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Share Your Live Dead Testimonies Sun, Jan 22nd
There have been many testimonies of what God is doing through The Live Dead Challenge. If you have a testimony you’d like to share, send it to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or post it on our Facebook wall. Let us know if its okay to share your testimony on our website or in a service. If you’d prefer it kept private, that’s fine too.
“I want to start out by saying that for the first 15 days of this study I have felt somewhat confused, depressed, unsure of my christian walk and isolated from the Lord. Only in the past couple of days have I started to see God revealing to me the process inwhich I am going through.
I have dealt with fear, anger, resentment and depression for many years. I am an only child and my parents were divorced when I was 9 years old. I watched as my mother / father split after 26 yrs of marriage and towards the end my mother was so full of hate and discord towards my father that it took it’s toll on her in not only a physical manner but still to this day mentally. I was so torn up by my parents divorce that at the age of 15 i tried to commit suicide for I felt that I was the cause of their marriage issues and placed the blame on myself. I did not see “love” as an outward expression as a child but I did see much anger; bitterness, resentment and mental issues.
I accepted Jesus as my Saviour back in July of 1992 and by the grace of God I have been able to work through many of these issues , however I still struggle with fear and at times anger. I was not so sure about doing this study and even rememeber saying to my wife Stephanie - why did you get two books for one would have been enough. This would have been my way of “coping out” regarding the study. I remember sitting down for my prayer time and seeing my copy of the book laid out by my bible. I started to pray regarding this study and I realized that it was my obligation to God to prepare and read this study each day for I remember Walt when you said that we are going to give God the month of January. I had no idea how this study was about to reach me personally.
Since I have been reading the live dead study I have had to deal with a mother who is ill, my own personal physical issues, depression, uncertainness, anger, frustration and of course fear. I was speaking to my wife the other night and seemed that I was just in a “dark spot”, however I opened my bible to Psalm 84 and started reading. As I started to read I started to weep for I realized that God was opening my eye’s and heart and the verse’s that really struck a chord with me are verses 5&6. Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs, the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
I was intrigued by the verse’s that spoke about the pilgrimiage and the valley of baca and after looking this up in my bible this is what was said
The pilgrimage to the temple passed throguh the barren Valley of Baca. No specific valley has been identified with baca. Because baca can mean “weeping” it may be a symbolic reference to the times of struggles and tears through which people must pass on their way to meet God. Growing strong in God’s presence is often preceded by a journey through barren places in our lives. The person who lives to spend time with God will see his or her adversity as an opportunity to re experience God’s faithfulness. If you are walking through your own Valley of Baca today, be sure your pilgrimage leads toward God, not away from him.
After reading this I just started to weep for I now see God’s hand over my situation and how he was revealing this to me. I am grateful for the live dead challenge and how it is helping me to see what God is wanting to do in my life and the life of my family. God will give us the means to walk along his paths, however we must do the walking and when we chose to obey him he will not hold anything back that helps us serve him. Praise and glory and honor be to our Saviour JESUS CHRIST.”
–Scott A Kurcz
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