you so much for you good souls and hopefull I can manage my time more efficiently to ponder and seek for what God’s answers to my questions are.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
This has been such an issue for me, It is my first time understanding what sacrifice really is…I have wanted to serve, mainly because I always felt alone. Then a change happened, I became more social, fell in love, and thought about military life….Then remembering God, The Church, and The Mission…I had to rethink my choices………………………….
Well, I’m just a grain of sand among others in the shore…hopefully I can make a difference…just like you guys do!
Yes, Wren, you absolutely sure can. Jesus was only one man, but, he turned the world upside down, and he said that we would do greater works than he did. so, you have much to look forward to. However, the cares of this world will pull you away from the things of God. you have to make time for him, and put him #1 on the agenda. He said, if we put him first, he would add everything else.
You mention wanting to be filled with the Holy Spirit, here is a prayer link, that I use often, you can click on prayer, and send your request, you will not hear back from them but they will pray.
wjcr.org
godswork.org
dailyguidepost.org
God be with you, be much encouraged, in Christ.
Jenn… Lovely video….
See if you can copy it to funadvice.com in the religion category….
blessings……..
OH, sorry, I forgot to say Thanks for Sharing !!!
just seek the eyes of God first for the bible says seek ye the kingdom of GOD first then, every other thing will added unto you including the the you have for the lady. when i saw your pic the lord minister to me that you are going to be a great prayer warior (evangelist of ths generation).Nothing is wrong to love and move on along with your girl friend, but the question is that is she giong to comtribute to your ministry? hte bible says that dont be equally yoke with unbeliever.
i need your reply.
from Evangelist PIUS JAMES AKOGWU
FROM NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA.
PHONE:+2348038874076
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OUR MINISTRY NEED ASSISTANCE PLEASE.
Greetings in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord and saviour .
.Praise God for your ministry and support both in prayers and substance in the course of reaching the poeple in the entire world ( including Nigeria)There are many cummunities of different tribal groups that missionary endeavours have not been successful ,because of strong opposition from kingdom of darkness and absence of a consistent support for missionaries willing to labour in this field.
Thanks as you help spread God’S words across the nations .
Sir, i known ,your ministry is not for financial aid to local missionaries or churches ,but for the work of OUR father in heaven to reach the unreachable we have to express sonship chanllenges in the field of evangelism,and OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN will help you in JESUS name.We need little assistance to our evangelical mission.May GOD of truth and righteous reveal the truth to you and strenght your financial capabilities to carry the gospel to the entire nations particulary the villages.Duet.32v4
Our challenge for missions in this communities is to see a significant harvest among nominal christains , muslims, and idol worshippers. We want to establish a strong missions base in these communities to enable us reach the poeple and surrounding villages and towns. In these villages and towns , crude idolatry is still observe, and thier shrines are standing to attest to this, can the lord depend on you and us to bring light to those that sit in darkness?.
we planted a fellowship for the first time in the history of these communities for about seven years was without a place of worship.
Sir, we need your prayer and urjent financial assistance for the work to be achieved as we want to carry out December, 2008 evangelism/ annual crusade. the missions needs FINNANCIAL ASSISTANCE, .
Our earnest prayer is that , the lord would provide for and strengthen all our partners in the gospel that God would raise men and women who will bear us and the land in prayers until a new nation is brougth to birth, that God would make bare His arm and shatter all satanic holds over the land and the poeple and grant an open heaven over the churches and the land, that God would raise a vibrant consistent and militant christains witness among these villages.
Regard Sir, Just as God have call us to spread His gospel. The ministry have alot of outstanding financial challenges . 11 Tim 4v5. God has a perfect plan for the salvation of all poeple in the entire race or world. Duet. 7v7 For example God’s election of the Jewish nation was not to exclude other nation from the redemption to be won by His son ,JESUS Acts 10v 9- 16, psalm 96v 1-3 .
We want to embark on crusade at this December 2008, and also plant fellowship centre in the villages.
Sir, any little contribution is not small before Almighty GOD , for HIS gospel to go round the entire world.
We look forward to hear from you for quick response as we are asking God to Strenght you and your ministry to HIS glory.
We trust that the spirit of God will stir you to partner with us and rise to the challenge of our mission field.
Evang. PIUS JAMES AKOGWU
.C/O PASTOR ENOUCH
UNITED EVANGELICAL CHURCH
MTD IJORA OLOPA LAGOS NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA.
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WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON SIR. THANK.
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